Near Fatal Mistake @ Remote Alaska Cabin
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I apologize as there seems to be some confusion with some of what happened. During the day, in order to conserve oil, I burn wood to heat the cabin. If the wood stove cannot keep the temperature around 50F the oil burner will automatically kick on. At night I will load the wood stove as much as possible and the go to sleep knowing that the oil burner will kick on if the temperature drops below 50F once the wood stove fire burns low. This means I do not have to get up every couple of hours to feed the fire. On this ONE particular night, the oil burner ran out of oil. 100% my fault yes and I admitted to that on video. Also at night I sleep with an electric blanket so you don't notice the cold until a cold puppy wants under the blankets. Normally it is so warm upstairs (since heat rises) that Kenai refuses to sleep on the bed and will either sleep on the floor or even sleep downstairs. I underestimated the oil consumption so its a live and learn experience. I need to have a level gauge put on the oil tank so I know the level. Either way now that I have a biweekly fill set up with the Crowley Fuel, I wont have to worry about running out of oil. And yes I should have insulated the windows earlier but the cabin was not cold prior to running out of oil. Thank you! Alone and Kenai!
stay safe and warm; Happy New Year to you both
Keep a nice pile inside that warms up so you can make a fire easily and will burn a whole lot hotter.....
Stay safe and Lord bless. Happy New year!
Glad you got your delivery fast.
The learning curve must be tremendous. Much admiration!
I always keep a good sleeping bag in case the heat/electricity doesn’t work. Put an old sheet or blanket in the bag with you by the zipper to keep any cold air out; that’s an old Army trick. You won’t freeze to death in a house in a sleeping bag. I even used to pull guard standing up in my sleeping bag in my fighting position.😂
That's interesting. I have a military surplus bag that has arms built in it.
I live about an hour and a half away from Buffalo and I did live in Buffalo years ago for a short time. It is known for its snow because it is located off Lake Erie and if the lake doesn't freeze over, the city gets copious amounts of snow. This blizzard, however, was so powerful, I don't know how seriously people took the warnings. We are located in an area that doesn't see such dangerous conditions and we barely got any snow....just some tremendous gusts of wind. We have 2 sources of heat in the form of our wood stove and also a propane boiler. Living on 20 cacres of woods, the stove is our first source of heat. That said, our governor is now mandating that homes will be switched to electric heat pumps within several years. With the US harboring an aged and fragile grid system, I cannot imagine how people would survive an event like the blizzard of 2022. On a bright note, so many stories are coming out of Buffalo about how people helped each other in so many ways during the blizzard. Buffalo has been called "the city of good neighbors" and these heartwarming stories certainly validate that title!
Your video is a reminder to all that we should prepare ahead for unplanned circumstances. We never know what might be behind the corner!
Please stay warm and stay safe and have a Happy New Year!
Resist the government mandates to get rid of wood-burning stoves. The newer ones have virtually no harmful emissions as they re-burn gasses. Having that alternative is a matter of life and death in many cases; we can't let governments take away these rights!
Wow, that’s terrible. We had two solid weeks of below zero temps and no electricity two years ago, in Texas. My intuition had been telling me to get a gas or wood stove and I was in Cali at the time visiting my daughter and bought a gas stove on-line and had it installed. My husband thought I was crazy because we live in Texas and bad winters don’t happen. But the past winters are bad in February and our bills were over a $1000 a month. Not a couple days passed, after I had a 100 gallon gas tank installed and filled, we were hit that terrible winter. Our electricity was out, my daughter & granddaughter came home with me so I had a child under 2 to think of. I thank God I listened to my intuition & ignored my husband’s doubts and got a gas stove. If I lived in NY, I would sneak a gas stove in and if they come check, just hide it or unhook it. People have to think of keeping their children warm and a heat pump don’t work with no electricity. What would we have done if I had no gotten a gas stove, I can’t imagine. I feel bad for people in NY. 😢
I live in Buffalo and even though we were warned, it was like nothing I have ever experienced before and I survived some bad ones in my 67 years.
Look to German people arrested for gathering wood to heat their homes with the intense electricity bills, it’s genocide.
How do they expect you to survive when power goes out?🤦♀️
When you get the tank moved, I suggest having a sight glass put on it so you can see the level from a window in your house.
So a sight glass was something I asked for when the "oil guy" fixed my Toyo and then I just forgot to ask him about it again! It is priority number one now! Live and learn! Thank you Dave! 🤗🧡
@@AloneinRemoteAlaska Great minds think alike
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Glad they were able to get you oil so quickly, definitely a God send! Thankfully my pups were happy staying inside during the cold spell.
Living inMontana, I’m very used to using a wood stove for heat. You need to fill that thing up at night and bank it. It will never get that cold again. You might have to set an alarm to get up during the night and feed the wood stove again. You might want to get a cot and set it up by the stove when it gets that cold.
Yes , you never hear of people banking thrir wood stoves.....I dnt think they know how.....
