A wood burning stove might be a good idea. Lord help us if this was a harbinger of an Ice Age.
In the greater Northern Midwest were these temps can be the norm, many people have corn or wood pellet heaters. My sister entire house can be heated by theirs even if they lose power. They are not that expensive compared to a central heating system. It may be a waste of money in Texas, this is not a normal storm. However, my brother-in-law said it cut his winter heating bill nearly in half. I am having one installed in my unused fire place.
***A wood burning stove might be a good idea.***
“I told myself it was beneath my dignity to arrest a man for pilfering firewood. But nothing ordered by the Party is beneath the dignity of any man. And the Party was right: one man desperate for a bit of fuel is pathetic; five million people desperate for fuel will destroy a city. “ —from Dr Zhivago