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I learned in a medical first aid class many years ago that a good place to put a hand warmer is over the area of your heart so that freshly warmed blood can circulate throughout your body.
That doesn't make a tremendous amount of sense. Your heart is far far beneath your skin, and all blood circulates. It shouldn't really matter in terms of physics where the heating occurs. If it changes at all, it would likely be up to personal preference.
We lost power during a hurricane when my son was small and all i had was candles. My son entertained himself by yelling Happy Birthday and blowing out every lit candle he spotted. Dark house full of smoke in no time was not as much fun for mom. We now have one candle and a lot of solar lights.😂
Still keep candles around we during a snow storm needed to save our propane for heat and rhay resulted in warming food and boiling water above 10 plus tea light candles and used them to also keep warm my down stairs was under 30 without the candles lit and about 12 tea light candles kept it bareable around 49-52. We as well had 2 small kids both under 2 only one was walking but we had baby gates to lock them down to one area away from candles. Without the candles we wouldn't have had a way to eat or stay warm. I had about 100 and we were through them all the last 3 days. I keep over 200 at all times for emergency now. I thought of then just as a light source my whole life until winter 2021 with 2 baby's and a week without power come the 4th day we only had 2-3 mini propane for out heat lamp and those candles kept my babies warm who didn't want to stay bundled up at all and took some time like I said and alot of preparedness to start boiling water 2 hours before your ready to eat because when it's 30-40 degrees those candles take some time to get that water up to temp for ramen or even warming speghettios since it's so thick took I think 4 hours one day.
Good morning. Another great use of those blankets is to cover your fridge and freezer with them to insulate the cold. When properly insulated, those 2 appliances will hold their cold up to 4 days before they begin losing their holding temperature. I’m still amazed at what our schools don’t teach. I learned that one simple tip in 2nd grade and has stuck with me all these years. Thanks for sharing your experiences and tips. Be safe, Be prepared, Be Blessed
The stick in the ground solar lights are perfect emergency lights and you know they work since you see them every night. Have enough for the grandkids and recharge during the day.
We made winter drapes which are actually "blankets" with reflective material on one side and insulating cotton batting. We close off all the rooms besides the kitchen, great room and attached bathroom if we need to create a microenvironment. We are lucky to have a supply of wood (our woods)and a great fireplace. My husband's family home in Maine was heated only by a Jotul wood stove.
My parents lived in Europe in the 1950’s. I have all their old wool blankets. They are entirely too warm to use in a heated house, but I will never get rid of them in case we have a power outage in the winter
Our power went out one afternoon and was out for 3 days. We quickly learned that the things we really needed were the same things we took for granted: electric power for lights, heat (gas furnace blower) entertainment and information. (tv and internet). We thought about what is most important and listed them in order: sewer, water, trash disposal, law enforcement (in the long term outage), electric service, gas, phone service wi-fi.
Many lessons are learned from power outage , Brown out or black out . 30~50 yrs ago , We are always havibg that problem , living in a 3rd world & 4th world country . Lesson 1 ,, always have a mini flashlight , like a pocket knife be always with you . 2 have presence of mind , take a deep breath , look around , Because hazard is all around left by others when they panic & just left . 3- take notice of surrounding , making sure where everybody is around , make noise call , ask for answer back . Sounds alert for distance and location. Etc etc
Living in Western New York we definitely get more than our share of winter weather. We have dealt with many snow and ice storms in the past, it’s inevitable! I have been hours and days without power. I have a manual (non-electric) EVERYTHING…. floor sweeper, a couple of can opener’s, lighting sources, coffee pot, etc. I try to be vigilant in my winter preparedness! In the past month and a half I bought 2 wool blankets for the beds and 2 for our vehicles. It’s not uncommon to be stuck on the thruway in a storm around here. A good tip for the bathroom in a power outage…. A glow stick taped to the mirror. It’s not glaring in the pitch dark, you can see well enough and the kids think it’s “fun”! Thank you for sharing your video! Remember y’all…. WINTER IS COMING! Be prepared!
I bought a hybrid light 5 years ago and this year, it wouldn't hold it's charge long so, I called the company and they were terrific! No questions asked...they just sent me a new lantern! They are a great company and stand behind their life time warranty!
Bought some really heavy duty sleeping bags on sale this summer. Have a few 100 watt solar panels and marine batteries for charging phones and lights and radios and shortwave coms and laptops. Have a bunch of power tool batteries and makita lights and milwaukee lights and 12 volt chargers for both. Plywood for broken windows, house camera system on a big ups system. Bought a 12 volt led tv and booster antenna for news casts, etc. Plenty of movies on dvd and much much more
While living thru that awful power outage in Texas was difficult, we learned where the holes in our preparedness were and we could feel good that there weren’t too many. A hands-on education. I am going to look into the Vesta heater. Liked that a lot! Great video. Also reminded me to take in our fire extinguishers for refills. One note: if you’ve never actually used an extinguisher, get a lesson from your local fire fighters or where you get your extinguishers recharged.
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Ice storms in the 80s in Alabama really opened my eyes to all of this. Thankfully, we had a fireplace & some preps...i got complacent, but getting much better everyday. Thanks for doing this collab.
I use my flashlight in the way you described every single morning when I need to take my dog out but don't want to wake anyone else up by turning on bright lights or lamps.
I love this, you guys are so awesome. I have been watching you channel for a long time. You provide a resource of helpful information about all the ways to prepare. Your the first ones to go out and test the items and give honest thoughts on them. I always learn so much from you and your family. Thank you for sharing
I carry TWO full sets of Keys; one in each Pants Pocket. This has SAVED MY BACON MORE THAN ONCE! I lock myself out of a car, I have the extra key in my other pocket. Lock a set of keys in the house-spare key in other Pocket. A TRUE LIFESAVER!
I think I need to get out supplies into. Specific areas. Right now they're spread throughout the house, disorganized. Our wood usually gets wet then freezes together because we procrastinate covering it and bringing it closer to the house. Thanks for the nudge to get prepared.