We always used barrels stoves ......if you bank it it doesnt go out til mid bext day.....using birch that is.....awesome wood
I’ve never lived in a super cold environment though we had snow occasionally when I was a child. We burned coal for heat in the South. It might be wise to create a “safe room”, maybe closet size with a separate heat source to keep you warm and a lifesaving amount of water from freezing to use just if you have such an emergency. 😮😢Maybe you need two oil tanks and call for a fill up when just one is empty! This is a scary episode! ❤
The oil delivers bi weekly as long as I tell them to start up again and since I didn't do it last year once my driveway was all packed with snow, I just simply forgot! I am all set up again and will definitely not forget next time! I have a plastic wall kit that was sent to me by a subscriber that I can use to block off my kitchen from the rest of the cabin if needed. When I first arrived I basically slept in the kitchen on a folding cot so I would do that if it was an emergency. The wood stove is more than enough to heat the kitchen! Sorry Sarah the episode was meant to show more of how a small mistake could be dangerous but being prepared and having backups for these situations is important! 🤗🧡
My area got down to -49 wind chill. I have a mule and donkey, feral cats, chickens and ducks. Plus 4 indoor dogs. I filled barn with a significant hay for feed and warmth for equine. Locked poultry and cats in garage with heat lamps. Asked God to watch over us and guide me if l needed to do more. My house stayed in 60’s so we were fine.
Alone maybe you could move your birky and glass water dispensor closer to the woodstove to other side of your kitchen counter,
Normally the kitchen is already the warmest place in the entire cabin so it is not an issue. I may move it in winter though just in case! Thank you so much Carolyn! 🤗🧡
Crazy cold, wow have to be tough as nails to bear those type of conditions your amazing. Noticed your wood stove pipe is quite long, it will easily accommodate one maybe two heat exchangers/reclaim that capture heat before it's blown out the pipe, check into them please. Stay warm.
Wow two weeks. That can be a big expense if it’s a extra cold winter. Not as efficient as I would have thought. Two wood stoves and 20 cord’s.😂
I was complaining it was 48 in the cabin the other morning. I’m a wimp…😂
Two weeks would have been if I kept the cabin at 70-80F. But I like the 50-55F range better and I have the wood stove as my main heat anyway. I have considered two wood stoves but what I really need is a newer and more efficient stove since my cabin is so big. You're definitely not a wimp Ron! Just not so into the cold weather! And that's why you live in Cali! At least you can garden year round! 😉🧡
Not sure why you wouldn't set an alarm and load your stove? In those temps letting it fall that low inside seems a bit silly.
Hello...you and Keni look so cold ! Thank you for the Birthday wish, yours was the first one I got. You should by an Energy Harvester Wood Stove, their so efficient. My ex-husband and I had one in our first 2 story house and it blew us out of there. In the winter we'd open our front French doors go let the cold in ! No kidding. We had 3 bedrooms. I also bought double rubberized lined curtains , my heat bills were crazy low..you should get the for your cabin. Keep warm🤗🔥
Your friend
Kathy Johnston. Happy New Year🍾
take care, and stay warm❤have a happy new year🎉🎉🎉from sheboygan, wisconsin.
That was a pretty good cold & wind event here in Valdez. Not so much snow because the wind blew most of it overboard off the decks. Looks like that missing snow will be here tomorrow though. You should buy the biggest Blaze King wood-stove (next time the RUclips armored truck drops off your channel paycheck!)
You mean the next time the RUclips armored truck stops by to drop of my 5 dollars?! 🤣 I ask for it in pennies so it feels like it's more! But after the $4.99 delivery and processing fee ...... 🙄 I am looking at a Blaze King for sure though! The dealer I am used to dealing with in Anchorage doesn't sell Blaze King? You'd think it would be state law or something? 🤪 Be safe out there Ed! 😉🧡
Keep your tank full through this winter. It is easy enough to get a few fuel drums in the back of a truck and a 12 v pump to empty the tank for moving next summer, then roll the truck up to the new location and empty the drums back in. So happy you were able to get the fuel you needed quickly.
Um, is she moving next summer?
Dont think so. She mentioned wanting to move the tank location on the property.
Modern woodburners are much more efficient, generate much more heat, and use less wood than older models. An investment, but well worth considering if you have the funds. You obviously insulated the cabin when you had all the work done, so a better heat source would seem to be key. We recently replaced ours and it’s like comparing an old scooter to a Ferrari! Stay warm and well xx
Quality old ones are fantastic. I have a 1979 Earth Stove that is a rock star...it was aexpensive stove back then.
Its all about quality, size, and the wood ya burn.
I would not get a new one with the catalytic converters
@@gman77gas It sounds like you’ve got an excellent model, but all old woodburners are not equal. I recently replaced a huge 30 year old stove for one half the size which generates double the heat. It’s a Danish design - they also have wooden houses and very cold snowy winters. (Mine doesn’t have a catalytic converter).
I’ve been amazed at what a difference it’s made. The right woodburner should be able to heat that cabin. Stay cosy! 🔥
@@ecalpemos6274 hi what brand is it please? 👍
@@Divinefemininemiracles Heta
@@Divinefemininemiracles Heta stove
Another thing that you can do before you go to bed make sure that your canner is full with water and it's on the stove that way when you wake up hopefully with them stove that was burning earlier that water might still be warm for a hot cup of something in the morning and give your dog a drink too
If I remember you don't have a door on your pantry. Not sure, I'm easily confused. If not you could add one or use your blanket trick to help reduce the area you need to heat. Open floor plans are nice but not always practical. In my shop when it's extremely cold I tarp half of it off. Anyway you be careful glad you got your heating fuel. Remember the signs of hypothermia and stay safe.
