DID YOU FORGET These Vital Winter Preps?
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- Опубликовано: 12 дек 2023
- This video shows things that everyone should do now to prepare for this coming winter. These are easy steps you can take now that will prepare your home and family for severe winter weather.
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As I've said before, I am a lifetime prepper from a long line of preppers. It has saved my bacon many times over the years. No one knows what the future holds and we can't prep for every or all situations. All we can do is the best we can each day, one step at a time. I really appreciate your videos as I always learn something I didn't know or had forgotten about. Today was no exception. Thank you again for your well thought out and concise information. See you next time.
Thank you Jean!
Your videos are always so helpful thank you for sharing your knowledge! Take care and God bless from Ontario Canada.🎄☃️🦌
Thank you!
Same here,I live in hurricane area of S.e.Louisiana, I stay heavily prepared at all times,so whatever happens, short if a nuclear disaster I got this!
With something like a generator, if you are storing it away, allow the fuel to run dry or drain the fuel before putting it in storage
Oh boy JR you are right on with this video as always. My son and daughter in law are first time home owners for a littler over a year now. They have 4 beautiful little girls, my granddaughters. When they bought the house I mentioned they needed to do something about the well pump in the unheated garage that might freeze and the huge trees with dead limbs very close to the house. Both fell on deaf ears. Well needless to say my son spent 2 days last winter unthawing his well pump and replacing broken pipes. Then this spring during a bad storm a huge limb fell on their roof and he had to replace their whole roof. I refrained from saying "I told you so". I figured he didn't need to hear it. Ohio weather is not to be ignored. I guess he will learn the hard way.
I appreciate your videos; they're non-alarmist, straight forward, & to the point.
Pine trees don't have a deep tap root and blow over much easier than other trees.
Thanks you JR. Great advice. I also like to keep a good sleeping bag in the car in the winter along with my usual get home bag. It's very possible to get stranded in the winter.
I didn't realize you were so close , Hello from Frankston, Texas Sir !! I appreciate your channel and info !! Have and amazingly blessed week !
Thank you!
Another excellent video, JR! Thank you! Appreciate your NO DRAMA vibe!!!
I checked the wattage on some smaller slow cookers and they dont use very much..in my opinion they might be a good option for cooking.
Yes & an instant pot even uses less power
2 quart only need 110 watts
Small 650-750 watt microwave is really useful with Solar generator setups.
Good evening, JR. Leaving this world behind, scenario prepping is at attention right now.
Always great tips.
Thank you, JR.
You’ve always been good with your videos: you are now far and away the best preparedness channel on RUclips... thank you for your accessibility, clarity, humour, and calm presentation. More power to your elbow!
Great video very informative. Love the dance😂😊 with the mask. I just washed 9 blankets 2 comforters to go, washed all winter clothes & very little regular laundry to do. Started going through and making lists of all preps . We flood very bad where I live so we have to be prepared we have another storm coming this weekend. So I've been in beast mode. Thank you for another great video. Have a blessed day. 😊
OK, definitely more masked dancing in the future. Great video and thanks for sharing buddy. Cheers from Alberta!
Our neighbor just cut down a HUGE tree that was sick just to make sure it wouldn’t take down 1. His house 2. Our house 3. Power lines. So thankful he did!! It was a HUGE loss of shade for us, but if we have a bad ice storm this year (ha. Ya right.) that tree would go down.
Your videos are so practical. And I thought that look on your face was amusing when you talked about keeping up with laundry.
thanks for all you do for the community.
Another great video from one of the most sensible preparedness people on RUclips!
Keep Prepping
Thanks for watching!
Piney Woods! I live in Atlanta, TX!!!
Nice!
What my mom did for air space in a freezer was fill it with stacks of old newspapers to take up the room. Newspapers go under the food.
Your mother was a genius! I have about 3 Epoch Times sitting here doing nothing now. I have been making an effort to can what is in my freezers so I won't lose my food again. That means that I will end up with empty space until I fill them up again. Thanks!
Fill with jugs of clean water. Not only will it help keep things colder when power goes out, when it does thaw you can still use the water.
Really enjoying your channel. Keep up the good work!
Thank you David!
Great foresight! Thanks for the advice.
You’re welcome Gilbert! Thanks for watching!
New subscriber here. I've watched several of your videos and I am very impressed at the thoroughness and details of your vids - one of the best on the net (and I watch a lot). Interesting that you are in the Piney Woods of East Texas - my family has been there for several generations (Longview, Gilmer, Tyler and all over north east area). I now live at 1.5 miles elevation in SW Colorado - already had over a foot of snow this year and a blizzard this morning. We've lived here for 15 years and I affirm your suggestions for winter. Sometimes its a matter of comfort and sometimes life & death! Thanks for your vids!!!
Here in Canada we have garden hose faucets that have a shut-off valve inside the house. That way we can shut off the water to the outside pipe and then just open the outside pipe so it doesn't freeze.
I grew up in a home that always had a fully stocked pantry and gardens and first aid and health supplies. My mom was a nurse and she loved to see and crochet. Thank you to my parents who lived practical living.
😊👍 God 🙏 bless you for teaching people. I did not learn this survivalist information ℹ️ in school 🏫🎒🙏🕊️🌿🤲✌️💚🧡
Good tips. I didn't realize the risks of pine trees. Thanks for letting us know.
