Budget Prepping for Winter Power Outages to Keep From FREEZING!
Foecasters believe the unpredictable polar vortex will send a lot of icy blasts into large swaths of North America. It's best to get prepared early, so it's easy to find the winter prep gear you'll need in case the grid goes down after winter storms.
You can find extremely useful budget winter survival gear, and I've got 6 examples. However, I'd first like to give a shout out to Frugal Pig for featuring our video on their latest article: 6 Winter Blackout Essentials for Under $2.
And they're cool with me summarizing their useful tips, so here goes...
1️⃣ Chemical Hand Warmers – Instant, flameless heat for up to 10 hours.
2️⃣ Mylar Blankets – Reflect body heat; line them inside blankets or on walls.
3️⃣ Emergency Ponchos – Wearable insulation that traps heat while freeing your hands.
4️⃣ Thermal Socks – Cheap, cozy, and critical for protecting extremities from heat loss.
5️⃣ Plastic Drop Cloth or Shower Curtain Liner – Turns one room into a heat cocoon; tape over doors and windows.
6️⃣ Bubble Wrap or Reflective Car Sunshade – Surprising insulation for windows; traps warm air indoors.
See, the idea is to make a personal warming station at home and not to try to heat your entire house the way your furnace would. And you can do a lot without spending much money or risking dangerous fires or fumes. Layered clothing, a makeshift blanket tent (or a real one), and a little help from chemical hand warmers (they make bigger ones too) can keep you from freezing.
Of course, you're probably going to purchase more than one item, so you'll spend more than $2. But imagine that you can plan ahead to stave off the risk of hypothermia for $20.