When the oil burner is working (you know when it actually has oil to burn🤣) and the wood stove is burning, the cabin stays pretty warm. Once all the warm air rises, I turn on the ceiling fan and it just blows warm air all throughout the cabin. Feels amazing. And to be honest many times I am opening a window on the second level because its just too warm. Not scheduling a biweekly oil delivery was a mistake on my part and wont happen again. But the wood stove, if properly stoked throughout the night can do an adequate job. I do need a more efficient wood stove though! Hypothermia check! Thank you so much Ashley! 🤗🧡
@@AloneinRemoteAlaska Roger that. Just showing a little love. As detailed as you are I know you can handle it!
I wont let mine out at all when its cold out. But then they are not allowed out unless im there with them. Not gonna be snaks for anything out there. My kitties get under the covers with me too. You need to keep that fire stoked. Been stokin mine during that artic heat wave that came thru. -11° and 4" snow so not as bad as back east. Never lost elec this time. I was freakin holdin my breath too for you!!!!!! Happy New Years!!!!🎊🎉🎊🎉🎊🎉🎊🎉🍾🍾🍾🍾 brain freeze lolololol
HA! Brain freeze indeed! I never let Kenai out unless I am out there with him or watching through a window. Even when he wants to just lay in the snow for a bit. But he is always tethered no matter what. I did have to keep the fire stoked for couple of days waiting for the oil delivery. Normally the oil heater keeps the house warm enough so I don't have to keep getting up during the night. Happy New Year to you as well! 🤗🧡
Wow, our temps got down -20 with wind chill and it was still chilly with my wood stove and the alternates running. I can't imagine being in Alaska sweating bullets over a fuel delivery. You are a hardy woman Alone! I admire you.
-20!! You were getting Alaska weather!🥶 Yeah that fuel delivery thing was totally my fault! All I had to do was get back on the bi weekly schedule and none of this would have happened! Worse case if the oil could not have been delivered, I would have had to get up every few hours to keep the wood stove going for another WEEK! I get cranky when my sleep is interrupted! 🤣 Of course I get cranky when the cabin is so cold I can see my breath still! 😁
So Happy you are getting a oil delivery. ❤️
To be smart about something is to be the most humble about it. To be humble about anything is to stop and listen.
Hun you can also put some water and a pan steam warms a place up very quickly and then you can pour that hot water into your canner and have that also going and then keep on adding the smaller pants that heats up quicker to the bigger canning and that steam will really help amazingly
I used to live in N Idaho in a log house where it got -40 below most of jan. I had a propane wall heater that didn't need power, so the bathroom and kitchen didn't freeze. And I had a wood stove that we burned 10 cords a winter, but it never got that cold in our house.
Stay safe up there! Hoping that you got warmed up to a more comfortable level in the cabin! Kenai is lovely! And a great companion for you! I also live in a dry cabin, and only heat is woodstove! I love it! You are doing a great job! Love your down to earth, no nonsense, common sense take on it all! Great channel!😊👍
Stay safe
I pray it has warmed up where u are at. Living In Minnesota we seal off the room where the stove is, which I believe is your kitchen. Place a cot near the stove for u to sleep when it is so cold and keep a fire going all night. Your cabin is open and that's too much space for a wood stove to heat. I believe the kitchen has low ceiling which is a plus. Some people call it a snug room in the winter.
two words....thermal underwear. They helped me so much in the Texas freeze.
where i live, one word: wool.
You are always so light humored!! Thank you for letting us into your life. Happy New Year!!!
Glad you enjoyed the video Greg! And I hope your 2023 is amazing! 🤗🧡
Oh my. You looked cold. Your weather came to Minnesota and it was flipping cold. The poor dogs went out to pee did not go where they normally go, they went right next to the house. The one ran off to poop where he normally goes, started running back and in a run lifted his front left paw and could not put it down and would not walk. I ran out and collected him. We have three 18 to 20 pound dogs. They were hanging out by the wood stove during most of the bitter weather. They have sweaters to wear as well. Your right, people need to be very aware of their pets. When I let them out I stood and watched each time and more than once had to go save one of them. Stay warm, your a better woman than I!
HA! Kenai would walk down the two steps, pee and immediately run inside. When he has to go number two he will go slightly further out but he sure goes quickly. I always go outside with Kenai and when its cold I do not let him go far. That night he wanted under the blankets was the first time he has ever wanted to. He was snoring like a buzz saw the moment his head hit the bed under that eclectic blanket 🤣 But he never hangs out by the wood stove. He actually gets too hot upstairs normally and will sleep on the floor or even sleep downstairs! I do put a sweater on Kenai too. He doesn't mind it at all! But Kenai is too big to run out and pick up! I just offer him a cookie and he comes running!! I was cold for sure but I will take that over being sweaty hot from the sun any day! Not better Brenda! Maybe just more stubborn? 😉🧡
As long as you can stay warm you are good. I've found clay pots and tealights are good for taking the chill off, they retain a fair amount of heat. It got brutally cold last week and it shocked quite a few neighbors. Hard way to get people's attention. Happy New Year, stay safe, stay warm and know you are on people's minds and prayer lists.
