10 Hacks To Stay Warm In Winter Blackouts
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- When a bad winter storm rolls in, your biggest fear is losing electricity as well as your ability to heat your home. Without taking the proper steps, your home could soon be as cold inside as it is outside. Here are ten hacks to heat your home during a winter power outage and keep the cold air out. These tips will help you and your family stay warm until the power comes back on and survive a winter blackout.
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DON’T leave your dogs outside in cold weather. That’s just cruel. Bring them inside so they can stay warm plus they’ll keep you warm, too
Hi! from Texas. My three-year-old granddaughter was staying with me during the freeze this year. I was born and raised up by Yellowstone so it wasn't much of an inconvenience for me. A lot of my neighbors did not fare too well though. When my daughter got back to us my granddaughter proclaimed how much fun it was building a tent on top of Grandma's bed 😂😆. She had a wonderful time!
That is really cool. I am a grandma modem I will make sure to follow in your footsteps. What a neat memory as well ❣️🙌🏼💟
Bless you grandpa for being so awesome she never noticed the conditions. Glad tidings to you and yours. Assalamu alaykum peace be unto you
@@randomness8819Grandma! Not Granddad.
@@awpetersen5909 👍
I was in the Texas freeze in 2021 without water and power. Using a tent and sleeping bag in the smallest room with closed doors was all I needed personally. Keeping an emergency stash of food and water made the situation feel more like an at-home camping adventure than a “crisis”. Having both a prepared mentality and correct supplies made a huge difference.
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If you don't have a tent, use sheets and blankets to "tent" a canopy over the bed. Use nails if necessary to secure blanket to the wall. Think about the olden days when people had canopy beds draped in heavy tapestries with panels that closed along the sides. It wasn't just style it was for warmth
i have seen sleeping cabinets
That’s a very good advice . Thanks
Not trying to burst your bubble but canopy beds originated to keep birds from pooping on your bed sheets. Many houses back in England did not keep out small nesting birds. Although when closed up they would work like a tent. I remember the Christmas Carol movies.
@C2youself thank you. You're right!
I never thought of that!
A tip from my ancestors, the Sauc Tribe. They would have large tent and they would make a smaller one in side of that looked like dome. Then they would cover it with animal skins. They would sleep in the smaller one and just their body heat would be enough to keep them warm enough. I know you won't have a lot of Pelts lying around but you might have some old comforters in an attic or other storage. Don't throw your old ones away and/or go to yard sales or auctions to find. I have several that people just gave me and they are part my shelter in place and mobile survival kits. Vacuum storage bags that compress the contents will make them easy to store. You would be surprised what survival items at at a farm auction. You can find at a lot of cast Iron cooking items let alone tools, probably ones that were made in the USA. Maybe some old home made quilts. Estate actions where the Farmer has died or selling out to retire are loaded with things you can use for your kits. Use your head. Use your environment. Most of those old farmers grew up with houses that had no insulation. They are full of survival methods because they lived it every day. I grew up with propane cooking stove and a single oil burner stove in the middle of the house that didn't use any electricity, so if the power was out we could keep warm and cook. I like watching this videos just to see how helpless modern Generations are. Just to add to Jack Mack's post.
I moved to the us but im in southern cali. The things you speak of aren't available here. At least not as far as i know. Where I'm from they also don't have sales like this much. only bazarre sales with old vhs and table cloths and maybe some plastic bowls or such. How does one find these rumored estates sales thriving eith good quality, old products? Is it an area thing? Do i need to move to Kentucky, or? Keep sharing your knowledge, please, sensei
Put a mattress on the floor and all sleep together under wool blankets or unzipped sleeping bags ...Pets are great natural hot water bottles
I grew up in an old farmhouse, with lots of winter drama. First tip is correct--We would close off most of the house and shelter in the kitchen and dining room with bathroom off of it. Another tip is heavy drapes/old rugs/tapestries/etc. over the windows, in addition to the plastic. (not much direct sunlight in winter) We used old rugs on the walls in the horse barns and they made a huge difference in keeping stalls warm. Baking--we had propane gas stove, so mom would cook and bake a lot. This would create heat that could be shared in the kitchen when the baking was finished. And of course--layered clothing. Put on layers and layers. undershirts, shirts, sweaters, sweatshirts, and especially hats and socks and gloves. Stay warm, Texas and others. Warmer weather is coming/here soon.
Hopefully, you followed your family's example.
Little House on the Prairie style. You know what to do now.
Been there, done that. You don't forget when you live it.
I highly recommend wool socks and slippers to keep your socks nice for as long as possible.
