With families experiencing colder-than-normal temperatures already during the month of November and with freezing temperatures over the Thanksgiving holiday, the FLASH team suggests adding a few winter safety items to your Black Friday shopping list.
There’s no better gift than one that offers your loved ones safety and protection and even has the potential to save their lives. FLASH developed a comprehensive list of winter-weather preparedness gift-giving ideas that can protect friends’ and families’ homes and ensure their safety.
Winter storms from coast to coast are redefining this year’s must-have gift list. Here are suggested gifts that provide Comfort and Security as well as Home Mitigation:
- AM/FM radios w/extra batteries
- Automobile power inverters
- Blankets
- Carbon monoxide detectors
- First-aid kits
- Hand-crank powered appliances such as cell phone chargers, power supplies, radios and weather radio
- Cell phone battery pack or case
- LED flash lights w/extra batteries
- FLASH Weather Alerts app
- Power generators
- Portable gasoline-powered generators
- Permanent LP or natural gas standby generators
- Solar-powered backpack to charge laptops, tablets, music players and other portable devices
- Attic insulation
- Insulated doors
- Insulated faucet domes
- Storm doors
- Portable generators
- Standby generators
- Gift certificates for professional home inspections
- Gift certificates for professional winterization services
- Insulation for hose bibs, exposed plumbing, pool equipment
- Weather stripping
- Replacement windows
For a complete list of tips on how to stay safe and comfortable during power outages, click here. For more tips and resources on winter safety visit www.greatwinterweatherparty.org. For comprehensive disaster safety and home mitigation information on weather of all kinds visit www.flash.org.