I don't blame Texans for being unprepared for this kind of cold snap but once upon a time we used to be able to handle power outages. As for Colorado, if the electricity and gas goes out, I have plenty of camping supplies to tide me over for days. I could cook for weeks so the biggest problem would be heat but I think bunkering in a small room with a Coleman lantern or even a couple pillar candles would be fine. If I lose Internet, I have over 100 linear feet of comic books and 8 6-foot bookshelves of real books to keep me busy.