Unfortunately, if my power goes out I have no hot water and no way to heat water (oven is electrical too, so I have no way to heat the water). I'm definitely going to get one of those heaters once the roads are passable again though...

The good news is that I'm in a metropolitan area, and the power is never off for extended periods and I've got enough of those heat packs to keep refreshing them for awhile. Honestly, we weren't expecting the snowstorm to be quite this bad until late last night so picking up the heat packs was kind of an emergency last minute thing.

Quote Originally Posted by deranged chipmunk View Post
Snow apocalypse? Please! We have had over 44" so far this year! I know you southern folk aren't used to it, but come on! Lol
Haha, no one here has the equipment to deal with the snow so everything pretty much just shuts down. When no one has tire chains or experience driving in snow, and the state doesn't have the right equipment to keep them clean, you can't really go anywhere. Then, you have the people who go out anyway and then give up and abandon their cars :P It's not weird to have roads blocked by people that just half-pulled over and left the cars...