I horde generators for something like this I have 8 and let everyone ( possible ) in the neighborhood use them, the neighbors where sharing them just for heat, it was great to help this one lady with no family and no where to go.
Millionaire streamers - no power makes them live like cavemen. Millionaire Zack - has power but lives like a caveman anyway, no water but he doesn't shower and only drinks Dr.Pepper, no heat but he has the internet, the PC cooling system will warm the room, and his chair is an actual couch
@@jbmundy316 yes, i was impressed at how fast the opposum made its way to the other side, although clumsier than the squirrel. it obviously knows the area well and that there is food to scavenge.
5:05 ahhh, the nostalgia of being poor... we still had it better than most people on Earth, regardless.. that was a realization that always made me appreciate the blankets or space heater I had
While I was young, I always got really annoyed at how cold our house was. I understood we were poor (mostly due to my parents buying things they really didn't afford, rather than being poor in the sense of having extremely low income.) but I wished that we could AT LEAST keep the space heaters on for SOME warmth (Sweden). As I grew older, I keep turning off every single object that can radiate heat since my body is extremely warm, but I still remember sitting around our fireplace just to not have frozen feet. Although it's terrible memories in one way, it makes you see the world a bit different. Never take anything for granted, even something as simple as warmth or water inside a house. It was also pretty cozy.
The part that makes me laugh is Texas is the world's 9th largest economy and some snow and 0 degree temps knocked the power and water off for half of the population. Trash services, grocery stores, obtaining clean water, transportation to and from work.... all of this was crippled for the world's 9th largest economy.
Yeah, thought that was a bit odd. I realize southern Texas is prob a bit warmer than say northern Texas, but I live in OKC and to hear that Asmon has never driven on ice before just sounds insane.
@@sleepassist5745 Its so real though man, there's just never ice on the roads here literally never. I imagine a lot of Texans had their first experience on ice this past week.
Keep in mind that it's really hard to drive on slippery roads with summer tires, and almost impossible to stop if you're driving faster than walking speed. I don't know if this is a thing in other countries, but in Sweden we all have to do a course called "risktvåan" (Second risk) before we can get our driver's license, which consists of driving a car on a ludicrously slippery surface and trying to stop before running over some cones. You have almost no control over the car. I can only imagine what it must have been like on the Texan highways with semi-trucks and all that.
Yeah I was in Dallas in 2019 when they got a dusting of ice one morning. I saw 2 vehicles do complete 360s on the interstate due to the fact that no one adjusted their driving to account for ice. You’d think common sense would prevail.
i like these videos asmon, where you just sit down in front of the camera, no editing, just you talking on a certain topic. it’s chill and genuinely just calms me down sometimes
@Zharas Kerimbay You don't get what i mean. I mean that's an insult to animals because these people are not animals. They are humans but yet do not have the sense of care giving, which is worse than animals. It is like saying a person who is using wheelchair because he is too lazy to walk is an insult to a disabled person and you don't say "The ones that you mentioned, are not lazy human but disabled person." just because they use wheelchairs.
Man I'm so glad he has this channel. I just started wow again after not playing since cata. So inevitably I found his old streams on YT. I actually downloaded Twitch just to catch them live, only to find out he hasn't streamed in months.
@Ol Mart's World our government smashes into the ground small business, u can't just live and don't share in Russia, especially if u own small business
downside of a mustang, rear wheel drive cars suck in the snow unless your goal is to spin in circles in a park lots for fun. I grew up on the open atlantic ocean in Canada, one time after a terrible storm we woke up to seals hanging out on our lawn sunning themselves and big massive pieces of drift ice thrown all over the field. No power, pipes frozen, like a foot of ice on everything. Fun times
My friend's sister had the pipes explode and their house straight up flooded. They found a hotel, but they could only stay for one night becuase everyone else was trying to get in. So they begrudgingly accept and overnight, guess what? the pipes literally exploded and not only did the power go down but now the hotel was flooded _and_ on fire. A lot of these stories were similar and its so nightmarish, Im so glad that you and your family got through it alright!
yeah here in northern ohio, especially around cleveland having 12"+ is regular. texans also mostly drive with summer tires not year-round or winter tires
Not to mention their wiper fluid probably froze so they cant clean windshields or even worse, their coolant isn't mixed right. And then there's those with air brake vehicles that haven't been winterized...