Oh my goodness you made me cold just seeing this. Glad you got a delivery
I am so glad you are scheduled for a fuel oil delivery. Miserable holiday for you without heat source other than the wood stove. I know exactly what you were discussing about our pets in this situation. I had a 4 day power outage years ago. My cat and I buried under all the quilts and blankets I could put over us at night. Crappy reading by candle light. I have since moved to another home and so far nothing like that has happened. But I keep my heat on 62 most of the time, even shutting it off during the day. I can't handle it if the place is over heated. Peace love happiness
It was cold last week. I live in Wisconsin and we had -35° with the windchill. Our only source of heat is wood. We have 3 wood stoves in the house a cookstove in the kitchen, a small wood stove in the living room and a wood furnace in the basement. We had all 3 of them going. Today I just have the cookstove going in the kitchen. It’s 32° today. Our animals got extra bedding, grain and warm water. I had a water bottle freeze sitting on the windowsill in my bedroom and the pipes froze in the kitchen. Glad you are okay and made it through the cold snap. I’m sure you have more coming. Thank you for your videos. It was our dream to move to Alaska but life had other plans for us. We live it through your videos and another RUclipsr Simple Living Alaska. Thanks again, stay safe and be blessed.
Forget the water !!go straight to the top shelf at least they don't freeze lol🤣🤣🇬🇧xx
Oh my…I know those days 🥶 We only have wood heat, grew up with only wood heat. Once our fire is hot we can shut it down and it will last up to 12 hours. We only have feed it a few times a day. I remember one time when the toilet water in the bowl froze 😂 oh so many good memories. I guess we are in that situation now, outhouse still full and frozen!!! Lol 😆 Stay WARM, take care!
You know having things freeze up in a house in the city is not a normal thing but out here, eh it happens. Do the best you can and move on! THATS what creates the good memories! 🤣 A full frozen outhouse, eh, no problem! 🤣 It truly is what makes living out here so unusual ..... and memorable! Nice and toasty warm! I hope you are too! 🤗🧡
Oh my, got the thermal set at 68 and I'm cold. In the cold snap and high winds, we managed, already had insulated tarps up around rabbits enclosure, roofs insulated goats and chickens, thick shavings on floors, and warm water twice a day, dogs inside. Cats have places in garage and old dog house.
Oh wow 68F? I would be melting! 🤣 It's so awesome to know you took care of all the animals too though! Maybe none of them were out making noise but at least they were warm! Thank you so much Robin! 🤗🧡
You are doing a fantastic job! Life and weather are sometimes unpredictable, and you handled this like a pro!! I live in far NW Washington State and close to the coast, so our temp's do not get as cold as people think however this last storm brought overnights into the 20's. I love watching your videos. I am sooo glad you have that wonderful dog for company and warmth! 🥰
Yup I agree your one tough cookie. Good call on the dry cabin No frozen toilet. Lots of advise for keeping warm but keep that fire stoked. One thing we did for our dog Kate since she was a puppy is to have a kiddie pool in the garage with mini flake shavings to go potty in. We scoop it out to a bucket to keep it clean. It was terrible to make our previous dog go out in the rain and potty in standing water. Or during the fire it was so Smokey. And now there is no need to go on a poo hunt. 😊
He's like leave me alone I'm hibernating I want to sleep
Nothing says Christmas like ice in the coffee pot in the morning! You have to love a good wood fire. Happy New year. Be well
I think the best heat there is comes from a wood fire! It feel like it warms your bones! And Happy New Year to you as well Frank! Thank you so much! 🤗🧡
I heat my entire little 1940s (no insulation) Appalachian mountain home with an antique French woodstove, and this fall I stockpiled 2 years worth of premium firewood. However, I have to say that the Christmas Bomb Cyclone, with air temps of -10 F and wind chills of -30 F, thoroughly tested my ability to keep pipes from freezing...and I was fortunate not to lose power as so many did. I now know that when the temps get below zero, keeping the house warm enough requires my full attention. But in addition to the woodstove, I have old-timey kerosene lamps and alternate ways to cook, etc. So I never worry about these big weather events. Duke Energy, which is one of the Big Kahuna power companies here in the SE, instituted rolling blackouts for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Initially everyone assumed it was because of peak demand...turns out it was really because of a cyber attack that lost Duke 1/3 of its generation capacity for 7 hours on the 24th and another 7-8 hours on the 25th. And Duke couldn't buy any power because other companies were at capacity output. IMHO, anyone who is not fully self-sufficient for heat and light (and cooking) going forward is going to be in deep do-do. It's so simple to go to Walmart and buy a Kerosene heater and a cheap little butane cooking stove and some rechargeable lights or candles or and old-timey lamp and lamp oil. I'll never understand why people don't take care of themselves! Looks like you have really warm footwear for indoors! Do you know about Manitoba Mukluks? I swear my feet never get cold in them, no matter how cold it is outdoors (or indoors). I wore them outdoors in super cold weather in Nova Scotia. They aren't work gear, but for daily living they are the bomb. Native made; animal skins/fur; and insulated soles. Glad you were able to get that heating oil so quickly!
