Expectation vs Reality // Lessons From Surviving Hurricane Helene in North Carolina
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I grew up off grid many moons ago.
I learned that you need a clothesline under an awning/roof to dry clothes during bad weather, and another one, of course, in the sun. Adding a mud room in front of the front door, kinda like an artic room in Alaska, where you can hang jackets and where you drop all muddy items. Have slippers, like the Japanese do, at the door so no mud comes in. It was drilled into us, kids! lol! Cement a large pad in front of this mud room.
Have a set up area for washing clothes by hand. This is very handy for washing large bedspreads. I use calves feeding tubs from the farmers market and a wringer from Lehman’s.
A cooking wood stove is great because it can dry the house well, summer or winter. You can have one outside under the awning for when it is too hot inside. It is great for boiling water non stop during emergencies. The outdoor kitchen area needs to be covered for when it rains.
When you are canning, make coffee and fill canning jars. Can that when you do other canning. It is so great to have coffee ready.
Of course, many many bottles of bleach.
As for the pantry food, I have things that I don’t eat but that I can share with others, as a ministry.
I agree with all of your suggestions. You had a very important thing during this event: like minded community and enough people to make it work.
Isn’t amazing how our Father watches over us and provide ? He continually teaches us new things and to lean on Him.
Because of Jesus, Lise.
Wonderful tips
I have oil lamps and extra fuel, lots of unscented candles, solar powered lanterrs that are always charging in the window sill. We have a two burner camp stove and a butane single burner stove 5+ tanks of propane. We gather firewood all year and have an outdoor wood grill. Several cat iron pans. I have 2 solar generators that I keep charged All the time. We have walkie talkies we keep charged. We keep how to books and paper maps for when there is no net.
Wow!!!
@@saramartinez103 your post was funny, wow -
I live on high ground in the deep South and have rode out 20 hurricanes in my life time -
Were I live they did not have grid power till about 1960 or so -
People with electricity in there rural homes had farm light plants -
They had 16 large battery's that made for 32 volts DC to power there homes, water pumps, ceiling fans, window fans, radio, lights, clothing irons,, washing machines, vacuume cleaners, fridges ect -
Stores in rural town sold complete lines of appliances for 32 volt DC powered homes -
The down side of living in a 32 volt DC powered home was we had to run the generator all day every Friday to charge the house battery's - at least we only had to hear the generator run once a week lol -
I still have the old generator and battery's - hurricanes and ice storms can knock my power out for long periods or months -
.so I go back to the old power when that happens -
Paper maps, big help!!!
Girl, I am so glad to see how God is touching your videos with favor during this time! What a blessing in the midst of heartache. I do hope you received our donation. I wasn't sure with all the connection issues. Bless your family. Love from your NJ family in Christ ❤❤❤
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Our heating system went out right before a winter storm dumped 2 feet of snow on our little beach town that never gets snow. We had just installed a wood stove insert the summer before. Life saver. It was a week of freezing temperatures before the roads were clear enough for the repair man's vehicle to get to us. Everyone should have a Berkey filter, a way to heat/cook without power, and a month of shelf-stable food on hand. In this world of convenience, it's easy to forget about disaster preparedness.
Keeping dishes done and counters clean is important too. It's so much worse if you are in a dirty, cluttered house,especially if there is stuff on the floors.
Excellent input. If you can use ammonia,vinegar,bleach etc you can stockpile a lot more cleaning supplies
I feel like these women are doing everything they can do to keep things as clean & tidied up as best they can under all the circumstances. She's even washing her hair in creek water I believe so these are very clean type of people. You can just tell ❤ God Bless them for their resourcefulness & making lemonade out of lemons 🍋
@CrouseHouseLegacy I agree. Last thing they need is critical, nasty comments
@@i2sky532, I hope you weren't referring to my comment. I was attempting to affirm the mama in the video when she said she felt like she wasn't prepared enough for the storm because her kitchen wasn't set up for what they actually needed during the aftermath of the storm. I was trying to say that she was doing a good job preparing because she mentioned she was cleaning and their house wasn't cluttered. I was trying to point out that those things that she was and is doing are very important and helpful.
@CP-fo5sy OH!!! I see now what you were saying. I apologize for misunderstanding and not taking a minute to confirm. I thought you were hiding her for having a cluttered counter.