⚠️Portable Generator Safety:
1) KEEPING OTHERS SAFE: Please do not allow an unqualified person or your children to operate and service the portable generator. Just because some manuals don’t say that doesn’t mean it’s safe. That is important against the generator safety rules. We also need to be keeping an eye on our children too. You need to make sure that your children are not playing near the portable generator especially when it’s running so they won’t get electrocuted. Generators pose electrical risks and they can be hot during an operation. Please keep your children away from the portable generator at all times. It is important to keep our children safe especially our little ones. Be aware of all the hazards.
2) WHERE TO RUN YOUR GENERATOR: Some people use their portable generators indoors which increases the risk of carbon monoxide poisoning. It’s important to have a carbon monoxide if you have a gas generator. Never ever use your generator indoors even if your doors and windows are open and even in the garage is not safe to use a portable generator. Also please never use your generator in your deck or balcony. It is never safe to use your generator indoors and in enclosed areas of your home. Your generator needs to be 15-20 feet away from your house.
3)🔥FIRE HAZARDS: Never refuel your generator while it’s running. You need to let your generator cool off before refueling it and before storing your generator. Never overload your generator too. Never ever back feed your generator. You should never plug your generator into a wall outlet. Also never store propane tanks indoors. Please keep flammable things away from the generator as well and please don’t smoke cigarettes near the generator. Having a fire extinguisher next to the generator is also important against the generator safety rules. It’s also not safe to move your generator while it’s running.
4) GENERATOR OPERATION: make sure your hands are dry before touching the generator. Never use your generator in wet conditions. Don’t let your generator get wet. You need a generator tent if you need to use your generator during wet weather. Please don’t wear loose clothes when operating the generator. Turn on your generator before plugging in appliances. Use the right cord for your generator. Please do not use worn out cords.
th-cam.com/users/shortseFigDfnPkcQ?feature=share and here is a short video more about keeping others safe when using generators
Hope this helps
What I was taught when we lost power was to pour salt into tube socks, tie the end shut. Place the socks in a dry pot, put on the lid. The ladies of the house would place the pot in a fireplace (watching the socks carefully as to not start a fire). The warm salt will stay warm for hours, you can bring it close to your body, chest, neck, or hands. Many times that was how when we lost the power, they kept babies warm while in their cribs.
Rice in a sock also work s
Wait. You just brushed over the fireplace like it was nonessential. The fireplace is what makes the heat. Get near the fireplace and you won’t need to waste salt and create dirty laundry.
Fireplaces leak air. They are not particularly efficient as a source of warmth.
@@brendastraley8829 the pioneers beds were very high compared to modern to take advantage of hear rising in a log cabin we slept in cabins as scouts and scout leaders and I notices when i stood up from my mat on the floor I was warmer
@@jodyjohnsen people survived for hundreds of years with just fire places. true they leak air butthey put out good heat. when i was a kid back when we had blizzards that killed the power grid,we all got in the family room and camped out by the fire place.momma would cook with the fireplace. it was fun as a kid.
We stay inside master closest during Texas blackout. It was warm and comfy.
Thank God you guys pulled thrugh. A lot wasn't so lucky.
@@ernestwalden3894 Thanks. 2 degrees warmer made a lot of different.
What a wonderful world our marvelouse leaders have made for us!
I did this stuff growing up because we were too poor to pay the heating bill. It use to get so cold in my room that I could see my breath lol
Remember NOT to bring charcoal embers indoors because carbon monoxide is produced. I know someone who died while sleeping after bringing the charcoal grill embers into their RV.
Sad. For the price of a charcoal grill, you can buy a kerosene or propane heater that are designed to be used indoors and are completely safe.
Oh how awful! Thank you for reminding anyone reading your comment on what not to do with charcoal.
Im so sorry thats horrible but thx for the tip!
@@totallyfrozen keep in mind all flames require oxygen(fresh air) to burn. When they lack enough oxygen they start to produce carbon monoxide.
If you have an indoor dog or cat which doesn't have fleas it might be a good idea to let it hunker down with you in your indoor tent. The more body heat the better and 'fur babies' are warm.
If I try to cuddle with my cat I'm gonna get all scratched up. I better get a dog! :)
@@renecomedy lol. thats hilarious.
fleas or not if your freezing.lol
I have an outdoor cat and two indoor dogs, if I bring the cat in I'm out the door. I'll knock on the and if the cat answers I'll know who won, if the dogs answer I'll know who won.
The humans might like the self-warming pet pads or might be able to use a solar charger to keep a heated vest warm or a pet heating pad or regular heating pad. They go as low as 8 watts and the human heating pads run between 20 and 60 watts. I have a RAV power station and it runs up to 300 watts and it could keep one of the pet heaters going for hours and they would say it doesn't get all that warm but it gets a little big warm.
I was down in Texas chilling no water or electricity. I used sheets to add to the curtains. It helped quite a bit. I used spare pillows at the door. And cardboard for some cracks around the door. I did notice that mattresses and pillows are great insulators.