Where at in Nova Scotia are you. I’m in cape Breton
A 1940's home heated with an antique woodstove! Now that just sounds perfect! Yeah maybe the stove is not as efficient as the modern stoves but it just takes some more TLC to keep the fire going. I am connected to the electrical grid but I want to be able to survive when it goes out. Which it seems to do often. I may need solar to keep computers going so I can make my RUclips videos but when talking about just survival, I'd rather be able to heat and cook without needing anything. Just good ole pioneer living. Oil lamps for light. Not necessarily battery operated flashlights or headlamps. But that's not a life for everyone. I do know about Manitoba Mukluks! They are very nice and I hear they are very warm! I do not own a pair yet but I certainly will! Oil delivery was just in the nick of time but I will buy a kerosene heater or a Mr Buddy propane heater just in case! Thank you so much Joanne! 😉🧡
Hello again Alone in remote Alaska. I was listening to Ted Nugents song Alaska when this video came up.what a nice coincidence. I sure hope that you might get a warm spell to let you thaw out.take care.stay safe.Happy New Year
I don't think I have heard that song! I will check it out! That is a nice coincidence huh! Now that the oil burner is going and the wood stove is going, the cabin is almost too warm! Kenai is back to sleeping downstairs again so all is good! 🤣 And Happy New Year to you as well James! 🤗🧡
you are a brave woman I'm in south Texas and 2021 the freeze storm was something else had never seen weather like that so slowly I have been buying propane heater and propane tanks left the water running for we have a water well so these time we were ok only lost power 4 two and a half hours 2021 we were 3 days with no power keep safe
Good afternoon Alone. I'm so glad to see you're doing well. Take care, stay warm and of course have a Happy New Year. I can't wait to see more of your journey in 2023!!! - you wonderfully talented offgrid woman. 😊🌹👍
Ahhh thank you kindly Richard! Kenai and I are completely warm again. Maybe too warm 🤣 2023 will be another crazy year so stay tuned! And I hope your 2023 is amazing Richard! Thank you so much! 🤗🧡
Please, Don’t let the fire go out! Bank the fire in your stove to burn slowly as long as possible and set an alarm to awaken and refill it before it goes out!
You’ll have more time to extract heat from it the longer you can keep your heater exhaust inside your cabin. Can you get a heater/stove with a catalytic converter? I’ve seen them made with a metal frame and soapstone walls to radiate more heat into the room.
If you can encase your exhaust chimney with air channels you can design it to pull in cold air which after heating will be pushed out by the heat to whatever you direct it. If you’ve a site to send photos I can draw my idea if necessary although I doubt it’s needed. Having the idea once is usually enough. Lmk.
Surely some long timer from around there can give you many more tips. Please stay warm, stay alive and keep updating us. Have a good new year!
Yikes been there once or a bunch of times. I was afraid that oil wouldn't last you long. Especially at those Temps.
Been a hard winter for a few of us. Love your courage and stamina
Huge miscalculation on my part but live and learn! I had plenty of wood to keep me going all winter if needed! You had a rough time on your last video! Watching you haul that water and propane! 😲 I wish you had some help there but thank goodness for Brandon! 🤗🧡
Life is full of occasions that we don’t expect. You did everything right that you could do. You managed to keep you and Kenai alive, had lots of wood prepped and were a real trooper! Good job, Alone! We live and we learn. Nobody is perfect. Mistakes happen, but it’s what we learn and how we react that turns a bad event into a positive learning experience. Sending WARM 🔥 wishes to you and Kenai. 😊
It was a live and learn for sure! Never having run out of oil is now something on my radar! Of course last year it wasn't even possible because my driveway was never plowed. Until my contractor stopped by early spring. So being on the biweekly delivery schedule is something I will have to remember to set up! As long as I have firewood, I wont freeze to death. But I will lose sleep! Thank you so much Pris! 🤗🧡
Glad to see Crowley's made it there so fast, all things considered. Better days ahead!
Gosh, so relieved to hear that you & Kenai are okay! Thank goodness that the oil truck was able to reach you so quickly.
Yeah Kenai and I are doing great! Kenai just got a little cold and knew all he had to do was get under the covers with me and he would be fine! Spoiled brat! He got under the covers and started snoring right away! The oil truck delivery that week was nice. If not, they would have delivered the following Wednesday which just would have meant me getting up every few hours to reload the wood stove for awhile. I get cranky when my sleep gets interrupted 😴 🤪
@@AloneinRemoteAlaska LOL, and I guess his snoring doesn't help! 😏
@@joanplavier486 I think sometimes I snore louder!
Oh wow....I couldn't imagine that weather...it is 66°f here in East Texas right now....had a couple days of 8°f and 12°f freak weather...and that was more than enough...well wishes....
Omg 😱 frozen water glass jar 😮 only 23 inside omg
Please stay safe and warm. We had the same go through the same the week of Christmas. One year we were out of power around 5 days. We used a kerosene heater and oil lamp (which we have around 10 now) and it kept it around 60 - 65 in the house.
Hot water bottles are my back up plan. Love them. I shove one down the back of my jeans and tighten my belt enough to stop it shifting. That warmth on my back is wonderful. Disclaimer, always have a cover on your bottle. Never, fill with boiling water, only a comfortable warmth. You can walk around, cook etc and you have a radiant heat underneath your clothes.
Brrr! Little nippy in the cabin there! Stay warm miss!! 🥶 And idk if it's something you want to do but I keep a few of those fuel totes full with my actual tank to ensure were covered for more than 1 winter. Not including the firewood of course! But those totes are fairly cheap. Maybe something for next year?? On the bright side we're past winter solstice so to me we're getting closer and closer to break up ! It's a more encouraging time of winter! Please stay safe! And take care!❤
Yup fuel totes or get a double decker tank so I can have twice as much oil. I am also looking into getting another wood stove so I may not go through as much oil. Then maybe it will last the entire winter! I don't know how much snow you have been getting there but it seems to me that the Matsu valley has got far more snow than I did this year! I mean we still have the worst snow months coming though. But yeah now its time to look forward to spring and get some projects going ASAP! I'm betting you get cows next year! 🤣
@@AloneinRemoteAlaska a double decker would be a good idea too! Or a additional woodstove! A we around 3 feet on the ground. We'll see by the end or the year! Last year we got 92 inches. Which was way more than normal! Definitely looking for too break up and spring! Will see if it'll be March or May! And no lol Definitely no cows 🤣 Stay safe and warm!!❤
I can't imagine dealing with the weather like a rock star. This born, raised, and true Florida women feels for you!
