During the colder months losing power to your home can be a difficult thing to deal with. 

Dallas County Emergency Management Coordinator A.J. Seely says one of the first things you should do is check the electric provider page to see how long the outage may last. Seely says if you don’t see the notification you should report it.  

“Typically, outages are reported and then within about ten or fifteen minutes the provider will know about it. If it’s not listed on that page, you can call them and report the outage so that they start working on a solution to that. Typically, that will also come with a(n) estimated restoration time.”

Seely tells Raccoon Valley Radio with a power outage of roughly two to six hours, homes can typically hold in their heat but it depends on circumstances such as insulation and drafts that it potentially lead to it getting cold inside. 

“Some things that you could do at home are put on warmer clothes, sweatshirts, pants for example, cover up with blankets.”

Seely says if you have a generator make sure you are using the generator outside of the home and away from any windows as well as having it being wired properly.