No heat, and other infrastructure failures

When my power and therefore heat went out in the wake of the recent ice storm, it was challenging because I didn't have any patterns in place to handle it, even though I have plenty of outdoor cold weather gear and indoor down comforters.

Some good tips in comments to my post about it, including this post by jaune-chat.

melannen posted some great tips.

I saw somewhere the great suggestion to pitch a tent on the bed, which gets rid of the problem of being too creaky to sleep on the floor. However, I still haven't figured out how to keep the cat from poking holes in the tent with his little claws, and I would like it to continue to be waterproof for eventual outdoor use. I suppose if losing heat becomes a regular event, one would keep an indoor tent and an outdoor tent?

( shock at infrastructure failure )