Preps for most
#1. Learn from the AT hikers, have a few lightweight backpacker setups so you can completely go backwoods: food, camping, tent, food prep via boil water only, sawyer filters, plan for a week minimum, etc. you also need at least a dozen 5 gal pails and a small wagon for the water transit.
#2. your water is electric dependent, should have had a LiFEPO4 battery and solar panel minimum backup, but two Bluetti EP500 units that connect together to backfeed 10KWH into the home, that's what I started with, about $7k and some portable Renogy PV panels. I have extra 12 and 48V LiFEPO4's with micro inverters and could hook them up in a pinch with a switch depending on your pump voltages, etc, but at least you would have on/off water capability in minutes.
#3. your on the farm, electrical can be knocked out by car crash, combine, tractor; should have a backup system, probably need 30 KWh of LifePO4's with 12K inverter and 7000-10,000 watts of solar, total system cost around $12-15K from signature solar. Look art you electric bill, divide the total watts by the days and double the number to gauge your battery needs.
#4 Backup Comms are via Baofeng radio's ( UV-5R) at $20 ea. You have repeaters in the area that EMS is using, you would program these in with a few frequencies and you can listen in and communicate any needs. The larger battery upgrade for these lasts a week easy.
#5 My final backup system is auto based with a few LiFEPO4's with the car generator and can add PV if wanted. Only one company's hardware allows this option in one piece, it is Renogy Battery Charger with MPPT, 50Amp unit. I upgraded the alternator to 60 Amps and added a 3000 W inverter. With this I can recharge any battery bank or run heavy equipment with a long extension chord. This provides another 20% charging per day solution for that 30KWh system without any sunlight.
I am located in Greenville SC, lost a few trees, we were out of power for a week. I backfed the EP500's for the first day/night just running fridges and lights, then saw it was going to be a while as the power lines were down all around, so I connected the 30KWh/12KW batteries and inverter, ran the entire house like normal w/out AC for the next four days. Then Sun came out and recharged everything back 20% so I dialed down to only a couple room lights, a TV and two fridges for another day and then power came back..... I keep 20 PV panels in the basement so I had to get this stuff out, set it out in the yard and connect everything...about 2 hours. Our family grew in size as the powerless days lingered. I recharged the EP500's with the car, then lent them to two different neighbors for their fridges.
So now, you have a plan, growing the system from small to big and can go camping to full scale and even help out the neighbors too. These are certainly not all the options or companies... the batteries are cheaper now than when I got them a couple years ago. Generators are great until you run out of fuel or hate the noise. My wife went ballistic on the $15K I spent on the 30KWh/12 KW system + panels, but she now understands PERFECTLY that it priceless in an emergency!
My family settled in ND from Norway. They made it through the harshest times with a few preps and NO conveniences. They added electrical to the house in the 1950's. I saw how they lived and swore I would not be held hostage by modern BS.
Good Luck and God Bless
Great information! Thank you for sharing with your neighbors, they must have been blessed by your generosity! God bless you!
This info is a blessing. Thank you.
Good morning, I wanted to let you know thar when cooking over an open flame, if you coat the outside of your pots and pans with dish soap first, they are a breeze to clean after using them. Sending prayers and love from central VA.
Good to know! Thanks!
There's no way you could have prepared for something as unexpected as this
She should .wipe .after..pissing
Thanks for the tips.
With 850 bridges with some sort of mud slide damage.
No Amazon or post office delivery.
Churches are asking for hoodies, coats, and mr buddy heaters.
Keep the faith
I can honestly say that watching your videos during this aweful time has been a great lesson for me. In Canada, we have weeks & weeks in winter where no power would equal certain death! Its THAT cold. I think we need to look into purchasing a generator for a heat source. I'm not worried about cooking or stockpiling food. Honestly, a situation THIS stressful, I cant see my family being very hungry. I feel I could just stock up on bottled water and simple protein/carbs like canned beans in sauce. Hopefully, a two month supply would be adequate for survival until help arrives.🥶 Continuing to pray for you all.🙏♥️🇨🇦
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I think many of us are going to be quite prepared moving forward.... thank you Lord for your lessons! :) XOXO
You're the kind of Californian North Carolina needs!
Local Western North Carolinian here.
If it takes you a couple days to figure out a system to brush your teeth… naw. You’re in need of a WNC local.