I personally used 3 comforters and and one wool blanket to stay warm and 4 pillows.
The downside I had been throwing away a lot of old survivors gear. And was without it.
I did use my Ebike battery to keep my smartphone charged up. It would have probably lasted at least a couple of weeks.
I was not in full winter survivor mode but it was closing in on it. Cheers from Texas!
Lesson learned: Don’t succumb to “normalcy bias” and throw away your emergency preps. Something else IS coming right around the corner.
Think about this, over the last four years or so, we’ve had Hurricane Harvey, Covid-19 pandemic, and now a deep freeze with rolling blackouts. Somewhere along the line, you thought throwing your survival gear out was a good idea. Huh?! Something else is coming in the near future. Prepare for it.
Glad you used your head and pulled through, many of us were out here rooting for you and praying for you. So sad for the people that have been lost this winter both in Texas and other places. Cuz we all need to start sharing all this knowledge because there are people that could have been saved
@@totallyfrozen And now severe drought, farmers can't harvest crops or feed their animals to get them to slaughter.
I am thinking that a rechargable heated vest or heated coat might be something that can be charged with a solar generator. Also pet warming beds and heating pads are really low watt and pets have self-warming pads.
Don't forget to use bath towels too for sealing doors an adding insulation wherever you're sitting if its not your bed. And staying hydrated will keep you warm as well.
Used most these hacks growing up, it was just the way it was in the winter. Country folk can survive.
Not all country folk are smart to survive. The further rural one gives the more drugs you'll see. Druggies don't think too well when their high
Back in the 70s, yes I’m that old, a firefight was on Chicago TV and said no one should die in a modern insulated home if they lost heat for a few days. His advice in addition to going into a small room was to take ever item of clothing you have and pile them on the bed and go under them.
I knew it evicted college student that was having to sleep in his van. That's precisely what he did as he did not own a sleeping bag.
I’m that old too or I like to say experienced
Just remember that candles (an open flame) create carbon monoxide and use up oxygen. Don't seal up your room to much. You need to have some fresh air.🤔
Oh thanks I didn't know that
@@Mhel2023 It would take a lot of candles to produce enough carbon monoxide to kill you. However a gas stove with all burners on and a gas oven different story with the door open. Those are fire and explosion hazards as well as carbon monoxide hazards. Same with a propane grill or outdoor heater in a closed area.
@@stuarthirsch yeah exactly, you are fairly safe with candles when it comes to carbon monoxide. The thing with candles is to make sure they don't get knocked over (think cats or kids). Also a good heat source is an oil lamp, they put out a lot of heat. Many people dont like the smell of oil lamp but the better refined oil the less smell it has. Again there are a whole different set of safety issues when it comes to oil lamps, the most important being don't refill with the lamp lit. Keep a portable carbon monoxide detector in your emergency kit along with a fresh battery to run it.
A better idea is to buy a carbon monoxide detector (a whole $15, oh my!) then you won’t have to live in fear of guess at it.
@@totallyfrozen one that is battery operated. Lol
Another value I learned about rolling towels and putting them at the bottom of the doors is to block any metal trim. My doors had no draft, but were letting in so much cold and I realized the darn metal at the bottom was freezing, it was conducting (if that's the proper term) the cold inside without there even having to be an air gap. Also, I found an unexpected air gap letting in cold under and around the dishwasher. So, check more than just windows and doors.
Steel doors are a nightmare. I literally covered mine with foam poster board from dollar tree and bubble wrap and topped that with a wool blanket. You wouldn't believe how much cold comes thru one of these doors.
With water dripping from every faucet, use pots, etc. to collect the water. Use it to water your pets and drink it yourself. Don't just waste it. Nothing is wrong with the water.
Good advice
amen! when we have severe freezing temps i let the bath tub faucet drip snd catch all that water.if your out of power for weeks or months that water will come in handy.
Water is never wasted .... it's always going some place. the only thing that gets wasted in the process is your money..
You can spray a window with water and then put bubble wrap on it, textured side on the glass. I did that in a 100 year old house here in Canada, it stayed up all winter and made a huge difference. I worked in a warehouse so I had lots of bubble from unwrapping product that I could take home for free. If I had to do it again I would also seal off the entire window with a second layer of plastic sheet wrap.
Wear a couple layers; choose warm clothes like wool or sweaters, a hoodie or pullover with no buttons or front openings . Don't wear that first layer all day then sleep in it. Itll absorb moisture from your body, so wear pajamas or something reserved for going to bed. Conserve energy as sweat and moisture will make your fight for warmth more difficult. But don't completely avoid it. Massage your chest and back , heart... warm blood pumping around will help.
Bubble wrap works very well on windows because of the air pockets.
oh, good idea.
