Issue #034
An inch of dead air behind a blanket is free window insulation
Plus the sick-day shelf to build before the first classroom bug reaches your kitchen.
Saturday, September 12, 2026 · Home Safety
Glass loses heat faster than any wall you own. A blanket hung an inch off the window traps still air, and still air is what actually slows the cold.
Today’s Skill
Dead air at the glass
Pick the room you would sleep in if the heat quit. Hang a blanket, quilt, or tarp over the biggest window, mounted an inch or two off the glass at the top and pinned along the sides. That gap traps still air, and still air is the insulator. Roll a towel against the door gap. Close doors and vents in rooms you are not using. Rugs or flattened cardboard on bare floor last.
On The Radar
The sick-day shelf, built before you need it
September puts kids back in classrooms and pushes everyone indoors again. Bugs move fast once that happens. Stock one shelf now: tissues, a thermometer, electrolyte mix, soup and crackers, and three days of drinking fluids per person. Refill any daily prescription when you hit a week of pills left so you always carry a buffer. Decide which room becomes the sick room while everybody is still healthy.
The Drill
One window, one door, tonight
Before bed tonight, walk into your chosen warm room with a blanket and a bath towel. Hang the blanket over the largest window with tacks, clips, or a tension rod set slightly off the glass. Roll the towel and press it against the bottom of the door. Shut the vents in two rooms nobody sleeps in. Check the room in the morning and see how it held.
Stay ready. Rise.
- Survival Rise
P.S. Forward this to the person in your house who is always cold, then watch tomorrow for the water you already own and forgot about.