Looks like my region is bracing for quite a bit of snow in the next few days. I've got they water stored and the lanterns filled with fuel. I'm ready if the power goes out!

Here's the storm warning:

WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM FRIDAY TO 3 AM EST SATURDAY

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM FRIDAY TO 3 AM EST SATURDAY. THE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND.

SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP FROM WEST TO EAST LATE FRIDAY MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. LATEST INDICATIONS ARE FOR SNOW TO BEGIN IN THE GREATER HARTFORD SPRINGFIELD AREAS AND THE I91 CORRIDOR BETWEEN 10 AM AND NOON. SNOW WILL THEN OVERSPREAD THE REMAINDER OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND... INCLUDING EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND BETWEEN NOON AND 2 PM.

THE SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY NOT TOO LONG AFTER THE ONSET. THUS TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED DURING THE AFTERNOON THROUGHOUT SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE LIKELY FROM MID FRIDAY AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING. ROADS DURING THE FRIDAY LATE DAY/EVENING COMMUTE WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND TREACHEROUS. THE SNOW SHOULD TAPER TO SNOW SHOWERS ACROSS THE INTERIOR DURING THE EVENING HOURS... BUT THE STEADY SNOW WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE COAST WELL INTO THE NIGHT... .ESPECIALLY ACROSS SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS... INCLUDING CAPE COD AND NANTUCKET.

IN ADDITION... STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 45 MPH WILL DEVELOP FRIDAY EVENING AND NIGHT ACROSS EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND. THIS WILL RESULT IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW... YIELDING VISIBILITY NEAR ZERO AT TIMES AND BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED ON THE CAPE AND ISLANDS.

AT THIS TIME... IT LOOKS AS THOUGH MOST OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND WILL RECEIVE 6 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOWFALL BY MIDNIGHT FRIDAY NIGHT... WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS ACROSS RHODE ISLAND AND SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS. FOR MARTHAS VINEYARD... NANTUCKET... BLOCK ISLAND... AND PERHAPS EVEN CAPE COD... RAIN AND SLEET MAY MIX IN WITH THE SNOW FROM TIME TO TIME. THIS WOULD RESULT IN SLIGHTLY LOWER SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THERE.

THIS SNOWSTORM IS STILL ABOUT 24 HOURS AWAY... SO SOME OF THE DETAILS WILL LIKELY HAVE TO BE REFINED... SUCH AS THE ARRIVAL TIME OF THE SNOW AND THE RAIN SNOW LINE ACROSS CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS...TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED ANYTIME FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING... AS WE EXPECT HEAVY SNOW TREACHEROUS ROAD CONDITIONS DURING THIS TIME.

My aunt lives in Florida and she seems to be always prepared in case a big storm might hit her part of the state. She has all the goods and items at her house to survive a major storm.

We live in Massachusetts and it's been snowing pretty much straight for the past two days...Up to about 16 inches of snow...We haven't lost our power or anything...Thank god for snow blowers...lol...

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If it's in your pack, but you don't know how to use it...it's useless. So, always test your skills as a form of preparation...Don't wait until your life depends on it. That's a lesson you don't want to learn the hard way.

Do you have anything in place in case you would get snowed it or if you would loose power? Do you have any emergency supplies at your house?