You’ll regret NOT being prepared // The CHAOS and PANIC that happened in my town.

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  • @joanmerriken9216
    @joanmerriken9216 Месяц назад +46

    Here in WNC we still have a 7:00PM curfew until 9:00AM as many of our bridges need work. I’m a prepper so I stayed home for five days, but when I got to Ingles it was cash only. For three years I had been reading to have enough cash on hand to pay at least one months bills. I have a well so I filled enough covered water containers and filled bottles that had seltzer water. I cleaned them and use those in my water purifier. We do what we can to survive.

  • @dontall71
    @dontall71 Месяц назад +29

    I've heard some say that the people in western North Carolina should have been better prepared. Even a years worth of supplies is pointless if it gets swept away by a flood, along with everything else they owned. I saw first hand how the people in that area are coming together to help each other out.

  • @eddielyles8930
    @eddielyles8930 Месяц назад +51

    Since the hurricanes I've been canning water in my spare Mason jars. I researched it and it has up to a 30 year shelf life, is sterile so it can be used to clean wounds, and keeps the jars clean during storage.

    • @maryrenaud6732
      @maryrenaud6732 Месяц назад

      How do you can water, say quart size? a great idea as I am a canner and have a stock of unused jars….thanks very much…

    • @Travelgirl0224
      @Travelgirl0224 Месяц назад +3

      @@maryrenaud6732- just put water in it. Lid and screw bands. I boil it for 20 min. Great way to keep clean fresh water for cheap!

    • @susans5096
      @susans5096 Месяц назад +2

      Water bath or pressure can

    • @eddielyles8930
      @eddielyles8930 Месяц назад

      I boil my tap water for 10 minutes, jar it in my sanitized jars, then water bath it for 15 minutes. ​@@maryrenaud6732

    • @eddielyles8930
      @eddielyles8930 13 дней назад

      ​@@susans5096I water bath mine for 20 minutes. Some RUclips videos also pressure it

  • @Backwoodsfarmstead
    @Backwoodsfarmstead Месяц назад +30

    Those gas cans also ran chainsaws and tractors to clear the roads. People can’t see past the nose on their face.

  • @BMtn-sx8xr
    @BMtn-sx8xr Месяц назад +19

    Solar power stations are definitely worth the money. They can drastically cut down on your fuel usage. We have a 3.6kWh one and it has been great. During a 30 hour power outage, we used it to run two refrigerators, two chest freezers, a widow ac unit for our bedroom, house security cameras, wifi, phone network extender and a baby monitor. We ran all of that from 11pm to 7am the next morning. The battery went from 100% to 13%. When I woke up, I turned the generator on and recharged the unit in a little over two hours. A lot of the time your generator is creating much more power than you actually need. Using both of these together can really make things more efficient and stretch the fuel supply that you have on hand.
    It worked so well that we bought a second one and can now run our well pump from them

    • @timbradeen8459
      @timbradeen8459 Месяц назад

      What brand do you have?

    • @BabsKaz
      @BabsKaz Месяц назад

      Exactly why they are dimming the sun.

    • @jw6180
      @jw6180 Месяц назад +1

      Thank you!! I need to work on my prep to do just what you did. I have an EcoFlow power station from Costco!

    • @BMtn-sx8xr
      @BMtn-sx8xr Месяц назад

      @@timbradeen8459 ecoflow delta pro

    • @BMtn-sx8xr
      @BMtn-sx8xr Месяц назад

      @@jw6180 mine are ecoflow delta pros. I bought them both at Costco

  • @BarbaraSchmid-q2z
    @BarbaraSchmid-q2z Месяц назад +15

    Thank you for sharing! This is good insight for those of us who have not experienced a disaster of this magnitude. Prayers for those who have experienced this!

  • @hamfox9714
    @hamfox9714 Месяц назад +34

    My brother was buying 100 gallons of gas every night to take up in the hollers. People that claim what they saw was personal hoarding are projecting. Bet you most of the complainers didn’t do 💩to help their neighbors and community.