We live by the "2 is 1 and 1 is none" theory so we have a backup for the backup. My husband and I love our woodstove, which easily heats our 1251 sq ft ranch house! We have a woodshed (holds 2 years of wood) and a wood lot (which has three additional years of wood). We also store 1 weeks' worth of wood in our attached garage just in case a big storm was to hit. I have cast iron pans so I can cook and heat water on the woodstove. We are looking to add an oven to the woodstove, like what my family home had growing up but my kitchen stove/oven does not require electricity. We live in the country in southeast Iowa, so it gets cold. We also have a whole house generator that runs on gas or propane. We have ours set up with our 1000 lb propane tank. We also have a solar generator which will run the fan on the woodstove, a few lights and the refrigerator for 6 hours. We can also charge all of our devices on it. Because we have plenty of light sources (oil lamps, candles, flashlights, head lamps, battery operated lanterns), I only turn on the whole house generator to recharge my solar unit, fill my water containers for hand washing and toilet flushing every five hours (1-gallon empty vinegar containers work great for this). We also added a handpump to our well, so we have water available even when the power is out. Great video folks!!
I also like the vinegar jugs, they are a nice heavy duty plastic. In addition to those, I like to use the laundry detergent jugs that have the dispensers at the sinks for handwashing.
Thanks for the helpful info. I have comments re: propane tanks... You stated that one cannot use the "larger" propane tanks inside the house... however I very respectfully have a different opinion based. I lived in the Middle East (Levantine region) for 30 years and for a huge percentage of the local population, our main source of fuel for our stove/oven and our space heaters were 30-ish pound propane tanks. The tanks were usually kept next to the stove/oven, and in the case of the heater there was a place in the back where the tank actually sat and the whole unit could be rolled from room to room as needed. I think it's actually more risky to have the tank outside with a long hose running through a room and through a cracked window (letting in cold air) than having the tank inside, near the heating or cooking unit. Literally millions and millions of people in Middle Eastern countries (and elsewhere) cook and heat their homes with these propane tanks located inside their homes, and have done so for many decades. The tanks do not have to be placed outside the home. Hope this helps someone! All the best to you! :)
We lost power over Christmas once decades ago when we had a small child. I baked potatoes in the fireplace. Even the little one wouldn't eat a baked potato for months after that. I learned as a young mother to always have some kind of ready to eat items on hand. Thanks for a great video. 👍
We lost power for over a week with a 1 and a half year old and a 5 month old during a snow storm in 2021. We got to the point to wear We were warming cans of speghettios, instant potatos and peas, ramen noodles all in pots above 8-10 tea light candles sometimes it would take multiple hours but you do what you got to do when you have little mouths to feed. It wasn't like that the whole 7 days but for the last 3 or so days we were low on small propane canisters and needed them for our camping heat lamp so we got creative with tea light candles for cooking food and even lighting 12 huddled together on the stove to keep some warmth in the house. I will always keep 200 plus tea light candles on hand from that hard traumatizing time.
Waking up at 4am freezing to boil water above a bunch of candles to feed your family isn't for the weak. Because you can't just leave it unattended for the 3 hours it takes to warm the ways 😂 laughing and crying about it all 3 years later trying to prep for this winter because we ain't had much of a winter here in va since 2021
I pulled out my parents old metal fondue pot and removed the mesh from the burner. Added a spoonful of Sterno gel and used that to heat up soup and water for tea.
This sure was informative and so practical I live in Florida and we have lost power for a day or several hours I know to have blankets and so much stuff that you guys talked about one thing I have done in the past to be able to cook I have a #10 can punched holes around the bottom for air to extract put my little buddy burner made from cardboard and wax place my pot on top and there is hot food I have cooked hamburgers on top of the can all this in my covered patio so I had ventilation I love to prep and have taught it in my church often over the years so Thank you for being a part of this collab
My biggest lesson through winter power outages was to prepare for down trees!! We had a winter storm so bad, trees were down EVERYWHERE and by everywhere, I mean, some people had trees fall onto their home and maybe even worse, across their driveway like we did. Now, my grandpa, who was medically dependent after a stroke, needed to be transported to the hospital because of the cold and other needs but no ambulance could get to our door or up our driveway where his wheelchair ramp was. We couldn’t get out and they couldn’t get in so thinking about how you’re going to get out in an emergency if you have down trees or damage to your car. Luckily, all was well but many people had trees IN their homes
That was an awesome cold weather experiment video. I can no longer handle either the heat or cold. I got a small solar generator that I can use for either an electric blanket or a fan.
That's a good plan. I have a very small window where I can be okay too. That's why we spend so much time on making certain that I'll be okay. I understand!
I grew up in 70s uk with lots of power cuts and lines down in winter. The most valuable benefits we had over and above sooo many others was that we had an open fire. Coal and wood. And some big pots that sat in the fire and cooked our stews while we stayed warm . An extended pantry and chickens. I had no idea how lucky i was to learn the things i learned. Sadly i live in the city now because prices in rural England dont allow me to live rurally myself... I dont have a wood burner .. and my house has suffered years of my inabilities to look after it. ... and i really hope to fix my house up and get a wood stove . Peace of mind is priceless. Good luck and god bless all.
The year that Texas had its Ice Disaster, Astoria Oregon had an 8 Day outage from a Freak Ice Storm. MY Household was ready for it. I have a small Solar System with smaller Lithium Batteries & 12 Volt L.E.D. lights in every room of our House. I feed those from a Battery Bank of % Kilowatt Hours from our small outside Array. The first day of the Outage, my wife came home from work to OUR House was the ONLY one with "Normal" lights on. She walked into a WARM House thanks to our Off-Grid Kerosene Heater. She had a Hot Meal waiting thanks to our Butane Camp Stove. (I was also Able to use that to heat the water to do the dishes, LOL!). From the Big Battery Bank, we ran the Entertainment System and watched a Movie before going to bed. We had 80 Gallons of Treated Gasoline out in the shed, so while the Gas Stations were down, we had no trouble getting where we needed to go. I'm now working on an article to be published where I show how a LOT can be done with just ONE 100 Amp Lithium Battery and just 500 Watts of Solar.
I store batteries in a plastic Ziploc taped to the item it goes with. Radio, flashlights, etc. easy to see if corroded at a glance so easy to ✔️ once a month. Yes. First thing after glow sticks on stub areas and in bathroom is the bed prep. With next days clothes within reach when in bed. Pj's under pillow. I make a bed tent using a pair of old crutches ziptied to head of bed. A blanket is draped over it so i am inside it. Hot water bottle is great with leftover heated water for dishes rinsing. Hats and mittens are musts. Newspapers taped together into a blanket between blankets insulates it better. Maine ice storm taight me much but i already knew a lot from staying at great grandma's house with no heat at all. Old folks know what to do.