Always catch water before storm. Have water that is dedicated for drinking, and water washing/brushing.
Fill a bathtub with water that can be used to flush toilets.
Always make sure you have batteries, flashlights, candles, oil lamps, camping lanterns. solar lights, etc.
I personally love using battery operated string lights. I keep string lights on top of the bookshelves in my hallway (which has no windows and is incredibly dark in the day) and have more stored in a hat boxes on top of one of the book shelves. I pull them out and set them up when power outages are likely.
I think stocking up on emergency food for months is wasteful.
Make sure you have food for 2 weeks and for gawds sake eat fruits and veggies. A carnivore diet is not healthy. It’s woo, bunk, junk.
People need a balanced diet to function and think properly.
I have an outdoor kitchen with a propane stove since I can everything under the sun. We purchased a whole house generator that runs on gas or propane because we already own a 1000-gallon propane tank. We purchased a solar generator which will run a few lights, the fan on the wood stove and the refrigerator for approximately 5 hours. We will run our whole house generator every 4 hours which will keep the deep freezer frozen (since it's full and is in our cool basement), refill our water containers and charge our solar generator. The solar generator will charge to 100% in 45 minutes! We can charge all of our devices with the solar generator also. We did install a hand pump for our well just in case. Our regular well is set up with a filtration system, so we refill our drinking containers while the whole house generator is running. We own a wood stove with a grid so I can cook on it or use the grid over the fire pit outside during warm seasons. We own some cast iron pots. Our local Walmart in southeast Iowa, has Lodge cast iron pans pretty inexpensive. My cousin and her husband live in the middle of nowhere and Star Link works great for them when no other service will reach them. We also own several oil lamps. I hate the smell of kerosene so I purchase Klean Heat lamp oil from Menards. It works great without the smell. We have several 250-gallon rain tanks around our homestead. It's not potable but it can be boiled. Although these things are nice to have, God is our security system. At any given moment it could all disappear.
I am in North Carolina and went through Bertha and then Fran in the 90s. It was bad. The flooding was horrible. We were without power for 3 months. Folks in the low lying areas were destroyed and our coast looked like a nuclear bomb had went off. I understand exactly what you folks are dealing with. All of our prayers are with each and every one of you, God is still in control.
I follow a lot of prepper channels and have watched the tragedies hitting so many over the last few weeks (to include the fires in Wyoming), and I value highly those who have personal testimonies. It’s important to know what worked and where someone could do better. I don’t know how anyone could fully prepare for what unfolded through Helene, but to plan for those main categories is crucial. Redundancy, and having layers in those key areas (water, food, shelter, heat, light) is best, as someone said 2 is 1, 1 is none, we need backups. This is a wonderful time to teach, and learn together, prepping, how to and with what, foraging, first aid, etc. I can suggest some good channels for that if you would like. God bless all of you.
Sure, channel is up & thanks.
I have lived through probably 20 to 25 hurricanes in my 33 years of life living in Florida. The biggest thing is just keeping all of your important documents In a tight, preferably water sealed container that you can easily grab. Those documents are needed to fill out FEMA applications or get help across the board. Plus you really have to have this documents just to live in life. The second thing that I think is the most important is to keep up on your non-perishables including canned foods. Rather you can them yourself or you buy. It doesn't really matter but keep it all on deck. Spices believe it or not. Yes, spices matter because you know what. Sometimes it's just nice to have a spice up on some things. We love grills! Things like a backup generator are great but they can be expensive and you don't have to go that route unless you have medical needs. I personally choose to go that route but that's because we go without electricity quite often here in Florida. You can fill your bathtubs up with water and your sinks. Just scrub them out the night before. You can fill your washing machine up. I have actually turned my dryer into a cooler before and yes it's possible.
@andierichter1382 can you maybe list the important papers you think we should be keeping handy? Thank you!
@@betsygodwin8938 Sure!
- Drivers licenses
-Health care cards
- Any type of identification that you might need for the military or VA or your job etc.
-S.S.
-Birth certification
- Home owner insurance papers.
-Deed a copy of the home and cars.
Rocket stove is a good item that uses small twigs to cook with. I have a lot of cast iron.
We have a hand pump on our well. It was expensive but totally worth it.
We have kerosene and lamp oil lamps.
Composting toilet or a 5 gallon bucket with sawdust. (off grid with Doug and Stacey)
A large solar bag shower works great. They sell these on Amazon. We use these when primitive camping.
