From My Home to Yours
1/23/26
~ Prepping for a snow/ice storm weather event ~
I'm a day early this week, but I thought it might help someone in their preparation for the winter storm that is affecting so many to see what we do to prepare for a major weather event ...
If you listen to the weather reports, we are in for a doozy of a weather event! The coverage reminds me of Hurricane Florence a few years back ... Hurricane Florence devastated our area completely! Enough said! So, with that memory in mind and memory of another ice storm that hit several years ago that again devastated our area completely, we are in full prep mode!
As a general rule, prepping for an ice storm (we rarely have snow) is very similar to prepping for a hurricane. We prepare for the strong possibility of losing power, sometimes long term.
That's where our focus is right now and here are some of the ways we're preparing ...
pictured on the left: peppers after having been cooked
cooking up food ahead (as in now) that can be heated and eaten ... The peppers above are one example. From freezer, to oven and once completely cooled, to the refrigerator where we can heat and eat. I also have a whole chicken that I cooked earlier today. Once it is cool enough to handle, I will debone it, let it cool completely and refrigerate it. I'll use it to make wraps and other quick grab foods that only require heating. I plan to pull an apple pie out of the freezer and cook it up as well.
In addition, we're ...
charging electronic devices and batteries to their maximum ...
securing a heat source ...
securing a way to cook ...
checking our alternative lighting ...
making a run to the grocery store for fresh foods and perishables ...
securing kitty litter or something similar for slick spots on walkways and or steps ...
making sure all laundry is done and put away ...
making sure all bills are paid that would come due for at least a week after weather event ...
making sure animals are taken care of ...
making sure all outside sources of water are taken care of so they don't freeze ...
making sure all the basic cleaning is done ...
making sure vehicle is full of gasoline ...
Yes, we have been and are busy ... we are doing all we can to prepare as we wait ... we may get nothing, we may get some or we may get the whole shabang! Time will tell, the important thing is that we have done what we could and now we will rely upon our Lord to do the rest.
There really wasn't time to do much in and around all this storm prepping, but I did manage to get a little creating done ...
pictured: sewing labels that I finally got the courage to try my hand at
This was a productive week at my sewing machine, I didn't really have time, but I so wanted to get some things done and participate in others so I found myself working in blocks of time here and there. By staying consistent at working on my projects, I had a pretty good week! Besides creating the labels, you can see what else I did HERE.
Praying that all in the path of winter storm Fern, stays safe and warm.
That's it for this week, I hope you've found something in my ramblings that will help and or encourage you in the upcoming week.
Until the next time ...
mrs. patsi @ A Working Pantry
~ quietly holding the home front ~
She looketh well to the ways of her household … Proverbs 31:27
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