#winter storm

[teathattast]

[mettatonsass]

PSA DO NOT USE PORTABLE GAS HEATERS INDOORS!!!

Hi this psa is brought to you by my boss nearly killing us via carbon monoxide poisoning.

Heaters like this are labelled for Indoor/Outdoor usage, however that indoor label is misleading af.

Indoors in this context means a drafty garage or car port, not your living room or bedroom. Unless the room you're in is well ventilated with fresh air, don't use this fucker indoors.

Please reblog for visibility, this could quite literally save a life.

[briargeese]

Winter waves at Lake Michigan.

[trophobolene]

Silence of a winter storm

Kalamazoo, Michigan

Canon Rebel T3, 18-135mm

[fawnduu]

Cow Abbi is working hard to make sure everyone has power during this winter storm!❄️

[breelandwalker]

Reminder to everyone facing a weekend of snow and dangerously-cold temps to go get an extra ration of pet food, people food, drinking water, toilet paper, and personal necessaries NOW. If possible, also grab an emergency blanket, some portable heating pads (like Hot Hands body warmers), battery-operated lanterns, and batteries, and fill your gas tank to keep the lines from freezing while your car sits. If you don't have a snow shovel, find a cardboard shipping box and keep the flaps.

Charge all your devices and portable power packs. Keep your thermostat at 65F or above to make sure your pipes don't freeze. Fill your bathtub or a large soup kettle or spare water jugs with tap water for cleaning and flushing toilets in case the pipes do freeze in your area. Apply scrap fabric, newspaper, or weatherstripping to any gaps or leaks in your door and window frames. Use spare towels to block the bottoms of drafty doors.

Friday and Saturday, everything's going to be a madhouse and the shelves will be empty. So prep now, if you haven't already, and reach out to your near and dear to check in and establish emergency plans. Once things get started, STAY HOME and don't take unnecessary risks.

Better to overprepare and wonder later why you worried than to shrug it off and regret.

Be safe and stay warm!

[talekinesis]

Hey Southern Friends

Y'all are about to get a shit ton of snow, ice, and feezing temperatures, so as someone from the North, I have some advice

If temperatures drop below 25° F, you may want to leave your sinks trickling or dripping over night to avoid the pipes freezing

‼️Keep cat litter in your car if you have to drive. If you get stuck in the snow, you can pour the cat litter under your tires to give them traction

If your hands are stiff and freezing, don't immediately put them in front of a heater or under hot water, you can burst your blood vessels doing that, because they'll try to expand too quickly. You want to slowly thaw them out until you get feeling back in them and can move them properly again

Don't lick your lips when they get dry, you'll make it worse due to the cold and dry air, just wait until you get inside somewhere and use lip balm

Cold air will come through your windows and the cracks in your doors (if you live in an old house), seal them up best you can. My family puts a sort of cling film over the windows to keep the cold air out and the warm air in

If you have a basement (in an old house), cold air will come from there, too. We have a trapdoor in our pantry and it gets COLD

‼️It's a good idea to keep extra blankets or jackets in your car, because if you do end up sliding off the road, it might take some time for someone to reach you

Share this around so more people see it

Any other northerners who have more advice, feel free to share in the comments or in reblogs

Be safe and take care

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