Glad you came through OK and your recent experience serves as a wake up call for me. Interesting to look at depending on all the projects in some way. Guess I better get off the computer and take a look around! Great upload
You are right about the shaky captions. I should use the annotations features but the annotations don't appear on most mobile devices, only on PCs. I need to use my tripod more often to avoid the shakes. Nothing like some semi emergencies to test your preparedness. Most people find their flashlights don't work because of old batteries. I learned also to keep one flashlight in each room. My bedroom solar emergency light is suddenly more relevant.
I'll be a lot happier with at least two deep cycle batteries. A couple of my friends have already come by to have their cell phones charged. Two deep cycle batteries are not going to run the fridge, but they can keep your home illuminated and accessories charged.
I so wanted to get a Honda but never did because of the price. Maybe I cannot afford not to get one. These so called once in a lifetime storms come so very often now. I didn't know Walmart has 55 gallon drums. Thanks for the useful information. All is well, here comes the sun. Yea.
A typical discovery would be the flashlight you have doesn't work because the battery inside is dead. You'd want to have a working flashlight in each room of your house so you don't have to go too far to search for a light. Renewable emergency lighting is good for obvious reasons. Thanks for commenting.
Good luck man, good thing you have some experience with light homesteading. Also think about going to Walmart and buying some 55 gallon drums for water. Once that water is gone.......life gets hard. A good inverter generator, like a Honda is hundreds of times more efficient that a non-inverter.10 gallons of stored fuel "could" last a long time if needed. I grew up on the NC coast, and we had no power/water for 2 months in 96. Good luck, Utah is sending stuff your way (solar)!!!
They are very expensive. I had a Coleman generator before, that thing was so loud. Not to mention all the fuel it used. If not the Honda, I guess a second backup would be a small battery bank, but then again, you would have to replace it every few years. When our power went out for 2 months, we learned to live without power pretty well after going through about 100 gallons of fuel in no time. If you get the water barrels, make sure you get 5 yr stabilizer.
good think you have your rain barrel hobbie that came in handy. Yeah you should get another battery one like the AGM batteries at Orieleys they are over 100 amp hours. Made by Deka. It could stay up a long time.
One problem with UA-cam's shaky image stabilization is it makes captions move around. I don't use it for that reason. Still if you want to use that feature it might be better to use UA-cam's editing features. Other than that you look far more prepared than 99% of people, including me. I'm working on a portable solar power system, but right now have no solar power at all. That said, I'm still way more prepared for an emergency than most people.
Thanks again. I hope other viewers would benefit from your insights too. I'll save up for the Honda.
Thanks. Word "lucky" comes to mind.
Glad you came through OK and your recent experience serves as a wake up call for me. Interesting to look at depending on all the projects in some way. Guess I better get off the computer and take a look around! Great upload
No gasoline is available now so everything is academic. Never thought about a propane generator so thank you for the insight.
You are right about the shaky captions. I should use the annotations features but the annotations don't appear on most mobile devices, only on PCs. I need to use my tripod more often to avoid the shakes.
Nothing like some semi emergencies to test your preparedness. Most people find their flashlights don't work because of old batteries. I learned also to keep one flashlight in each room. My bedroom solar emergency light is suddenly more relevant.
I'll be a lot happier with at least two deep cycle batteries. A couple of my friends have already come by to have their cell phones charged. Two deep cycle batteries are not going to run the fridge, but they can keep your home illuminated and accessories charged.
I so wanted to get a Honda but never did because of the price. Maybe I cannot afford not to get one. These so called once in a lifetime storms come so very often now. I didn't know Walmart has 55 gallon drums. Thanks for the useful information. All is well, here comes the sun. Yea.
Some sort of renewable energy emergency lighting in the house is good. Other than that, the sky is the limit.
its good to see you made it threw the storm ok
A typical discovery would be the flashlight you have doesn't work because the battery inside is dead. You'd want to have a working flashlight in each room of your house so you don't have to go too far to search for a light. Renewable emergency lighting is good for obvious reasons. Thanks for commenting.
Good luck man, good thing you have some experience with light homesteading. Also think about going to Walmart and buying some 55 gallon drums for water. Once that water is gone.......life gets hard. A good inverter generator, like a Honda is hundreds of times more efficient that a non-inverter.10 gallons of stored fuel "could" last a long time if needed. I grew up on the NC coast, and we had no power/water for 2 months in 96. Good luck, Utah is sending stuff your way (solar)!!!
They are very expensive. I had a Coleman generator before, that thing was so loud. Not to mention all the fuel it used. If not the Honda, I guess a second backup would be a small battery bank, but then again, you would have to replace it every few years. When our power went out for 2 months, we learned to live without power pretty well after going through about 100 gallons of fuel in no time. If you get the water barrels, make sure you get 5 yr stabilizer.
good think you have your rain barrel hobbie that came in handy. Yeah you should get another battery one like the AGM batteries at Orieleys they are over 100 amp hours. Made by Deka. It could stay up a long time.
Yes, the car can be a very powerful generator. Unfortunately, gas is still hard to come by day 4 of the hurricane.
I think I'll undo it. Thanks.
One problem with UA-cam's shaky image stabilization is it makes captions move around. I don't use it for that reason. Still if you want to use that feature it might be better to use UA-cam's editing features.
Other than that you look far more prepared than 99% of people, including me. I'm working on a portable solar power system, but right now have no solar power at all. That said, I'm still way more prepared for an emergency than most people.
In case you don't know, the shaky image stabilization can be undone.