To give a bit of insight to his story. I've lived in Illinois/Wisconsin most my life. I lived in South Carolina for a bit. We had a hard storm in Wisconsin where drifts were 4-5 feet tall of snow, and everything was fine. My friends and I would jump off our shed into the piles of snow (and be safe). However, in South Carolina, the slight snow we had (just a few inches) turned the roads to ice and everything. One great memory I have of it was seeing the trees all dead but covered with about 4mm (0.157 inches) of solid ice, every branch, it was a beautiful sight. The roads were equally as bad. My little car tried and tried to get up a hill but kept sliding down again. tl'dr south states don't handle snow/ice properly due to budgets. Imagine if the rest of the country had to budget for California's building code for earth quake safety.
Well, a foot of snow is probably the average for the schools to declare a snow day for Central IL where I grew up. I’d hate to move further North where snow can be even bigger and stays for much longer. No one likes driving in snow, but you do get an incentive here for going out to help city workers plow the streets and salt the roads.
Thank you, Zack, for sharing your reality check experiences with a bit of humor. You are a survivor for sure. You have my respect. I was raised in Texas since I was 6 months old. I haven't lived there in many years but I do live up north in Vermont right now. Vermont is state east of New York. Keep being the warrior you are and influencing others with your down-to-earth rough ways. Carry on, soldier! ~ MythicDruid
I'm just really glad your mom is ok, Asmongold. I've been there seeing my mom get worse while having no option to make her better and that is the closest I've gotten to experiencing hell so far.
Glad to hear y'all are doing ok after all of this! From the Houston area, still don't have water from all our pipes bursting, but we have fixed it enough to use a faucet outside to carry in buckets of water so at least can use the toilet again. Took two days to thaw it out because all the water that was left in the tank froze solid.
I'm over near Dallas and because so many pipes burst due to freezing we still don't have water... the plumbers are overwhelmed and running out of parts everywhere. Might be lucky to get it back Wednesday or Thursday
@@DaWoWzer It depends on what part of Texas you're in. Remember this state is the size of friggen europe. The part I live is closer to the coast, and the rainy season tends to be in summer. It's more like 120 and as Far said, humid af
And snow and ice storms in winter. Power, water and natural gas out in the ice storm and blizzard of 78. Used Coleman stoves and lanterns, just shit outside. No big deal. Adapt and overcome.
I'm not in texas but last week I randomly lost power for 4-5 hours, needless to say we have no idea how reliant we are on electricity and technology until it's taken away, I literally ran out of things to do.
The thing about the extreme cold, is that it doesn't discriminate between young and old, rich or poor, and I always find that more than extreme heat, the bitter cold grounds you and reminds you of your humanity.. it's a very primal thing. Stay safe Zack, and don't be a stranger.
Heat is way easier to deal with than cold imo. Plus heat would have to be pretty extreme to start breaking infrastructure whereas cold will break shit quicker and more severely.
@@ZEIT9393 Cold does that because corporations don't want to pay to winterize, not because winter is actually worse. You can't take off skin but you can put on a jacket.
@@ZEIT9393 Say that when you have 46C+ in the shade in a country where no one can afford AC. People dropping dead from heatstroke and distress is very real.
Absolutely not. Rich people will have the money to buy warm clothes as soon as possible, get delivered warm food or just go to warm places for vacation, Cancun for instance.
Asmon you are so smart to recognize how dangerous driving on roads that can make spin out are. im from Canada, so from day one driving we are all used to winter driving. its normal here. we have winter tires we change seasonally and snow plows and salt trucks. to deal with all that in Texas with zero infrastructure is so brutal. I hope all you Texans get through this OK :)
"After that I drove home quite quickly...and I stayed there." lol, fear will do that to you. Just know the worst thing you can do on ice is slam on your breaks. It's actually best to just let it do it's thing. Don't fight the car and try to control it.
Meanwhile in Germany. I always get kinda excited if the streets get unpredictable and my car gets more difficult to handle. But maybe im just crazy :,D (To be fair, i have Rally Experience so im kinda chilled no matter what happens)
Rear wheel drive in snow = no go, dont bother unless emergency. Get a generator. Get a propane power one since everyone makes a lunatic run on gasoline at every station to fill theirs. Then you wind up with no fuel. Propane stores better too. Or just get a natural gas generator connected to the home's gas line. You may never use a generator, but the day you do will be worth 100 years of not needing one. Its like insurance.
No worries Asmon, as a Canadian who deals with 4 feet of snow 6 months out of the year, even with brand new winter tires i still slide out often lol glad you're safe and things are looking better!
geriatrics dying off the flu at marginally above average rates compared to previous flu seasons is not really an earth shattering disaster, unless the politicians set out to make it one
@@Breaker242 Well, neither is a blizzard in Texas. Though unless you are completely unemployed, Covid changed a lot of things and made massive changes in both human behavior and in norms.
