TEXANS AND OTHERS NOT USED TO THIS COLD NEW YORKER HERE: gather all your blankets, towels, clothes, every cloth type thing you have GATHER IT. If you can, use blankets to make a makeshift tent. Make sure that the tent is sealed, if you can rig up layers DO. Gather everyone PETS +

TOO and huddle in the makeshift tent TOGETHER body heat is ESSENTIAL. Use all other blankets, sheets, clothes and piles them on your selves! In the tent your breathing will fill a sealed area with warmth. If you are unable to tent do the same but make a nest, pile all that and +

burrow inside. I know it’s cold but PLEASE drink water if you have it. AVOID ALCOHOL it may make you feel warm in the moment but IT WILL LOWER YOUR BODY TEMP YOU DO NOT WANT THAT. Once all that is set up, get garbage bags, plastic tarps, ANY PLASTIC SHEET TYPE THING and cover +

& seal your windows. Doorways too but only cover, you don’t want to have to deal with ripping it down in an emergency. If you have a first aid kit, check to see if it has a space blanket, some have them.

Any other people who live in( esp. live in poverty) in cold areas please +

add whatever you’ve also done to make it through.

To the southerners reading this thread: we know it’s cold. We know you’re scared. Your friends from the north are here to guide you through the best we can. We’re here for you. You’re not alone.