Well, and the concern for me isn't so much for me. I have warm clothes, central air, and gas heaters and fireplace. Other than keeping my 100 year old grandmother warm in a house that does have a rather rude draft, the people here should be okay.<br/><br/>However, I have dogs, cats, and horses who have never been this cold except for maybe a couple of the horses who came from up north. It was 75 a couple of weeks ago, it's 40 and sunny today. Horses can colic and die with temperature changes like that. As for the dogs and cats, we can bring some of them in but not all of them.<br/><br/>Then, we don't have city water, we have a well. Out well tank already froze and spazed out the night before last with it going down to 15. We've gotta go get a new little heater for our well house (which is terribly insulated) because the one we had died.<br/><br/>So no, we're not prepared. Last winter was so pleasant we didn't even need the heater for the well once.<br/><br/>However, I've spent the day filling up water and putting hay in dog houses for warmth.