Omgosh, I can’t believe they didn’t stress the fact that your service was going to be shut down immediately. Crazy. Sorry this happened to you but it’s nice you’re telling others about this so it might help them in the future. 😊❤️
❤Dee, you are looking great! 😊 And this was a good subject for many,👍 as a society we've learned to depend on so much more than ourselves. I've lived much of my 70 years in the country so there's a lot of hands on learning there. Tho, I must admit that in the last few years I've gotten lazy. I do have two old, pickups, trailers, and a shanty at base camp. And not knowing what the future may bring, almost every thing has some forms of survival items in it. Tho, I seem to always be shifting it around for one reason or another, perhaps it's just my excersise? Base camp has electric, so my greatest fear with no power would be my great well going down, tho I probably have a month of water stored up. I have a propane stove, and wood stove, and empty jars, so I could can, the little fridge and freezer stuff. Here there are some trees for shade. I've no Jenny, as they do take a lot of fuel. I've a little solar, a jackery, oil lamps, candles, and lots of camping type items. For years in the past I did live off grid, before it was cool, again. 😂 But I'm afraid like so many people in the world today, I would have major, major cell phone with-draws. Mostly the kids texts, you tube, movies, audio books and? So if, I can get past those, I should be OK 🤔😕😳😟🙄😜??? I do have a ton of real books, foods, and am use to neighbors a mile away. Thank you for sharing, hopefully some people will think 🤔👍
Our swamp cooler broke down in Tucson when I was a teenager. Thank God we had a swimming pool and Tucson has low humidity. We were in and out of the pool all day. And we slept outside at night. We got through those few days. I wouldn't want to do it all the time. I would rather go north or up in the mountains. I'm going to have to get a generator so I can have some AC. Great video Dee, thank you. 😊❤👍
Great tips for being prepared with backup plans in case of emergencies. We switched over to solar power when the electricity went out. Sure glad we have that option! 👏
Having a second visible phone would be a great idea. I use my visible when traveling. Sometimes att service is not available. At home I misplace my att phone sometimes so I call from the visible to locate it. Get a second visible as a spare.
God Bless. You are wise. Thank you for the encouragement to be prepared. ❤ I loved hearing Maxi’s bark. Made me smile but also made me miss my little dog. 🐕
Even with air conditioning it was still hot in my house last night and it’s not quite as hot today so hopefully us older people can stay cool..I use cold with a T shirt to keep the sweat off my body and it helps some. It would be horrible if I couldn’t communicate with someone if I needed help..I’m glad you got a 2nd phone to use for your needs Dee! God bless you.
Hi Dee, I hope you are having a good day. Glad you got your phone problem solved. Very good topic discussion on this video. So true we all need to have a plan for a situation like this. Or on a large scale event. I actually have an old clock radio I keep put up incase of tornado or emergency. It uses a 9V battery. I also have two little power banks that recharge cell phones or small items because even if cell service is down the flashlight would still come in handy.
Great advice for preparing the black out scenario! I can stay off grid if I need to; because I have 1.9kW of solar panels on the roof. I can always bypass the on grid connection to run things during the day and charge up all of my portable power stations to keep things running at night.
We loss power I am Set Up Here With Solar & wind Power We Get Bad Tornado Here We have Storm Shelter in my Back Yard Under Ground I old guy we was young had use candle back then wood burner for heat Great Video Dee
hi Dee - that is really uinpleasant, and especially on your age, alone and having medical issues, that is quite stressfull. Unfortunately, these things happen all the time. Phonecompanies usually have people in their service that lack brains, are rude and make mistakes contantly. Good that you managed to get help from your friend and that you made back-up plans for this situation. Glad you are safe and OK. Warm greetings, JAson
Our electric power went down here in Santa Fe, NM for about 4 hours on June 11th, yesterday at night. I used just one tea lite candle, kept the fridge closed and knew I could charge my phone turning on my truck, if needed. It was a good wake up call to research for a back up system. Our apartments are old adobe construction from the 1950's. Adobe stays cool inside if the windows stay closed and the sun doesn't come into the apt during the day. I was thinking of you in the Quartz Site summers.
Great Video, Dee. Awareness is important to share, thank you for sharing your experience and making us think about the possibility of these things happening and trying to be prepared for any of these scenarios 🙂Many blessings to you.
Great video Dee. Being prepped for emergencies is very important. We have solar and batteries for back up power here and battery packs to keep them charged. I believe the Cell phone companies have generator backups for their antenna sites. We also lost power here recently for 8 hours caused by a wind storm that blew 2 poles down.
