5 Ways to Prepare for Power Outages
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I’m thankful for my propane stove. I can light it with a clicker or match and still cook.
I taught my sons what I've learned from snares for rabbits, how to skin them, how to make pots, using stones to heat water to cook etc.
Yes Foxfire.
Field guides, wild berries, the plants to use for substitute flours, how to capture yeast.
Bless you, I share all you show. ❤❤
Wonderful tips! Thank you for sharing. ❤️
Me too!! I love to forage every spring, summer, and especially fall! I always preserve, prepare, repair, recycle, reuse, and repurpose.
I worry for people who have never had to do without and can burn a pot of water trying to cook and it's an all age group type of people not just the young. I just hope that more and more people are paying attention to the threats on our power, water and energy sources because the threats are real and the relentless attempts are real. Thanks for giving good advice I just hope folks of all ages are doing what they can to get prepared.
To hold the heat, it also helps to lay a blanket over your pop-up tent.
What a great tip!
So timely is this video. Good info in here. I pray people heed all the warnings out there cause something is going to happen. Do all you can and stay with our Father. Pray pray pray. Take care and again Ty so much. You are one smart cookie! Be well
Prayer is priority. ❤️ We do our best, and trust God with the rest!
God is in control🩷🩷🩷
I actually have seen another video where you can put tea lights into muffin tin cups, place the muffin tin into a deeper pan that the whole tin can fit into, place a cookie sheet or a rack of some sort over it and use a small pan for heating food, water, or scrambling eggs, etc. I live in an apartment building, and we had a blackout in the complex I live in two years ago. I went into my closet and pulled out my Eco Flow River. I I purchased it from QVC and I purchased the solar charging panel as well. I was very grateful to have purchased it. I was probably the only person in my building that had a light on and my refrigerator plugged in. My family laughed when I purchased it but I was grateful for it. Thank you again for all these incredible tips. My mom always told me when it is summer to keep your windows closed, your shade or blinds closed and curtains closed. When I would get home from work my apartment would be cooler than those who left their apartments and left their windows open, and or uncovered. I have few sterno cans as well.
Great tips!
When cooking over an open fire, it is handy to have cast iron pots. Most regular kitchen pans cannot be used directly over an open fire. I have a wood stove, so I also have a cast iron rack. I can use it to cook over my wood stove in the winter or an open fire in the fire pit. The Walmart in my area carries Lodge cast iron pans, which are fairly inexpensive. They probably don't have as much nickel in them as the more expensive pans, but they should still last a long time.
Great advice! We love our cast iron. ❤️
To cook pasta, bring it to a boil for 2 or 3 minutes, put a lid on and remove from heat. Let "cook" (actually it's soaking) for as long as the pkg recommends and check it. It may or may not take a few minutes longer. I cook mine like this often without an emergency situation and it works great!
That makes sense! Thank you for pointing this out. 😊
I'm sitting here in the dark (in Florida) watching this 😆🤷♀️ we lost power for 40 hrs, 2 weeks ago from Helene and we lost power at about 11 last night from Milton. We are running the generator for 3 hours on/ 3 hours off, that allows us to keep the refrigerator and battery packs up and going. We don't open the frig during the off hours. The longest we've been without power from a hurricane was 7 days in 2017 from Irma. We live in-land about 40 miles from the gulf coastline so we don't have to worry about water surge and that is the big destroyer in hurricanes. I've had a copy of Carla's book since the 90s. The Encyclopedia of Country Living. When the first FoxFire book came out in 1972, I thought, "who will buy these books?" My husband & I was born and lived most our lives in Appalachia (the western part of Virginia) our grandparents lived that way. My mother was a teenager when they first run powerlines in those mountains. My grandparents never had indoor plumbing and drawed water from a well with a rope and well bucket. And granny cooked on a wood stove (wood burning stove) all her life. Maybe that why I consider a power outage a inconvenience and not a problem. 👵
Praying you get power restored quickly! Although you know how to handle it. 😉 We have so much to learn from your generation! ❤️
I am like you. Being without power does not throw me into a tizzy. I have my wood cook stove. We hear with wood in the winter, that we harvest. I am working on getting the hand pump into the well. Slight delay due to health issues. I also have 2 - 250 gallon potable water tanks to store water to use during a power outage. Also have a propane cook stove. My husband and I set up the farm to be either on or off grid. I am an avid canner and am working on the prepared meals now. I am working in getting the freezers canned up. With so much to do on the farm, I got so busy I froze mist everything. Now I am playing the catch up game for getting it canned. Oil lamps even the barn lamps. We have the basics all covered. Now we are looking at items that will make life easier.