  • @artvanderhoff9100
    @artvanderhoff9100 Месяц назад +27

    another thing people should be ready to do is cook uding wood, especially when its plentiful. we have been going camping for a long time and living like the settlers did with fire pits and cast iron pots and even wood utensils. We also made a filter aerup with a couple of 12qt stainless stock pots from walmart and a purchased filter very much like a burkee. we boil the water and then filter for sanitary purposes. There are many videos online to show people how to do these things if they are willing to be survivors instead of victims. Are prayers go out to all those that are suffering from this disaster every day and hope they can make it through. Americans are alot tougher than the govt thinks. We Can Do It . voting now may save many later on down the road. God Bless you for your videos and caring....

    • @debbieolin8153
      @debbieolin8153 Месяц назад +2

      I was also a GS leader so I learned many things to teach the girls. We went camping a few times a year so I could put lots of those things in practice.

    • @BabsKaz
      @BabsKaz Месяц назад +1

      Back to basics

  • @highroad3580
    @highroad3580 Месяц назад +8

    Very good information! We have been thinking about such a scenario since ‘09, and have most of what you are suggesting in place, but not all. There may, unfortunately, be more interruptions coming around the late Oct, early Nov timeframe requiring these preparations. Over the years we have restocked a number of times and so glad we did. Like you, we have food in the freezer and I plan to can more of it to free space. Shelf stable, cooked (canned) foods are heat and eat, water included. Dehydrated food requires water and cooking. This is a way of life for us, it’s good to have extra for neighbors, family and friends. Thank you!

  • @rhondamontiel3827
    @rhondamontiel3827 Месяц назад +3

    Love seeing these videos to help people realize how to prep! Thank you

  • @AlGorton-c9p
    @AlGorton-c9p Месяц назад +5

    I just found your channel and when I watched this video I was shocked. I have never come across anyone put out a better video. I'm going to make sure everyone i know gets to watch this. Thank you so much

    • @shirleyyoung1941
      @shirleyyoung1941 Месяц назад

      Appalachian homestead with layers ,A good one and pinball is good to,

    • @shirleyyoung1941
      @shirleyyoung1941 Месяц назад

      Patera not layers on u-tube

  • @maryrenaud6732
    @maryrenaud6732 Месяц назад +3

    Solar is initially expensive, but it is a great long term solution after purchase as no GAS or Propane is needed. I believe dedicated solar operated well pumps are available. Get a good SAFE for cash, guns, etc, and bolt it to the foundation from inside the safe. Best if hidden in your home.

  • @jacquiemarshall6843
    @jacquiemarshall6843 Месяц назад +8

    That is an excellent video! Lots of good information

  • @janekelly8708
    @janekelly8708 Месяц назад +19

    So bottom line they are unprepared, maybe the community could have a class on preparedness. I have been without electricity for 10 days when I lived in VT. Because we were prepared it sucked but we were ok. Had a wood stove so could cook and had heat. Freezer in the garage so no lost on that. Had plenty of water. It is lessons learned.

    • @1Melody1963
      @1Melody1963 Месяц назад +1

      So many people who live in WNC are low income-live paycheck to paycheck. It is a tourism-dependent area that is not kind to the local population. Because of the distance, and until fairly recently, isolation, the government offices are far away and out of touch with what goes on there. Combine that with the fentanyl crisis that has absolutely ravaged this area, the ability to prepare is much less. My parents (in their 80’s) are in Asheville now, my adult daughter teaches high school 30 minutes north of Asheville.

    • @cherylallis2458
      @cherylallis2458 Месяц назад +1

      So I assume you are prepared for your vehicles and your house to be swept away by flood waters a mile away from it's foundation.
      I'm sure in that circumstance you will have plenty of water, food, gasoline, propane, generators, etc. in your back pack.