I hate losing power. But I do think we’re even more prepared than we used to be now that we have power stations that we use for camping. They work great for short term power outages. Maybe it’s because I’m older, but I just feel it’s so important to be prepared for such incidents. However, we can’t run ac on them. But we do have little usb fans we can use. Buddy heater is great for winter outages. Phone issues make me crazy. The prices that phone companies charge, I feel there should never be outages or at the very least we should be reimbursed for the time lost and inconvenience. Hopefully no more issues for you.
Well hope you stay safe out there Dee. I’m now on 5 acres in TN, I don’t know how you handle that heath out there. I do wished you weren’t so far away ( driving wise ) so you could come explore TN and all the beauty it has. The temps and the mountains here are beautiful. You’d always be welcome to pull your box van up here and stay a while. I do continue to keep you in prayers. I’ve been following you a long time and pray Gods blessings for you..
That was some trouble with your communication Dear sister Dee. I thank God for your good spirit and good advice. And also that the problem is solved. God bless you in the Mighty Name of Jesus! We are to learn this new life now, as we embark on our new journey in a motorhome real soon. Hopefully we can get the house sold also. It would mean a lot if you and max will pray for us. 🙏 We bring our dog also, she is a Romanian Shepard dog, so she takes us out to exercise every day. 🥰 Love in Christ from Anne.
So sorry you had such problems with your phone. It’s my understanding that they can’t make you change your phone number. You probably got a person who didn’t know the rules. Thank you so much for mentioning Visible on your channel a couple of years ago. I changed to that company and have really had good service.
Here in New England, it is normal to lose power for a few hours on a few different days per year, especially in winter. Sometimes an ice storm will knock down enough power lines that our power is out for a day or two. The winter before last, we lost power for about 5 days. We ran a generator about 1/3 of the time, to run the house heating system, fridge, and charge up my power station, LiFePO4 battery, phones, laptops, and power banks. When the generator was off, we didn't open the house fridge or freezer, but could open the 12V freezer still running off the power station. The power station was kept topped up by the LiFePO4 battery. Every few hours we'd run the generator and repeat the cycle. It was some work, but we managed to keep functioning pretty normally for several days. It was not fun. Since then, we bought a big, reliable generator that runs off gasoline, propane, or natural gas (which we don't have). It has remote start, but still needs us to pour the gasoline in. Not sure if we'll install a big permanent propane tank to avoid that. I've also gotten a bigger LiFePO4 battery, with plans to add some solar on the garage roof, but for now it just gets charged when power is on, or from the generator, or from an inverter on a car.
Good info. I have a tracfone for emergencies. I think they have them all over the US. In Washington state they sell for about 20.00 and another 20 for 60 minutes of talk time that is good for 90 days.Any minutes not used roll over for the next 3 months. The 7 -11's sell them as does Target stores. Mine costs me less than 10 bucks a month. They are just a flip phone but are good for emergency's. Take care
I have visible for data and hotspot/internet . I have consumer cellular for talk and texting which runs $35 a month. The 2 are still less than I use to pay just for internet
Thank you Dee ❤ Very important topic today. I am so glad you gave us your wisdom. Dee I believe I missed something, are you not living in a RV, motorhome trailer whatever anymore? Just wanted to know what your living situation is nowadays Are you on the road or not? I did something very stupid I had a 25-ft class c motorhome. due to chronic illnesses and disabilities I had in home supportive services All was well. I was parked and paying rent at my mechanics lot. I was in my RV going up a hill going to make a U-turn so I would have to put the pedal to the metal so to say, but I wasn't in drive I was in reverse. Well Dee guess what, I hit a huge phone pole. I totaled my 25 ft class c motorhome. totaled it. So they ended up towing it away and I had no RV and nowhere to go Anyways I have a place now temporarily and with the money I got from the total I'm trying to think of the best way to get me a place to live. If anybody reads this and they have any ideas I thought even about buying a big shed and turning it into a tiny tiny home on my mechanics lot again where my motorhome was. again thank you Dee
@@BoxVanDee hey there Dee. Thanks so much for replying to me, I do appreciate it. That's what I did when I couldn't travel anymore I just got too sick and too disabled to keep on nomading it all the time. So I got a spot at my mechanics shop paid rent, real cheap but I wouldn't leave my motorhome. I think once we live in it and we got that bug and we are a nomad at heart, even when we're parked and kicking back for however long years whatever we want to be in our RV. I am bummed for such a STUPID blunder I did. I have 3 working phones. I use the Government Phone. It is TRULY UNLIMITED FAST DATA. Meaning if I want to be on RUclips watching things for 10 hours a day it will never buffer. I heard you mention something about you had a phone like that and I got to find out what it is because that phone is no longer going to be that way any longer I've had that phone now for a few years but they're taking away that plan they did. So I'll be listening very carefully about the phone you said has truly unlimited everything. BLESSINGS
I use Red Pocket (ebay) reseller for my backup phone. 100 Talk 100 Text 500MB for $60.00 a YEAR. I've been using them for about 5 years, chose Verizon as the carrier, never have had a problem. Would getting a portable evaporative cooler for emergency use be feasible? Since they only run a fan and a water pump, maybe your power setup would be enough? Just a thought.