@@joyceterra2265 I lived around people in the mountains that lived that way so "no-grid" to my husband & I has never been a scary idea. We've gotten use (in our senior years) to the convenience of modern grid living, but the thought of returning to the ways of our grandparents doesn't scare us. Living in Florida now is a dream for off grid living. Gardening year round, there is no dormant season, there's something growing all the time. For most people its the heat, but old age helps with that. That heat actually makes our aches and pains feel better 🤣
@@gidget8717 I am a senior too. My husband passed away 2 years ago but has left me set up for worst case scenarios. Lol I am like you, love the convenience of on grid but not afraid of off grid. My husband and I lived for two years off grid to test out all the systems we had put in place. The only one that we found was using the plastic plumbing piping made for wells, does not work with hand pumps. From the suction it weakens and causes it to collapse. We pulled it and ate putting in metal piping. That is what I will be doing in the spring. Lol with all the other farm chores. Lol no rest for the wicked. You have a great day. Be safe and God bless you.
@@joyceterra2265God bless you too❤
I was born in Miami and have lived here my entire life. In 1992 Hurricane Andrew (Cat 5) hit the southernmost portion of our city. It is always humid here. We had no electricity for more than 30 days. Oddly, a friend purchased for me a container of Shower to Shower powder. While we were busy with clean up during the day, I found the powder to help keep me cooler/drier so that I was able to fall asleep at night.
I've never heard of that. I'll have to check it out. Thanks!
In Louisiana, people use water misters to spray them selves and bed sheets with water. It works!
Summers here get into the triple digits. I recommend getting a neck gaiter or frogg togg or something similar for each family member. All you do is wet one, wring it out and put it around your neck. The wind or air cools the material down alot. We wore them when we had a garage sale in July and they were super helpful!
What a great idea! Thank you!!
Pork and beans, are good right out of the can, warm or cold.
One time our city grid went down, we lost water pressure. We filled our tub and every container we could. Now I stock water. Lesson learned
zipping 2 sleeping bags together can help keep 4 or more people warm using their body heat. I collect smallish sticks to use on my 10" "fire pit grill".
Great tip!
I recommend freezing water in 2 one gallon jugs to use in front of fans to keep cool. Don’t open a freezer unless you need to and it will stay frozen for a few days. If you have frozen jugs in the freezer it will act like a giant cooler for a few days. It also is less messy than bags. Hope this helps
Great advice!
I live on the Mornington Peninsula, Victoria , Australia and am lucky enough to rarely ever lose power for more than a few hours at a time .
So very glad I stumbled across your youtube channel here in Switzerland! Yes, even here there are power outages (although no-one takes them seriously)...so I am very very grateful for your advice...have just ordered a Sun Jack from Amazon as you recommended. Looking forward to yr meal canning prep videos. Thank you so much for your helpful advice. Hugs from a ex banker now grandmother with grandkids to feed in case of an emergency❤
Welcome to the channel! ❤️
@@foodprepguide happy to be with you all...together we are strong as we have seen !
When I lived in a trailer in my youth, I purchased a small swimming pool from Walmart. That pool kept me cool. Sometimes I even slept on it when the nights were in the nineties. Since the pools are short, you can sit down in them.
Great advice!
Great info! Thanks for sharing! Take care!🌻🌻🌻
Thank you so much for doing this. This is going to help a lot of us in time of need. God bless you and your family.
My pleasure! ❤️
Good tips!
I have a good supply of regular rice but I also have a good supply of minute or instant rice. Uses less energy and water...1C rice, 1C boiling water, let sit for 5 minutes, fluff and eat. If you have a dehydrator you can make your own instant rice from cooked rice.
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Jordan, have you guys checked into a small wood stove? The stove pipe can be run through a sidewall and up. No masonry needed. My dad put one in for his aunt & uncle back in the late 70s. They used it during the coldest days and their electric furnace during normal winter days. Something small like that may work for your family. If you have a basement it might work putting it down there. Worth checking into.
Thank you. ❤️ We've looked into it, and our homeowner's insurance will not insure us if we have a wood stove. :(
@@foodprepguide well dang it! That sucks. 😡
It really does!!
🇦🇺Living in the tropics we would fill the bath tub with water. Take a dip when you feel like your overheating.
Good idea!
Hot water bottles are good in the winter.
A water spray bottle, just filled with water, used to mist your face / body is good for cooling down in the summer also hanging a wet towel sheet in front of an open window / door (same as your towel on a fan)
Wonderful tips!
Don't forget about your pets!!! Plan for them, too. Water, learning to make their food and treats, crate and leash training cats, things like that I've had to learn myself. You can can your own pet's food and actually save money! Plus, they'll help keep you warm in the cold, and soothe kid's anxiety in disaster situations.