Fun video guys. I bought a vesta the first time you guys did a video about it. I keep our tent in the cupboard with the blankets so everything is together. Living in the Midwest we lose power all the time. Our family actually enjoys it. 🤦 The only thing I would add is to shut the main breaker off until the power is restored. I have found that the surge is capable of taking out large appliances and the furnace. Happened to us twice in a week. Very expensive fixes to the furnace.
My son had 3 days of no power in the hot summer. I had solar generators for him to use. He said the things he learned were how important fast charging generators were and it was important to have a few smaller solar generators for different rooms to plug lights into.
Another great video, I like having my water dispenser, hot and cold, with a designated portable power bank, along with a simple usb type pump that sits on those 5 gallon water jugs... If you don't a generator, having multiple portable power banks, of different sizes, is very helpful... Even Ryobi has a few things, that use the battery you already have... But doing a monthly or every other month check is important... Light's out kits are a must have Thanks for sharing
I really love our wood burning stove we constantly have power outages where we live, out cook stove is propane. Keep plenty of different methods to start fires with . This was a good reminder, and refresher on what things to be ready for . I really like the solar lights.
We built a root cellar in the northwest corner of our Iowa basement. We have food storage for the winter, but we also have an ice chest set up. We placed an antique ice chest in there then surrounded it with 4" pink foam board plus added a digital thermostat. All winter, that ice chest will remain cold for 12 hours with just two frozen 1-gallon milk containers full of water (which I freeze in our deep freeze or outside in the winter). It remains cold for 8 hours in the summer. We have a propane generator and a solar generator which can be used to keep the deep freeze running. We have our own well and septic system, but we also keep a bucket system ready just in case. I have a wood shop, so I have plenty of cedar sawdust to use in the bucket.
You’re dedication to deliver good information and subjection to experimentation is admirable and valuable information for your family and your audience. Thank you so very much for what you do!
The biggest issue we noted with our propane Buddy heater is it results in 1.6 pounds of moisture added into your space for every pound of propane burned. There was so much condensation on the inside of our windows we couldn’t see out. After a couple of days everything felt damp including blankets, walls and clothing.
Wow, I haven't heard that one! I've seen many comments and some videos of them catching on fire.😮 Glad you mentioned it. I'm finding too many reasons why it wouldn't be a good purchase.
I like to keep batteries in my flashlights and lanterns because when you need it, you need it. I don't want to find batteries in the dark. I'm with her. Maybe have some with and some without??
Fantastic advice. We actually put bubble wrap on the windows to keep heat in when we had a power outage and draft excluders for the doors. As we had small kids and a baby at the time lanterns were our option for lighting. We wore warm cloths and cozy bathrobes to keep warm. We did have a gas cooker so had warm drinks and meals, but this is not a good heat source. 😊
welcome to northern Nevada, 6 feet of snow and more is common here!!! yea a lot of things in this you're forgetting, like if you only have 1 light sours, put a mirror behind it, it will give you more. mirrors are cheaper than flash lights sad but true.
Thank you guys for taking part in this collaboration. You always have very good info and I am currently working on making sure I have what i need for this winter. I really appreciate you.
❤ thanks so much for all these wonderful tips to be better prepared for the winter especially and with all the uncertainty that is going on may we all live safely in the days ahead
Great informative video. We live in Virginia, so we deal with winter's, (20's-40's) but there are time's when nature decides to share artic temperatures with us. Luckily for us, we rarely lose power but we have . A wood stove is such a blessing, we heat with it but I can cook on it too. Y'all had so many great ideas .
Living in the mountains in Spain for the last 20 years or so, it gets exceptionally cold here in winter. I have witnessed the old Spanish trick of a BRASERO, a shallow bucket of hot coals placed below a table with a heavy blanket placed over the top. Then the ladies sit with their legs under the blanket and do their food prep or whatever while the men are out working the fields. I've tried it and it really works. It can be virtually freezing in the room but with a jumper on and legs under the table the heat is dispersed to the whole body. Of course, in years gone by there may have been the odd house fire...... Nowadays they use electric versions. In the event of an electrical breakdown, it wouldn't take much to renew the old ways.
This was super helpful information. Often people don’t think of these types of situations or how to handle them. You provided a wealth of insight and information. So thankful for your guidance.
I’ve been known to staple up a moving blanket to cover a door and window on the north facing wall of a room. Even though the window was lined with bubble wrap and curtains drawn and the door had weather stripping, the blanket helped keep things warmer.
I have flattened cardboard to layer under a small popup tent to insulate from the floor. I also have thrown a large blanket over the coffee table to have a small warmer area to have the cat's food, water, and litterbox. Used this setup during a couple of bad ice storms in the past. For reheating food, i have a couple of fondue pots/hot pots that uses Sterno. It also can hydrate the air slightly with the steam. Much love from Oklahoma!
Thank you, that was a lot of really good information. I think the only thing I would add is knowing how/where the family would go if away from home and unable to make it back there. Where to meet up and what items are available in cars/trucks that can be combined to keep the family safe. That is my biggest worry as we are always going in different directions at the same time. Be Safe.
Thank you for posting your wonderful prepping video, I appreciate your advice on the generator "safety" getting that carbon monixide warning unit is now at the top of my list of 'what you should purchase next' along with a couple of the emergency blankets for the house & car. Top of my list for purchase this weekend was (2) fire blankets for the house & one for the car because you never know when you'll cross paths with someone who needs help ❤
excellent video. I always love seeing you two together, such wonderful harmony! I have purchased a vesta and canned heat, just from watching your previous videos. I have also purchased a whole house automatic generator that runs on my natural gas connection and automatically comes on if electricity is out more than 2 - 3 minutes. For lights, solar lights and candles (no small children in the house!). Extra water stored, and plenty of food. God bless you both, and keep up the good work.
That is awesome! You are so blessed to have a whole house generator! We recently got at Grid Down Redoubt system and now we generate our own power and have backup grid power. It is such a great feeling to know that chances are really good we will always have power.
