9 Cheap Ways to Keep One Room Warm When the Power Goes Out

My books are on sale now 📖 When the Cold Comes, and all three as the collection. Grab them here: https://dalebrooks.com When the power goes out in the cold, the furnace usually goes with it: New York's state energy office says furnaces and boilers need electricity to start up and move the heat. In February 2026, a snowstorm took the power from about 6,500 homes and businesses in northeastern Minnesota overnight. After the Maine ice storm of January 1998, the CDC found houses running propane and kerosene heaters indoors, and carbon monoxide poisonings at three emergency rooms went from 0 to 101. Out where Dale lives, the ambulance is 40 minutes away on a good day. Subscribe to the channel: @preppedamerica In this video, we talk about 9 cheap ways to keep one room warm when the power goes out, including why no flame or fuel heater comes inside unless it's rated and vented for indoors, shutting the house down to one room, the $12 foam pads under the mattress, why a 1,500 watt space heater runs about 34 minutes on a 1,000 watt-hour power station, the heated throw Dale put back because the box didn't print its watts, covering the glass at dark, the heater every house already has, the hot water bottle filled two thirds and never boiling, and window film in October. 🔔 Subscribe so the next count reaches you before the next outage does. 💬 Comment where you're watching from and how many outside walls and windows your warm room has. 📢 Send this to somebody who lives at the end of a long power line, on Facebook, Reddit or the family group chat. You're the reason this channel exists. Chapters: 00:00 Opening 00:58 No flame that isn't built for it 03:29 One room with every door shut 05:28 Get everybody off the floor 07:12 The space heater on a battery 11:09 Cover the glass when it's dark 12:55 The heater already in your house 14:56 Heat you can carry to bed 16:38 Film on the windows in October 18:22 The order a house loses heat Sources: National Weather Service, Winter Storm Safety: During 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 CDC MMWR, Community Needs Assessment and Morbidity Surveillance Following an Ice Storm, Maine, January 1998 https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00052581.htm NYS Clean Heat, How Will I Heat and Cool My Home When the Power Goes Out? https://cleanheat.ny.gov/heat-pumps-cold-climates-power-outage U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Keep Warm and Safe This Winter https://cpsc.gov/Newsroom/News-Releases/2026/Keep-Warm-and-Safe-This-Winter-Tips-for-Using-Generators-Furnaces-and-Space-Heaters Electrical Safety Foundation International, Seasonal Safety https://www.esfi.org/seasonal-safety/ U.S. Department of Energy, Windows, Doors and Skylights https://www.energy.gov/energysaver/windows-doors-and-skylights 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. #DaleBrooks #PreppedAmerica #Prepping #Prepper #PowerOutage #WarmRoom #WinterPrep #ColdWeather #CarbonMonoxide #PowerStation #WoodStove #Minnesota #NorthWoods #EmergencyPreparedness #BudgetPrepping #CheapPreps #HomePreparedness #WinterStorm #StayWarm