Great tips! :)
Never really thought of this one … but possibly using yourself as a human defroster by cooling off with frozen food that you then cook over fire etc (maybe in a silicone or ziplock bag on the back of the neck)… just a thought.
Great thought! 🙂
Years ago 1990's I bought a hud repo house in the country, It was total Electric. I did not have an electric cooking stove. I used my outdoor grill for well over 4 months waiting for the gas company to run a gas line and install a meter. Let me tell you I baked cakes, meatloaf, made pancakes, of course cooked meals in pots and pans on the grill, lol wasn't the best situation but worked well. Kids to this day still laugh about it. So to this day I have 2 canisters of propane for my grill, but also heat with propane and my kitchen stove is propane. and last but not least, I have a Mr buddy portable and keep at least 6 canisters just in case. Back ups to back ups.
I need to practice dutch oven cooking on our grill more!
How do you hook up a generator to your well pump? I thought that took a whole house generator off of the box. Maybe if you pull the pump breaker and retire? Just curious as we just got through a 50 hour power outage (nothing near what others are experiencing)… our biggest issue was water for the animals. It sure would have been nice to have a pump powered!
We temporarily tied it into the box (with the main breaker turned off). There’s a safe way to do it, but it can be dangerous if not done right. I recommend asking an electrician about it. (That’s how we learned how to do it.) 🙂
A manual hand well pump is another option, whether tied into the main house well or digging another well entirely.
@@justpatty7328 I agree with you. We have a well, but we also installed a hand pump. We have a filtration system set up with our well, so we collect drinking water during the short times we are running our generator. I don't care if the water to wash hands and flush toilets is filtered.
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Wow! Thank you for letting everyone know. 🙂
I had an electrician put shut offs for everything and then one switch for the well so I can use it by itself and another for the house
Great idea!
It’s better to be able to recognise safe medicinal/edible plants so practise now. Don’t leave learning to times of disaster, etc. You might make mistakes. (Of course besides power outages it would be great to make sure each member of the family has an emergency backpack to grab and go.)
I don't hear much about taking care of animals/pets during times of emergency. Try to bulk buy animal foods, learn herbal/natural remedies in case you can’t travel to a vet, have a plan of what to do with them in case of say a flood, etc.
I know these are not directly related to power outages, but when the power is out in town businesses won’t be open. You can’t buy fuel. Cell towers might be out. Online shopping might be unavailable, including bank services. Emergency shopping or care might not be available. If power outages should happen at a national level (cyber attacks) then things could get bad really fast. That’s why it’s important to be prepared for the small issues (power failure) so you could step closer to being prepared for the big events (loss of income, national disasters, etc.).
I have heard people using sun cookers (bought or diy) to slow cook meals, solar dehydrators/their warm loft to dry food/herbs.
We collect rain water which still gives water when the water pump is off.
I’m still trying to figure how we’re going to cook meals if we can’t get our gas bottles exchanged as we can’t rely on cooking with wood yet. It rains a LOT here where I live and we don’t have a place to store our wood yet. It’s too wet to use. But having a wood/coal barbecue would work if we had dry wood. Just pull it up underneath an outdoor roof when it rains.
Such wonderful tips you’ve shared here and points to consider. Thank you!
Great comment! I have seen pallet style wood sheds on UA-cam- inexpensive to build. Or perhaps a lean-to, put wood to dry there.
Know how to live in the 1800's even if you never want to live in the 1800's. I grew up poor, so we learned how to take care of ourselves. This is a great time to truly get to know your neighbors. Find out what your neighbors know, skills they have, and combine them as a group effort. Look for people who are willing to come share their skills with your group. Most older folks, like me 😉, enjoy sharing knowledge from "the old ways". My husband and I live close to a small town of approximately 600 people. I have seriously been considering offering classes at the local community center plus inviting others to teach their skills. Even skills like sewing your own clothes, crocheting blankets and knitting socks are quickly becoming extinct.
You should! Because you’re right, these skills are going extinct. We have much to learn from your generation’s skills and wisdom. ❤️
What is a thermal cooker? Brand? Never heard of it
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Old fashion those who have basements go to basement-root cellar. Use usb fans with solar usb source. Make use of trees in summer. Make sure to have several cords. Yes yes yes survival books. Plastic over windows. Buy blankets from thrift store wash at laundry mat so make sure sterile dry 1 hour. Put blankets over windows. I dont have wood stove either i wish i did. Learn skills hunting fishing trapping small game. Solar - even smaller units if bigger ones too costs too much or look through some online sources that maybe sell them cheaper. Usb heating blankets yes they exist i bought some last winter. Seems summer you can survive as long as you have water but winter one can freeze to death where i live and gets below freezing a lot. Books books books - no power no phone, computer or tablet.