@@40percentofpolice I had Covid, I had a runny nose for 3 days and that's about it. with how politicized everything is these days. Truth is more evasive than it should be in our technological world, who's right who's wrong, what do you believe? these are all drawn more on partizan lines than any time in recent memory. it's very destructive on multiple levels.
As someone from Canada we are quite used to this. I understand people in the southern States would not be prepared for this so you guys have my sympathies. I would not be able to deal with a heat wave very well myself. Glad you are doing well. And sorry our winter weather travelled so far south. Right before you guys got it we were in quite a deep freeze ourselves and I think the winds carried it all south.
After seeing how the rest of the world reacts to snow I know I need to leave Alberta lmao!!!! So so much snow here. It is cursed and a blight and I've always said it. Delete this kind of winter.
See I grew up in Newfoundland. That place has way to much snow. When I moved to Alberta I was like where’s all the snow!?? I can’t build my forts! Lol but Alberta is so much dryer and colder than Newfoundland. We never got -50 like we did last year. Newfoundland only really got to -15 some days.
I had a snowstorm aswell in my place this week. We were 7 days without both electricity and water and it was hell. The streets were looking like WW2 areas stomped by trees and buildng and ofc lots of snow. I wish the best for you and Texas!
@@1SGCarter It has been on the news that scientists agree that extreme weather is only going to get worse. Colder winters, hotter summers. Eventually a mini ice-age is likely
Its crazy the difference in climate even just across the US. Where I live near Chicago we are getting like a foot of snow, and we just consider it slightly more then normal, but in Texas where they aren't prepared a few inches can end up ruining lives.
I haven't heard much on Texas so I'm hoping things are better there now, up here in Upstate New York, we deal with this crap all the time, and at times even with power we need layers upon layers to stay warm in the house even with heat with some of the storms that blow through here, stay safe Asmon!
Bro when I was a poor kid growing up with no heat, I also pretended I was in like some kind of bear gryls and had a whole mythos about it... good times
Asmongold much love and blessing from toronto canada sad to hear about the storm glad you are well praying for the people that lost loved ones your old wow videos have been helping with my depression so thank you anyways glad you are well stay safe and blessed.
i am from Norway and i do understand how horrible it has been for the Texan's, watching news and twitter about the shit going down there was crazy. I assume alot of people that live in countries/states with cold weather mostly have a fireplace and shit i wouldnt be surprised if Texan's dont have that due to the extremly rare case of snow and rly cold weather. also alot of people didnt have houses or garages that could hold the amount of snow that collects on a roof so it caves inn. Btw im happy u are safe and sound Asmongold i cant wait for ur streams to return. but until then ill keep up with the OTK stuff from esfand, miz and nick until then :) PS: Thank you for the price winning that i won from #Boss3 durning the world first race! :)
Texas is a heavily Republican state, and they somehow convince people to vote against their own best interests. Texas not only turned over the regulation and management of electricity to private corporations (that value profit over people), they disconnected the state from the US power grid. So other states couldn't help redirect power. And because of the private corporations, the power companies didn't invest in cold weather protections on equipment. Then because people were mad, and even some dying or losing their houses or belongings because of ruptured frozen pipes, the governor berated people for not being self-sufficient. And their senator Ted Cruz took his daughters to Cancun. Texas politics are terrible.
@@johnd5574 Ye i have seen some news about the ted cruz thing and that is completely fucked. Dont want to get very political but everyday now seems to revolve around politics especially after the last election. USA has alot of issues when it comes to supporting the different states and alot of it being because the different parts refuse to work together. i just could have hoped a tax system not as strict as ours is atm could be good and even tho alot of people would disagree with the taxing Bidan was thinking of could be a benefit to alot of people in poor conditions. But thats when i hear the comeback of "the american dream" being u have to work ur ass off like crazy and just hope to get a good job. insted of the thinking being a mid tier job shouldnt be able to be a living wager. that is crazy to me and all of my irl friends. but ofc i should never compare countries but i do learn some thing that a good amount of americans think of other countries in eu. If i lived in Texas now tho and i had a house i would invest in a chimney and fireplace just in case this happends again :) even tho its not very likely until another 30 years who knows. Think of it maybe like house decoration hehe
You know you're from Texas when you call snowplough's "tractors that move the snow"
That's more or less what they are
@@dontreplytome5665 a ford commercial duty is a tractor?
plow*
@@ObiJUANcanolli he told you not to reply to him
I haven't got to that part yet, but it is already obvious that's the only way Zack would describe them.
Asmon almost dies spinning out, only mad he didnt get nuggets. This is the way.
de wae
Who’s asmon?
The glorious path
@@TSO_Gold the bald man
This is the way
Asmon not taking showers prepared him for this moment
He prepared in his entire life!
His earth shield is proving useful...
He can burn his face grease for warmth.