Welcome to Oklahoma! We do have ice storms periodically, and losing power (because of downed limbs on the power lines) in the below freezing temp is a real possibility. Lots of newer neighborhoods have the power lines in the ground though, which is helpful.
I like watching you two together. There are a few couples that are on UA-cam that are great to watch. I have been working on getting moved onto my property and people aka my husband says we can't move there yet until we have ... And I'm like well we do because it's in storage just waiting. I have a few of the items you shared today and I like how you are endorsing them to me so I can show my husband and be like see it will work lol.
These 12V RV diesel heaters are a great backup heat source. They're less than $200 and they vent exhaust gases to the outside. We have a CO detector with digital readout and it stayed at zero while running that heater overnight.
Buddy heaters you can make a grill for on top, it will boil water very easy, I use the big buddy's for ice fishing and heating/cooking meals while I am out
Great list of items. One thing that happened to me was that we were out of power at home but 30 miles away where I worked things were back to normal. So I had to figure out how to go to work as if nothing was wrong at home. Shower, food, etc.
Thankfully I live in the south. And although I have electric heat I have a propane heater as back up heat. Little buddy heaters work well, just use caution especially if you have small children. Flashlights are spread all over my house. We also have camp lights Thank you so much for your video.
I live alone in a mobile home, but I'm in Sacramento. Winters here are wet but not extremely cold. I appreciate the information on the lighting however. Having a solar flashlight is definitely on my wish list for Christmas. Thank you.
One thought from my foggy memory, that should probably be verified by someone with current medical background. But what I got told in medical training years ago is to watch body temperature CLOSELY if you're in a cold weather battle. As your body temperature goes down, so also your body's ability to clot blood goes down. And that opens up the possibility of SERIOUS blood loss if you get cut. Be ready to keep it at 98.6 degrees!
Set up a power plan for that generator. We set up one were the generator runs for 4-5 hr in the morning and 4-5 hours in the evening. During that time, we cool the fridge, heat the house, cook the food that needs cooking, and charge the batteries(dwalt flash lights, cell phones, radio bateries etc...). So we have the home comforts when we need them the most. All of that happens before we go to back up heating. If it is cold enough then we bring on back up heating for the power down times. We are looking for house level battery storage but have not purchased it yet(maybe ecoflow but dont know).
Wow, I thought I was prepared but seeing this I need to rethink, lol. We bought a generator but what if it want start when we need it to, I made a note of some things in this video that I need to pickup thank you for sharing all the things you all are ready for the winter, great video.
Make SURE you have STA-BIL Storage Fuel Stabilizer! We drained our generator, and put in fresh fuel, with this stabilizer in it. It will keep the fuel fresh, for 2 years. That is usually the issue when they won't start.
I keep MrBuddy in my home office as it gets cold, I also have the digital co detector, extinguisher & fire blanket. I buy used comforters at yardsales as we have 150gallon salt reef tank with expensive fish so we wrap it in comforters when we lose power.
I have to use a nebulizer often. I now have 2 portable ones that can be recharged and can run on batteries. I use them when we are camping and they are reliable
I'm struggling with the right heating balance in a winter power outage. Obviously, it will be very important to seal and insulate doors & windows facing outdoors, but closing off any of my rooms will leave water pipes in those rooms at risk of freezing. (I'm on a well, so a power outage means no water pressure to keep faucets dripping.) My best option seems to be Vestas or similar devices at logical points around the house.
I practice getting through small SHTF situations such as no power, no running water. It didn't take me long to get solar lights, a bucket toilet with supplies, and a super generous amount of bottled water.
Interesting, have never heard of them, not a reptile keeper however might be good to have on hand for extreme cold nights in the brooder house. I'm afaid of heat lamps causing fire, all it takes is dust.
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I learned in a medical first aid class many years ago that a good place to put a hand warmer is over the area of your heart so that freshly warmed blood can circulate throughout your body.
Absolutely amazing tip, something I will remember.
Thanks.
Another great idea! Thank you! 👏👏👏
That doesn't make a tremendous amount of sense. Your heart is far far beneath your skin, and all blood circulates. It shouldn't really matter in terms of physics where the heating occurs.
If it changes at all, it would likely be up to personal preference.
We lost power during a hurricane when my son was small and all i had was candles. My son entertained himself by yelling Happy Birthday and blowing out every lit candle he spotted. Dark house full of smoke in no time was not as much fun for mom. We now have one candle and a lot of solar lights.😂
Still keep candles around we during a snow storm needed to save our propane for heat and rhay resulted in warming food and boiling water above 10 plus tea light candles and used them to also keep warm my down stairs was under 30 without the candles lit and about 12 tea light candles kept it bareable around 49-52. We as well had 2 small kids both under 2 only one was walking but we had baby gates to lock them down to one area away from candles. Without the candles we wouldn't have had a way to eat or stay warm. I had about 100 and we were through them all the last 3 days. I keep over 200 at all times for emergency now. I thought of then just as a light source my whole life until winter 2021 with 2 baby's and a week without power come the 4th day we only had 2-3 mini propane for out heat lamp and those candles kept my babies warm who didn't want to stay bundled up at all and took some time like I said and alot of preparedness to start boiling water 2 hours before your ready to eat because when it's 30-40 degrees those candles take some time to get that water up to temp for ramen or even warming speghettios since it's so thick took I think 4 hours one day.
😂 Maybe a few glow sticks on hand...
😮. Ohhhh no! Guess you were NOT happy.
Good morning.
Another great use of those blankets is to cover your fridge and freezer with them to insulate the cold. When properly insulated, those 2 appliances will hold their cold up to 4 days before they begin losing their holding temperature.
I’m still amazed at what our schools don’t teach. I learned that one simple tip in 2nd grade and has stuck with me all these years.
Thanks for sharing your experiences and tips.
Be safe, Be prepared, Be Blessed
WOW! I had not thought of that one! Thank you! 👏👏👏
This is what I've done through a few hurricanes that caused power outages. It works well.
I learned to put light sources like lanterns or kerosene lamps up against a mirror to double the light.
Smart!
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That’s a great idea! Thanks for sharing! 👏👏👏
The stick in the ground solar lights are perfect emergency lights and you know they work since you see them every night. Have enough for the grandkids and recharge during the day.
