Major Snow storm coming to New York - prepare yourself

↑ UQT

Tue, Jan 27 2015, 12:30 pm

youngishbear wrote:

It's no laughing matter to be snowed in at home with the whole mishpacha...

Genuinely asking, this is not North Dakota of 1880, the most we would be stuck, stuck indoors is 2 days. How often do you go to the grocery? Can't you manage 2 days without heading out if a storm struck overnight with no warning?

↑ youngishbear

Tue, Jan 27 2015, 1:06 pm

UQT wrote:

LOl.

Should've added a winky face.

My kids are b"H a handful. It's not about provisions, really. More about patience!

Bh, we count our blessings. Including school!

↑ mille

Tue, Jan 27 2015, 1:20 pm

UQT wrote:

How do you plan on heating your home when the power goes out, and the power company won't be able to get to you for a week? Keep in mind it's a blizzard that you weren't expecting, so it's below 32 degrees, possibly significantly colder especially at night. The first two days you won't be able to travel anywhere unless you can bundle up the kids and walk the best you can, and that's assuming everything in walking distance has power and it's not just your house (but likely it could be an entire grid). If there's 30" of snow on the ground, you'd have to dig yourself out of your front door, if even possible, and how are you even going to schlep your kids when the snow might be taller than them?

Keeping in mind you also can't cook because your oven is electric (or has an electric panel to turn on), and your fridge food will go bad very quickly. Maybe you also have a baby who uses formula, how are you heating that water? Do you just happen to have adequate amounts of food for several days that doesn't require cooking or heating at all, that your kids will eat, that doesn't require refrigeration after your fridge food is dead (which, if the power goes out at night, could very well be by the time you wake up, so you can't even attempt to 'finish' it!)?

I'm not saying you'd be totally screwed. But it's not just a cozy 2 day "stay-cation" when something actually DOES go wrong. With 30"+ of snow, it's not so unlikely!

↑ Barbara

Tue, Jan 27 2015, 1:31 pm

mille wrote:

Well, food can be placed outside in crates to keep it cold.

But if there's a big storm, how are supplies, let alone workers, getting to the stores?

In any case, I think that people are more looking to make sure they have restocked their staples, and that they have stir-crazy comfort food in stock.

↑ southernbubby ↓

Tue, Jan 27 2015, 1:32 pm

youngishbear wrote:

It's no laughing matter to be snowed in at home with the whole mishpacha...

Those who live in buildings have kids in the building to play with. My worry was that if they lost power before doing laundry or were really low on groceries and diapers, it could be a bit of a challenge. My family was whatsapping the whole day with how they were staying sane.

↑ southernbubby

Tue, Jan 27 2015, 1:34 pm

mille wrote:

Formula fed babies could use bottled water to mix formula and food could be kept cold outside in a metal garbage can with a lid but those who live in buildings would have to keep it on the fire escape. The bigger issue is for those who don't have telephone land lines and the power goes out and they can't charge the phones.