WINCHESTERÂ â With a major snowstorm in the Northern Shenandoah Valley on Wednesday, area residents should prepare for possible power outages.
Shenandoah Valley Electric Cooperative (SVEC), a Rockingham County-based utility that provides electricity to Winchester and parts of Frederick and Clarke counties, issued the following tips to help customers prepare for potential blackouts during and after the storm:
Make sure your cellphone is fully charged before the snow starts falling.
Download the MySVEC app for Apple and Android devices.
Create a home-outage kit with emergency items including flashlights, batteries, a battery-operated radio, candles and matches, water, canned or packaged foods, paper plates, plastic utensils, a camp stove, extra blankets or sleeping bags, a non-electrical heating source, a first-aid kit and a fire extinguisher.