@@bugoutbrothers alaska granny has a vid on it I think she wets the windows first so it will adhere....
It’s better than the usual plastic for windows.
@@bugoutbrothers Preppers need to do prep videos for grid down in the summer / extreme heat before it actually happens. I found only 1 video on TH-cam on this topic.
Wish the US would learn about insulation from Nordic countries. For cold or hot weather insulation makes a huge difference in controlling the temperature. Reduces energy consumption. That preparation would save lives.
Just for the camper who'd think about bringning a thermos in their sleeping bag on cold night... False... We do bring a bottle (preferably a nalgene) but because a thermos is double wall made for insulating that hot water it doesn't let the heat out so it wont keep you warm.. and most importantly NEVER do that with a metal bottle... when hot it'll burn you and if you manage with it when it get cold it will cool you down.
A comment about water. After you fill your containers with hot water, shut water off at the source, open the facets so they can drain, saving that water in buckets or bowls for later use. Once the emergency is over, shut the facets off, turn main water back on. Pipes saved😀 I learned this from a woman who lived through the TX cold spell. Thank you mam😀👍
I'm a Yankee from the PNW, and have been in South Texas for a few years now. during the latest freeze we had down here and everyone was so cold.. it was normal for me and I never needed any survival warmth.
But my first summer here with 98 degree temps and 100% humidity I was dying.
Living room or bedroom is more comfortable, but try to keep the pipes warm, open the cabinet doors under the sinks to keep pipes from freezing. Open the faucet and let the water drip, so it keeps moving and doesn't freeze solid.
Wrapping pipes is helpful. If water is freezing, you don't want water in your pipes at all.
@@janemack2667 Exactly. The Texas disaster scared me. I bought heat tape, pipe insulation, and RV antifreeze.
My son was in Austin and had all faucets dripping but the kitchen froze up. I told him to wrap the pipes in towels and it helped to defrost them to at least a drip.
@@RiceaRoni354 That was a horrible situation for so many people. Their pipes bursting, houses flooded. Food shortage. That made me prep harder. Bought heat tape for my pipes, -40° sleeping bag, wool blankets, bed tent, tealights by the thousands and terracotta pots, hats, coats, gloves, etc...
I am in N TX where it got down to 1 degrees. Also had single pane glass windows living in a 50 yo home. Used this product called Reflextic in the windows & it really helped. Its a silver quilted insulation that u can cut to the size u need. It comes in 48" by 50 feet rolls. It cost around $75 & can be bought at Home Depot.
Dang thats pricey but thx for the tip.
As a 35 year old single male I should start looking for a family quickly it seems.
It's that time. Lol
May you find your other half and may your days be prosperous and blissful thereafter. Ameen🤲 Glad tidings to you and yours. Assalamu alaykum Peace be unto you.
GoldenGoose GG, Keep things simple, just get a couple hot water bottles.
During the Blizzard of 78 in an old farmhouse in the country, the windows and radiators blew out down stairs. Our sons babysitter brought all the kids upstairs to a small middle room and lined the walls and floors with all the mattresses and all blankets in that room. They stayed in there until they were rescued by the National Guard.
We survived the same blizzard in town by blocking off the rooms with blankets, thankfully we had a gas stove and that warmed us in the kitchen.
I would have to discourage the use of candles near tents! I was lucky, I was in a canvas tent which caught fire but I was able to put the fire out before the fire took hold! An acquaintance wasn’t so lucky when his plastic tent caught fire and quickly melted on him! He needed skin grafts! In an emergency situation, getting medical assistance would be very difficult! Since these experiences, I have not used naked flames anywhere near tents!
When I seal up my windows I cut plastic to go all the way around the complete window sill. I do the same for my doors then I add extra quilt or bedspead/ blanket over the door. The quilt/blanket/bedspread I use pushpins or small nails.I also made tubes and added beans or rice to put in front of doors to hold quilts
Etc in place I've also made these for my windows, instead of using towels.
Before ever sleeping in a running car, you have to know without doubt that you don't have any exhaust leaks under the car, and wind direction. Exhaust fumes blowing under a snowed in car can still cause death by carbon minoxode poisoning!
I would add, be sure your car is far from snow that could block the exhaust and never ever run your car in a closed garage. Back it out at least a few feet first.
If you have thick painters throw plastic and a staple gun use that to seal the outside of the window with an extra layer to keep the wind from blowing in. You would be surprised how much air gets in the house from around the window frame.
Didn't think to do it from the outside. Thanks.
Vent your tent because our breath generates moist air which will turn to water if it has no where to go. You get wet you will get hypothermic
We once had to shelter inside a tent we insulated and our mountain cabin in a blizzard. The inside of the tent got wet from condensation if we would forget to vent it. We would close it, then vent it alternately. More than once I had to take a dish towel to the inside of the tent. What is 15 below with no heat source I'd rather have to do that then deal with the cold open air.
