We’ve had a couple storms this winter. One of them I lost power for 4 hours, but a friend of mine in the next town over was out 4 days. And some didn’t lose at all, so it varies. Power outages like this aren’t too rare every year.
It doesn’t bode well for our freezers, but we don’t get cold enough to be anything other than cold and inconvenient. Easily remedied by temporary solutions you mentioned.
Yeah here in the Midwest my area lost power due to the polar vortex around the winter solstice a few years back. Did it suck? Yeah. But towels under doors, ready to eat food, candles, and lots of blankets made it merely unpleasant. You absolutely should have supplies for situations like that. At some point I’d also like to keep drinking water supplies. Your emergency preparedness kit is generally best to keep at “bearable” levels for a few days. The goal is to ride it out, not to experience full comfort.
I agree, though here’s my anecdote from the PNW.
We’ve had a couple storms this winter. One of them I lost power for 4 hours, but a friend of mine in the next town over was out 4 days. And some didn’t lose at all, so it varies. Power outages like this aren’t too rare every year.
It doesn’t bode well for our freezers, but we don’t get cold enough to be anything other than cold and inconvenient. Easily remedied by temporary solutions you mentioned.
Yeah here in the Midwest my area lost power due to the polar vortex around the winter solstice a few years back. Did it suck? Yeah. But towels under doors, ready to eat food, candles, and lots of blankets made it merely unpleasant. You absolutely should have supplies for situations like that. At some point I’d also like to keep drinking water supplies. Your emergency preparedness kit is generally best to keep at “bearable” levels for a few days. The goal is to ride it out, not to experience full comfort.