(MCT)-- Recent power outages,
coupled with the extreme heat, prompted several reader calls to the Free Press Test Kitchen about whether food in refrigerators and freezers was safe to keep.
A
couple of years ago, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration established a «Climate Scene Investigation» strike team tasked
with quickly assessing the causes of
extreme events — mega downpours, off - the - chart
heat waves and the like.