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One thing we have all probably done is built a tent, cabin or fort in the living room or bedroom. Maybe as a child, with our children or grandchildren. We all have this experience.

Before a grid down situation occurs, and definitely before the weather gets cold, or colder, practice building a tent, cabin or fort in your home to create a warm, snug, cozy place for you, and or your family.

BETTER YET, seal off one room (like the living room) and build the tent in there.

Some of you may have small children, babies and maybe even teenagers who have never experienced a hard day in their Life.

NOW IS THE TIME to practice grid down before the cold really bites and makes the family panic 'if' the grid goes down and electricity is out. Practice will make the 'real event' much easier and less emotional.

HELPLESS, DRAMATIC AND NEEDY TEENAGERS will be worse than babies, they will need to sober-up their emotions f-a-s-t. Teenagers should know how to take care of themselves.

DO NOT allow your teenager one inch to whine and moan about how miserable their Life is. You are NOT doing your teenagers any favors by allowing weakness in a serious situation. In a grid down situation, there is no room for drama and theatrics. Shut down whiney teenagers quick!

I encourage you to have a practice weekend with your family of living in a tent inside the home in order to keep yourselves warm and comfortable. Practice will make all the difference in the world.

You DO NOT want to figure all of this out once the grid goes down. Have a plan. Know your options and how you will interior design your indoor cabin, tent or fort. And remember, you could be putting this together 'in the dark'.

SO, IF A LOT OF ICE IS IN THE FORECAST, THEN BUILD YOUR TENT BEFORE THE ICE HITS because you don't want to do it in the dark or before the house gets cold.

AI OVERVIEW - an inch of ice on power lines adds roughly 750 pounds of weight to a 300-foot span, creating a catastrophic, life-threatening situation likely to cause widespread, long-term power outages, snapped poles, and broken trees. This immense weight causes lines to sag, break, or fall to the ground, creating dangerous, energized, and potentially lethal, conditions.

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