@@Special_Agent_NSB bruh xDD
disgusting
I horde generators for something like this I have 8 and let everyone ( possible ) in the neighborhood use them, the neighbors where sharing them just for heat, it was great to help this one lady with no family and no where to go.
That's awesome gj
you are great
Dude, that's really cool! Doing something for the neighbourhood and all :3
@Asmongood ...
This is the way
"But i'd give my space heater to my mother'. Never change asmongold, you are beautiful.
bet he doesnt smell beautiful lmao
This just kind of makes me sad, I wish people didn't have to live in these conditions.
@@calebday6988 bet on shower day he does
@@calebday6988 id rather be around a stinky man of integrity than a scum bag smelling like roses.
Millionaire streamers - no power makes them live like cavemen.
Millionaire Zack - has power but lives like a caveman anyway, no water but he doesn't shower and only drinks Dr.Pepper, no heat but he has the internet, the PC cooling system will warm the room, and his chair is an actual couch
hey a pc actually does warm a room up nice in the winter, you'd be surprised
@@moonasha It's the only way my room heats up. I DO NOT use the heater.
His caveman ancestor must be really proud.
@@moonasha It really does, especially if you have AIOs/watercooling. Those dissipate heat very effectively, and output it in your room
People still think this hobo is a millionaire?
*possum walks by*
Asmon: I’ll have to go feed him
14:00 the opossum walks through the trees over his left shoulder.
@@jbmundy316 yes, i was impressed at how fast the opposum made its way to the other side, although clumsier than the squirrel. it obviously knows the area well and that there is food to scavenge.
Wait, I swear I heard I 'ill have to go and beat him now.
Little known fact. Zack is one of the most loving sons to his mother that any son could be.
thats a very known fact tho
5:05 ahhh, the nostalgia of being poor... we still had it better than most people on Earth, regardless.. that was a realization that always made me appreciate the blankets or space heater I had
Unforgivable!
When you have a space heater or air conditioner but you can't afford to run it
While I was young, I always got really annoyed at how cold our house was. I understood we were poor (mostly due to my parents buying things they really didn't afford, rather than being poor in the sense of having extremely low income.) but I wished that we could AT LEAST keep the space heaters on for SOME warmth (Sweden). As I grew older, I keep turning off every single object that can radiate heat since my body is extremely warm, but I still remember sitting around our fireplace just to not have frozen feet. Although it's terrible memories in one way, it makes you see the world a bit different. Never take anything for granted, even something as simple as warmth or water inside a house. It was also pretty cozy.
That might be the best "sup boys" I've ever heard, smiling within the first 5 seconds. This guy is so humble man. Thanks... ❤
Found him for the streams. Stayed for the person.
@@tweakos2025 exactly my friend, exactly 👊
its like the saying " 3 meals away from anarchy" i think we all forget how many systems we lean on everyday. things can turn bad very fast.
my point, i love that zack knows this and lives like he does every day, aware not fearful.
The less you eat, the less you eat.
The part that makes me laugh is Texas is the world's 9th largest economy and some snow and 0 degree temps knocked the power and water off for half of the population. Trash services, grocery stores, obtaining clean water, transportation to and from work.... all of this was crippled for the world's 9th largest economy.
@@Dr.Longest it's because all that money doesn't go to infrastructure! Thank you taxes, or lack thereof.
If people are not prepared yes. Some people prepare themselves though.
11:28 As someone who learned to drive in Michigan winters, the feeling of losing control over your vehicle from ice is very spooky. Glad you are ok.
I can hear your profile picture
he have a Mustang too so that's definitely scary af.
Living in northern Michigan I was so thankful that I didn’t have to take any drivers Ed classes and my test in the winter. Really lucked out on that.
same, fellow michigander. spun out on a back road once and almost ended up in a snow bank. not fun.
"There were some people that died from this, it's really kind of unpleasant" This is why we love you
because he pointed out an obvious fact? what? haha
@@maximusjoseppi5904 No because of the nonchalant nature of it.
Typical Texas driver, “Turns out, ice is slippery!”
Yeah, thought that was a bit odd. I realize southern Texas is prob a bit warmer than say northern Texas, but I live in OKC and to hear that Asmon has never driven on ice before just sounds insane.
@@sleepassist5745 Its so real though man, there's just never ice on the roads here literally never. I imagine a lot of Texans had their first experience on ice this past week.
Keep in mind that it's really hard to drive on slippery roads with summer tires, and almost impossible to stop if you're driving faster than walking speed. I don't know if this is a thing in other countries, but in Sweden we all have to do a course called "risktvåan" (Second risk) before we can get our driver's license, which consists of driving a car on a ludicrously slippery surface and trying to stop before running over some cones. You have almost no control over the car. I can only imagine what it must have been like on the Texan highways with semi-trucks and all that.
