If your power goes out for more than a couple hours in the winter, bring everyone in the house to a medium sized room and build a pillow fort. Hang up blankets over all the entryways and windows in that room, and get comfortable. It might sound silly, but it’s a lot easier to keep a single room warm than the entire house and it could save the life of you or someone you care about.
The good thing about having two dogs is that they’re cuddly space heaters who occasionally fart. lol
I actually do have an emergency plan for this scenario. Back corner of the finished basement is the most insulated part of the house, so it’s where we go in weather emergencies (tornado warnings, etc).
If your power goes out for more than a couple hours in the winter, bring everyone in the house to a medium sized room and build a pillow fort. Hang up blankets over all the entryways and windows in that room, and get comfortable. It might sound silly, but it’s a lot easier to keep a single room warm than the entire house and it could save the life of you or someone you care about.
My dog knows to crawl under my covers; everyone else is on their own. (Plus we’ve never had an outage long enough to worry about it)
The good thing about having two dogs is that they’re cuddly space heaters who occasionally fart. lol
I actually do have an emergency plan for this scenario. Back corner of the finished basement is the most insulated part of the house, so it’s where we go in weather emergencies (tornado warnings, etc).
It’s also possible to build a very effective and safe alcohol space heater with about $7 of parts, which can be kept on-hand in case of emergency.
Set up a tent. I sat in my nieces little play tent once and it was hot in there even with the “door” and “window”.