00:00200 million Americans are in the crosshairs of a massive snow and ice storm in the coming
00:05days including this American right here speaking to you winter storm
00:10fern is on the way to sow some major chaos fern that's what the
00:15people who named storms are calling her or it anyway every state from Texas
00:20to Maine could see some sort of impact here in New York the forecast is still a little up in the air
00:25but we could see the biggest snow event in five years if the high end of the snow
00:30range 16 inches comes to fruition one local weather expert says the Hudson Valley which
00:35is just north of the city could get walloped by up to two feet of snow that's the most in third
00:40years so if you're out of practice and you don't feel like arm wrestling your neighbor at the grocery
00:44store
00:45for the last gallon of milk here's what experts told the post about how best to prepare and let me
00:50preface this with I know it's cold out right now but now is not the time to rely on Amazon
00:55getting deliveries to your home you were gonna need to hit the pavement first a portable
01:00power station if you're a city dweller like me and a big gas powered one just isn't feasible
01:05you can grab one that will charge all of your stuff with solar power now if you like your neighbors
01:09this is going to
01:10make you insanely popular with them during a storm and if you grab one make sure you pick up a
01:15power strip too so that you can plug in multiple devices now if your power is out and your
01:20resorting to a generator you may also want to grab an electric ceramic heater is gonna
01:25be cold might I also recommend one with a remote so that you do not have to get out from
01:30under the mountain of blankets you will no doubt be borrowed under and finally if you want to go all
01:35school pick up a pack of tea candles once the sun goes down and you're watching the last episode of
01:40heated rivalry on your phone and your battery is at three percent the candles will help you light up your day
01:45and you're watching the next day and you're watching the next day until that solar generator can get recharged
01:47the next morning plus it totally sets a vibe
01:50you
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