We made winter drapes which are actually "blankets" with reflective material on one side and insulating cotton batting. We close off all the rooms besides the kitchen, great room and attached bathroom if we need to create a microenvironment. We are lucky to have a supply of wood (our woods)and a great fireplace. My husband's family home in Maine was heated only by a Jotul wood stove.
Great idea!!
Love that!!! I’d love to see those. Reach out to me at theprovidentprepper.org/contact-us/ if you want to share 😊
I slept in my car once while traveling in the spring. The only thing that kept my nose warm without suffocating was a cloth covid face mask.
My parents lived in Europe in the 1950’s. I have all their old wool blankets. They are entirely too warm to use in a heated house, but I will never get rid of them in case we have a power outage in the winter
Our power went out one afternoon and was out for 3 days. We quickly learned that the things we really needed were the same things we took for granted: electric power for lights, heat (gas furnace blower) entertainment and information. (tv and internet). We thought about what is most important and listed them in order: sewer, water, trash disposal, law enforcement (in the long term outage), electric service, gas, phone service wi-fi.
Very good points!
Many lessons are learned from power outage ,
Brown out or black out .
30~50 yrs ago ,
We are always havibg that problem , living in a 3rd world & 4th world country .
Lesson 1 ,, always have a mini flashlight , like a pocket knife be always with you .
2 have presence of mind , take a deep breath , look around ,
Because hazard is all around left by others when they panic & just left .
3- take notice of surrounding , making sure where everybody is around , make noise call , ask for answer back .
Sounds alert for distance and location.
Etc etc
Living in Western New York we definitely get more than our share of winter weather. We have dealt with many snow and ice storms in the past, it’s inevitable! I have been hours and days without power. I have a manual (non-electric) EVERYTHING…. floor sweeper, a couple of can opener’s, lighting sources, coffee pot, etc. I try to be vigilant in my winter preparedness!
In the past month and a half I bought 2 wool blankets for the beds and 2 for our vehicles. It’s not uncommon to be stuck on the thruway in a storm around here. A good tip for the bathroom in a power outage…. A glow stick taped to the mirror. It’s not glaring in the pitch dark, you can see well enough and the kids think it’s “fun”!
Thank you for sharing your video! Remember y’all…. WINTER IS COMING! Be prepared!
Great idea!
I bought a hybrid light 5 years ago and this year, it wouldn't hold it's charge long so, I called the company and they were terrific! No questions asked...they just sent me a new lantern! They are a great company and stand behind their life time warranty!
Bought some really heavy duty sleeping bags on sale this summer. Have a few 100 watt solar panels and marine batteries for charging phones and lights and radios and shortwave coms and laptops. Have a bunch of power tool batteries and makita lights and milwaukee lights and 12 volt chargers for both. Plywood for broken windows, house camera system on a big ups system. Bought a 12 volt led tv and booster antenna for news casts, etc. Plenty of movies on dvd and much much more
While living thru that awful power outage in Texas was difficult, we learned where the holes in our preparedness were and we could feel good that there weren’t too many. A hands-on education. I am going to look into the Vesta heater. Liked that a lot! Great video. Also reminded me to take in our fire extinguishers for refills. One note: if you’ve never actually used an extinguisher, get a lesson from your local fire fighters or where you get your extinguishers recharged.
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Ice storms in the 80s in Alabama really opened my eyes to all of this. Thankfully, we had a fireplace & some preps...i got complacent, but getting much better everyday. Thanks for doing this collab.
You get nice illumination if you stand a flashlight so that the light is pointed up at the ceiling. It lights up the room nicely and doesn’t blind you
I use my flashlight in the way you described every single morning when I need to take my dog out but don't want to wake anyone else up by turning on bright lights or lamps.
Shine the flashlight into a milk jug filled with water and it makes a great lantern
I love this, you guys are so awesome. I have been watching you channel for a long time. You provide a resource of helpful information about all the ways to prepare. Your the first ones to go out and test the items and give honest thoughts on them. I always learn so much from you and your family. Thank you for sharing
I carry TWO full sets of Keys; one in each Pants Pocket. This has SAVED MY BACON MORE THAN ONCE! I lock myself out of a car, I have the extra key in my other pocket. Lock a set of keys in the house-spare key in other Pocket. A TRUE LIFESAVER!
I think I need to get out supplies into. Specific areas. Right now they're spread throughout the house, disorganized. Our wood usually gets wet then freezes together because we procrastinate covering it and bringing it closer to the house. Thanks for the nudge to get prepared.
We live by the "2 is 1 and 1 is none" theory so we have a backup for the backup. My husband and I love our woodstove, which easily heats our 1251 sq ft ranch house! We have a woodshed (holds 2 years of wood) and a wood lot (which has three additional years of wood). We also store 1 weeks' worth of wood in our attached garage just in case a big storm was to hit. I have cast iron pans so I can cook and heat water on the woodstove. We are looking to add an oven to the woodstove, like what my family home had growing up but my kitchen stove/oven does not require electricity. We live in the country in southeast Iowa, so it gets cold. We also have a whole house generator that runs on gas or propane. We have ours set up with our 1000 lb propane tank. We also have a solar generator which will run the fan on the woodstove, a few lights and the refrigerator for 6 hours. We can also charge all of our devices on it. Because we have plenty of light sources (oil lamps, candles, flashlights, head lamps, battery operated lanterns), I only turn on the whole house generator to recharge my solar unit, fill my water containers for hand washing and toilet flushing every five hours (1-gallon empty vinegar containers work great for this). We also added a handpump to our well, so we have water available even when the power is out. Great video folks!!
I also like the vinegar jugs, they are a nice heavy duty plastic. In addition to those, I like to use the laundry detergent jugs that have the dispensers at the sinks for handwashing.
Thanks for the helpful info. I have comments re: propane tanks... You stated that one cannot use the "larger" propane tanks inside the house... however I very respectfully have a different opinion based. I lived in the Middle East (Levantine region) for 30 years and for a huge percentage of the local population, our main source of fuel for our stove/oven and our space heaters were 30-ish pound propane tanks. The tanks were usually kept next to the stove/oven, and in the case of the heater there was a place in the back where the tank actually sat and the whole unit could be rolled from room to room as needed.
