17 Ways To Heat Your Home When Your Power Goes Out (No Electricity Needed)

My books are on sale now 📖 Ready for Anything, and the set of three. Grab them here: https://hankdockery.com A gas or propane furnace needs electricity for its fan, its board and its safety controls, so when the power goes, the heat goes with it. In the Christmas cold snap of 2022, temperatures in parts of Arkansas fell more than 30 degrees in under six hours, and in the January 2009 ice storm more than 300,000 customers in the state lost power. Hank had nineteen days without it on the ridge, and his one warm room was the one with the wood stove. Subscribe to the channel: @hankdockery In this video, we talk about 17 ways to keep a house and a family warm with no electricity and nothing burning indoors except a properly vented wood stove, including why the CDC says never heat with a gas oven, choosing one room and closing off the rest, a $9.99 moving blanket over an open doorway, towels under the doors, south sun by day and covered glass at night, window film at under $2 a window, what goes on a cold floor, layers with no cotton, a cap and wool socks to bed, staying dry after carrying wood, sleeping bag comfort ratings, why a pad's R-value matters, a tarp and ridgeline over the bed, a hot water bottle filled off the stove, broth instead of coffee, and knowing where your warming center is. 🔔 Subscribe so the next list reaches you before the cold does. 💬 Comment where you're watching from and how warm your one room stayed overnight with the heat off. 📢 Send this to somebody on gas heat who thinks they're covered, on Facebook, Reddit or the family group chat. You're the reason this channel exists. Chapters: 00:00 Opening 03:43 One room and everybody in it 06:05 A towel under every single door 08:14 Cover the glass when it gets dark 10:33 Something between you and a cold floor 12:53 Cap and socks on at bedtime 15:10 A sleeping bag inside the house 17:55 A tarp and ridgeline over the bed 20:20 Broth in the thermos, not coffee 22:58 The order to do it all in Sources: CDC, Safety Guidelines: During and After a Winter Storm https://www.cdc.gov/winter-weather/safety/stay-safe-during-after-a-winter-storm-safety.html CDC, Protect Yourself During a Power Outage https://www.cdc.gov/natural-disasters/response/what-to-do-protect-yourself-during-a-power-outage.html American Red Cross, Power Outage Safety https://www.redcross.org/get-help/how-to-prepare-for-emergencies/types-of-emergencies/power-outage.html U.S. Fire Administration, Heating Fire Safety https://www.usfa.fema.gov/prevention/home-fires/prevent-fires/heating/ U.S. Department of Energy, Windows, Doors, and Skylights https://www.energy.gov/energysaver/windows-doors-and-skylights EPA Burn Wise, Best Wood-Burning Practices https://www.epa.gov/burnwise/best-wood-burning-practices NWS Little Rock, Ice Storm of January 26-28, 2009 https://www.weather.gov/lzk/win0109ayr.htm DISCLAIMER: Educational content from one household getting ready. Prices and methods are real and researched, and prices vary by store, region and season. Nothing here replaces an order, a warning or an alert from your county, the National Weather Service or your fire agency. When they say leave, leave. #HankDockery #PowerOutage #WinterBlackout #NoElectricity #StayWarm #HeatWithoutPower #WoodStove #IceStorm #WinterPrep #Prepping #Prepper #EmergencyPreparedness #HomePreparedness #CarbonMonoxide #WarmingCenter #BudgetPrepping #Arkansas #Ozarks #RuralLiving