I think you and your family did great! We all learn so much during a crisis.
Most important for your toilet bucket is a toilet lid
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Depending on how deep your well is, it may not be so simply to add a hand pump. Also, you may have to unhook the wires for the electric pump to use the hand pump, which isn't easy to reattach later.
I was told that the best way is to have a hand pump installed when a new well is drilled.
We installed a transfer switch for our house electricity. When power is out we flip switches and hook up to our portable generator. This powers our well pump and a few other appliances, including our hot water heater.
We turn the generator on for an hour or two and shower, wash dishes, feed animals and make meals.
Great to know!
We have a deep well. No hand pump options. We have generator specific to the well pump.
Yes, simple pump has well hand pumps, not sure HOW deep they can go, but they go pretty deep! Putting one in when the well is drilled would be wise, otherwise it's a huge pain, but can be done!
Thank you so much for sharing these helpful tips. My prayers are with everyone that has been impacted by these terrible storms. Some additional things I've found helpful to have whether we're RVing or during a power outage are: an inverter generator powered by both propane and gas, rechargeable battery light bulbs you can screw them into any lamp, glow sticks (they make great night lights), a solar power bank. We also have Starlink for when we travel and as a backup at home if we lose our Internet service.
Great tips. I’m thinking we should all have important papers in a water/fire proof safe. Love y’all!❤
Thank you for this video, it is encouraging to see someone that lifts where they stand. Your suggestions are practical and thought provoking. We have focused our preps on food and security but after seeing yours and others suggestions that are living through this tragedy I can see some areas where our focus needs to shift.
Same here!
Seeing all these natural disasters has me starting to be even more prepared. I live in Canada so we don’t see a whole lot of natural disasters but we can have harsh winters and ice storms. I’m hoping before winter hits we are fully prepared.
I grew up and live in Maine. We also mostly just get ice and wind storms, but I grew up rural enough that several days a month we might not have power in the winter. Even on a main route we still might have a storm where we lose power for 3-5 days every few years. My parents taught us to always keep 2 weeks of non-perishables in the house, have a plan for water access, have alternate lighting and heating (and cooking), a battery radio, and we've added alternative ways of charging necessary devices. It's just what almost everyone does and it's good for non-natural disaster emergencies like job loss, helping someone else in need, etc. The one thing we aren't good about is water - we are on public water that stays on in outages and our next door neighbor is on a well and has a generator, so we don't store water. If push came to shove, we are also 1/2 mile from the lake that is the area reservoir.
To me it's so foreign that everyone doesn't have these preparations I consider very bare minimum, but I get not everyone grew up and was taught that way. We even bought our house with it in mind - we have on demand propane hot water with a pilot that will heat without electric, a gas stove that can be lit by hand, and a wood stove. So, we have hot and cold running water, can cook on our regular stove and heat our house. Add lanterns and the only things we lack are larger modern electronics and internet.
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Oh we have a lot prepared but I can see where we have some holes. We have two wood stoves, fire pit outside, generator, lots of wood covered, extra propane and gas to run things, a good years worth of meat, many canned veggies from our garden. We have flashlights and candles.
So we are pretty well off in many areas, but I think having other light sources or more flashlights and candles would be good. Solar powered chargers, I saw a solar powered radio/flashlight/ charger. I would like to get a wash basin so we could still wash clothes. Just a few things that I could see us needing if disaster hit.
I have been following your videos. I am up in Chicago. And you are right, you guys are not getting any media attention. Florida is getting all of the attention. Everybody deserves attention!!! I feel like especially you guys need more media with the unprecedented amount of water inundation and then the mudslides. And some of the areas being so isolated. My nephew and I are thinking of coming to North Carolina to help and volunteer.
Tennessee is getting no attention.
Primitive camping (long before cell phones and technological gadgets came along) helped me these past 60 years prepare for outages. I live in rural NC that is prone to tornado warnings, ice storms, flooding, hurricane wind gusts (knocks out power).
Hurricane Helene has taught me a lot about preparing for a disaster and the importance of a detailed evacuation plan. Having an evacuation plan, on paper gives me peace of mind. Seeing exactly what to take with me without the stress of figuring it out in the moment. Also, a list of important contact information (local, state, federal agencies, insurance, etc). Important documents, pictures, cash. First aid kit in tackle box to grab, bug out bag, etc., etc.
