HOPE I'M NOT TOO LATE WITH THIS MONEY MAKING IDEA FOR THE BIG MIDWEST FREEZE. MY FIRST WINTER AT WESTERN STATE COLLEGE IN GUNNISON, CO IT GOT DOWN TO -40. EVERYONE ASKED, "I WONDER IF MY CAR WILL START? THEN PROCEEDED TO RUN DOWN THEIR BATTERIES TRYING. A BUDDY HAD HIS BLOCK HEATER PLUGGED IN ON HIS PICKUP AND DROVE AROUND JUMP STARTING EVERYONE ALL DAY. WHEN HE CAME BACK TO THE APARTMENT HE HAD A SMALL FORTUNE, CASES OF BEER AND THERAPEUTIC SUBSTANCES IN VAST QUANTITIES. HOPE THIS HELPS.