Yeah I was in Dallas in 2019 when they got a dusting of ice one morning. I saw 2 vehicles do complete 360s on the interstate due to the fact that no one adjusted their driving to account for ice. You’d think common sense would prevail.
"After spinning out, I drove home really fast!" - lesson learned 🤣
I love how when Asmon says things like wendys closing being the lowest point of the week, you can't tell if he is serious or not
i like these videos asmon, where you just sit down in front of the camera, no editing, just you talking on a certain topic. it’s chill and genuinely just calms me down sometimes
I love how you care and take care of your Mom. 🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺 more people should be like you 🌼🌼🌼🌼🌼🌼🌼🌼take care !
A lot of people care for their moms lol
@@omensoffate A lot of people don't care too
@Zharas Kerimbay that’s an insult to animals
Same. Main reason I am a fan.
@Zharas Kerimbay You don't get what i mean. I mean that's an insult to animals because these people are not animals. They are humans but yet do not have the sense of care giving, which is worse than animals. It is like saying a person who is using wheelchair because he is too lazy to walk is an insult to a disabled person and you don't say "The ones that you mentioned, are not lazy human but disabled person." just because they use wheelchairs.
Man I'm so glad he has this channel. I just started wow again after not playing since cata. So inevitably I found his old streams on YT. I actually downloaded Twitch just to catch them live, only to find out he hasn't streamed in months.
Snow fucking sucks, i live in Russia im tired shoveling snow every day and i'm tired of -22 degrees
@Ol Mart's World bullshit, our small business suck big dig
Inches? The other day I got about 2 and a half feet of snow lol Glad to see your ok!
@Ol Mart's World our government smashes into the ground small business, u can't just live and don't share in Russia, especially if u own small business
@Ol Mart's World I mean u must pay by the law taxes even if you don't make any profit
@Krampus if u homeless just buy a house
14:00 the opossum shows up in the background and crawls along the branches lol
that’s Maya’s spy 😳
widepeepoHappy
18:00
Squirrel at 5:47 right above the head.
When you didn't get your nuggets:
".. REALLY FUCKING SUCKED."
I felt that
like KFC run out of chicken boondocks episode
@@napieracz car drives into a Wendy's "gimmie some damn nuggets!"
13:58 - *Possum in the background.* Good video!
05:30 squirrels right above asmons dome :D
@@jinguzu Yeah! I didn't notice that. Cool!
@Ol Mart's World Wow! That's a cool story. I have no wildlife where I live... Only cats sometimes. City, urban environment.
@@jinguzu 14:47 squirrel makes a second appareance on the right side of the screen
@@agentepeperoni34 yeah me too, but i live in the midwest so its like a mix between big ass pitbulls and then turkeys 😂
Stay safe Zack
"Oh look at that, a little Possum, i'll have to go feed him later." xD
You just have to imagine that it's 110 degrees outside and you have the best air conditioning known to man.
Lmao this made me laugh, when im cold as shit I imagine my self as a furnace blazing it's ass off nice and warm. Works somehow.
@@squidiz496 mind over matter bro!
@@squidiz496 nice Motionless profile pic :D spooky black vibes
"Tractors that move the snow off the road" LOL "Snow Plow" confirmed not even in Texan's vocabulary
World got cold once it heard Anduin was gonna be the next Lich king
Sorry to hear about the stress with your mom, glad you got it resolved
I accidentally noticed the small patch of skin on asmons upper lip and now it’s all I see.
Man... you just ruined it for me.
What......
It's an enchantment bro
downside of a mustang, rear wheel drive cars suck in the snow unless your goal is to spin in circles in a park lots for fun.
I grew up on the open atlantic ocean in Canada, one time after a terrible storm we woke up to seals hanging out on our lawn sunning themselves and big massive pieces of drift ice thrown all over the field. No power, pipes frozen, like a foot of ice on everything. Fun times
14:38 theres a possum on the tree to the left of Asmon just chilling
It heard him say COVID and was like “✌️ I’m outtie...”
The one thing that almost brings you to tears is the thought of being without the internet.
"turns out you can spin out on ice" i just moved to MI this year and experienced that for the first time this year its terrifying
My friend's sister had the pipes explode and their house straight up flooded. They found a hotel, but they could only stay for one night becuase everyone else was trying to get in.
So they begrudgingly accept and overnight, guess what? the pipes literally exploded and not only did the power go down but now the hotel was flooded _and_ on fire.
A lot of these stories were similar and its so nightmarish, Im so glad that you and your family got through it alright!