Tho I have a NOAA weather radio I see clearly the need for a portable ham radio to use in emergencies.
For outages, everthing has been in place and used for past 40 years. I can hunker down in comfort. Backup propane heater heats my small house, extra Mr Heater Head, propane camp stove, backup water (tho a hand pump would be ideal), backup food and light sources, backup shelter on property. I have what I need down to a helment in case of a tornado.
PS Can you do a video about how youre sharing all of Gods blessings with those less fortunate in your area? Maybe include list of items they need in your description along side what your asking for?
Thanks for sharing. I live in a big city. I take everything for granted.
These tragedies remind us how frail and vulnerable we can be especially when you live in the city!!! Maybe this will be a good reminder for us to build a back up systems especially for water/ food! This could have happened to ANYONE. We must prepare for anything these days!
you should definitely start living like you name...figure out how to get to the country and live like it's 1847!!! THAT should be everyone's goal, cause honestly, the entire history of humans have been living that way till about 150 years ago...and look at us now, Just like the movie Wallie!!!
Thank you so much for sharing. Im sorry for the lose of life and homes and devistastion in the line of this hurricane. Praying for you all.
Jess from Roots and Refuge is planning on starting an off grid monthly weekend with her family. It is a good practice run as well as will make it more of a rote routine in the event of disaster or prolonged outages. She found it drew her family closer together too being gadget free so why not? Win, win. Disaster drills are better than reinventing the wheel each time from memory
I LOVE this! Our family had been discussing the same thing- I think it's a great idea!
What a fantastic idea!
That is the way to GO! We lost power ON Thanksgiving day 2 years ago...all our neighbors left the area becaus they were trying to host and couldn't, some of them rented airbnb's!! We have a wood cook stove and had our birds in the oven by the time the power went off, we had the most wonderful day, our kids constantly ask us to do our annual "power off" Thanksgiving now...but once a month off grid weekends is BRILLIANT! That is how you learn about gaps in how you plan;]
Thank you for sharing this, so helpful...I do believe Abba has used this to give the rest of us idea and details for whatever happens next...Abba has told me to be prepared to live like the 1800s pioneers...been trying to prepare for that for a long time, but you just don't know your gaps until you are FORCED to live like that!!
Buckets and mor buckets! So many different uses. An outdoor kitchen enclosure even if you have to use tarps during an emergency. Back up potty x 5 😂
I'm also on a well. With my upright freezer i keep 10 to 12 2liter bottles filled with water . I can then load food on top. 2 fold help. I now have drinking water and helps keep food frozen longer.
If you are using frozen water in containers to keep things in your freezer frozen longer then you need to put the containers on top of the food not the bottom. Cold air sinks and if it's on the bottom of your freezer it is unless.
@@LisaTurner-d1bgood to know bc I keep 2 liters of frozen water in my deep freezer too but didn’t know about putting them on top so thanks!!❤
Continued prayers!!! Hopefully you have power on now through the cleanup 🙏🏻🙏🏻
Thank you for your videos, I came upon them this week. I'm so glad you are ok!🙏❤️ I started prepping during C0vid, but with your suggestions I am going shift the focus to other things that need attention. Thank you!! Thank you for sharing your story and your wisdom!!❤️
Solar lights from the company sent you was God watching over you!
In northern Indiana, we have a lot of weekend rendezvous. Campers are set up around the year 1812. They all have complete sets of campfire cooking utensils. Complete with racks to hold cast iron pots over the campfire. They can cook a complete meal on the campfire. Thanks for the video.
What a positive and practical video, best I've seen over the past couple of weeks. Last week, for my family I bought several windup/ solar/ battery operated clock radios that can be tuned to NOAA, SW, AM and FM stations. They can also be charged with USB ports, and have flashlights and sirens. Now I'm curious about having hand pump for my well and plan to research that.
Thank you for this video Heidi even when this storm was devastating
Dutch ovens and cast iron pans are fantastic to cook with and on an everyday basis, but are even more valuable when you have to cook over an open flame. Good skills and tools to have.
A generator with back up fuel tanks are helpful too. Our last house was wired to hook up to a generator and easily switch our power over to it. That is next on the list for our new place so we can run water, keep our freezers cold etc… when power is out. Love your idea of a hand pump to the well that’s what I would really like too.