    • @janekelly8708
      @janekelly8708 Месяц назад

      You can't be prepared for everything and my heart breaks for the people that lost everything including loved ones. And I try to be prepared because I lost my home to a fire a week before Christmas, had to start from scratch. But it doesn't hurt to learn some survival tools. May God bless

  • @rodneyadamson8270
    @rodneyadamson8270 Месяц назад +11

    Every fall even here in central Texas I round up firewood and get a pile ready for cooking just in case of power outages ❤

    • @cellgrrl
      @cellgrrl Месяц назад

      East Texas here. We have a wood stove. We keep a fair amount of firewood to get us through an entire winter. The woodstove will also do your cooking too, and I can boil water on the top. I live in a forest.We have several stacks of wood fall that if we were to run out of split firewood could with a some effort take what we need from our trash wood. For water we have a pond and rain catchment collection. We have purification methods. Hope we never end up in that kind of situation, but we are somewhat prepared. Of course if a tornado hits us and takes down our home that would be a different story.

  • @elainegoad9777
    @elainegoad9777 Месяц назад +11

    We got 20 inches of rain in Henderson County NC and the most mud slides and 7 recorded deaths. This weather is not normal for Western NC.

    • @cherylallis2458
      @cherylallis2458 Месяц назад +1

      Don't forget that they also released the water from 2 dams!!!

  • @carolmoline6490
    @carolmoline6490 Месяц назад +1

    You’re the best I’ve heard of great advice!❤❤❤❤

  • @EmbracethechaosPortugal
    @EmbracethechaosPortugal Месяц назад +14

    People shaming those who were buying " too much" who knows if they were buying to donate? Or to supply teams of support workers? Urgh social media warriors need to check what theyre helping with!

    • @singerjo5791
      @singerjo5791 Месяц назад

      I care very little what others think. My family comes first. However. We have a stockpile that we have collected over time.

  • @carolmoline6490
    @carolmoline6490 Месяц назад +1

    That’s good to hear. You’re doing well

  • @Gigi89427
    @Gigi89427 Месяц назад +3

    We were so unprepared😢 when the hurricane hit... but we made it thanks to our neighboors help. The Hurricane brought the best of some people but also the worst in others... I couldn't believe how some people were looting from the debris

  • @ig4091
    @ig4091 Месяц назад +3

    ♥ Very well put, show love not the opposite, Be compassionate towards your neighbor!

  • @jens7898
    @jens7898 Месяц назад +17

    Hopefully everyone understands that this was weather warfare.

    • @kathymoorehead7827
      @kathymoorehead7827 Месяц назад +1

      I hope people like you DON’T apply for FEMA. You don’t deserve it. Hopefully you also believe it’s a land grab, so you’ll stay away from Federal help. Don’t even pick up water. Who knows what’s in it!!

    • @RogerHruska-x7x
      @RogerHruska-x7x Месяц назад +5

      Yes and start asking questions immediately

    • @BabsKaz
      @BabsKaz Месяц назад

      The evil WEF depopulation plan.

  • @NateSmith-en3qn
    @NateSmith-en3qn Месяц назад +4

    Good information…thank you!

  • @anitabruss9716
    @anitabruss9716 Месяц назад +2

    God bless you and everyone affected by the hurricane

  • @kathypaaaina3953
    @kathypaaaina3953 Месяц назад +2

    Aloha hugs 🤗 never have a huge tanks near your house. Gas without ethanol will last never feel the tank all the way Theres STB1 Stabilizer.
    They plan on turning out power off with over 50 mph winds Lahaina Maui burned we live on Westside of Oahu in the Mountain I had 70 to 90mph winds 2night 3days, I never been ina dry Hurricane Dora 🌀 I have been in 5 I prayer no one would throw a cigarette butt out the window that we would burn. We never knew Lahaina burned until next day.We normally cook all our freezer food two days before land fall.
    I did paint the house Blue to avoid DEW 💙

  • @scottfranson4215
    @scottfranson4215 Месяц назад

    Thank You , for your post . Blessings

  • @hossieb4874
    @hossieb4874 Месяц назад +8

    Another tip, get dry milk n cereals.

