Depending on what kind of weather is forecast, we always recommend staying home or adjusting plans to avoid traveling when the storm is blowing through. Temperatures that are hovering around freezing could easily turn a simple rainstorm into an icy situation and make travel really difficult.

Instead, stay cozy at home and start collecting your emergency supplies! Find your weather radio and tune into your favorite station.

Locate your extra flashlights and corresponding batteries, your first-aid kit, and safe drinking water and food. Strong wind can knock out power for a few hours or even days, so having a backup heating source ready to use like a fireplace is also good.

Your home is often the safest place to be when a winter storm is moving through the area, but if we do lose power, it can become really cold really quickly. Figure out an alternate location that you can head to if your home gets too cold to stay in, like a friend’s home or the local warming center.