Thank you guys never would of thought to do that bc i usually sleep in cold but im drenched under covers when i sleep. Id of ttly thought it normal n not considered the conditions!
@@carolmoore1038 VENT IT
@@lizadivine3785 yes, I should mention that LOL the first ever so many hours we didn't and he woke up with the inside of the tent having droplets running down and freezing LOL. But if you just vent it just a little bit a little cooler is delicious when you're that warm and the condensation gets out so thank you for bringing that up.
@@carolmoore1038 thanks Carol!
If you HAVE to sleep in your car, you can conserve your gas by propping up a clay pot with something metal, with a metal pan underneath the base, turn the clay pot upside down and put like four candles under it. The four candles will heat the pot and it will disperse it evenly, which WILL keep you from freezing to death without the risk of running out your gas and the car dying, which kills your heart source and possibly YOU! MAKE SURE THAT IT IS IN A SAFE SPOT WITH NO DANGER OF TIPPING OVER, as there is ALWAYS a risk when using something with an open flame unsupervised!!! It is best if you build the set up and try it before it's time to need it, to check it's stability, the burn time it has with which candles, etc! God bless and may you never HAVE to use it, stay healthy and safe!
We didn’t have power for a week in Houston during the freeze. We closed off all rooms except the living room which has a gas fireplace and put blankets and quilts over all the windows, and also taped all door and window gaps with painters tape. Between that and keeping the fireplace going, we were able to keep the main part of the house around 40-50 degrees. We slept under every blanket that wasn’t being used on the windows, and actually had to remove some of them because we were starting to sweat. Luckily our hot water heater is gas, so we could warm up under a hot shower/bath.
For two weeks I lived in my galley kitchen , had three rows of acme bricks in the oven kept at 425 F for passive radiation,slept in three layers of clothing,on a mat lined with emergency mylar blankets.But it was the pots full of steel cut oat meal that really kept my core stoked.
Thanks for sharing this info to those who need it right now!
We lived in a camper until it got to -2°. We used an outhouse. Ugh. Never want to go back to that.
Telling people to heat rocks is dangerous since most rock types will explode when heated. The pores in the rock allow water to enter and then when heated the water turns to vapor and causes the rock to explode. To use this technique properly you need rocks that are not porous such as Soapstone. Soapstone has been used throughout history for heating beds by warming the stone in fire then rubbing the stone under bedsheets. Dont just heat random rocks or bricks you find.
Interesting point. 👍
Dont select rocks from a river bed or lake front so they wont explode. Otherwise heating rocks is safe. It's also good to have a few dozen forebricks on hand.
99.99% of rocks doesn't explode.
@@carolhewett3756 as long as it hasn't been raining... But Texas tends to be dry eh?
The bricks used to line fireplaces are very cheap to buy and would work well .
My Pyrenees with me in my tent inside keeps me warm with blankets
Don't forget to bring fresh air into those tightly sealed up rooms so you don't suffocate on co2.
I appreciate your how straightforward and calm your content is versus doomsday preppers. Thank you
Mr buddy, a GOOD hose, and at least 1 20 pound propane tank. keep a room warm for a couple days... candles and ceramic flower pots with a little cheap battery fan from the Dollar store blowing just over it...
I'm lucky... I have a fireplace
also... in the blazing heat of summer, instead of dying from heat stroke - its as easy as sitting in a bathtub of cool water
For glass windows bubble wrap is a much better way of keeping out the cold glass windows are one of the majour issues
Keep all extra blankets, use them on walls and doorways in a room you are and cover windows also
If you add cup hooks to your window corners ahead of time it will simplify hanging the quilts on the windows. We had a large open room and had to create doorways to close if so we could huddle around the fireplace. Be sure to have some marshmallows and a few fun games to play. Make it an adventure for the little ones.
I appreciate it. I ordered a portable kerosene heater and some mylar emergency blankets..We only lost power for about 10 hours, but it's good to be prepared.
test the heater when u get it. when u first light it. it smells. do it outside
@@rocketsmall4547 I will, thank you very much for the advice😀
Kerosene heaters are severely underrated in the USA. Most of my American coworkers never heard of them. My Nigerian coworkers grew up with them but didn’t know you could find them or buy kerosene in the USA.
They’re made for indoor use.
@@totallyfrozen my parents and grandparents always used kerosene heaters
Make sure you have some ventilation with a kerosene heater! If you seal up the room too well, you run the risk of carbon monoxide poisoning.
Turn over a terracotta pot over a tealight candle. Do not block the hole, and put some coins under the pot to let in air flow .
Make sure the candle is secure and not on anything flammable. Set this up on a baking sheet for safety.
Exact idea I had in mind. I just ordered some this morning.
