Really? (snow related)

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This is the recommendation (BBC news) for surviving a snowstorm:

Make sure you have at least three gallons (13.5 litres) of drinking water per person, per day
Tape the windows with bubble wrap to keep the heat in
Use your dog to measure the snowfall

If we suddenly have a snowstorm, I do not have bubble wrap or a dog. We have a few bottles of water in the garage, but 13.5 liters per person per day?If we planned for a 3 day white out, that would be more than 200 litres of water (family of 5)

How does a dog measure snowfall anyway?

;(

Demonstration.

My friend always takes photos of the perfectly formed snow mould of her front door, as it always blows in towards the house and she can open her front door (from the inside, obv) and have a perfect comedy moment.
It's funny until she wants to leave the house, anyway...

I was replying to a comment way back up. I think it got lost in the snow! 😄

"We had to dig him out because he couldn't jump out. Poor baby was trying to but there was just too much snow." --- A missed You tube moment

Our snow has started to melt (we've had it for about six weeks). I don't think it ever gets more than a couple of feet and our dog thinks it is fantastic to bound through. Our neighbourhood is pretty much always clear even when we have big falls, the city has lots of big plows for the main roads and bus routes and then sub-contracts for the small roads. Most of the subcontractors live near us (basically they fix plow blades to the front of their pick ups in the winter) so I doubt we'd ever be snowed in.

Last year we had the first snow day for about 40 years when most of our snow for the winter came down on one night. People couldn't believe that the schools were closed!

We don't keep a big pile of supplies (apart from alcohol!), but we have friends that do.

I'm 45 and I live in Scotland. I don't rexall anytime ever where I would have needed a dog to tell me how deep the snow is, just as well because I'm not Dr Dolittle!

And if this snow Armageddon did come we are screwed because thanks to DSs asthma and his allergy to dogs we've only got a turtle!

My border collies could definitely use a measuring tape and report back

Gosh! We have a mini dachshund. 6 inches of snow and we're fucked

Suppose you could fill the bath with water in case the water supply was shut off?

whois I grew up in New England and we always filled our bathtub before any big storm. Nothing worse that having a power cut for a week and not being able to flush your toilet!

MIL refused to believe me for ages. I think she still thinks I'm making it up. Seemingly you can flush your tolets in this country if the power goes out for days? I'm assuming it's because we had our own wells and no electricity meant no water...

I have 2 snow dogs I'm sure we would be fine - have a snowboard and all accessories for sled pulling

One is white mind...

Fill the bath with water is what I was always told, and have those tablets to purify it