WOW !! This is good information...You made me think about this in a realistic way...I should be planning ahead...Thanks for sharing your wisdom & advice...
First time ive ever heard about unlimited hot spot, that would be a nice perk!!!🤗🫶🏻 thanks for a good vid. I did chat with Vanesa's duaghter and she said her mother was doin ok and staying with her son but sum health issues were keeping her from traveling to arizona but the kids want her to stay home with them but you never know she said mom could pack up the van and head out lol ya never know about her she said🙏 I was happy to hear she was ok🤗🫶🏻
Good information. Thank you Dee!!🙏❤
You are such a sweet lady with so much wisdom, thank you for caring. God bless you and Maxi ❤
Omgosh, I can’t believe they didn’t stress the fact that your service was going to be shut down immediately. Crazy. Sorry this happened to you but it’s nice you’re telling others about this so it might help them in the future. 😊❤️
❤Dee, you are looking great! 😊
And this was a good subject for many,👍 as a society we've learned to depend on so much more than ourselves.
I've lived much of my 70 years in the country so there's a lot of hands on learning there. Tho, I must admit that in the last few years I've gotten lazy. I do have two old, pickups, trailers, and a shanty at base camp. And not knowing what the future may bring, almost every thing has some forms of survival items in it. Tho, I seem to always be shifting it around for one reason or another, perhaps it's just my excersise? Base camp has electric, so my greatest fear with no power would be my great well going down, tho I probably have a month of water stored up. I have a propane stove, and wood stove, and empty jars, so I could can, the little fridge and freezer stuff. Here there are some trees for shade. I've no Jenny, as they do take a lot of fuel. I've a little solar, a jackery, oil lamps, candles, and lots of camping type items. For years in the past I did live off grid, before it was cool, again. 😂
But I'm afraid like so many people in the world today, I would have major, major cell phone with-draws. Mostly the kids texts, you tube, movies, audio books and?
So if, I can get past those, I should be OK 🤔😕😳😟🙄😜???
I do have a ton of real books, foods, and am use to neighbors a mile away.
Thank you for sharing, hopefully some people will think 🤔👍
God bless you Dee. Love you!!🙏❤
This is really important.
Thank you so much for sharing.
May God bless you more
Really important warning & information on this upload. Thanks friend. 👍 Rock on 🙂.
Our swamp cooler broke down in Tucson when I was a teenager. Thank God we had a swimming pool and Tucson has low humidity. We were in and out of the pool all day. And we slept outside at night. We got through those few days. I wouldn't want to do it all the time. I would rather go north or up in the mountains.
I'm going to have to get a generator so I can have some AC. Great video Dee, thank you. 😊❤👍
Great tips for being prepared with backup plans in case of emergencies. We switched over to solar power when the electricity went out. Sure glad we have that option! 👏
Dee that is so scary. God is always with us. I know that feeling!!!🙏❤
Having a second visible phone would be a great idea. I use my visible when traveling. Sometimes att service is not available. At home I misplace my att phone sometimes so I call from the visible to locate it. Get a second visible as a spare.
Great video BoxVanDee!! That is something we all need to think about. Thanks for all the information!
You are doing it girl.😊😊
Very sound advice! Having multiple solutions can save your life! Take care & be well!
Thanks, you too!
God Bless.
You are wise. Thank you for the encouragement to be prepared. ❤
I loved hearing Maxi’s bark. Made me smile but also made me miss my little dog. 🐕
Even with air conditioning it was still hot in my house last night and it’s not quite as hot today so hopefully us older people can stay cool..I use cold with a T shirt to keep the sweat off my body and it helps some. It would be horrible if I couldn’t communicate with someone if I needed help..I’m glad you got a 2nd phone to use for your needs Dee! God bless you.
That is s important. Especially if you live alone or have health issues. God bless you, Auntie Dee! We are in Alaska now. ❤
Stay safe and cool out there, Dee! 🙏
Stay cool Dee!
