This might be a good time

I doubt very much if there is anyone in the Northeast who is unplugged from TV and Facebook and every other media to the extent that they don't know that Sunday and Monday it's going to storm.

Matter of fact, it's the first time in a long time I've seen the Weather Channel simply put "Blizzard" on their outlook for coming days.

UGH!

NOT  LOVING   IT

However, it's probably going to happen whether we like it or not.

I'm sure we're all cleaned up from the last storm - leaving plenty of room for the next round of snow - but perhaps we need to consider the wind and all that comes with it.

There is the potential for drifting if the snow is light enough - or even if it's heavy and the wind is strong enough.  That makes cleanup difficult but hopefully not impossible.

Along with that is the potential for power outages.  In the past I've written about dealing with the lack of electrical power in reference to water and sanitation and food prep.  I also did a riveting post on alternate light sources - well, at least I thought it was riveting!

So today, during the lull between storms might be a good time to actually find your supply of alternate light sources.  I'm sure you have a supply of batteries and flashlights and perhaps (as I do) even a couple of battery powered lanterns.

If it was pitch black right now could you lay your hands on them?  Any of them?  No cheating - close your eyes and tell me you know where they are.

Okay, point made probably -  you need to make sure that at least one flashlight is in an easy to locate....er, location.  My go to one is in a outlet in the hall - keeps it charged and easy to get to.  My house is small enough so I can't get lost trying to find the hall.

Regarding lanterns:  they come in all shapes and sizes and fuel sources.  Personally I won't have one inside my house unless it's battery powered.  And there are a huge number of choices that actually work for a long time.  Everything from the simplest kind like these two:

All the way from cute to weird like this set:

And along the way some that are multi-purpose:

Imagine that:  you can charge your phone so you can still post to Facebook!

At any rate, no matter what you have for light sources if the main power goes out, please be sure you know where they are and have at least one handy enough so you can search out the rest of them if needed.

I'd a lot rather have and not need than wish and not have, you know?