    • @susans5096
      @susans5096 Месяц назад

      I dehydrate and powder raw milk immensely better than the crap in the store and it’s vacuum sealed in glass jars

  • @angelawilliams9912
    @angelawilliams9912 Месяц назад +2

    I have seen all freezers fail at local supermarket when generators failed too. Same for chilled food they threw it all out can't sell it to you.
    Took them 5 days to sort problem.
    Empty shelves then. Only dried canned foods available. Salad and vegetables soon went over no chillers to keep fresh. Prep now with dried and canned goods.

  • @leendaroberto
    @leendaroberto Месяц назад +2

    Excellent informative video. Looking forward to your chicken video. Thank you.

    • @kathymoorehead7827
      @kathymoorehead7827 Месяц назад

      Me too. I can chicken, but are you talking about canning the already cooked rotisserie chicken?

  • @carolmoline6490
    @carolmoline6490 Месяц назад

    Every year we get a little wiser. Prepping In some way or another. Some with food some with tp? Peppers aren’t stupid. You have to commit to help yourself. And if you can share that’s even better ❤

  • @mrskimmieg
    @mrskimmieg Месяц назад +1

    Very good information. Thankfully we were fairly well prepared and didn’t have to get out in the craziness. After losing the contents of two freezers, we realized that a generator is something we need as well as a means of canning up food.

    • @MorganHillFarms
      @MorganHillFarms  Месяц назад +3

      I’m so sorry you lost all that food!

    • @debbieolin8153
      @debbieolin8153 Месяц назад +3

      I have been researching generators--- leaning toward solar ones---so I have a backup JIK.

  • @pennymalyon3096
    @pennymalyon3096 Месяц назад

    Well Done my dear for sharing so kindly...Amen...God Bless

  • @byronpyles996
    @byronpyles996 Месяц назад

    Thanks ! There is no substitute for learning from actual "real world" events. Glad you weren't hit hard ! 🙏

  • @stephaniegee227
    @stephaniegee227 Месяц назад +2

    Excellent video.

  • @singerjo5791
    @singerjo5791 Месяц назад +2

    I keep a few water bottles in my freezers to help them stay cold in case of power outage.

  • @audraforbes
    @audraforbes Месяц назад

    Great video. Thank you for sharing!

  • @Jesusiscominglive777
    @Jesusiscominglive777 Месяц назад

    God bless you & ty for the tips! I know many areas still need help, so I'm happy it's still coming! I'm in M East TN in the Cumberland Plateaus & i'm prepared except for a generator & only have a small solor battery pack for charging my phone! I just have to trust Jesus will take care of the rest!

  • @carolmoline6490
    @carolmoline6490 Месяц назад

    Get solar lights charge every day bring in at night. Back up lights that are like a light bulb they work great also. Lesson learned the hard way when our grid failed I swore I wouldn’t be in the dark ever again. ❤❤❤

  • @nancysmith-baker1813
    @nancysmith-baker1813 Месяц назад

    Thankyou for sharing this , alot different than i thought . Very good information.

  • @jimmyfishburn7894
    @jimmyfishburn7894 Месяц назад

    In Maryville East Tn and I try to daily keep up on what is happening esp in WNC. God Bless

  • @cindybrewer3520
    @cindybrewer3520 Месяц назад +1

    Thank you.

  • @Julia-zl2tu
    @Julia-zl2tu Месяц назад +9

    I don't understand why some people wait until they are in a dire situation to get things they should already have. All you can do is take care of yourself and your family.

    • @bethteer1509
      @bethteer1509 Месяц назад

      Far too many have the "It won't happen to me" attitude til it bites them in their A$$ets!!!