Hi Dee, I hope you are having a good day. Glad you got your phone problem solved. Very good topic discussion on this video. So true we all need to have a plan for a situation like this. Or on a large scale event. I actually have an old clock radio I keep put up incase of tornado or emergency. It uses a 9V battery. I also have two little power banks that recharge cell phones or small items because even if cell service is down the flashlight would still come in handy.
Another good video with good advice. .even more reasons we need to put ourselves aside and connect with others
Great advice for preparing the black out scenario! I can stay off grid if I need to; because I have 1.9kW of solar panels on the roof. I can always bypass the on grid connection to run things during the day and charge up all of my portable power stations to keep things running at night.
We loss power I am Set Up Here With Solar & wind Power We Get Bad Tornado Here We have Storm Shelter in my Back Yard Under Ground I old guy we was young had use candle back then wood burner for heat Great Video Dee
hi Dee - that is really uinpleasant, and especially on your age, alone and having medical issues, that is quite stressfull. Unfortunately, these things happen all the time. Phonecompanies usually have people in their service that lack brains, are rude and make mistakes contantly. Good that you managed to get help from your friend and that you made back-up plans for this situation. Glad you are safe and OK. Warm greetings, JAson
Your one tough cookie Dee, I believe you could survive anything, God bless you 🙏
Thanks for sharing. Im gradually collecting things for such emergencies.
Our electric power went down here in Santa Fe, NM for about 4 hours on June 11th, yesterday at night. I used just one tea lite candle, kept the fridge closed and knew I could charge my phone turning on my truck, if needed. It was a good wake up call to research for a back up system. Our apartments are old adobe construction from the 1950's. Adobe stays cool inside if the windows stay closed and the sun doesn't come into the apt during the day. I was thinking of you in the Quartz Site summers.
Great Video, Dee. Awareness is important to share, thank you for sharing your experience and making us think about the possibility of these things happening and trying to be prepared for any of these scenarios 🙂Many blessings to you.
Absolutely!!
Awesome video.. Thank you for sharing ❤❤
Hi Ms Dee, glad that you and maxy are ok,been without air-conditioner at that temperature is hard and dangerous, you are tough girls💖
You have made some excellent points, Dee. Did you ever find out WHY you lost power?
It just happens every now and then
Dee ,
Hi.
Remember your backup to the backup plan 😊
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Hi Dee!! Great topic to discuss!
Hi Dee, Very good video.. helping others through your personal trials. What would we do without friends and neighbors!
Exactly!
Great video Dee. Being prepped for emergencies is very important. We have solar and batteries for back up power here and battery packs to keep them charged. I believe the Cell phone companies have generator backups for their antenna sites. We also lost power here recently for 8 hours caused by a wind storm that blew 2 poles down.
....... Hi Dee !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Love ya !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I hate losing power. But I do think we’re even more prepared than we used to be now that we have power stations that we use for camping. They work great for short term power outages. Maybe it’s because I’m older, but I just feel it’s so important to be prepared for such incidents. However, we can’t run ac on them. But we do have little usb fans we can use. Buddy heater is great for winter outages. Phone issues make me crazy. The prices that phone companies charge, I feel there should never be outages or at the very least we should be reimbursed for the time lost and inconvenience. Hopefully no more issues for you.
Well hope you stay safe out there Dee. I’m now on 5 acres in TN, I don’t know how you handle that heath out there. I do wished you weren’t so far away ( driving wise ) so you could come explore TN and all the beauty it has. The temps and the mountains here are beautiful. You’d always be welcome to pull your box van up here and stay a while. I do continue to keep you in prayers. I’ve been following you a long time and pray Gods blessings for you..
Thank you AJ
That was some trouble with your communication Dear sister Dee. I thank God for your good spirit and good advice. And also that the problem is solved. God bless you in the Mighty Name of Jesus! We are to learn this new life now, as we embark on our new journey in a motorhome real soon. Hopefully we can get the house sold also. It would mean a lot if you and max will pray for us. 🙏 We bring our dog also, she is a Romanian Shepard dog, so she takes us out to exercise every day. 🥰 Love in Christ from Anne.
Prayers and blessings on you new journey
Wow that's weird. Most don't do that intill you put the Sim card in and activate the new phone. But glad your up and running again.
