Due to Storm Arwen many homes went without power for 48 hours, some more.

That’s many homes with elderly/ family homes with young children and people with serious health conditions left without any light or heating and some left with no way of heating food to eat. In this day and age this should never be an issue and there should be a back up plan available if anyone has to go more than 1 day without heating from a storm.

I am suggesting that portable gas heaters are given to every home of the vulnerable to be used in back up incase such an emergency happens again and also foil survival blankets.

Living without any heat for 48 hours in winter temperatures can cause severe health conditions and can be fatal to someone who is very unwell. Babies and young children shouldn’t have to be freezing cold.