Re: water source. You’re well sounds awesome. I heard a great idea from someone who had a solar panel and generator and would periodically run their well pump and fill up containers and the hot water heater and would pull that water for use and then do it all again when it ran out. I thought that sounded like a very resourceful idea. Maybe it would help y’all in the future.
Coat you pots/pan for over a fire with liquid dish detergent to help keep them from the caked on soot! Thanks for sharing!
Great video! Exactly what I’ve been looking for. Please keep sharing your lessons learned to help others. I’m excited to see what you guys implement for if/when this happens again.
Your information would be critical to every community, local and county and state and federal….if you weren’t prepared, I suspect even the experts on up the food chain can learn a lot….churches have traditionally been providers for a community at every level….maybe as part of your new preparedness plan, there are official positions pastor eg., , for people to contact other organizations and people to get things done….we had a very active neighborhood watch captain who updated every year member rosters, local contact info for power (who had generators eg., or pantries of canned food and water…location of gas lines to shut off)…your little community will monitor itself and be more effective the more organized you can be. Your ability to do this has to be communicated very specifically to the state where you will be entitled to max resources …developing local contact people to be in charge will help you recover…your video is very important SOS.. This was such a thoughtful astute way to help us SEE YOU…HEAR YOU…writing from earthquake and fire country….🙏🏼
Honestly -- what Helene does to NC is the kind of disaster that it is hard to properly prepare for. The best you can do is to be as self sufficient as possible (and, as you mentioned -- you are affected still by your creek being contaminated by stuff going out of your control)
I have really appreciated watching first-hand accounts of families dealing with aftermath scenarios. While we are prepared in many areas, we have holes. Currently, we do not own a generator (working on that!), so losing our fridges/freezers are a concern. I have been working toward getting as much OUT of my freezers and canned into shelf-stable foods. When you mentioned being carnivore, this would be a great way to prepare. I'm new to your channel, so I don't know if you can, but getting plenty of canned protein on the shelf will go a long way. I have always canned chicken (from meat birds we raise and process on our farm), but I'm expanding to other proteins to have as a backup. Thank you for sharing your experiences! They are so helpful!
If you run out of paper plates, you can use baking wax paper on your ceramic plates and just throw away the sheets when you're done. Use baby wipes to clean your bodies. As for washing hair, lean over the kitchen sink and have someone pour water over your hair. Then wash with shampoo and rinse well. We used about a couple bottles of water per head only. Occasionally our well pump is down over the holidays and plumbers were not available immediately. We did this. Everyone is clean and happy.
Love your videos! So glad you all are ok! ❤️🙏❤️ Love your sweater! Such a pretty color on you. Where did you get it? Prayers for you all and your community.
Thank you sharing your insights based on first hand experience!
As far as phone services, Cricket uses the AT&T network and Mint mobile uses T-Mobile.
You live in a forest surrounded by wood and twigs.
A wood fired rocket stove is cheap and will let you boil water or cook until the trees runout.
On an earlier video she said they were boiling water. This video is about things they wish they had before hand.
Rocket stoves are great backup heat. Easy to build, use and great for those who cant chop wood. The radiant heat is a big plus.
Western NC experienced a deadly tropical storm and not a hurricane. This distinction is important. Had emergency management referred to the impending danger as such, fewer people would have been surprised by the destruction. Why? Because of normalcy bias. What is normalcy bias? "We don't get hurricanes in the mountains."
While the scenario that played out on 9/27 doesn't happen often to that extreme, the track of moisture was the same as nearly every soaking storm in history. Had emergency management lived up to their duty and commission, fewer lives would have been lost.
Instead of, "We don't get hurricanes in the mountains," people would have said, "A bad tropical storm is coming on the heels of a week of flooding and we need to leave."
I write this from a sailboat in Florida, where we danced with Debby, Helene and Milton - all hurricanes with wind speed greater than 70 mph and gusts to 120 mph (Western NC had 45 - 60 mph), storm surges between 5 ft and 20 ft (Western NC had no storm surge due to no ocean or coast) and variable amounts of rain in or around 15 inches.
Asheville had a tropical storm with 14 inches of rain. Many parts of Western North Carolina saw rain in the amount of 25 inches or more. In this case, the rain was a bigger threat than wind or storm surge.