No power yiks
So sorry you had such problems with your phone. It’s my understanding that they can’t make you change your phone number. You probably got a person who didn’t know the rules. Thank you so much for mentioning Visible on your channel a couple of years ago. I changed to that company and have really had good service.
awesome
Here in New England, it is normal to lose power for a few hours on a few different days per year, especially in winter. Sometimes an ice storm will knock down enough power lines that our power is out for a day or two. The winter before last, we lost power for about 5 days. We ran a generator about 1/3 of the time, to run the house heating system, fridge, and charge up my power station, LiFePO4 battery, phones, laptops, and power banks. When the generator was off, we didn't open the house fridge or freezer, but could open the 12V freezer still running off the power station. The power station was kept topped up by the LiFePO4 battery. Every few hours we'd run the generator and repeat the cycle. It was some work, but we managed to keep functioning pretty normally for several days.
It was not fun. Since then, we bought a big, reliable generator that runs off gasoline, propane, or natural gas (which we don't have). It has remote start, but still needs us to pour the gasoline in. Not sure if we'll install a big permanent propane tank to avoid that. I've also gotten a bigger LiFePO4 battery, with plans to add some solar on the garage roof, but for now it just gets charged when power is on, or from the generator, or from an inverter on a car.
Good info. I have a tracfone for emergencies. I think they have them all over the US. In Washington state they sell for
about 20.00 and another 20 for 60 minutes of talk time that is good for 90 days.Any minutes not used roll over for the next 3 months.
The 7 -11's sell them as does Target stores. Mine costs me less than 10 bucks a month.
They are just a flip phone but are good for emergency's. Take care
Thanks for the info
I have visible for data and hotspot/internet . I have consumer cellular for talk and texting which runs $35 a month. The 2 are still less than I use to pay just for internet
Thank you Dee ❤
Very important topic today. I am so glad you gave us your wisdom. Dee I believe I missed something, are you not living in a RV, motorhome trailer whatever anymore? Just wanted to know what your living situation is nowadays Are you on the road or not? I did something very stupid I had a 25-ft class c motorhome. due to chronic illnesses and disabilities I had in home supportive services All was well. I was parked and paying rent at my mechanics lot. I was in my RV going up a hill going to make a U-turn so I would have to put the pedal to the metal so to say, but I wasn't in drive I was in reverse. Well Dee guess what, I hit a huge phone pole. I totaled my 25 ft class c motorhome. totaled it. So they ended up towing it away and I had no RV and nowhere to go Anyways I have a place now temporarily and with the money I got from the total I'm trying to think of the best way to get me a place to live. If anybody reads this and they have any ideas I thought even about buying a big shed and turning it into a tiny tiny home on my mechanics lot again where my motorhome was.
again thank you Dee
I am in the Box Van FT but I have a spce in an RV Park when I can't travel. So sorry to hear about your RV.
@@BoxVanDee hey there Dee. Thanks so much for replying to me, I do appreciate it. That's what I did when I couldn't travel anymore I just got too sick and too disabled to keep on nomading it all the time. So I got a spot at my mechanics shop paid rent, real cheap but I wouldn't leave my motorhome. I think once we live in it and we got that bug and we are a nomad at heart, even when we're parked and kicking back for however long years whatever we want to be in our RV.
I am bummed for such a STUPID blunder I did.
I have 3 working phones. I use the Government Phone. It is TRULY UNLIMITED FAST DATA. Meaning if I want to be on RUclips watching things for 10 hours a day it will never buffer. I heard you mention something about you had a phone like that and I got to find out what it is because that phone is no longer going to be that way any longer I've had that phone now for a few years but they're taking away that plan they did. So I'll be listening very carefully about the phone you said has truly unlimited everything. BLESSINGS
DONT LOSE JOUR HOPE
Makes you wonder how the Indians coped with the heat.
I use Red Pocket (ebay) reseller for my backup phone. 100 Talk 100 Text 500MB for $60.00 a YEAR. I've been using them for about 5 years, chose Verizon as the carrier, never have had a problem.
Would getting a portable evaporative cooler for emergency use be feasible? Since they only run a fan and a water pump, maybe your power setup would be enough? Just a thought.
No room in the Box Van
What kind of car do you have?
I have a Lincoln towncar and the Box van
What a fiasco!
WOW !! This is good information...You made me think about this in a realistic way...I should be planning ahead...Thanks for sharing your wisdom & advice...
Glad it was helpful!
First time ive ever heard about unlimited hot spot, that would be a nice perk!!!🤗🫶🏻 thanks for a good vid. I did chat with Vanesa's duaghter and she said her mother was doin ok and staying with her son but sum health issues were keeping her from traveling to arizona but the kids want her to stay home with them but you never know she said mom could pack up the van and head out lol ya never know about her she said🙏 I was happy to hear she was ok🤗🫶🏻