@@iUnicornTv Check your local Home Depot or garden center ....they should be in stock now...seeds are out.
Why do all that?
Just buy a heater. You’ll get a few BTUs heat from that improvised tea candle heater. A Mr. Heater catalytic propane heater produces 4,000 to 9,000 BTUs of heat and an easily heat up over 225 square feet.
Catalytic heaters are safe indoors because they provide complete combustion of fuel. They are made to be used inside. Get a carbon monoxide detector and keep it in the area heat the heater and you’ll be fine.
@@totallyfrozen I have a Mr Buddy propane heater, and a gas fireplace. Not everyone can afford a propane heater.
A Terracotta pot and some candles are a life saver and cheap, and probably could heat up food as well. It's another back-up.
@@totallyfrozen Yes, but those are hard to get now a days. Mr Heater is $113 and a pack of 4 propane around $50 on Amazon. I put an order in at Walmart it’s still delayed about a week now!!!
One thing I haven't heard mentioned is sleeping bags. I have an old mummy bag that sleeps down to 10° Fahrenheit. On a freezing cold night you just get inside and zip it up until there is only a small hole to breathe through.
Bubble wrap is much easier for insulating windows than any plastic kit I've ever tried - all you need is a roll of bubble wrap and a spray bottle of hot tap water, and you can insulate every window for around $25
Lighting candles in a tent seems like the worst idea I have heard. Please DONT do it especially if you live in an apartment.
Im a fire victim from a neighbor's carelessness. Dont want that to happen to anyone.
Here's a thought: perhaps this is one time that those UCO Candle Lanterns and Candelabras would come in handy, being properly hung up inside of the tent, like they would be outdoors.
my thoughts exactly.no way id sleep with a candle near a tent.especially with children.
Asking for a hot, melty, goupy grave. The worst thing to do…
there are many ways to light a candle in a tent without setting everything on fire ... Just as an example, open a tin can, remove the content one way or another, and put the candle in the tin can.
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No drama or nonsense with you!!
Excellent advice and I’m already searching for all your past videos!!
😊 thank you for great advice!!!
I think its important to be aware of dew point, if you warm up that tent in the inside room and the temperature outside of the tent falls bellow the dew point, you will have major condensation issues, you can see this with people that camp out in the winter all of the time, keeping warm with plenty of quality layers, especially high rated sleeping bags is a really good idea, I have not heated my house at all this winter and my -20C rated sleeping bag has got me through, and kept me nice and warm, with layers when needed.
How about bubble wrap for the windows? Alaska Granny shows you how to apply it.
Interesting!
My family actually uses that along with a layer of heavy plastic in our small single pane basement windows.
We basically got a big roll of the stuff, and cut out two snug fit panels for each window and have them setup so their bubble sides are facing in towards each other to get an extra layer of dead air in the mix, we just tacked those in place with some tape then covered the whole window well with a taped up layer of heavy painter's plastic drop cloth cut to size.
Since it doesn't look great and basically makes them useless for seeing out of, we just hung some old lace curtains over them to kinda hide the quick and dirty DIY job and yet still allow some natural light to enter during the day.
It made a huge difference, both in cutting down on draft and keeping a fairly consistent temperature down there year round, since it is mostly underground besides that top foot and a half or so where the windows are located.
Why use bubble wrap when you can just use reflectix it’s literally bubble wrap coverd in an insulated layer on both sides
Regular bubble wrap does let in some light and you can see outside movement.
Depending on how many family members you have, ou could also buy one or more 4' x 25' rolls of Reflectix double-foil bubble wrap insulation (~ $48 at Home Depot). Cut a sleeping pad for each family member, and create an arching cover for it, secured with duct tape. You'll each have an insulated cocoon that will reflect your body heat. With no wind (in the house) you won't have to worry as much about sealing up the ends, and it will keep you off the cold floor. It's also useful to cut a crude vest or hood if you have to go outside (although you'd need to leave sufficient openings so you don't sweat).
Blanket forts are awesome lol. I use to do that outside on my porch with a lantern or pocket warmers and it stay real warm.
I just did them bc i was a really wierd kid. Lol🤣😂
Good advice!
Furniture blankets are cheap and easy to come by at hardware stores and moving truck rental places they are good for extra blankets and to cover windows and doors.
My biggest nightmare from a power outage is water pipes freezing. We use a simple unglazed terracotta pot solution in all the emptied sink cupboards. Just a ceramic plate, with a long-burning candle, surrounded by three mason jar rings, then an 8 inch flower pot turned upside down over the candle, perched on the rings. We tested the cabinet temperatures to be 50-66 degrees while the outside temperatures were -15. I set them up so flower pot hole is offset from the candle flame and use $6 thermometers to monitor the temps.
I insulated my pipes with foam and also put insulated caps on the outdoor faucets. Plus dripping the water at night.
