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Tips for staying warm when the power is out


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If your home heater goes out during a winter storm, keep warm by closing off the rooms you don’t need. Use only safe sources of heat like wood or UL-approved indoor fuel burning stoves.

Dress in several layers of lightweight clothing and wear a wool cap because a lot of your body heat is lost through your head.

Sleep under several lightweight blankets instead of a single heavy one.

Eat quick-energy foods like granola, peanut butter, and raisins so your body produces its own heat.

— Sallie Ross-Filgo, South Lake Tahoe Fire Department

 

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  1. Laura says - Posted: January 5, 2013

    How timely, and how did they know? Our furnace went on the blink this morning. A few hours later it was back in operation, but we’ll have to buy a new one. These reminders above are very helpful for the “next time” it happens.

  2. Bill Swim says - Posted: January 5, 2013

    Also have a woodburner, firewood, generator, a back up generator and safely stored fuel. Also common sense might help too!