A couple of things you can do ahead of the storm:
- Vaseline on your car door jams. A little goes a long way. It can keep your car door from getting frozen shut. Cooking spray works as well, and neither breaks down rubber as WD40 would.
- Open cabinets to your sinks and leave your taps on a slow drip to prevent frozen pipes. PLEASE be sure to safeguard your children and pets by removing cleaning supplies from the cabinets.
- Know where your water shut off valves are in case a pipe DOES burst.
- Keep kitty litter in your car to add traction if you get stuck.
- Keep your gas tank at half full or more. Do NOT run it on empty.
- Do not de-ice your driveway with salt unless you are going to go behind and rescrape it or it has time to dry up in the sun. Putting down salt AHEAD of the storm will just make yourself a real slick sheet of ice.
- Make sure your phones are well charged at all times, incase you experience a power outage.
- If you have to go out, put extra jackets and blankets in your car. A few bottles of water, jumper cables and flashlights won't hurt either!
- Vaseline on your car door jams. A little goes a long way. It can keep your car door from getting frozen shut. Cooking spray works as well, and neither breaks down rubber as WD40 would.
- Open cabinets to your sinks and leave your taps on a slow drip to prevent frozen pipes. PLEASE be sure to safeguard your children and pets by removing cleaning supplies from the cabinets.
- Know where your water shut off valves are in case a pipe DOES burst.
- Keep kitty litter in your car to add traction if you get stuck.
- Keep your gas tank at half full or more. Do NOT run it on empty.
- Do not de-ice your driveway with salt unless you are going to go behind and rescrape it or it has time to dry up in the sun. Putting down salt AHEAD of the storm will just make yourself a real slick sheet of ice.
- Make sure your phones are well charged at all times, incase you experience a power outage.
- If you have to go out, put extra jackets and blankets in your car. A few bottles of water, jumper cables and flashlights won't hurt either!