NEVER Do These 10 Things When the Power Goes Out if You Want to Stay Alive

Carbon monoxide gets the headlines every winter, and it's number one on this list for a reason. But in the Texas freeze of February 2021, it wasn't the biggest killer. The quiet mistakes were. In this video I walk you through 10 mistakes that hurt and kill people in winter power outages, and exactly how to avoid each one, especially if you're older or living alone: letting your phone die with nobody checking on you, having no plan for oxygen, CPAP or insulin, walking the house in the dark, eating food that got too warm, shoveling snow like you're forty, candles, misusing a space heater, plugging a generator into the house the wrong way (the mistake that can kill a lineman), staying in a house that's too cold for too long, and carbon monoxide, including three ways it gets into a home that most people never think about. You'll also learn the signs of hypothermia and carbon monoxide poisoning, the room temperature the National Institute on Aging warns about, and what to do the moment a CO alarm goes off. If you think someone has carbon monoxide poisoning or hypothermia, get them to fresh air or warmth and call 911. This is general safety information, not medical advice. Sources mentioned: CDC, USDA, FDA, NFPA, American Heart Association, Consumer Product Safety Commission, National Institute on Aging, Texas Department of State Health Services. Which of these mistakes have you seen somebody make? Tell me in the comments. #carbonmonoxide #poweroutage #winterstorm