I'm in Florida and woke up to a 27 degree temperature the other morning . I can't imaging living back in the snow & cold again .
rock star no... rookie mistake yes
I love your videos. But I must say- I’m glad that I live on the beach in Puerto Rico.
Went through -5/ -17 windchill in Tennessee. We had rolling blackouts 15mins every 2 hrs. My water froze, but then unfroze fine (PECS)
We know you care about us,! I got over my mouse problem in my house because of you! Thank you!
I'm shocked that your stove doesn't keep the cabin warmer... I have a basement stove that heats my two storey and cannot even imagine frozen indoor water yikes! would a new more efficient stove make a difference? thank goodness you're getting fuel! you and Kenai will be much cozier now yay!
Yeah my wood stove is very old and not nearly as efficient as the newer ones. This wood stove should have been replaced decades ago! But it does a descent job for now! the oil burner is a great backup and additional heating source that can make my cabin too warm sometimes! Frozen water was something I actually got used to camping in Colorado but also the reason I do not want running water in my cabin! 😉🧡
Up in upstate n.y I took care of feral animals during winter and you can buy a water bowl that you can plug in and it keeps water from freezing for the animals. You may want to invest in this for your pup. Perhaps invest in another tank? Or a second Woodstove? I know years ago I had a fantastic Woodstove it might be good to get a better one? Also a little electric space heater near your sleeping area. Your cabin seems very large space to heat up. I have a small one for just my bedroom so I don't have to run the whole house heating system. Buy that bowl for your dog barely takes much electricity to keep the water from freezing. I wished you'd take Mail so I could send you one. So that's how farmers up north do it for their animals. Very small electric current so don't notice it on the electric bill. Happy New Year to you both. I worry about you up there. Please keep on top the freezing water conditions
I know about these heated water bowls as I have researched them for livestock. If I can just keep the cabin warm though, Kenai's water should be ok. But as for your suggestions I think I will do both! Get an extra tank AND another wood stove. I was trying to see where another wood stove would work best over the last weekend. And I will buy a newer Mr Buddy heater just in case. I think these will all be more than enough to keep the cabin warm at all times. Since the heat all rises, the upstairs is usually pretty warm (or at least warmer) so just the main level needs better heat. Thank you so much Batsheva and thank you for taking care of those feral animals when you did! 🤗🧡 I hope your 2023 will be amazing!
Bless you. Such a strong woman. Have a great 2023.
The out takes are hilarious 😂
HA! So glad you are enjoying them! I am glad I started adding them to my videos! 😉🧡
When it comes to heating with wood, small is beautiful, and having a good airtight. Your place is HUGE!
Beats the heat down here..I'd rather put up with that than a heatwave
I cant stand heat unless its warming me up during winter. But sun heat drives me crazy! 😉🧡
Heck, I live in MO and it was so cold here for several days and nights. I used my wood stove, 3 electric heaters and my propane heater, and a heat lamp and it was still pretty chilly! The cold is hard to bear with arthritic old bones...but I'm still pushing through...lol. Hang in there Alone! ❤️
Glade you got some heating oil
I don’t think I could make it with the temp in the 20 in the house
Stay warm
Hey I got the temp up to 45F when I was minding the wood stove all night! That's more than twice as warm! 🤭😉🧡
Glad you got some oil delivered. Hope you have a great new years.
Yeah lucky the oil ran out when it did? If I had to wait another week, I would have just needed to stoke the fire every few hours all night long! I would have been cranky but not a popsicle! 🤣 I hope you and Dianna have an amazing 2023! Thank you! 🤗🧡
Hi Alone, I'm so glad you were able to get some oil to help keep you warm. I really enjoy all your videos, you're one of my favorite RUclipsrs,hope you and Kenai stay warm.
That oil delivery was just in time! And I am set up for biweekly deliveries again so no more worries about running out! Ahhh thank you kindly Linda! That really is so nice to hear! Thank you so much! 🤗🧡
We only get -30 c but many multi day power outages as we recently had with Fiona. Oil furnaces can run when hooked to generator but eventually you will run out of gas for the generator. I had 100 litres stored. My Geni used 20 litres a day for 3.5 days then we got the power back. The gas stations with no electricity could not pump so the line ups at the stations with power was 3 hours. Most times the stations ran out in two days. People in Sydney had there power out for a week or more. Some were in big trouble and had to move out. After power was restored in my area I had a friend that I gave the last of my inventory to which was 30 litres. After having 100 litres stored i only had enough for another 1.5 days. Close call and the panic was on with many people.
All in all, I think you did pretty good, under those circumstances. We had a cold snap down here in Western Washington at about the same time. Cold, snow, and even an ice storm as it moved along. Went through wood, pretty quickly, until it rewarmed to typical temperatures here and I dread the next power bill.
But I also keep a propane backup, and even a kerosene heater from the 1920's, or 30's to heat my well house if power is cut off. In January, I have a couple of cords of maple coming in, and yesterday was able to split and stack about 1/2 A cord of green alder for future use, once seasoned. All part of homesteading in Winter. 🙂
So glad you got more oil delivered! Take care and thanks for sharing!
