Sure, as long as you don't present me as an expert! I've never really had to do this because we *are* the ones who have the wood fireplaces and want you to know you're welcome to kip here as long as you need, you can take the whole downstairs den if you want. But I spent a year in an apartment with an unheated bedroom that was basically an uninsulated enclosed porch, and I've done enough camping with nights just around freezing that I'm reasonably confident until the indoor temps get below 30 f. It's not *fun* exactly, but it's not scary. (At the point it hits the 20s in your warm shelter, ask someone else, though a lot of this still applies.)
I also left out the stuff that I *was* seeing in other lists, so this leaves out a lot of the basics that are covered elsewhere. Other than managing your food supply well and filling your tub with toilet-flushing water, the most important overall thing is that 95% of the time it's not that serious.
Probably the power and water will come back on before you need to go this far, but you don't want to be making that call and digging around for supplies when it's already 39 deg in the bedroom and your judgement is off and your fingers are numb, so figure out your plan before it gets that bad - at what indoor temp is it time to dig out the tent? - and stick to the plan as long as you can.
That was the big thing with camping in places where the days were okay but the nights were frigid, which I didn't really understand until I'd done it - once the sun goes down *all* you will be able to concentrate on is trying to get and then stay warm, so what do you need to make sure is ready in camp before you hit that point?
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I also left out the stuff that I *was* seeing in other lists, so this leaves out a lot of the basics that are covered elsewhere. Other than managing your food supply well and filling your tub with toilet-flushing water, the most important overall thing is that 95% of the time it's not that serious.
Probably the power and water will come back on before you need to go this far, but you don't want to be making that call and digging around for supplies when it's already 39 deg in the bedroom and your judgement is off and your fingers are numb, so figure out your plan before it gets that bad - at what indoor temp is it time to dig out the tent? - and stick to the plan as long as you can.
That was the big thing with camping in places where the days were okay but the nights were frigid, which I didn't really understand until I'd done it - once the sun goes down *all* you will be able to concentrate on is trying to get and then stay warm, so what do you need to make sure is ready in camp before you hit that point?