25 Cheap Ways to Heat Any Room Without Electricity (Every U.S. Veteran Knows These)

My books are on sale now 📖 Do or Die, and the set of three. Grab them here: https://doughaskett.com Without power you don't heat a house. You heat one room, and then the people in it. In the February 2021 freeze it hit 7 degrees in Austin, some Texas homes went four days without power, and 158 Texans died of the cold while 19 died of carbon monoxide from the fixes people tried. Doug's room that week was the one with the fireplace, every other door shut and a wool blanket over the hall doorway. The bags they owned said 40 degrees, and the thermometer read 48 the second morning. Subscribe to the channel: @doughaskett In this video, we talk about 25 cheap ways to heat one room without electricity, including picking the room and shutting every other door, a wool blanket over an open doorway, window shrink film, bubble wrap and cardboard on the glass, a rug on a bare floor, the fireplace damper, hot water bottles and a thermos filled outdoors, hand warmers used as printed, wool instead of cotton, a ground pad, the poncho liner, a sleeping bag rated for your coldest night, an $8 thermometer, what he keeps off his list, and the fireplace run right with seasoned wood and three carbon monoxide alarms. 🔔 Subscribe so the next list reaches you before the first cold front does. 💬 Comment where you're watching from and what your thermometer read the last morning the power was out. 📢 Send this to the one person you'd want in your warm room, on Facebook, Reddit or the family group chat. You're the reason this channel exists. Chapters: 00:00 Opening 00:44 Pick one room and close it 04:03 The glass is where heat leaks out 07:06 The floor, the chimney and the sun 09:32 Heat the people from the inside 12:56 Wool and a smaller space 15:32 The standard for a cold night 18:43 The one heat I trust 22:48 What to do this week Sources: National Weather Service, Winter Storm Safety: during the storm https://www.weather.gov/safety/winter-during CDC, Stay safe during and after a winter storm https://www.cdc.gov/winter-weather/safety/stay-safe-during-after-a-winter-storm-safety.html U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Saver: windows, doors and skylights https://www.energy.gov/energysaver/windows-doors-and-skylights Fairfax County Fire and Rescue, Fireplace and ashes safety tips https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/fire-ems/sites/fire-ems/files/Assets/documents/PDF/fireplace_and_ashes_safety_tips.pdf EPA Burn Wise, Best wood-burning practices https://www.epa.gov/burnwise/best-wood-burning-practices Texas DSHS, February 2021 Winter Storm-Related Deaths https://www.dshs.texas.gov/sites/default/files/news/updates/SMOC_FebWinterStorm_MortalitySurvReport_12-30-21.pdf ProPublica, The Texas Tribune and NBC News, Texas carbon monoxide poisoning in the 2021 outage https://www.kwtx.com/2021/04/29/texas-enabled-the-worst-carbon-monoxide-poisoning-catastrophe-in-recent-us-history/ DISCLAIMER: Educational content from one man's experience. Prices and methods are real and researched, and prices vary by store, region and season. Nothing here is instruction in first aid, firearms, self-defence, hunting, or any gas or electrical repair; take the class and call the licensed man. Nothing here replaces an order, a warning or an alert from your county or the National Weather Service. When they say leave, leave. #DougHaskett #HeatWithoutElectricity #PowerOutage #WinterBlackout #TexasFreeze #HillCountry #Texas #Prepping #Prepper #EmergencyPreparedness #WarmRoom #Fireplace #CarbonMonoxide #CarbonMonoxideAlarm #WoolBlanket #HotWaterBottle #SleepingBag #BudgetPrepping #HomePreparedness #WinterStorm