    • @elenorsnow8970
      @elenorsnow8970 Месяц назад

      If your day-to-day life IS ALREADY DIRE, you already ARE trying to take care yourself and your family! Mills closed stores closed, big biz left the area... If you have no job, you can't lay in preps.

  • @RR-it2rt
    @RR-it2rt Месяц назад

    Thank you for the information.

  • @KerstenElisabethPfaff
    @KerstenElisabethPfaff Месяц назад

    Thank you! ❤

  • @Mr777T
    @Mr777T Месяц назад +1

    Excellent prepper video

  • @theresekirkpatrick3337
    @theresekirkpatrick3337 Месяц назад +1

    Good to share

  • @DanealLamb
    @DanealLamb Месяц назад

    With the economy like it is, it's hard to even buy extra. I don't think anything can prepare people for a disaster like this.

  • @janetwheeler4210
    @janetwheeler4210 Месяц назад

    Thanks 🙏

  • @carolmoline6490
    @carolmoline6490 Месяц назад +2

    I don’t like generators that run on fuel. Smelly noisy and can kill people.
    Solar is my route.

    • @elenorsnow8970
      @elenorsnow8970 Месяц назад

      And if it stays cloudy? Or some branches get blown down and crack your panels? Let's not get too self-proud until AFTER you find out if your system will work!

    • @PrecisionGroupYT
      @PrecisionGroupYT Месяц назад

      @@elenorsnow8970if you go Solar it is a wise idea to have some extra panels set aside just in case that are safe plus portable foldable panels as well!

  • @patriciacole8773
    @patriciacole8773 Месяц назад

    Research if peppermint essential oil will purify strained water?

  • @sharonandrews3485
    @sharonandrews3485 Месяц назад

    Texas here we learned to be better prepared when we had week long winter storm in February 2021 no electricity and water for a week never happened that long before maybe a couple of hours but never a solid week we learned a lot and people hiding behind the computer being keyboard warriors are nasty mean individuals

  • @mycharmedunicorn8715
    @mycharmedunicorn8715 Месяц назад +1

    Probably nobody needs wood for heat. We are in Michigan and use wood for supplemental heat

    • @jayleeper1512
      @jayleeper1512 Месяц назад

      Wrong, Wood is my only heat source. Luckily, I own a 40 acre wood lot and on average, burn five cords a year. It always works, though.

  • @johnsturtevant9351
    @johnsturtevant9351 Месяц назад +2

    I am concerned about those that basically intentionally are uneducated or ignorant, and say things like that will never happen to me, etc.. and then when it does happen that they are somehow entitled to our supplies, etc... When they have the means to prepare well in advance. Don't get me wrong, my heart goes out to all, but I am more than willing to help those the are willing to help themselves, but before an event, not after, once it is GO TIME, all bets are off the table. The reality is where I am, I will even up having to try to save them, while they think they are entitled, etc... it will not be a pretty picture. I do try to have the "Conversation" now, but I often told where I can take it, and I walk off from that. Yet, those will be the ones at my door. I can't buy a disaster proof warehouse, and stock it to save my area. I do have a large propane griddle and a grill for mass cooking and to cook all the food that is going - going gone, so folks can eat, etc and have 50 x 200 ft area reserved to do this. Others have grills, etc... and even pop-ups - if they cooperate we can feed the immediate area. Beyond that - we have some talent in the neighborhood for contracting, etc.. so we can do repairs but getting them all to share the love, will be difficult, given current behaviors. One neighbor right now has string up along a property line, to keep the other neighbor on notice. It will be rough. It is not a matter of if, it is a matter of when, and when seems to be getting closer and closer for us.

    • @elenorsnow8970
      @elenorsnow8970 Месяц назад

      "When they have the means to prepare well in advance." There is a premise in there that is not necessarily true. Sure the folks in Ashville have enough money to lay in preps -- until the flood washes them all away... And manty people don't react well to fear and stress. {shrug] One does what one can. Sounds like you're doing a lot...