15:25 LOL reminds me of Australia's prime minister flying to Hawaii while the entire country was on fire.
To be fair he was telling everyone to get out of the fire zone as well. Ted Cruz on the other hand told everyone to stay home and hug your kids lol.
yeah here in northern ohio, especially around cleveland having 12"+ is regular. texans also mostly drive with summer tires not year-round or winter tires
Not to mention their wiper fluid probably froze so they cant clean windshields or even worse, their coolant isn't mixed right. And then there's those with air brake vehicles that haven't been winterized...
Can we just all appreciate how amazing of a son asmon is.
To give a bit of insight to his story. I've lived in Illinois/Wisconsin most my life. I lived in South Carolina for a bit. We had a hard storm in Wisconsin where drifts were 4-5 feet tall of snow, and everything was fine. My friends and I would jump off our shed into the piles of snow (and be safe). However, in South Carolina, the slight snow we had (just a few inches) turned the roads to ice and everything. One great memory I have of it was seeing the trees all dead but covered with about 4mm (0.157 inches) of solid ice, every branch, it was a beautiful sight. The roads were equally as bad. My little car tried and tried to get up a hill but kept sliding down again.
tl'dr south states don't handle snow/ice properly due to budgets. Imagine if the rest of the country had to budget for California's building code for earth quake safety.
Well, a foot of snow is probably the average for the schools to declare a snow day for Central IL where I grew up. I’d hate to move further North where snow can be even bigger and stays for much longer. No one likes driving in snow, but you do get an incentive here for going out to help city workers plow the streets and salt the roads.
Have been watching this guy for several years now, but these videos somehow managed to show us the real you. What an amazing person.
Glad you and your mom pulled through. Hope things get better for Texas from here on out. Much love.
5:29 I was more focused on that squirrel expecting it to attack you, than what you were saying to me xD
true
Thank you, Zack, for sharing your reality check experiences with a bit of humor. You are a survivor for sure. You have my respect. I was raised in Texas since I was 6 months old. I haven't lived there in many years but I do live up north in Vermont right now. Vermont is state east of New York. Keep being the warrior you are and influencing others with your down-to-earth rough ways. Carry on, soldier! ~ MythicDruid
Seen this man do a lot of growing as a person the last few years. Stay humble man.
Bruh they buffed earth shield now it gives frost ressistance...asmon made an 10000 iq move to spec into it
I'm just really glad your mom is ok, Asmongold. I've been there seeing my mom get worse while having no option to make her better and that is the closest I've gotten to experiencing hell so far.
Glad to hear y'all are doing ok after all of this! From the Houston area, still don't have water from all our pipes bursting, but we have fixed it enough to use a faucet outside to carry in buckets of water so at least can use the toilet again. Took two days to thaw it out because all the water that was left in the tank froze solid.
Top ten anime crossovers of all time -- texas and snow
I'm over near Dallas and because so many pipes burst due to freezing we still don't have water... the plumbers are overwhelmed and running out of parts everywhere. Might be lucky to get it back Wednesday or Thursday
Here in norway i cant se my neighbour houses roofs and each morning my car is gone.
Breaking off the ice to use for water was a 2000 IQ play for sure
Me from Chicago:
“We gotta deal with the heat here.”
Yea, fuck that.
I'd take the 115 dry heat of Texas over the 100 damp heat we get here in chicago any day.
@@DaWoWzer it ain't dry heat down here in houston. Humid af
@@DaWoWzer It depends on what part of Texas you're in. Remember this state is the size of friggen europe. The part I live is closer to the coast, and the rainy season tends to be in summer. It's more like 120 and as Far said, humid af
And snow and ice storms in winter. Power, water and natural gas out in the ice storm and blizzard of 78.
Used Coleman stoves and lanterns, just shit outside. No big deal. Adapt and overcome.
Shout-out to the squirrel at 5:27. Love you, man. You're a huge inspiration.
you know hes telling the truth when he says "tractors that move the snow" instead of plow
I'm not in texas but last week I randomly lost power for 4-5 hours, needless to say we have no idea how reliant we are on electricity and technology until it's taken away, I literally ran out of things to do.
The thing about the extreme cold, is that it doesn't discriminate between young and old, rich or poor, and I always find that more than extreme heat, the bitter cold grounds you and reminds you of your humanity.. it's a very primal thing.
Stay safe Zack, and don't be a stranger.
Heat is way easier to deal with than cold imo. Plus heat would have to be pretty extreme to start breaking infrastructure whereas cold will break shit quicker and more severely.
@@ZEIT9393 Cold does that because corporations don't want to pay to winterize, not because winter is actually worse. You can't take off skin but you can put on a jacket.
