Blizzard outside, 6 kids, HELP!?

Question

I am in my home in broomfield, CO. It's 10 degrees F outside and all our electricity and heating is out. The only power we have is from my battery powered laptop. My husband is on a business trip until sunday, so I am snowed in by four feet of snow and I have my six little kids with me!

All you can see is white outside and nothing in the house. OUr heating is out and so we are freezing our butts off.

I have no phone service.
Tell me what I can do I have a huge problem.

My kids are ages 6,4,4,3,2 and 13 days, yes I have a thirteen day old with me.

Two of my kids have the vomit bug and they are sick as dogs, plus I cant see to find any flashlights or candles.

Everybody is so scared and I have no phones, no close way to get help, and no possible way I am going to dig my way out of four feet of snow and get my 6 little kids, two barfing their guts out and one only 13 days old out in the freezing a*s*s cold weather to get into a car and drive to somwhere safe. Please help!!!

Gee, well I cant exactly email anybody right now as most my family has no email adn there is no neighborhood/city website to get an email adress!

I am trying to keep us as warm as possible, but I am almost out of warm winter clothes for my little sick children that make a mess every 10 minuets, and I can't get mad because it's not their fault they got the stomach flu in the middle of a blizzard!!

I just hope you will all pray for me, my kids, and all the other fammilies in my town!

Thanks so much!

Okay, we made it through the night!

But now three are sick and I cant even cook breakfast so they are all eating box cerial!

I feel so bad, but they are just happy as could be looking out the window at 5.5 feet of snow!

Poor things slept in the bathroom! My three taht are sick wanted me, so we move a mattress into our king size master bath room, two that were not sick slept in the bathtub with five down filled blankets! they were fine, they LOVED it!

On the other hand, my three sicklings are sleeping on the matress, and a put baby in his carrier by me. They are much better now, but still sick. I have them eating applesauce and so far, so good!

But thank you all for answering! Although we are not out of danger yet!!!

our front door is frozen shut!!

If you have any extra Ideas, please help!!!

Answer 1

(1) email friends (as many as you can), neighbors, colleagues, etc. Explain. Ask them to call the police, fire, red cross, disaster services, electric company, etc. to send help.

(2) repeat Step (1) with your electric supplier. Their email number is probably on your bill. If not, google it.

(3) Repeat Step (1) with your local police, fire, red cross, other local emergency services.

(4) Have all your children put on winter coats, two pair of socks, and a hat. Keep your littlest one huddled up to you, in a child carrier, underneath your jacket, as much as you can. Try to stay in one or two rooms for the most part, to conserve body heat. Hang an extra blanket from the windows to retain what little heat there is. Keep the door shut.

(5) If your neighbors have power, try emailing them for help. Google their addresses if possible. You would not want to go there and leave your children unattended, or take your kids through that much snow.

(6) pray. Others will see this and pray too.

Hope this helps!

Answer 2

Blizzard Beach is the fave with my kids (ages 11, 9, & 6.) As mentioned it is the only one open at this time, so is the only option. Definitely worth it! The family ride (big round raft) is one of the longest ones...if no the longest one in the US. We love it. The kids play area is really cool (not the baby area.) It is called Ski Patrol and has icebergs to cross and a zipline for kids. It also has some smaller flumes. If the line to ride the ski lift is too long...the steps that climb up to where the family ride and taller flumes are is located on the backside of the ski patrol area. Lazy river is nice...we use that to get around the park usually. Enjoy your vacation!

Answer 3

One other thing. Your computer is your only means of communication. Conserve your battery power. Dim the display until you can just barely see it; blank it out (use a blank screensaver) and if possible get the hard disk and CPU to shut down when not using it. If it can hibernate (like windows xp) do that if you expect to wait a longer time for a reply.

Answer 4

Do you have the email address of someone nearby? Or look up your local town's website and find the police email. Don't leave your house, whatever you do. Stay huddled together under blankets.

Answer 5

It is critical to keep your little ones hydrated - vomiting can drop their fluid level very low, and then their blood pressure.

Have them eat or suck on ice chips.

Do you want someone to contact emergency services in Bloomfield for you?

I'll assume you're in Jefferson County. Do you want help?

You might want to conserve notebook energy by not answering other folks questions, I see you have answered 4 in the past 40 minutes.

Answer 6

if you have a fire place then i suggest you being burning stuff.....as for the sick children...i am sorry but i have no advice. my mother always kept medicines in the house..pepto or milk of magnesia. if you have any you might want to see if the sick ones will take it. other than that keep them as hydrated and warm as you can. good luck

Answer 7

Hey there,
I understand...I've survived the blizzard of 1977 and 1985 in Buffalo, New York.. Would you trust me to call a family member. my email address is [e-mail].
A concerned parent!!!!!!!!!

Answer 8

if it means keeping ur kids safe than get ur a** out and get to a safe place. body heat will keep u warm huddle together and try to email someone who could send help.....

Answer 9

Search for the website of your local police, sheriff, and/or EMS. Contact them for help.