    • @johnsturtevant9351
      @johnsturtevant9351 Месяц назад

      @@elenorsnow8970 It is true we can prepare 24/7/365 and still have all that hard work disappear in seconds, it is the risk one must take. It is not a matter of if, but when and when will happen at some point. Whatever that when may be.

  • @rongreen8962
    @rongreen8962 Месяц назад +5

    It’s remarkable how FEW North Carolina accents we hear in these videos of people with big parcels of land in WNC. Multiple homes, lots of vehicles, big carbon footprints - that’s a prime cause of warmer oceans, leading to Helene and others.

    • @commonsenselucy5697
      @commonsenselucy5697 Месяц назад +9

      NONSENSE!!!

    • @mwebb3014
      @mwebb3014 Месяц назад

      Climate changes. It is not caused by human activity. The Sahara Desert used to be a huge lake before climate changed and now it’s a desert. That’s massive climate change millennia before industrialization. Texas used to be under the ocean until…. you guessed it….. climate change eons ago. There is nothing we people could possibly do to change the climate. Nothing.

    • @elenorsnow8970
      @elenorsnow8970 Месяц назад

      Have you ever tried to "heat up" a swimming pool by "warming it up" FROM THE SURFACE?!? And guess you have not read up to know that the "warming ocean waters" start well BELOW the surface and the water above that warmer layer (the "surface") is cooler?! Know of the existence of undersea volcanos? Ever learned about the massive increase in earthquakes and VOLCANOS during every single solar minimum as far back as we can find evidence in the geological record?
      But, no, you've bought the lies produced by the people making MONEY from the lies! And then try to slap people you don't like with the lies you've accepted as true?! Disgusting. LEARN before you write, eh?

  • @dogsaregreat3870
    @dogsaregreat3870 Месяц назад +1

    They were peppers!!
    ENOUGH

  • @rossshin184
    @rossshin184 Месяц назад +1

    We've seen Americans helping Americans and THE GOVERNMENT STOPPING THE HELP LEAVING PPL TO D.E! Vote Trump

    • @davidadcock3382
      @davidadcock3382 Месяц назад

      Congress is who controls the help!!! Where is congress in all this???

  • @hobertlee7598
    @hobertlee7598 Месяц назад

    GOOD VIDEO

  • @Marc-k7q
    @Marc-k7q Месяц назад

    They're saying that the water is not drinkable even the city water.

  • @sammy-n7b
    @sammy-n7b Месяц назад

    COULD YOU PLEASE FIRE ME. I'M SO DEPRESSED. I CAN'T GET READY. IM NOT PART OF THIS CULTURE

  • @commonsenselucy5697
    @commonsenselucy5697 Месяц назад +1

    There's nothing wrong with being "prepared." Just saying.....

  • @gemjourney5210
    @gemjourney5210 Месяц назад

    earrings😖

  • @christschool
    @christschool Месяц назад

    RUclips recommended your video to me. I live in Spruce Pine/Burnsville. Judging from the landscape behind you, you're not in the high country. You are extremely misinformed on the high country. We had 20+ inches of rain on Wednesday and Thursday (Helene hit on Friday). The Karen vibe is strong with you. Frankly, as someone in the high country vs. you which appears in the Piedmont of either SC or GA, you really shouldn't be profiting off our suffering. If I am misinformed, I apologize. But judging from your landscape, you are nowhere near where those of us in the high country. In fact, those pines in the background tell me you're a very far distance from us. Those pines don't exist in the mountains, they exist in the sandhills of NC/SC.

    • @christschool
      @christschool Месяц назад

      Yep, I was right! You revealed where you were, zone 7b in SC, just as I suspected. You were no where near the destruction. SHAME on YOU for trying to pretend you had an issue! ruclips.net/video/KyER4uP8AoI/видео.html