Nothing about this distinction could have stopped the destruction to topography or to property but the distinction is important to understand, as tropical storms can be as deadly or more deadly than hurricanes, when rainfall is so immense.
Ironic that the same people who discounted the threat saying, "We don't get hurricanes in the mountains," say that, "We were hit by Hurricane Helene." The disconnect is confounding.
It is my hope that anyone who missed this distinction will view WLOS TV's UA-cam videos for the week leading up to 9/27/24. Their coverage was complete, upheld the public trust, and was replete with warnings that NC Emergency Management failed to deliver in time.
I am just a guy on a sailboat in South Florida and I, along with every meteorologist worth their salt, saw this coming for five days before NC was hit.
"We don't get hurricanes in the mountains." Well, we do get hurricanes in South Florida and we had two of them back-to-back." Does North Carolina get rain?
People need to embrace their personal responsibility to their environment by having situational awareness. The government won't warn you and they will be reticent to assist after the fact. Everyone has a cellphone, as evidenced by social media posts of the heart-wrenching despair that followed Tropical Storm Helene. These same devices can be used to be aware of a threat from the weather or other phenomena.
Build/buy you guys a Cistern! 1-5000 gal on ur property
We have one on our property and have never had one before. We don't know exactly how to use/clean/maintain it. Where would we go to learn that? Extension office?
You can be as prepared as you want to be but that will not keep you safe. We were prepared but our house collapsed with us inside. Luckily we made it out with our two babies. No shoes, no phones or IDs. We lived in Chimney Rock, NC. Don’t build your life around preparation, build it upon the rock that is our Lord Jesus Christ. ❤
I could not agree more!!! I actually have MUCH to say about this- and definitely something we’ll be talking about more here soon. I’m so thankful you are ok! I’d love to connect- could you possibly send us an email? Hello@heavenlymindedhome.com
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I kinda feel the best thing to have would have been a big rv that had water, generator, starlink, solar panels, propane stove / heater.. seems like it would have been the most useful.
I would love to know more about your home!!! How did you clean up around the homestead?? Did you get all the water out of the basement yet?? How are you gonna clean the mold out??? Is the electricity back on??? I would love to see the dinner for 14 carnivore or not that’s made.
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We're working on updates-- GREAT questions! Stay tuned! XO
Sabrina literally asked me your question for the chatty coffee date! Well answer yours next Saturday!
If you rub dish soap on the outside of your pot before you put it on the open fire the soot will just wash right off. Even if they are covered in charcoal now I would still do it because it may still come off.
My has been broken for y'all🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼 I wish we could be there to help with the aftermath. I want to send money. Where would be the best places to send money? Your channel, Samaritan's Purse are the only ones I can think of
Do you have power back? Sorry, I can't tell as you are speaking about what you did vs are doing. We have had so many lengthy power outages in the NE that we have learned a lot about being prepared. Buying a generator has made a huge difference and keeping about 3 full gas cans at all times. Three propane tanks for the grills. Water IS thr hardest if you have a well but a geneator can run a well pump. We also have a woodstove for heat and can cook on it to some degree. We try to always keepa stockes pantry of non-perishables.
plan as if you cant be in your home like an evacuation to grab a backpack. and have at home necessities filled up.
Help me understand how Amazon can get through these areas to deliver?
Love the video. But had to wait 7 minutes to start the list. Otherwise great.
The ugly reality of hurricanes is the water and the sustained winds. Here's the issue in my area.Years ago, there was a storm that passed through that had straight line winds of a 100mph but it may have lasted for about five or ten minutes at the most. In hurricanes that's hours even a sustained wind at 60 mph for hours can damage houses. It also has to do with that super volcano that went off in the ocean. I forget where but it put fourteen percent more water in the air and ever since then, our storms have had massive amounts of water.
Wow- thats interesting, I hadn't heard about the volcano. That's interesting-- would make sense? This dropped SO much water- it's just surreal how much came down in such a small window of time. Thanks for sharing!
@HeavenlyMindedHome i follow answers in genesis, and they talk about the flood in genesis. Can you imagine the power and the devastation of that forty day global superstorm?