Common sense tips and valuable reminders! I so needed this! Great one ,JR Thank you!! My biggest problem is not having my items in place. Some things are still in the box . :/ Maybe you could do a video on how to help us get organized??
I appreciate your videos and all your suggestions you have. I have all my extra blankets vacuumed sealed in space bags, pillows and hand & feet warmers . I have several different ways to keep warm with wood , flue oil and backup generator gas / propane thanks for posting.
I have been a very avid woodsman, Hunter, and camper my whole life. And since I have a fairly severe case of OCD I was fairly prepared. But I have recently started becoming an actual prepper. I never realized how unprepared we actually were. Until some big storms the last few years devastated our area. We made it threw them ok since I did some basic prepping. Watching your videos has tought me a lot. Thanks and keep up the great work.
Thank you Travis!
Thank you.
Thanks for the great video with a lot of information.
Good ideas thank you 😊👍
You’re welcome! Thanks for watching and commenting!
Thanks
THKS
Another good reminder video
Came across your channel this evening and noticed that you said you live in the east Texas piney woods. Same here, in the Lovelady/Groveton area. I subscribed so will look for more from you.
As always a good video!!!!
We have been very fortunate to afford whole home solar panels and a tesla battery back up. If any major wind or rain storm (I live in Souther CA, not much snow here) is registered on any major weather station/website/app, the tesla battery automatically switches to standby and fully charges itself and waits until after the storm passes before to goes back to it's custom set up. If we lose power it steps in and sends us an alert to make sure we switch down to the bare minimum power use so our fridge and freezer get the majority of the power. We've done some dumby scenarios and allowed ourselves some lights and TV and it lasted 19 hours before it alerted us that the battery was getting low.
Watching you from Nacogdoches. Bet you know where I am😊
Good video
How much back up power does a family of 3 really need if the power was down for say a 2 week period? I have back up heat and gas grills for cooking.
@@nolashiflett635 East Tennessee
I have just purchased a 13 cq upright freezer.. have 1/4 beef coming… which generator would you suggest for it? Thank you
You will need a BIG generator for it because a small one will not be enough to power it.
Don't forget to check coolant / antifreeze concentration a refractometer costs about $20 put a few drops of coolant on the optic and look in the view finder and read off the scale.. as to what protection is optimal depends on your region .... A digital battery tester comes in at $40 ISH again a handy check before winter
Avon fm12? Or mira safety variant?
Piney Woods neighbor here! SETEX
Being in Texas, you may not know, but…
Does anyone have any suggestions for keeping water bottles stored in vehicles from freezing in the Colorado Rockies?
Not water, but CapriSun doesn’t freeze solid in a vehicle in our area of northern Pennsylvania.
I have a 12 volt fridge I keep in my truck with bottled water that I use daily. In the winter the insulation helps to keep the water from freezing. If it gets really cold like in the teens for a couple of days, the bottles will eventually freeze. But more often than not I have never really had an issue.
It's not perfect but it works fairly well for me. You could try something similar.
Hope that helps!
Can't keep it from freezing but when I'm in my car I stick the bottle/ sm thermos in the seatbelt next to my body/back. Actually keeps it fairly warm.
cool
Like your channel
What’s the name of the tool that will shut off the main water line?
Often a large adjustable wrench will do it. Pop the cover off of your meter and check now, while you can see it. You can tie a red ribbon on the wrench that you have checked and know to work. That way if you need it in a hurry in the middle of the night and the power is out, you can find it easily with almost any flashlight. There's a valve at the street, or wherever water comes in. And one inside your home, often in the garage, or on an exterior wall, usually by one of your spigots. This valve usually looks like the handle on your outside water spigot, or its a single lever. It's good to know where both are.
It wouldn't hurt to make a 3 ring binder with photos for others in the house to refer to. You could also make them a cheat sheet on where things like propane and white gas and lanterns are, and how to use them. Don't rely too much on videos. They may not be able to find them on line or on their device in a pinch.
The adjustable wrench will also work on the gas meter. At least it does on mine.
@@yellowdog762jb thank you so much!
Water key, or water meter key
@@decormiamour 👍I meant to write adjustable wrench.
For younger generations who have never known a world without cell phones and the internet, I recommend having a grid down way to charge your smart phone. I have the smallest Jackery power bank and a portable solar panel for it so I can always recharge my smaller devices. Prolonged power grid failures can become painfully boring for teens and others who may be too dependent upon electronic entertainment and text messaging.
I also recommend having some non-electronic ways for household members to entertain themselves. Such as age-appropriate coloring books, puzzle books, novels, jigsaw puzzles and various hobby kits. Board games, card games, song books and musical instruments can also provide good ways to pass the time and entertain the household. A portable DVD player and a set of children's cartoon videos and Disney movies on DVDs can keep the little ones entertained so parents can get some survival tasks done.
People used to laugh at me with my "stupid, useless, tiny" 800w almost silent gasoline fuelled generator (there's moped scooters in my neighbourhood are way louder) power failed for about 18 hours and I used my generator to recharge my freezer and a couple solar power stations belonging to neighbours and myself, a couple hours a day for recharge of stuff is enough if being frugal kinda like charging ya cellphone and a backup cellphone powerbank in ya car while driving to work 😁
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I am the Roddy piper of prepping!🤼♂️
Nice!