I think it's actually more risky to have the tank outside with a long hose running through a room and through a cracked window (letting in cold air) than having the tank inside, near the heating or cooking unit. Literally millions and millions of people in Middle Eastern countries (and elsewhere) cook and heat their homes with these propane tanks located inside their homes, and have done so for many decades. The tanks do not have to be placed outside the home. Hope this helps someone! All the best to you! :)
We lost power over Christmas once decades ago when we had a small child. I baked potatoes in the fireplace. Even the little one wouldn't eat a baked potato for months after that. I learned as a young mother to always have some kind of ready to eat items on hand. Thanks for a great video. 👍
We wrapped the baked potatoes in a dish towel then tucked them under our blankets to keep our feet warm😂
We lost power for over a week with a 1 and a half year old and a 5 month old during a snow storm in 2021. We got to the point to wear We were warming cans of speghettios, instant potatos and peas, ramen noodles all in pots above 8-10 tea light candles sometimes it would take multiple hours but you do what you got to do when you have little mouths to feed. It wasn't like that the whole 7 days but for the last 3 or so days we were low on small propane canisters and needed them for our camping heat lamp so we got creative with tea light candles for cooking food and even lighting 12 huddled together on the stove to keep some warmth in the house. I will always keep 200 plus tea light candles on hand from that hard traumatizing time.
Waking up at 4am freezing to boil water above a bunch of candles to feed your family isn't for the weak. Because you can't just leave it unattended for the 3 hours it takes to warm the ways 😂 laughing and crying about it all 3 years later trying to prep for this winter because we ain't had much of a winter here in va since 2021
I pulled out my parents old metal fondue pot and removed the mesh from the burner. Added a spoonful of Sterno gel and used that to heat up soup and water for tea.
@The-Grateful-Hippie I would love an old fondue pot I've had my eyes on one for years and havnt found one for a good price but maybe one day soon
This sure was informative and so practical I live in Florida and we have lost power for a day or several hours I know to have blankets and so much stuff that you guys talked about one thing I have done in the past to be able to cook I have a #10 can punched holes around the bottom for air to extract put my little buddy burner made from cardboard and wax place my pot on top and there is hot food I have cooked hamburgers on top of the can all this in my covered patio so I had ventilation I love to prep and have taught it in my church often over the years so Thank you for being a part of this collab
Love both my Little Buddy and my Vesta heaters! Game changers in a winter power outage.
Totally agree!
My biggest lesson through winter power outages was to prepare for down trees!! We had a winter storm so bad, trees were down EVERYWHERE and by everywhere, I mean, some people had trees fall onto their home and maybe even worse, across their driveway like we did. Now, my grandpa, who was medically dependent after a stroke, needed to be transported to the hospital because of the cold and other needs but no ambulance could get to our door or up our driveway where his wheelchair ramp was. We couldn’t get out and they couldn’t get in so thinking about how you’re going to get out in an emergency if you have down trees or damage to your car. Luckily, all was well but many people had trees IN their homes
Bless you! That is such a frightening situation!
That was an awesome cold weather experiment video. I can no longer handle either the heat or cold. I got a small solar generator that I can use for either an electric blanket or a fan.
That's a good plan. I have a very small window where I can be okay too. That's why we spend so much time on making certain that I'll be okay. I understand!
I grew up in 70s uk with lots of power cuts and lines down in winter. The most valuable benefits we had over and above sooo many others was that we had an open fire. Coal and wood. And some big pots that sat in the fire and cooked our stews while we stayed warm . An extended pantry and chickens. I had no idea how lucky i was to learn the things i learned. Sadly i live in the city now because prices in rural England dont allow me to live rurally myself... I dont have a wood burner .. and my house has suffered years of my inabilities to look after it. ... and i really hope to fix my house up and get a wood stove . Peace of mind is priceless. Good luck and god bless all.
The year that Texas had its Ice Disaster, Astoria Oregon had an 8 Day outage from a Freak Ice Storm.
MY Household was ready for it. I have a small Solar System with smaller Lithium Batteries & 12 Volt L.E.D. lights in every room of our House.
I feed those from a Battery Bank of % Kilowatt Hours from our small outside Array. The first day of the Outage, my wife came home from work to OUR House was the ONLY one with "Normal" lights on. She walked into a WARM House thanks to our Off-Grid Kerosene Heater. She had a Hot Meal waiting thanks to our Butane Camp Stove. (I was also Able to use that to heat the water to do the dishes, LOL!). From the Big Battery Bank, we ran the Entertainment System and watched a Movie before going to bed. We had 80 Gallons of Treated Gasoline out in the shed, so while the Gas Stations were down, we had no trouble getting where we needed to go.
I'm now working on an article to be published where I show how a LOT can be done with just ONE 100 Amp Lithium Battery and just 500 Watts of Solar.
Typo: My present Battery Bank is just over 5 Kilowatt Hours.
I store batteries in a plastic Ziploc taped to the item it goes with. Radio, flashlights, etc. easy to see if corroded at a glance so easy to ✔️ once a month.
Yes. First thing after glow sticks on stub areas and in bathroom is the bed prep. With next days clothes within reach when in bed. Pj's under pillow. I make a bed tent using a pair of old crutches ziptied to head of bed. A blanket is draped over it so i am inside it.
Hot water bottle is great with leftover heated water for dishes rinsing. Hats and mittens are musts. Newspapers taped together into a blanket between blankets insulates it better.
Maine ice storm taight me much but i already knew a lot from staying at great grandma's house with no heat at all.
Old folks know what to do.
Fun video guys. I bought a vesta the first time you guys did a video about it. I keep our tent in the cupboard with the blankets so everything is together. Living in the Midwest we lose power all the time. Our family actually enjoys it. 🤦 The only thing I would add is to shut the main breaker off until the power is restored. I have found that the surge is capable of taking out large appliances and the furnace. Happened to us twice in a week. Very expensive fixes to the furnace.
My son had 3 days of no power in the hot summer. I had solar generators for him to use. He said the things he learned were how important fast charging generators were and it was important to have a few smaller solar generators for different rooms to plug lights into.
Wood is king. I use about 6 cords a year. I keep 3 years worth of wood on hand.
Another great video, I like having my water dispenser, hot and cold, with a designated portable power bank, along with a simple usb type pump that sits on those 5 gallon water jugs...
If you don't a generator, having multiple portable power banks, of different sizes, is very helpful...
Even Ryobi has a few things, that use the battery you already have...