The weather has been playing havoc all around the world this year, glad you got a fill up, be happy Elaine from Queensland,Australia
Stay warm and blessed! 🙏💕
I certainly will! Thank you so much Diane! 🤗🧡
I’m from very northern N.H. Where the weather is usually just about the same as yours. You’ll need to set alarms when it’s that cold, so you get up every 3-4 hours thru the night, to Stuff that stove. Absolutely chuck full, build up a really thick layer of red coals and NEVER let it go out at night. If you let it get that cold, it will take days to warm back up (you’re actually having to heat up the log walls, etc. to form a sort of thermal envelope. It takes a lot of work if you let it freeze). I’d have a couple kerosene heaters and an electric heater you can run off a generator. You will lose your canned food, burst bathroom supplies, etc anything with liquid. I also would have about 10 cords of wood, though it’s hard to tell how big your cabin is. But, you’ll never have too much wood! Winter in this kind of weather is constant, heavy, draining work, especially if you are getting up all night with the wood Stove! Hang in there, my friend! Best of luck!
Glad you are okay.. Good oil company was able to come. Be well safe healthy until next time.
Setting up the oil delivery was 100% my mistake as I miscalculated the burn rate. But now that I am back on the schedule, there should be no issues! It was certainly cold but that's what living out here is all about! When Kenai wants under the covers though, it must be chilly! 🥶
Fule oil prices are nuts.
I burn wood, back up lp furnace, back up electric heat!
Also have a whole house generac geerator.
Got to plan!!!
A whole house generator is one of my plans for sure! Almost got a Generac when I was living in Colorado! 😉🧡
Oh my goodness. Okay, I can deal with a lot except becoming a human popsicle. I could be locked up on that property for years, I don’t mind making repairs and I certainly don’t mind hard work. Do you think you ran through more fuel because the Arctic room is not insulated? I had no idea that a wood stove would not be enough. It’s always good to learn. I’m happy they came out the next day. You are always welcome here. We had 60 degree weather twice this week. Stay warm ~ Janet 😘
LOL! ALMOST a popsicle! But I will get this place in order eventually and it will be an awesome cabin. Just takes a lot of work! The arctic entry has a door blocking it off and a wool blanket over it. I honestly think it was just colder than I realized and the oil burner just went through oil faster than I anticipated and I miscalculated the burn. The wood stove is adequate but it needs to be replaced with a better and more efficient model. Most of the newer wood stove are pretty good at heating for longer and better. OOO 60F sounds nice for summer! You know me though! I love the cold weather! Thank you so much Janet! 🤗🧡
The guy on the phone sounded like that Alaskan Prepper guy 😂
Two weeks? wow, I think I'd look for another oil tank! It's too bad you don't like propane I have mine filled about once every three months when it's winter. about 3 times a year. you get a bit colder longer though. If it makes you feel better my tractor's hydraulics froze up I had to get those thawed out before I could plow and leave the house. it was a long cold one.
You were cold! hard to think when you are cold!
Be careful It's not fun becoming a human icicle.
I really enjoyed Your video as always. Keep up the great work and stay warm.
JR
You are fortunate. Fuel deliveries in the Fairbanks area can take days... even weeks. It seems that the fuel companies are only staffed and equipped to handle routine and scheduled deliveries with very little space to accommodate emergent situations.
So, your brain froze...it was freezing! lol
I rent a duplex. I don't have a fireplace... I'd be invading someone's house! lol
I've come up with a couple of worse-case scenarios, though. First, I'd build a tent around me, then use a camping-style method of using terracotta pots, and tealight candles, and lots of blankets...yeah, I should live a few more hours doing that! 😄
Gosh, I just can't imagine. Thankfully, I live in an area that seldom sees snow.
Glad you got your oil....praying for you! ❤
Oh I could not live anywhere that didn't have snow! I absolutely love the cold weather and would gladly deal with cold over heat! BUT heat does feel awesome when you are cold! 🤔I do like your tent idea though and I would think that would keep you alive at least another day or two Sharon! Maybe stick to the house invasion? I was lucky that this all happened on the same week the oil delivery was in my area! It would have been a long week of constantly getting up to stoke the fire and I get cranky when my sleep is interrupted! 😴🙄🤣 Thank you so much Sharon!
@@AloneinRemoteAlaska ☺👍❤
God bless you. Glad you are getting an oil delivery. Am curious as to how much the oil cost?
I'm just in Texas but my dogs have heating pads. They're quite spoiled and one shivers if it's under 78. She is wearing a sweater.
Even here in California I have a little portable space heater that runs on propane, it can be used indoors and each cylinder heats for about 6 hours, they're great to have as a backup because you never know when or if the power goes. Merry Christmas
Yeah I have a propane space heater I used to use when I was camping but its buried somewhere in the boxes brought from Colorado still. I will buy a newer Mr Buddy heater next year just to have as a backup. Most likely going to add another wood stove to the main floor just to be sure. The newer ones are far more efficient than this old model I am using now! No more waking up to freezing temps! And Merry belated Christmas to you as well Susan! 🧡
I live in North Pole we lose power a lot as well. The second summer at our home we installed a transfer switch so we can plum in a generator. It was a game changer for sure.
Besides needing my computers to do my day job or to do RUclips, I don't mind losing power and am going to try and to be able to live without power for extended periods. Obviously my freezers are a concern if I lose power in summer. So a generator is going to be needed for that! Otherwise when I lose power I like to switch my focus to doing laundry or dishes! Or take a nap! I know! I know! I am boring! 🤣
Nah that don’t sound boring, it sounds like our life 😂. We only use it to run our boiler and for the freezer and refrigerator.