@@ZEIT9393 Say that when you have 46C+ in the shade in a country where no one can afford AC. People dropping dead from heatstroke and distress is very real.
@@ZEIT9393
Pffffft. Wrong.
Absolutely not. Rich people will have the money to buy warm clothes as soon as possible, get delivered warm food or just go to warm places for vacation, Cancun for instance.
Asmon you are so smart to recognize how dangerous driving on roads that can make spin out are. im from Canada, so from day one driving we are all used to winter driving. its normal here. we have winter tires we change seasonally and snow plows and salt trucks. to deal with all that in Texas with zero infrastructure is so brutal. I hope all you Texans get through this OK :)
"After that I drove home quite quickly...and I stayed there."
lol, fear will do that to you.
Just know the worst thing you can do on ice is slam on your breaks. It's actually best to just let it do it's thing. Don't fight the car and try to control it.
Meanwhile in Germany. I always get kinda excited if the streets get unpredictable and my car gets more difficult to handle.
But maybe im just crazy :,D
(To be fair, i have Rally Experience so im kinda chilled no matter what happens)
really relieved you and your mom made it through this nightmare. thanks for sharing with us, much love man.
When heat rises after cold houses, they start getting mold.
If there's any space left to mold, lul
Depends on the heat.
Rear wheel drive in snow = no go, dont bother unless emergency.
Get a generator. Get a propane power one since everyone makes a lunatic run on gasoline at every station to fill theirs. Then you wind up with no fuel. Propane stores better too. Or just get a natural gas generator connected to the home's gas line. You may never use a generator, but the day you do will be worth 100 years of not needing one. Its like insurance.
as someone who helps maintain the reliability of the power grid for the ERCOT(Texas) area... i too hope this storm never happens again
It will definitely happen again and probably soon.
I knew it was coming. Funny you and me both watch asmon and we both work with the grid.
14:47 a squirrel jumps from branch to tree trunk behind asmond on the greyish tree.
man what a crazy storm it has been. I didn't have power/internet for a few days in Houston, but it sounds like Austin and Dallas got hit harder
No worries Asmon, as a Canadian who deals with 4 feet of snow 6 months out of the year, even with brand new winter tires i still slide out often lol glad you're safe and things are looking better!
"I have never really been part of a disaster like this before in my life. Like a national event."
Corona: Am... Am I a joke to you?
geriatrics dying off the flu at marginally above average rates compared to previous flu seasons is not really an earth shattering disaster, unless the politicians set out to make it one
@@Breaker242 Well, neither is a blizzard in Texas. Though unless you are completely unemployed, Covid changed a lot of things and made massive changes in both human behavior and in norms.
@@40percentofpolice I had Covid, I had a runny nose for 3 days and that's about it. with how politicized everything is these days. Truth is more evasive than it should be in our technological world, who's right who's wrong, what do you believe? these are all drawn more on partizan lines than any time in recent memory. it's very destructive on multiple levels.
As someone from Canada we are quite used to this. I understand people in the southern States would not be prepared for this so you guys have my sympathies. I would not be able to deal with a heat wave very well myself. Glad you are doing well. And sorry our winter weather travelled so far south. Right before you guys got it we were in quite a deep freeze ourselves and I think the winds carried it all south.
The voice of an angel.
soothes me everytime
5:27, little squirrel on the top of the trees
After seeing how the rest of the world reacts to snow I know I need to leave Alberta lmao!!!! So so much snow here. It is cursed and a blight and I've always said it. Delete this kind of winter.
See I grew up in Newfoundland. That place has way to much snow. When I moved to Alberta I was like where’s all the snow!?? I can’t build my forts! Lol but Alberta is so much dryer and colder than Newfoundland. We never got -50 like we did last year. Newfoundland only really got to -15 some days.
Agreed. Sometimes I wonder why I live here.
I think I'd miss the snow if I left tbh
I had a snowstorm aswell in my place this week. We were 7 days without both electricity and water and it was hell. The streets were looking like WW2 areas stomped by trees and buildng and ofc lots of snow. I wish the best for you and Texas!
Never thought I'd miss someone saying the words "random bullshit" so much.
I’m glad you and your mother are okay. Loving these videos, keep up the good work!
We need a survival course for living in Asmons house
Here in Miami we had snow in the late 70s that old people will tell you about, since then we never had any snow.
Pretty sure it's gonna get like that pretty regularly in the future
What makes you so sure that a weather phenomena that occurred 40 years ago the last time is the new normal now?
@@1SGCarter It has been on the news that scientists agree that extreme weather is only going to get worse. Colder winters, hotter summers. Eventually a mini ice-age is likely
@@Kujamon exciting
@@Kujamon It's been on the news for the last 40 years, what makes you think people are going to believe scientists now?