But doing a monthly or every other month check is important...
Light's out kits are a must have
Thanks for sharing
I really love our wood burning stove we constantly have power outages where we live, out cook stove is propane. Keep plenty of different methods to start fires with . This was a good reminder, and refresher on what things to be ready for . I really like the solar lights.
We built a root cellar in the northwest corner of our Iowa basement. We have food storage for the winter, but we also have an ice chest set up. We placed an antique ice chest in there then surrounded it with 4" pink foam board plus added a digital thermostat. All winter, that ice chest will remain cold for 12 hours with just two frozen 1-gallon milk containers full of water (which I freeze in our deep freeze or outside in the winter). It remains cold for 8 hours in the summer. We have a propane generator and a solar generator which can be used to keep the deep freeze running.
We have our own well and septic system, but we also keep a bucket system ready just in case. I have a wood shop, so I have plenty of cedar sawdust to use in the bucket.
You’re dedication to deliver good information and subjection to experimentation is admirable and valuable information for your family and your audience. Thank you so very much for what you do!
That means a lot! We are happy to share our learning journey with others.
The biggest issue we noted with our propane Buddy heater is it results in 1.6 pounds of moisture added into your space for every pound of propane burned. There was so much condensation on the inside of our windows we couldn’t see out. After a couple of days everything felt damp including blankets, walls and clothing.
Good to know thnx
Fuel doesn't last long either.
Wow, I haven't heard that one! I've seen many comments and some videos of them catching on fire.😮 Glad you mentioned it. I'm finding too many reasons why it wouldn't be a good purchase.
Thanks for the Great suggestions! I also think I would add matches or a lighter in the little can with the tea lights.
I love this collaboration. Such great information. Winter comes so quickly.
a lot of these principles work for work for a car in the ditch in the winter as well
Kylene, I’m from Louisiana, and you are undoubtedly my favorite “Utah Mom” 🥰🥰
My brother and I grew up in baton rouge, he's been above salt lake nearly 40yrs, I've been in the MO Ozarks 8yrs, go Tigrers
I like to keep batteries in my flashlights and lanterns because when you need it, you need it. I don't want to find batteries in the dark. I'm with her. Maybe have some with and some without??
Fantastic advice. We actually put bubble wrap on the windows to keep heat in when we had a power outage and draft excluders for the doors. As we had small kids and a baby at the time lanterns were our option for lighting. We wore warm cloths and cozy bathrobes to keep warm. We did have a gas cooker so had warm drinks and meals, but this is not a good heat source. 😊
it was 95 here today!! i like colder weather better then hot!! a power outage in the heat of summer worries me way worse the in the winter time!!
welcome to northern Nevada, 6 feet of snow and more is common here!!! yea a lot of things in this you're forgetting, like if you only have 1 light sours, put a mirror behind it, it will give you more. mirrors are cheaper than flash lights sad but true.
Thank you for such a thorough video on power supplies and tips. Perfect timing just before winter!
Thank you guys for taking part in this collaboration. You always have very good info and I am currently working on making sure I have what i need for this winter. I really appreciate you.
I pick up candle lanterns at goodwill to put around the house. I think its a safer way if you need to have candles going.
❤ thanks so much for all these wonderful tips to be better prepared for the winter especially and with all the uncertainty that is going on may we all live safely in the days ahead
thanks for all the reminders and confirmation of what we have done right.
Great informative video. We live in Virginia, so we deal with winter's, (20's-40's) but there are time's when nature decides to share artic temperatures with us. Luckily for us, we rarely lose power but we have . A wood stove is such a blessing, we heat with it but I can cook on it too. Y'all had so many great ideas .
you can go to your restaurant supply store and get a one gallon can of heat gel to refill the small cans for about $16.
Thanks friends. Great video for the collaboration, winter is coming! I live in the South now, but once lost power for 3 weeks in an ice storm!
Living in the mountains in Spain for the last 20 years or so, it gets exceptionally cold here in winter. I have witnessed the old Spanish trick of a BRASERO, a shallow bucket of hot coals placed below a table with a heavy blanket placed over the top. Then the ladies sit with their legs under the blanket and do their food prep or whatever while the men are out working the fields. I've tried it and it really works. It can be virtually freezing in the room but with a jumper on and legs under the table the heat is dispersed to the whole body. Of course, in years gone by there may have been the odd house fire......
Nowadays they use electric versions. In the event of an electrical breakdown, it wouldn't take much to renew the old ways.
1. Light I like the lantern type light! I bought them for all my kids! Flashlights and batteries!
This was super helpful information. Often people don’t think of these types of situations or how to handle them. You provided a wealth of insight and information. So thankful for your guidance.
Always learning! A good reminder to think through the elements of your preps to make sure you are covering the necessary parts.
I’ve been known to staple up a moving blanket to cover a door and window on the north facing wall of a room. Even though the window was lined with bubble wrap and curtains drawn and the door had weather stripping, the blanket helped keep things warmer.
I have flattened cardboard to layer under a small popup tent to insulate from the floor. I also have thrown a large blanket over the coffee table to have a small warmer area to have the cat's food, water, and litterbox. Used this setup during a couple of bad ice storms in the past. For reheating food, i have a couple of fondue pots/hot pots that uses Sterno. It also can hydrate the air slightly with the steam. Much love from Oklahoma!
Awesome!
All very good information. Thank you Jonathan and Kylene. Happy trails!
Happy to say we have most of these helpful things.
Thank you, that was a lot of really good information. I think the only thing I would add is knowing how/where the family would go if away from home and unable to make it back there. Where to meet up and what items are available in cars/trucks that can be combined to keep the family safe. That is my biggest worry as we are always going in different directions at the same time. Be Safe.
Thank you for posting your wonderful prepping video, I appreciate your advice on the generator "safety" getting that carbon monixide warning unit is now at the top of my list of 'what you should purchase next' along with a couple of the emergency blankets for the house & car. Top of my list for purchase this weekend was (2) fire blankets for the house & one for the car because you never know when you'll cross paths with someone who needs help ❤
What a wonderful video, as always! So much helpful info and ideas. Thank you!
Love the heaters! We picked the room in our apartment that stays the warmest and pretty much hang out there. We also have a ton of blankets too.
excellent video. I always love seeing you two together, such wonderful harmony!
