Lesson 1) Get a good sleeping bag
Lesson 2) get a coleman two burner propane camp stove
Lesson 3) Keep a month’s worth of food and water in the house
Lesson 4) Keep a few 5 gallon buckets and some saw dust for an emergency toilet
Lesson 5) Buy a small quiet generator and chain it to something so no one can walk away with it
And some gas cans to fill up when weather is coming.
And keep an eye on the weather reports and take them seriously. What’s forecasted may not happen, or may, or it may be worse.
They work with what they know and predict the best they can, but Mother Nature has a way of throwing monkey wrenches into the best forecast going.
Better to have it and not need it than to not have it.
And at the worst, when it’s all over, you can throw the gas in the car if you’re worried about shelf life.
Lesson 6) Drain the pipes before they freeze.
lesson 7) Candles + matches.