@@Opharg At Ieast ice is melting more than 10 times faster than it did 40 years ago, so that's a good indicator.
You are describing the reason I moved from MA to FL. Thanks for the video Zack
going sliding on snowy roads is how northerners have fun in the winter lol glad youre all good
Its crazy the difference in climate even just across the US. Where I live near Chicago we are getting like a foot of snow, and we just consider it slightly more then normal, but in Texas where they aren't prepared a few inches can end up ruining lives.
WHERE IS THE IGLOO !!?
I'm enjoying these ''vlogs'' quite alot :) Keep it up Asmon
Say what you want about Asmon, but the dude is a good son and his mother is lucky to have him.
Zack really reminds me of my old best friend that loves WoW that I don't know anymore. That's why I love the more candid, casual content.
*Haha Snow Tractors 🚜! It was a Hell of a Week! That is why I teach folks about prepping for those freak scenarios!*
I haven't heard much on Texas so I'm hoping things are better there now, up here in Upstate New York, we deal with this crap all the time, and at times even with power we need layers upon layers to stay warm in the house even with heat with some of the storms that blow through here, stay safe Asmon!
Patrolling the Mojave almost makes you wish for a nuclear winter...
Bro when I was a poor kid growing up with no heat, I also pretended I was in like some kind of bear gryls and had a whole mythos about it... good times
That squirrel in the background at 5:00 😂
Where? I don't see it?
@@carmacattack3712 I see it at 5:47. Above his head.
nice
That jumper looks cozy AF
gas stove over electric anyday for times like this
Bro...there's a natural gas shortage....where you gettin' the gas?
Gas stove saved my life during that ice storm straight up
Asmongold much love and blessing from toronto canada sad to hear about the storm glad you are well praying for the people that lost loved ones your old wow videos have been helping with my depression so thank you anyways glad you are well stay safe and blessed.
Texas Tough: Until faced with an inch of snow.
I'm happy that your parents and you are doing alright through the tough times. Thanks for sharing, my man
I'm a simple scrub. I see Asmon video. I click.
I hope this will be in youtube recommendation years later and people will be like, oh man I remember these days, these were crazy
@7:00 in The medical in the USA is dumb and overpriced. The bureaucracy in US pharma is crazy
14:08 The possum he mentioned earlier is climbing the tree behind him lol
i am from Norway and i do understand how horrible it has been for the Texan's, watching news and twitter about the shit going down there was crazy.
I assume alot of people that live in countries/states with cold weather mostly have a fireplace and shit i wouldnt be surprised if Texan's dont have that due to the extremly rare case of snow and rly cold weather.
also alot of people didnt have houses or garages that could hold the amount of snow that collects on a roof so it caves inn.
Btw im happy u are safe and sound Asmongold i cant wait for ur streams to return. but until then ill keep up with the OTK stuff from esfand, miz and nick until then :)
PS: Thank you for the price winning that i won from #Boss3 durning the world first race! :)
Texas is a heavily Republican state, and they somehow convince people to vote against their own best interests. Texas not only turned over the regulation and management of electricity to private corporations (that value profit over people), they disconnected the state from the US power grid. So other states couldn't help redirect power. And because of the private corporations, the power companies didn't invest in cold weather protections on equipment. Then because people were mad, and even some dying or losing their houses or belongings because of ruptured frozen pipes, the governor berated people for not being self-sufficient. And their senator Ted Cruz took his daughters to Cancun. Texas politics are terrible.
@@johnd5574 Ye i have seen some news about the ted cruz thing and that is completely fucked. Dont want to get very political but everyday now seems to revolve around politics especially after the last election. USA has alot of issues when it comes to supporting the different states and alot of it being because the different parts refuse to work together. i just could have hoped a tax system not as strict as ours is atm could be good and even tho alot of people would disagree with the taxing Bidan was thinking of could be a benefit to alot of people in poor conditions.
But thats when i hear the comeback of "the american dream" being u have to work ur ass off like crazy and just hope to get a good job. insted of the thinking being a mid tier job shouldnt be able to be a living wager. that is crazy to me and all of my irl friends. but ofc i should never compare countries but i do learn some thing that a good amount of americans think of other countries in eu.
If i lived in Texas now tho and i had a house i would invest in a chimney and fireplace just in case this happends again :) even tho its not very likely until another 30 years who knows.
Think of it maybe like house decoration hehe
Glad you are safe man. Stay incredible !
Come to Canada, one day there was so much snow that you literally couldn't see the local highschool
Sounds like heaven
Well that's good 😂
For your information we don’t got tractors for snow we put plows onto trucks typically and plow the snow with that.