@@wishingb5859 Insulation, heatwrap, water dripping all helps. Our Missouri temperatures are usually at least above zero in the winter. When it goes below zero and the electriciy goes out then it would be a disaster if we didn't warm the cabinets. We have two woodstoves but the warmth doesn't reach everywhere.
@@GeckoHiker I live in a small ranch in New England. I don't have room for wood stoves. But I have 2 Vornados and they raise the house 10 degrees in an hour and last winter, I was able to use those for an hour two or three times a day and lowered my oil heat bill by $1000. When there is going to be a storm, I bring one down in the basement and warm that up.
A lot of people that let their water drip, that only worked until the water pressure went down. Water in pipes about 10-14 feet into the house, backed up and that burst a lot of the pipes in TX homes. Water going to the upstairs stayed in the pipe that went from the first floor to the second, backed up in it and froze. I saw somebody house it was pitiful my heart went out to them.
Great video, great tips. Really appreciate you sharing this with us.,👍🇺🇸
Good ideas and have used many, caution on sealing off a room still allow for some air due to any fumes you may have, heating up rocks/bricks use caution as some can explode and with rocks and metal, always wrap things in towels to avoid burns.
Basic mechanic droplight with the metal coneshaped hood gets real hot, with a bit of metal mass, and can be directional, and has a hanging clip
They don’t work during a power outage. If the power is on, the furnace should work.
@@totallyfrozen true but some people had small generators. A small generator won't operate a space heater but it might operate a heat bulb. Be careful you don't start a fire
Put those candles in large tin cans. I've used cardboard over windows fit tightly then blankets over them.
That is a good idea!
@@bugoutbrothers Yahrzeit candles are cheap, and last more than a day. If nothing else, they preserve a flame for lighting other things...
If you are going to use your car as a shelter. Make sure to cover the vehicle with a blanket and try have a air gap between the car and the blanket. . . .
Great ideas. Thanks for the video. This is something I have worried about as I live in Northern Utah.
Thank you for sharing ♥️✋🙏
Best prepper channel on TH-cam.
Hello! Thank you so much for the really great video & content. Very helpful. I appreciate your time & the effort to put these together and that you get strait to point.
Just subscribed though I have watched your videos before. Thank you again!
Very best from Bay Area (peninsula), CA.
If you have a fireplace or woodstove make sure you have plenty of dry seasoned firewood. Wood stoves are better than fireplaces, much more efficient. Many pellet stoves require electricity for their igniters and augers. Unless you have a generator your furnace won't work. They require electronics for their fans and electronics. If you have a gas or propane fireplace just use it. If it's vent less just make sure you have a battery powered carbon monoxide detector. Don't use a gas stove or oven unless you have no other option. These are the least safe, and never run your car or any internal combustion engine in a closed garage or where carbon monoxide can kill you and your loved ones.
In 2012 we laughed at some Preppers. We thought they were silly. By 2014 so they could not hear us we apologized. We knew that the shift doesn't have to be worldwide to make a problem for you wherever you're at. We have been through countless blackouts in two different states both in summer, and winter. We had to think on our feet. The people in this comments section that are laughing at folks mocking them and saying don't do anything Arcane just get a generator. So that you know if it's an ice storm chances are the trucks will not get in with the gasoline shipments. An ice storm can close the roads quickly. So unless you already have gasoline, kerosene, propane that could leave you out of luck. Especially if the blackout is extended. The year we got snowed in our mountain cabin with no heat in insulation and it reached fifteen below we were off grid. our neighbors had electric for all the good it did them because it shut off for 3 weeks and because of the ice no one could get in or out and they could not get gasoline to replenish their generators. we don't laugh at prepping anymore, we try to do it. we don't have space or money for a huge stash of food and water or fuel but we try to keep at least a 2 to 4 weeks Supply. and by the way to the guy that said just go hunting if you're in the middle of Houston and don't own a gun that could be a speck of a challenge. we've learned to ask ourselves what would we do if all shipping stopped. at the start of the pandemic when we didn't know how serious things were and everyone was buying all of the toilet paper we were set for 2 months. we live in a region that a lot of people don't have city water, or a spring or a well, many people here purchase all the water they drink. They rationed water here last spring. there is not going to be less of these things happening. The infrastructures crumbling, the weather being wacky sooner or later no matter where you live. It's not going to take a CME, or Kim Jeong Oon to create a problem for you wherever you are. and with the increasing number of homeless there will be more and more people less and less equipped to deal with these things. you're part of the solution, you're part of the problem. if you have no solutions to offer and you only came here to mock people first, don't think it can't happen to you. second there's a lot of trolls out there to play with leave good people alone.
Just the info I needed thx!!
I use a camping blanket on top of my normal blanket to regulate the temperature.
