ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Metro Atlanta families are getting food and supplies ahead of a winter storm that could cause significant power outages.
Experts recommend stocking up on affordable essentials like batteries for flashlights and lanterns. Plus, pipe insulation helps prevent costly freezes, and ice melter to keep walkways safe around your home. Ice scrapers are also flying off shelves, and firewood can be critical if power outages leave your home without heat.
“Faucet covers. That’s probably the wisest purchase at the store because if you have a hose bib freeze on the outside, it can cost you thousands of dollars to repair that plumbing. For $5-7, you can cover your bib which is the spigot on the outside of your house,” Lewis Payne with Bates Ace Hardware said…