Lots of great advice here! Thank you. ❤️
@@foodprepguide Thank you 🙏
I'm afraid to try to can food anymore. We have used ball lids as well as some cheap brand from amazon in the last few years, and both have caused our food (pressure canned as well as water bathed items) to grow mold and the inside of the lids break down and turn black. We can't afford a freeze dryer and dehydrating isn't feasible for everything.
Get for jars lids!! They are fantastic! I think she has a link for them on at least one video
ForJars lids are wonderful!! I’ve heard good things about Superb lids too, but I haven’t tried them yet.
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Perhaps it's how the items are stored. I can (pressure can and hot water bath) everything under the sun and have been for approximately 40 years. I purchase lids that have the white coating on the inside and a thick rubber seal. I also store the jars in a cool, dry, dark place. I am just wondering if heat or cold may be causing your lids to unseal. Just a thought since I don't know your circumstances.🙂
Can cooked rice be canned?
No, it can’t, unfortunately.
A thing with generators you have to have gas, when the . Grid gos down, you're not going to get gas to fire up your generator, and if you can afford to buy a lot of gas and you have a place to store it that would last just a little bit not long, so a generator is only good for a short period as long as the grid doesn't go down which is it expected to happen in the end wish we are there, what the Bible say, everything is happening just like the Bible saids, if you have a lot of food and the grid goes down, hopefully it will be in the winter, then you can put your food outside and it will keep awhile, I believe a lot of people don't realize when the grid goes down they got to have gas for your generator, solar panels, that people have, they are not that great either, without the sun they won't charge, and in the end of time which we are there, the sun will not be shining, so those two things generator solar, not good for a long-term power out, neither a generator or a solar generator no good for long-term power out 🥴
Dual fuel generator gas and propane.
I use a solar generator to run my chest freezer and my fridge.
Sweetie you're just sort of mish mashing a bunch of stuff together. The end of days will be the end of time and nothing but God will save us. You don't prepare for the end times by stocking up food or buying a generator you prepare for that by knowing God. UNTIL THAT DAY HAPPENS, you still need to prepare for life's hardships the best you can. Then a nice stocked pantry and other things can help with that. And that's what we are talking about here.❤
It's not for everyone but we purchased a whole house generator that runs on gas or propane. Since we live in the country and already own a 1000-gallon propane tank, so this made sense for us. We also purchased a fairly large portable solar generator. The solar generator will charge devices, run a few lights, run the fan on the wood stove and keep the refrigerator cold for approximately 5 hours. Before the 5 hours are over, we turn on the generator and allow it to recharge our solar generator while we collect more water from our well. The generator also makes sure our deep freezer remains frozen with this set up. The deep freezer is in our basement so it stays cool already plus it is full so it will take a long time to thaw. I place a thermometer inside the deep freezer, so I know if I need to run the generator more often. Generally, I only have to run the generator for 1 hour every 5 hours. The solar generator will fully charge in 45 minutes when plugged into the house outlet. Yes, everything is happening just as the Bible states!
Practice the tent now. Bring pets in tent as well. They will keep you warm and vice versa. It a blanket or Mylar covering or something on top of tent to trap the body heat in. Don’t buy a huge expensive tent. You need to put ppl n animals close together. The inside of the tent can raise temp many degrees. It can actually be warm if done correctly. Here’s where I’m
A hypocrite: practice befird things go south. Make a fun family weekend. Cook outdoors and go without ANY modern conveniences making a list of what you realized you aren’t prepared for. I mean ZERO. Modern including restroom facilities. Paper and pencil not ohone. Make list and fix the issues. God bless and protect you all. Psalms 91
Wonderful advice!
Dip your shirt in water before you put it on. Wring it out.
Great tip!
Practice beforehand. Set aside a day or 3 No A/C .... OR NO HEAT. NO ELECTRICITY. Do one thing. Learn how. To warm up a meal over a candle. Or how do I make my home....into a smaller area that I can heat so I don't freeze while I sleep. Learning is a do able thing I can do. Gov. IS NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO HELP. THAT WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE. YOU are your best resource to depend on. Doing dry runs- practice events will teach you the best. Write down what you learned. What you want to learn. Practice eating canned spaghetti O's for 4 days in a row. Nothing else. You will know by experience... no problem or... The 2nd can of cold Spaghetti was all I could stand. Now you know. Or making a fire..... I used the entire box of matches and never got a fire started or charcoal lit... FAILURE is your friend. A friend that is honest. A Teacher ... write what you learned, didn't like, successful experiences. What I want to learn. BBECAUSE I .....there are a lot of knowledge available and you don't have to spend any money as you learn / use what ever you have in your home. Thinking outside the box.
Such wisdom here! ❤️ Dry runs are incredibly informative.