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20lb Propane tanks are CHEAP!!! Get a bunch of extras and keep them filled. Don’t forget the hoses and connectors. Get a catalytic heater that requires no electricity and you have heat. Get a portable propane cook stove for camping. If you are really in trouble and you know it’s going to get cold store water in open top containers or 5 gallon buckets. Not bottles or the usual jugs. Even better if they are metal so you can throw them on the flame directly. If plastic? You can bang the ice block out of the tub and chip ice in to a pot for thawing over your propane stove. Keep a stash of freeze dried foods. Even without water you can still eat them as snacks. Don’t forget our furry friends. Dry kibble is easy to store and, in a pinch, you can eat it too.
Get a blow torch attachment for the green 1 lb propane bottles and keep those bottles in storage. They are super handy for thawing heating and cooking. Shovel snow when it’s cold.
(I live in the very high dessert off grid and it gets VERY cold in winter. I’d love a wood stove but there’s no wood to be had where I’m at.)
Maybe underground home/rooms make sense?
Propane is cheap now.
That might not always be the case.
Nevertheless, it keeps and is easy to store.
Just be careful as it is heavier than air and if you have a leak, you don’t want it pooling in your basement.