Arctic Freeze in Texas - How We Managed No Power, No Water, No Generator For 24 Hours!
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- Опубликовано: 17 янв 2024
- In this video, I turned off the power and water for 24 hours in the middle of the Texas Arctic Freeze. We didn’t use our generator or our Delta Pro. We did this to demonstrate how well my Pre-Winter Storm Power Outage Checklist works. Basically, I am walking the talk!
Link to my checklist video and link to download and print off the checklist:
• How to Prepare for Win...
Links to the videos I refer to in this video:
Emergency Radios Review: • Which One to Buy? Midl...
Olympian Wave 8 Heater Review • Olympian Wave 8 Heater...
Mr Heater Buddy Review • Mr Heater Portable Bud...
Wireless Thermometer Review • ORIA Refrigerator / Fr...
5 Gallon Drinking Water Containers Review • 5 Gallon API Kirk Stac...
Items to have on hand:
Kidde Carbon Monoxide Detector 1 amzn.to/47HPq6w
Kidde Carbon Monoxide Detector 2 amzn.to/3vNf4ti
Portable Gas Sniffer to Locate Leaks of Multiple Combustible Gases Like Propane amzn.to/4bgaunZ
Mr. Heater Portable Buddy amzn.to/45V7Ek9
Olympian Wave 8 Heater amzn.to/3FJFhLb
Welding Blanket amzn.to/3smObLI
Iron Hammer Portable Shower amzn.to/48FpQAt
WaterBOB Bathtub Storage Emergency Drinking Water Container amzn.to/3u0nRYp
Emergency Zone Honey Bucket Style Toilet Seat for 5 gallon buckets amzn.to/47KYDuS
5 gallon water storage containers amzn.to/47k2r6r
Midland ER310 Emergency Radio amzn.to/3QGM3aU
Midland - Emergency Weather Alert Radio - S.A.M.E. Localized Programming amzn.to/3Hlbv0d
Baofeng UV-5R Handheld Ham radio amzn.to/47lOLYZ
Camping Lantern for emergencies… Battery powered amzn.to/3QmYW8K
Olight Banton 3 amzn.to/3QowV0z
Coleman Ice Chest amzn.to/3SIIvqb
Window Insulation Kit (shop around for the best option for you from this link) amzn.to/3SIIvqb
Or use bubble wrap like we did.
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Thank you for sharing this. You have a plan that works and from practice you KNOW it works.
You bet
I always look forward to your videos that address these issues.
Thank you.
My pleasure!
👍 Thank you‼️ Great video with lots of information, packed into a succinct 20 mins! Very well done! I’ll be saving for future reference, and sharing. Been learning all I can these last few yrs, so as to be better prepared. This info. is much appreciated! T.y again! Blessings 🕊️🌾 *shared*
Thank you for watching!
@@LoneStarPrepping very welcome! T.y!
Fantastic - thanks for a great video and test. During snowmageddon 2021, we shared all kinds of stuff with our neighbors and then during snowmageddon 2023, no one had done anything in between.
Great video. Thank you for putting this together. Very simple, practical and doable for anyone. Love, Love, love the checklist idea. Just as another idea for you: put a bag of rice in a long sock. While the heater is on, place the rice sock near by. The rice will soak up the heat. Put the rice sock in your bed, near your feet before bedtime to pre-heat your bed. This feels soo good and allows your body to retain heat rather than using it to heat up the bed.
Good idea! We had a rice bag made to heat up and use as a warm pack for hurt back etc...
Very excellent video with multiple teaching moments! Thank You!
You're very welcome!
Excellent video!! I have many of the things you mention in the video. A couple of things I don’t have is the Wave Heater (even though I have two Big Buddy Heaters) and the shower. After watching your video I want to add those two things to my preps. Thank you again for sharing this impressive practice power outage!! ❤
In FEB 2021, we were without grid power for 17 days. Thankfully, we had hybrid solar, 60Kwh batteries, and a 22KW generator with a 1,000 gallon propane tank. We had no ssues.
Good for you...
Great video! Practice is always a great idea. We practice at least 2 times a year.
Thank you for this well done experiment, it was awesome!
Thank you! Cheers!
Another wonderful video! Thank you for sharing your knowledge and experience with us.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Good stuff Maynard! -Fellow Texan
Thanks for all the GREAT information!!
Thank you
We had similar checklist but we use a Chinese diesel heater setup thousand square foot house heated it no power no water Southern gallons diesel 7 days basically a gallon a day on diesel to keep it at a nice 71° with negative wind chill factors in the negative15 daytime temps at 9° you don't get any fumes you do have to have a decent battery I have a 200 amp hour ampere time keep it running 24/7 just adjusted output temperature
Great video thanks!!!
