this will make your house much colder and is a bad idea if you don't have heat — in that circumstance, better would be to get it into a container outside and then just bring it in as you need to use it
The water is out not the gas/power. They have heat just a boil notice as far as I know, also bringing in snow will NOT make your house "much colder". If you're interested in outdoor freshwater storage there are tons of YouTube videos
Welp. You're fucked. Best of luck chapo. Kerosene heaters are a good option in this scenario but I guess you're past that. Hopefully there's more than you there. Close off one room preferably in the middle of the house ( most insulated). If you have a tent place in that room for extra wind blocks. If you have a snuggle buddy or pets you should be fairly comfortable.
Any neighbors comrade? Where layers and use hot hands hand warmers for your hands and feet. If you have an outdoor grill , or simply a dry hole in the ground you can burn almost anything for heat. The survival stuff is fun but if you can talk to your neighbors is probably the best bet.
No me and all my neighbors do not have electricity lol the traffic lights are turned off, it's area wide power outage. But yeah I got a fire going on outside
Thought OP said their power was out, and most of my texan friends have electric heat (not gas) so it seemed safe enough to issue the warning. Bringing a bunch of snow into your house will absolutely make it colder, both for the repeated trips outside to haul it in and for the water to reach ambient temperature in the tub.
I haven't been able to heat my house since 2am because of a lack of power. They said the outages would only be for 45 minutes at a time but I haven't had any power all day.
I mean yes if your heat is out. But if your heat is out it's going to be very cold very soon. It's up to you to prioritize freshwater over the next few days vs inviting lower temperatures in a few hours earlier...🙄
Legit good drinking water. Clean your tub and fill it up, hurricane style but with snow
this will make your house much colder and is a bad idea if you don't have heat — in that circumstance, better would be to get it into a container outside and then just bring it in as you need to use it
The water is out not the gas/power. They have heat just a boil notice as far as I know, also bringing in snow will NOT make your house "much colder". If you're interested in outdoor freshwater storage there are tons of YouTube videos
Lol I haven't had power since 2am.
Welp. You're fucked. Best of luck chapo. Kerosene heaters are a good option in this scenario but I guess you're past that. Hopefully there's more than you there. Close off one room preferably in the middle of the house ( most insulated). If you have a tent place in that room for extra wind blocks. If you have a snuggle buddy or pets you should be fairly comfortable.
Any neighbors comrade? Where layers and use hot hands hand warmers for your hands and feet. If you have an outdoor grill , or simply a dry hole in the ground you can burn almost anything for heat. The survival stuff is fun but if you can talk to your neighbors is probably the best bet.
No me and all my neighbors do not have electricity lol the traffic lights are turned off, it's area wide power outage. But yeah I got a fire going on outside
Thought OP said their power was out, and most of my texan friends have electric heat (not gas) so it seemed safe enough to issue the warning. Bringing a bunch of snow into your house will absolutely make it colder, both for the repeated trips outside to haul it in and for the water to reach ambient temperature in the tub.
I haven't been able to heat my house since 2am because of a lack of power. They said the outages would only be for 45 minutes at a time but I haven't had any power all day.
Yikes, hope you can stay warm comrade
I mean yes if your heat is out. But if your heat is out it's going to be very cold very soon. It's up to you to prioritize freshwater over the next few days vs inviting lower temperatures in a few hours earlier...🙄