I like your style! No jabbering - right to the point. Clear, concise, educational, practical, doable, easy and not expensive. Thank you for sharing. You earned a new sub.
One thing I would add is that while a generator is important, be aware that a few people reporting that strangers are coming up to their homes and asking to buy the generator off them… that’s potentially a risk, so people need to be prepared to defend what is theirs if strangers try to harm them and take what is theirs. The solar ones, while limited in strength are near silent As you said, cycling it off frequently will not only conserve fuel, but might mitigate a little of that “sound” risk
I learned a lot from this storm. I appreciate your help. It saved my food in the freezer and we were able to cook it over the course of 5 days. A generator will be my priority to get.
For cooking the average person would be probably most comfortable with a butane stove. Single burner easy replacement cartridges. And I can put it right on top of their current stove
Hello t2 listening and thankful this Canadian thanksgiving ❤. I agree about priorities of using stuff or food. Understand how things go just in case I’m in those shoes one day. Yes expanding options and keeps morale up. I keep at least one power bank fully charged at all times. Learned from people camping with phones.
Sportsman 1000/800 watt inverter from Tractor Supply for about $170. This will run you refrigerator, fan, light, small TV. 1/2 gallon of gas for 5 hours. 1/2 gallon per day for everything you need. 1 gallon if you don’t manage your power.
One of your best videos! I live out west so no hurricanes, but I do have winter storms. Electrical I have plans set up, and backups to those plans. I use natural gas for heating, I have backups & backups to the backups, should there be an outage. I keep about 400 gallons potable Water backup, and 1000 gallons of rain water that I can filter. Thx for info on water filters and the need for large volume filtering, I have a couple but no high volume/fast. Cooking I feel I have covered, many camp stoves with back up fuel. A year ago I met with a couple neighbors, I said I have an extra generator that I will lend out but they must have their own gas. None have stored any fuel.
Unfortunately, I know what you mean about the neighbors. I have many co-workers and friends that I help out, and it seems like every situation we face the number of people that need help grows. I can only provide so much before it starts to affect my family and my own preps. Sounds like you have all your bases covered with the backups on backups. The hydroblu versa flow kit(with the bucket adapter) is a great option for $25. All the sawyer filters will fit the hose/bucket attachment as well if you prefer to just buy that brand. 100+ gallons a day all you need is a bucket and a drill bit.
Thank you very much. No one was prepared for this situation, and no one thought it was going to be as bad as it was, and we are very fortunate. I hope people see the situation and take it as a warning that it can happen in their areas.
I am in the same area as titan. I also work in retail one thing I learned is that no one was ready. Need to have a week or two of bottle water bathroom paper and back up gas for generator as well. And having battery packs charged for phones. Or kid entertain devices. Also to understand that other areas are hit harder.
Absolutely. 2 weeks is a great plan. It's 2 weeks that you aren't having to go out and fight for the next meal or wonder where it's coming from. People (in our area) got lucky that we were able to reopen as fast as we did, and they could go out and stock up after the fact.
Along with people flooding the restaurants after they got power, gas stations were next. Some of the people I talked to sat in a line for gas for 2 hours to try and get gas, just to get to the pump and it be empty.
Please recommend a generator with full description, plus accesories needed to make generador work, so we can find what we need. Both gas and solar. Thank you. ❤
So it all depends on what you are trying to run, but I'll base this off of running a freezer. Personally, I have a predtor 4000/3600 It'll run 2 freezers and a fridge, no problem. As far as equipment, all you need is gas and oil and some drop cords. I recommend 10/3 or 12/3 if you are running heavy appliances. 16/3 is fine for running lights and weak powered stuff. 20 gallons of gas minimum. As far as solar goes, I've found eco flow to be good. The delta/delta pro units will run a freezer/fridge. There are plenty of tests on this channel to see timed results. You're gonna need a good amount of solar to recharge if you are running a freezer nonstop. At least 400 watts of solar panels. The river units are good for small things like a phone, internet or lights. Jackery 1000 or larger is good for the freezers as well The same goes for the bluetti, but make sure you find a unit that is over 1000wh I will always recommend going thru your fridge and eating anything that will go bad first, then not using the fridge during the rest of the situation. Focus on the freezers, run them in cycles. Plug them up every 4-6 hours for 1 hour, then unplug. By doing this, your solar generators will last a lot longer than running the freezer constantly.
Yes, but how long does fresh fruit/vegetables stay good for? Yes, there's canned versions. But believe me, with our kids...we can't keep fruit in house long enough to make a video. Those would be good things to keep on hand as well.
You'd be correct. Carbs are cheap and filling and easy to find during most disaster situations. If you look now, they are passing out bread and rice, not steak and spam. I do recommend stocking up on canned meats, though.
Calories are first, nutrition is second. Yes, nutrition is important and we all need fat and protein but 2 weeks of carbs won't hurt anyone. Carbs are cheap and better than nothing.
