Talk About Tennis 2.0

ti-amie wrote: ↑Wed Feb 17, 2021 7:51 pm

JazzNU wrote: ↑Wed Feb 17, 2021 10:21 pm

shtexas wrote: ↑Wed Feb 17, 2021 10:27 pm
It was that cold inside. I was wearing six layers (I could barely move) and was under 4 quilts and blankets. with a wool cap on my head and scarf around my face, and I was still freezing.

JazzNU wrote: ↑Wed Feb 17, 2021 11:26 pm

shtexas wrote: ↑Wed Feb 17, 2021 10:27 pm
It was that cold inside. I was wearing six layers (I could barely move) and was under 4 quilts and blankets. with a wool cap on my head and scarf around my face, and I was still freezing.

If the power goes out again, make certain you are also covering your hands and feet. A lot of warmth is lost through your extremities. If you have a way to cover your ears if the hat doesn't cover them, do that too.

Scarfs. Now this is something I always did during the winters when I lived in Chicago. If you have two scarves, tie one underneath, so that's it's laying around your neck, against your skin under one layer. And then tie the second scarf normally as a top layer. If you only have one scarf, see about using a t-shirt as the inner layer to help block a bit more of that cold air reaching your body.

4 quilts and blankets? That's good. Are you using one wrapped more tightly around your body and then the others are covers over that? That's a good approach if they aren't doing enough to keep you warm. Kind of like making the first into the shape of a sleeping bag around you. Speaking of which, you should use any and all camping gear safe to use indoors that you own.

Whatever room you are centralized in, if it has doors, you can put blankets or towels in the bottom of the door to trap the heat in as much as possible. Even if you have power, it's a good idea to get this ready, you want to trap as much of the warm air as possible once you do get heat. I'd also suggest this for the main bathroom you are using.

If you have gas cooking, boil water on the stove periodically. The warm air and humidity helps greatly. If you have electric cooking, consider doing this anyway towards the end of whatever outage rotation you are on, because the air is probably seriously dry given the temps you've had and it'll help and the additional warmth will linger a bit if the power gets shut off again. Two large uncovered pots on the stove is my usual.

Unfortunately I've gone through multiple power outages during ice and snowstorms over the years, so this is all stuff I've done to get by until the power returns.