Reminder: Start prepping for cold weather

[u/ShaggyTDawg]

The 10-15 day models are consistently showing it's going to get substantially colder by middle/late next week (Jan 8-ish). It's shaping up to be a pretty substantial cold as well.

With this cold, obviously comes the chance for frozen precipitation. Anyone saying it will definitely happen is lying, there are no definites this far out. But conditions are likely to support it happening, so might as well plan and prep for it.

Since we're 1.5-2 weeks out from it, go ahead and start gradually doing all of your extreme cold weather prep. Buy whatever supplies you use. Refill gas cans for generators. Get battery packs charged up. Make sure laundry is all done (at least washed and dried) a few days before the cold.

Comment below for your typical routines to give others ideas.

Edit: if we do end up having a weather episode, us mods will organize a megathread or two. Probably one with information, and one with pictures/videos/misc ice/snow banter

[u/sampman69]

Buy all the milk and bread!

[u/ShaggyTDawg → u/sampman69]

Lived in the south all my life. To this day, I still don't understand this.

[u/Gamer-Moooooom → u/ShaggyTDawg]

You need milk for cereal and bread for Sammies. When you have kids that’s enough to get them by if power is out. That’s all I can figure. Don’t know why you need Aaaaallll of it. But.

[u/ShaggyTDawg → u/Gamer-Moooooom]

That's the best explanation I've heard. But yeah, why stockpile it when we never have more than a day or two of power outages? Are they expecting to barter or something?

[u/Higgybella32 → u/ShaggyTDawg]

We had 5 days 2 years ago. Just half the block but it got challenging.

[u/Gamer-Moooooom → u/Higgybella32]

Then I guess this is why everyone gets all the bread and all the milk, in case it goes on for a while and you have lots of kids 😂

[u/Higgybella32 → u/Gamer-Moooooom]

This is the reason.