10 Ways I Stay Warm ALL WINTER When the Power Dies (We Never Heat the Whole House)

📕 The Plain Heat Library, a warm house all winter for less and a warm room when the heat goes out, written down: https://elisplainheat.netlify.app/?b=bundl... An ice storm took the power, and my English neighbors left every door in the house open so the last of the warm could "spread around". The whole house went cold together. A mile away, my sister-in-law sat in the same cold in a little corner of her kitchen, with a quilt behind her chair and a wool cap on, and looked comfortable. These are the ten ways I stay warm when the power dies, counted down to the one I trust most: you do not heat the whole house, you make a small, sheltered place around the people. In this video: • 10 · Dress the person, not the house: loose layers and a cap • 9 · Real food and warm drinks from a thermos • 8 · Get off the cold floor • 7 · Close the doors you are not using • 6 · Sun by day, curtains at night • 5 · Keep moving, a little • 4 · A covered hot water bottle in your lap • 3 · Sit together in one room • 2 · A room inside the room (why old wing chairs have wings) • 1 · The blanket tent over a card table, lit by a battery lantern • When it is time to go somewhere warm instead Figures and advice come from the CDC, the National Weather Service, the U.S. Department of Energy, the National Institute on Aging, The BMJ and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Safety first: • Never bring a grill, camp stove, charcoal burner or generator into the house, basement or garage. A generator stays outside, at least 20 feet from doors, windows and vents. Never use the oven or stovetop to heat a room. • Keep a battery-operated carbon monoxide alarm working. If it sounds, get everyone outside and call 911. • Nothing that burns goes inside a blanket tent: no candles, oil lamps, heaters or hand warmers. Use a battery lantern. Keep blankets away from lamps, heaters, outlets and anything hot, and keep the front of the tent wide open. • Hot water bottles: follow the label, warm (never boiling) water, in a cover, not pressed on bare skin, out of children's reach. • Babies need a warm place to sleep on their own firm, flat surface without loose blankets. If you cannot keep the room warm, take the baby to a heated home or shelter. • The National Institute on Aging advises keeping your home at 68°F or warmer. Check the thermometer, not just how you feel. If you cannot keep a room safely warm, go somewhere heated, or call 211 to find a warming center. This video is general information, not professional advice. 📕 The Plain Heat Library: https://elisplainheat.netlify.app/?b=bundl... Eli is a digital character who shares the plain ways of keeping a house warm. #poweroutage #winter #stayingwarm #blanketfort #winterstorm