I’m glad you got the fuel . Happy New Year xxx
Greetings from Saskatchewan, Canada. You're living the adventure. Stay strong. One thing I do is make hot fires in my woodstove by using smaller wood until the place is up to temperature.Then I plug it with larger wood to maintain the heat. Take care of yourself. Spring will be arriving soon enough.
Hot water bottle for feet in the bed. Load the wood stove up before bed, should go every 4 hrs. Wear some Marino Wool socks to bed, and a wool knit tuk. Goosedown quilt for top of bed. If you need it any warmer than that,.....message me. Lol
LMAO! I actually use an electric blanket! Thank you so much Michael! 🤭😉🧡
So glad you are not going by just the wood stove and will wait on moving the oil tank, as a Pilot I like backups for the backups.
I have seen videos on the "Rocket Strove" that burns pellets that puts out tons of heat and they have a hopper for the pellets that can take about 2 full bags of pellets to feed the stove overnight.
Being a "Rocket Stove" it relies on the updraft to keep the pellets lit and not an electric fan. They are not cheap but then neither in a Funeral. 😵😵
LMAO! I have a nice rocket stove that I keep in my vehicle but it just burns branches. Its awesome though! Luckily I have that wall kit that Mike Falanga sent me at the beginning of spring. That will be awesome if I need to wall off the kitchen and just hunker down there for a winter. I have the wood stove and the oil burner but I need to get a Mr Buddy propane heater too! I may even get another wood stove in the living room just in case. I will always have firewood! At least I never forget that one! 😉🧡
You should also realize that you have the "superdome" of a cabin for Alaska. Most cabin there are. Actually quite small and much easier to heat. You need the supplemental heat source just to stay even. Yes, blocking drafts is very important, but minimizing and isolating cubic space will also do a great deal in retaining heat.
The wood stove usually does a great job! The oil heater kicks on usually overnight when the fire dies so I don't have to get up and stoke the fire every 2-3 hours. The oil heater also helps to get my cabin to 55F. But the ceiling fan just pushes all that warm air trapped upstairs all over the cabin! Its like a warm breeze! Feels amazing! The superdome design of my cabin is not the best design for sure though! Not for Alaska anyway! 😉🧡
Great you got a delivery, please be careful. You are my dear friend and this cold can kill.
Glad the delivery was the same week I had the issue but if I had to wait until the following week I would have been ok. Just would have lost some sleep having to get up and reload the wood stove every few hours! I get cranky when my sleep gets interrupted! 😴🤣 This cold is absolutely dangerous though and at least now that I back on the schedule, I should be good! Always have plenty of firewood! Thank you so much Moose! 🤗🧡
@@AloneinRemoteAlaska I lost a few Russian friends in Siberia to the cold, when it gets below -40, mistakes are very costly
@@MooseHenderson1 When anyone thinks about the coldest place on earth, maybe they think Alaska or the Artics but when you say Siberia that always takes number one! At least you made it Moose!
@@AloneinRemoteAlaska the coldest inhabited place on earth is Oymyakon, Russia with average winter temps of -58f. This was located north of my location but we did have four months that never got above -40, a bit nippy. Antarctica gets colder but it is not considered “inhabited”
I live alone in a cabin in the Appalachian foothills. I found the limits of my woodstove at -4 degrees. Best I could get it warmed was 54ish. Chickens did great!
50 degrees in your cabin!, I get the shakes if my condo gets down to 72 degrees here in Florida--50 degrees is your normal temp in your cabin, I'd freeze to death
Glad you are okay Good oil company came as well. Be safe. Until next time.
Thank you so much Josefa and Happy New Year! 🤗🧡
I feel so bad for you. I just turned on the AC here in Costa Rica because it is getting quite warm . It is summer here but stays around 80F all year long. I left Indiana in a snow and ice storm to move here.
You can live here off grid and not have to worry about being cold.
To cool off just jump in the ocean.
Please be careful.
HA! Air conditioning? What is that? 🤣 Oh I remember my days in Colorado just dying in my house all closed off and the AC blasting at 1000%! And this is why I love cold weather! I find it easier to warm up than to cool down! I will say that jumping in an ocean sounds great though! I cannot recall if I have ever done it! Oh yeah! I am scared to death of water!🙄 We definitely have different weather Pat but it sounds like we are both living our dream! Thank you so much! 🤗🧡
Mother Nature is as deadly as she is stunningly beautiful, so I'm relieved that you and Kenai are okay! I know that joy of seeing the propane delivery truck chugging down the lane on the day when temps are -20 F, windchills are -40 F, and blizzard conditions have knocked out electricity. Please be sure to tip that driver 🙂Happy New Year to you!
You'll have to use the old Alaskan method of keeping the stove going. Sleep with one arm out. When it gets cold, time to go stoke the fire.
LOL! That's why I have the oil burner! After I load the fire before bed, I shouldn't have to get up to keep the fire going because the oil burner will kick on for those last few hours! I get cranky when my sleep gets interrupted! 😴😉🤭 But I sure had to during this time when I ran out of oil!
I suggest radiant floor heating with sand bags in cold climate. Foam board insulation on the floor and put pex pipe between sand bags or under the sand bags which can hold heat for long time. You could put a copper coil on the wood stove and connect to PEX on the floor. I suggest multiple layers of PEX and sand bags if you have enough ceiling height. I plan to move to Alaska and I've been thinking of building a cabin with heat storage.