woodmiser said:
Well hey... I see snowflakes as we speak... SE PA
Snowflakes?
You got me thinking, so I just logged back on to post my -100 below action plan, which I found myself calculating as I put more wood on the fire.
In this scenario, we have at least 12 hours notice that the temp will be dropping.
Send DS to town to buy:
all available blankets and down garments at thrift stores.
animal and human food that will not freeze and does not require cooking.
bottled water.
plastic bags and twisties (five-gallon bucket porta-potty in storage room).
rolls of insulation, plastic sheeting, lath, nails, batterboard
blow-in insulation and rent-a-blower (this will be overdue in returning).
some good books.
Lamp oil and extra wicks and globes.
batteries for flashlights, carbon monoxide detector,
Action plan:
Drain the plumbing. Fill any water containers available.
Pull as much water out of the toilet tank as possible and dump in a gallon of antifreeze.
Bring in all outlying wood, and fill the sunroom with firewood.
Seal off all windows downstairs w/insulation, etc.
Move all mattresses downstairs.
Drill holes in upstairs floor and blow insulation into the gaps between TJIs
Put lengths of rod for cleaning the stovepipe up the stove pipe and then reseal pipe. This way any ice buildup in chimney can be more easily knocked off.
Seal off upstairs and kitchen with layers of blankets hung from ceiling.
Set up porta-potty and oil lamps.
Bring in all car batteries.
I hate it that I think this way.
And I would really hate doing all that and finding out that the prediction was a typo, and I had just trashed my house for nothing.