I like your style! No jabbering - right to the point. Clear, concise, educational, practical, doable, easy and not expensive. Thank you for sharing. You earned a new sub.
One thing I would add is that while a generator is important, be aware that a few people reporting that strangers are coming up to their homes and asking to buy the generator off them… that’s potentially a risk, so people need to be prepared to defend what is theirs if strangers try to harm them and take what is theirs.
The solar ones, while limited in strength are near silent
As you said, cycling it off frequently will not only conserve fuel, but might mitigate a little of that “sound” risk
I learned a lot from this storm. I appreciate your help. It saved my food in the freezer and we were able to cook it over the course of 5 days.
A generator will be my priority to get.
For cooking the average person would be probably most comfortable with a butane stove. Single burner easy replacement cartridges. And I can put it right on top of their current stove
Hello t2 listening and thankful this Canadian thanksgiving ❤. I agree about priorities of using stuff or food. Understand how things go just in case I’m in those shoes one day. Yes expanding options and keeps morale up. I keep at least one power bank fully charged at all times. Learned from people camping with phones.
This was great lol
Sportsman 1000/800 watt inverter from Tractor Supply for about $170.
This will run you refrigerator, fan, light, small TV.
1/2 gallon of gas for 5 hours.
1/2 gallon per day for everything you need. 1 gallon if you don’t manage your power.
One of your best videos!
I live out west so no hurricanes, but I do have winter storms.
Electrical I have plans set up, and backups to those plans.
I use natural gas for heating, I have backups & backups to the backups, should there be an outage.
I keep about 400 gallons potable Water backup, and 1000 gallons of rain water that I can filter. Thx for info on water filters and the need for large volume filtering, I have a couple but no high volume/fast.
Cooking I feel I have covered, many camp stoves with back up fuel.
A year ago I met with a couple neighbors, I said I have an extra generator that I will lend out but they must have their own gas. None have stored any fuel.
Unfortunately, I know what you mean about the neighbors. I have many co-workers and friends that I help out, and it seems like every situation we face the number of people that need help grows. I can only provide so much before it starts to affect my family and my own preps. Sounds like you have all your bases covered with the backups on backups.
The hydroblu versa flow kit(with the bucket adapter) is a great option for $25. All the sawyer filters will fit the hose/bucket attachment as well if you prefer to just buy that brand. 100+ gallons a day all you need is a bucket and a drill bit.
This was your best video! It was also the most important video you've done.
Thank you very much. No one was prepared for this situation, and no one thought it was going to be as bad as it was, and we are very fortunate. I hope people see the situation and take it as a warning that it can happen in their areas.
I am in the same area as titan. I also work in retail one thing I learned is that no one was ready. Need to have a week or two of bottle water bathroom paper and back up gas for generator as well. And having battery packs charged for phones. Or kid entertain devices. Also to understand that other areas are hit harder.
Absolutely. 2 weeks is a great plan. It's 2 weeks that you aren't having to go out and fight for the next meal or wonder where it's coming from. People (in our area) got lucky that we were able to reopen as fast as we did, and they could go out and stock up after the fact.
Along with people flooding the restaurants after they got power, gas stations were next. Some of the people I talked to sat in a line for gas for 2 hours to try and get gas, just to get to the pump and it be empty.
Please recommend a generator with full description, plus accesories needed to make generador work, so we can find what we need. Both gas and solar. Thank you. ❤
So it all depends on what you are trying to run, but I'll base this off of running a freezer.
Personally, I have a predtor 4000/3600
It'll run 2 freezers and a fridge, no problem.
As far as equipment, all you need is gas and oil and some drop cords.
I recommend 10/3 or 12/3 if you are running heavy appliances. 16/3 is fine for running lights and weak powered stuff.
20 gallons of gas minimum.
As far as solar goes, I've found eco flow to be good. The delta/delta pro units will run a freezer/fridge. There are plenty of tests on this channel to see timed results.
You're gonna need a good amount of solar to recharge if you are running a freezer nonstop. At least 400 watts of solar panels.
The river units are good for small things like a phone, internet or lights.
Jackery 1000 or larger is good for the freezers as well
The same goes for the bluetti, but make sure you find a unit that is over 1000wh
I will always recommend going thru your fridge and eating anything that will go bad first, then not using the fridge during the rest of the situation. Focus on the freezers, run them in cycles. Plug them up every 4-6 hours for 1 hour, then unplug. By doing this, your solar generators will last a lot longer than running the freezer constantly.
All I see is carbs on that table.
Yes, but how long does fresh fruit/vegetables stay good for? Yes, there's canned versions. But believe me, with our kids...we can't keep fruit in house long enough to make a video. Those would be good things to keep on hand as well.
You'd be correct. Carbs are cheap and filling and easy to find during most disaster situations. If you look now, they are passing out bread and rice, not steak and spam. I do recommend stocking up on canned meats, though.
Calories are first, nutrition is second. Yes, nutrition is important and we all need fat and protein but 2 weeks of carbs won't hurt anyone. Carbs are cheap and better than nothing.