I have purchased a vesta and canned heat, just from watching your previous videos. I have also purchased a whole house automatic generator that runs on my natural gas connection and automatically comes on if electricity is out more than 2 - 3 minutes. For lights, solar lights and candles (no small children in the house!). Extra water stored, and plenty of food.
God bless you both, and keep up the good work.
That is awesome! You are so blessed to have a whole house generator! We recently got at Grid Down Redoubt system and now we generate our own power and have backup grid power. It is such a great feeling to know that chances are really good we will always have power.
I bought a second Mr. Buddy heater and it was the only thing stolen out of my storage unit when the thieves broke in. I will replace it when I can.
Sorry about the break in! Interesting that they thought that was so valuable.
I love your channel. Being in AZ I don't stress much about winter but we are moving to Oklahoma and I'm already getting blankets stocked up.
Welcome to Oklahoma! We do have ice storms periodically, and losing power (because of downed limbs on the power lines) in the below freezing temp is a real possibility. Lots of newer neighborhoods have the power lines in the ground though, which is helpful.
I like watching you two together. There are a few couples that are on UA-cam that are great to watch.
I have been working on getting moved onto my property and people aka my husband says we can't move there yet until we have ... And I'm like well we do because it's in storage just waiting. I have a few of the items you shared today and I like how you are endorsing them to me so I can show my husband and be like see it will work lol.
These 12V RV diesel heaters are a great backup heat source. They're less than $200 and they vent exhaust gases to the outside. We have a CO detector with digital readout and it stayed at zero while running that heater overnight.
Buddy heaters you can make a grill for on top, it will boil water very easy, I use the big buddy's for ice fishing and heating/cooking meals while I am out
I love you guys. We are right up there with you. I'm a prepper, homesteader, and magician.
Great ideas ,we live in Michigan the winters can be very cold . The ice can bring down power lines .thank goodness we do have a woodburner.
Great list of items. One thing that happened to me was that we were out of power at home but 30 miles away where I worked things were back to normal. So I had to figure out how to go to work as if nothing was wrong at home. Shower, food, etc.
Thankfully I live in the south. And although I have electric heat I have a propane heater as back up heat. Little buddy heaters work well, just use caution especially if you have small children. Flashlights are spread all over my house. We also have camp lights Thank you so much for your video.
Enjoyed your video. Many good ideas and things we hadn't thought of. Thank you!
Love your videos because of you guys i get prepared on a budget and exspand when i can
You both always have such great information. Thanks.
I live alone in a mobile home, but I'm in Sacramento. Winters here are wet but not extremely cold. I appreciate the information on the lighting however. Having a solar flashlight is definitely on my wish list for Christmas. Thank you.
Like you guys and your sense of humor.
We loss power during an ice storm. We had 22 people for Christmas dinner. No problem. These are good suggestions.
What a memorable Christmas!
One of my biggest concerns is how to heat in an emergency. Great information to help being better prepared.
One thought from my foggy memory, that should probably be verified by someone with current medical background. But what I got told in medical training years ago is to watch body temperature CLOSELY if you're in a cold weather battle. As your body temperature goes down, so also your body's ability to clot blood goes down. And that opens up the possibility of SERIOUS blood loss if you get cut. Be ready to keep it at 98.6 degrees!
Hello. Thank you for the great, in depth, tips and how to! Sharing life experiences as well thank you
Set up a power plan for that generator. We set up one were the generator runs for 4-5 hr in the morning and 4-5 hours in the evening. During that time, we cool the fridge, heat the house, cook the food that needs cooking, and charge the batteries(dwalt flash lights, cell phones, radio bateries etc...). So we have the home comforts when we need them the most. All of that happens before we go to back up heating. If it is cold enough then we bring on back up heating for the power down times. We are looking for house level battery storage but have not purchased it yet(maybe ecoflow but dont know).
I hav huge open both ends hurricane glass shades that go around candles.
I got a set of flannel sheets and they are so warm, it's almost all I need, of course, i live in East Texas.
We upgraded from flannel to micro fiber sheets. They are even warmer, softer and snuggly
You might be surprised. More will be needed
Great summary. Thank you. I have the fan that sits on top of the buddy heater.
Very helpful video! Thanks so much. I have most of the things already but you gave me some more ideas.
Good information without all the gloom and doom of other sites.
Thank you, such great ideas. The heating ideas are awesome.
Wow, I thought I was prepared but seeing this I need to rethink, lol. We bought a generator but what if it want start when we need it to, I made a note of some things in this video that I need to pickup thank you for sharing all the things you all are ready for the winter, great video.
Make SURE you have STA-BIL Storage Fuel Stabilizer! We drained our generator, and put in fresh fuel, with this stabilizer in it. It will keep the fuel fresh, for 2 years. That is usually the issue when they won't start.
@@k.p.1139 oh thank you I will for sure do that
Don't forget a few dollar store glow sticks. Handy, safe, cheerful.
Never thought about setting up a tent. During an ice storm we all piled up on the couch together with chairs. Always learning
I keep MrBuddy in my home office as it gets cold, I also have the digital co detector, extinguisher & fire blanket. I buy used comforters at yardsales as we have 150gallon salt reef tank with expensive fish so we wrap it in comforters when we lose power.
I have to use a nebulizer often. I now have 2 portable ones that can be recharged and can run on batteries. I use them when we are camping and they are reliable
What brand of portable nebulizers do you have that are reliable?
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I'm struggling with the right heating balance in a winter power outage. Obviously, it will be very important to seal and insulate doors & windows facing outdoors, but closing off any of my rooms will leave water pipes in those rooms at risk of freezing. (I'm on a well, so a power outage means no water pressure to keep faucets dripping.) My best option seems to be Vestas or similar devices at logical points around the house.
Thanks for the great tips, nc mts we loose power often great prep reminders!!!
I practice getting through small SHTF situations such as no power, no running water. It didn't take me long to get solar lights, a bucket toilet with supplies, and a super generous amount of bottled water.
I have reptiles and keep uniheat heat packs, they max at 100 f and come in hour packs from 24-96 hours. I keep 40&72 hour packs, they work great.
Interesting, have never heard of them, not a reptile keeper however might be good to have on hand for extreme cold nights in the brooder house. I'm afaid of heat lamps causing fire, all it takes is dust.