Thanks for watching!
Good informational video, thanks for sharing YAH bless !
My pleasure
Really great video, love the detail. Really curious why you’re putting water in the back of the toilet to flush. Can you cut that amount in half by bypassing the tank and pouring a pitcher of water directly into the bowl?
Some people do it that way. I don't. I dont have to use that much water if I dont want. We had plenty of water. I find my way cleans out the bowl better. If you just put water in the bowl when there is no flowing water to the toilet and the tank is empty, it doesnt flush. If you just put water in the bowl, it wont flush. You have to dump the water high enough over the bowl to aggetate the water enough to drain out and in the meantime, you just splashed dirty toilet water all over the place... no thanks...
Great experiment! Thanks for taking us along. How cold was your room after sleeping all night without a heater on? Is it the risk of CO/ decreased O2 that prevented you from using it?...I'd reccomend upgrading your gas fireplace. I did my own experiment and mine will keep my 1st floor in the upper 60s, with outside temps in the low 20s outside even in my old house. Thanks again for you video. I'm going to look at that heater and the shower.
Thanks for your comment. I have no idea how cold it was in bedroom when I woke up. I was focussed on getting the livingroom heat going. The bedroom was cold, but would have been worse without insalated windows and blackout curtains. I turned the living room one back on about 1am and the bedroom a couple hours later. We had plenty of blankets and thermals etc...
Northern Arizona: I have a Midland Weather Radio and the reception is really poor. Can you recommend an external antenna and what might be a better brand? I live on the edge of town with surrounding mountains likely complicating the reception. Thank you. Love your channel!
I don' know, but you may want to start here... if you are talking about the white radio in my video...
midlandusa.com/collections/weather-antennas
in your video on "The 7 Most Important Items for a Faraday Cage" your show all of these downloadable phone apps . Could you list those and where you found them? That would be extremely helpful.
I did under the description.
I would added a thermal fan on top of buddyheater..I use it and it spreads heat faster and better..thats the ONLY thing I saw that would make it better through out the whole video,,,,
They use to make the Big Buddy with that heater... not anymore...
@@LoneStarPrepping they sell the fans separate..you see them a lot on the Alaske shows on tv
Thanks, but I think we are doing fine with the way it is.
People don't forget you have a wide audience those things may not apply to our way of life. I do appreciate what your saying. I would love a vid if you have to leave. Gear, etc
Sorry... I have no idea what you are talking about.
Did the wave 8 heater really keep your whole house at 72 or just the room it was in?
It kept mainly the living room, dining area and kitchen warm. Together that was over 500 square feet and basically the same area. Our room is usually VERY cold. The window insulation helped keep it warmer that I would have expected. Without the window bubble wrap, I have my doubts it would have stayed as warm as it did.
Thanks, I saw your previous video applying bubble wrap and did the same thing. I agree it made a big difference on my north windows. I live in the Frisco area and we had the same type of weather. Thanks for the very informative videos.
Glad to hear it helped
Serious Question here.
With the Olympian wave 8 heater,
Do you really smell nothing?
Any down sides to having it?
I’m interested because I have a few little heater buddies and they all smell to my wife and I.
After enough time with her buddy we feel a bit nauseous.
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Only downside is it is heavier, not as portable, you have to use the tank and hose, and you have to keep the cover on it when not in use because the dust will kill the pad on it, and it costs a lot more than Mr Heater, but we smell nothing.
Well done experiment y'all have performed.
Thanks.
I have 12 volt batteries with cigarette type outlets and USB charger ports and to run our radios .
I have a 12 volt electric blanket, available on Amazon of course, but truck stops have many 12 volt appliances.
The little blanket can keep my wife warm on the couch.
Our propane just about froze in the Texas cold snap, and would barely light,
Now we have a rocket stove.
Our diesel genset wouldn't start since it has no preheater, I was able to heat the intake manifold with a barely burning propane torch and if finely started.
Also, starter battery was frozen, so I had to jump it off our tractor. Now we have a lithium jump starter..
Draining pipes works better than dripping for us. Before restoring water to the house, check the pipes, as if cracked, you may not realize it until pressurized with water.
I like your portable shower, good idea.
Like you, I too have a good wife who helps , especially when it gets rough, she pulled a 100 foot well pipe in the freeze so I could reattach the pump, and she helped me pull the septic pump out, a very unpleasant job, but she just washed the stuff off and kept on going.