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www.nasa.gov/earth/tonga-eruption-blasted-unprecedented-amount-of-water-into-stratosphere/
Solar is not what everyone makes out for it to be at least in my experience. I bought this really expensive solar light lamp and all of a sudden one day just decided to stop working and I didn’t even use it too long. I had a man at Home Depot tell me that one time too and I agree with him that battery operated things are still the most reliable. We here in Georgia didn’t have sun for days, so how would a Solar generator charge up. There is a drawback to solar and I wouldn’t bank on it 100%. Same scenario as electric cars not as perfect as we would like to think.
AMEN! I wish there was some "easy fix"... but there just isn't, especially in disasters like this. A gas generator would have been great... but even gas shortages are huge so keeping the fueled isn't a fix either. Thank you for sharing!
There are no perfect options because as you and I know, life itself is not perfect. There are options of generators that also use propane, which is a safer storage than gasoline. There are many generators that use different fuels. Mini generators or convertible to other fuels. if the grid would go out which who knows it could happen we must be somewhat prepared as best as we can. I hope things work out for you. I know it’s been a hard situation and you all have been tested greatly. May God bless you and your family and keep you safe and provide for you whatever your needs are
Why not a whole house generator? We never went without water or power😊
Connect your generator to the well pump. Much easier.
Where’s the links. I leave in New England and we lose power frequently
Make sure the walk-in talkie is satellite and not cell tower!!!
I heard/read that iPhone 14 and later will connect to satellite.
I read that too. The article said it can be used for texting. But it referenced the iphone 18.
@@intothemystic3374I heard that you only needed the IOS 18 update. I have it and I have an iPhone 14 instead of the latest 16.
Mint - TMobile towers
Cricket - AT&T towers
Yes- but interesting that people with TMobile and AT&T had calls down but yet somehow Cricket and mainly Mint were still working. I'm not sure how all it works, just crazy that that's what we were seeing in reality.
Where can I ask questions to you privately?
You can email us at hello@heavenlymindedhome.com ❤️
What would you suggest if one has power but their water is contaminated, and you have a dehumidifier? How to sterilized dehumidifier water for use!
Boil. Or, their are water purifier tablets you can have on hand. They are cheap.
Gravity water filter like a berkey
A friend of mine goes to third world countries to teach them medical stuff. And one thing I remember her suggesting is for them to put water in see through containers like water bottles, and then putting it up on their roofs during the day. SOmething about the sun can purify the water over time.
People have the option to move at any time, why run the risk of being wiped out from a Hurricane, and having to start all over again? I know people have their reasons for living in these places, I cannot think of a rational one that makes sense.
Did you not listen? They have never had this kind of weather before. Like in ever. Why would you move away if you don't expect anything bad?????!
@@saqu7143 Whether you're in that region or not, You're still at risk simply by surrounding areas being hit even though a particular state may have been spared untill now. Most coastal states are all at risk. Weather forecasters tell people this all the time. People in that area may have never experienced a Hurricane, but by being in that region of the country, it's just a matter of time. With storms becoming more intense every year, they're simply going to spread to other areas, and states. I live in the Midwest, we don't get Hurricanes, we do get tornado's, rough winters sometimes, but that's about it.
No judgment here, but I have a question. You never thought over time just in these days we all are living in to have any strong prepper back ups.? Outside of a pantry food but solid supplies because ur so rural and up in the mountains. You didn’t think for a what if type situation. Just asking.
That is a real stupid question. And it's completely judgemental alright.
Fyi - even people who ARE very actively thinking about the what if situations don't always have the ability to "prepare". Especially if you don't know exactly what to prepare for.
Get of this high horse, it's really annoying.
@@saqu7143see WLOS TV 13 videos on UA-cam for a week before the Tropical Storm hit Western NC. There was a minimum of four days of warning. No one should have been surprised. The OP asked very valid questions.
Your video seems to contain a lot of fluff. Too much talking before and during. This subject is too important to try and sell your agenda. Get to the point and lay it out very clearly. You lost me with all the talk. This is too important to get lost in the talk.
Thank you for your kind and uplifting comment today- how wonderful it must be to remain steadfast in efficiency! Patience is a virtue and in short supply these days. Thanks for popping by!
Just. .😮...wow.
You do know that this is basically their family's line of income atm, right? Goodness gracious. If you're looking to learn from other's "mistakes" in order to avoid paying the price of not knowing any better all by yourself, how about cutting them some slack? You know, she doesn't have to spoonfeed us her well and hard earned knowledge from experience. If she can feed her kids another meal from that - that's an awesome win win in my book.