Consider adding a high quality, dual fuel (coal and wood) stove, and safe chimney installation to your home, or build plans. Yes, even if you live in what is now a mild climate location. I believe are heading fast towards a much colder era. Store anthracite coal in an outside bin you can make with standard concrete block. Build up wood and season it for later. Assume like in the Texas emergency you will be on your own for days to weeks. I hear Texas was very close to the entire grid failing in the Feb2021 polar vortex storm.
Fleece blankets over your curtains. Plastic the inside or outside of drafty windows. Get a propane tank and a generator. Drink coffee, hot chocolate, etc.... Wine is good, too. Dress warm. Layers. Boil snow for water. Heavy Coleman sleeping bag. Heat tape on your pipes.
Heat tape on your pipes is great if you have electricity the point is if you had electricity you probably have a furnace.
I never knew aout the 120volt inverters!! Thank you!!
phenomenal video
I really have no business buying a Hilleberg Keron 4GT, it's overall. I'm gonna use this guy's video as an excuse to treat myself lol!! Give my family just one candle in that cold weather tent and we're good to go!
Thank you for this video. I was lucky to only have lost power for 6 hours during the Texas storm in February, but it was freezing. I am going to use ALL your tips.
Good idea to invest in heated clothing. Heated vest or heated coat. Heated socks. Even if you only keep them for emergencies. A heating pad has low enough watts that some of them can be run with solar generators. (Most heating pads are between 20 and 60 watts. Pet versions go as low as 8 watts and don't feel very warm but they are warm enough to help a little bit. Also, they sell self-warming beds for pets. I got one of those pads to put on the couch behind my back in case of emergency. I always raise the temperature up to 72 or 73 the night of a storm just in case. (I keep it pretty cold the rest of the time)
Thanks
If it's freezing, my animals are inside the house. Actually, they're inside anyway. Lol leaving your dog outside is cruel, unless it's a nice day.
You've heard of a three-dog-night? Yes it's a band of course (a very good one!) But is also a descriptive term for a night so cold that you need not only one or two but three dogs in the bed to keep warm. Texas was having a 10-dog-week! Can't imagine how horrible to have no power, water, or gas or any combination of that...prayers going out to Texas and all the states hit by that killer Arctic Blast❄⛪🤠
No it’s not. Do you all bring the cows and horses inside too? No you don’t. You provide ways to keep them warm ...outside, where they belong. Ugh.
No leaving your animals ( assume you mean dogs and cats) outside is not cruel. There are actually dogs (livestock guardian dogs in particular) that prefer to be outside.
Awesome information!👍🏼
All good tips. Hopefully this was a wake up call for survivors. And they will prep for the future. I learned my lesson back in 2009 when a huge ice storm knocked power out for 8 days. After that I started prepping for the future and now I'm like man I wish the power grid would fail. Can't wait for the power to go out again LOL.
Preppers need to do prep videos for grid down in the summer / extreme heat before it actually happens. I found 1 video on TH-cam on this topic.
Thanks for the info.
Great information!!! ...... Thank you !!!
For sure the best thing is to live outside any major city in a house where you can have access to an fireplace.
I have a fireplace that I have used a few times. Unfortunately it hardly did anything to warm up anything so I stopped using it.
Last week, with no warning to the grandchildren I shut off the power coming in. Boom..done. We live in upper Wisconsin and it gets COLD. I shut the power off for 5 days. We did just fine. I isolated 2 bedrooms and a bathroom with heavy quilts hung.. the temp stayed around 70degrees. Kids are well..water was just fine. Dogs were fine.
What was the reasoning for this?
To see any "cracks" that I overlooked or wasn't aware of. The grandkids know I prep. After the first day I told them this was an experiment and we proceeded accordingly.
@@clairewyndham1971 Okay, that makes sense now. Almost sounded like evil punishment without the context.
@@wmluna381 - nah, I am afraid I am the "softest touch" of a Grandma the state of Wisconsin has ever had! Prior to "flipping the switch" I ( kinda) made sure they were ready, without knowing it.
@@clairewyndham1971 It's pretty funny when you think about it. I am sure they will remember being put to the test in all aspects during the weird years of 2020 + 2021. 😂
I'm in central Oklahoma and am in a drafty house built in 1961. During the October 2020 ice storm I lost power for almost a week and during the Deep Freeze 2021 I lost power for nearly 3 weeks. I didnt have my pipes freeze because 1. I left them drip and 2. I have a crawl space foundation. Since the ground under the house didnt freeze, the warmth radiated up and kept the house at a balmy 40-45°F when outside temps would drop to -8°F and averaged around 25°F. I was lucky enough to bug out to a relative's house during the worst of it, but came back to check on pipes every couple of days. I did stay at the beginning of the Deep Freeze and could get the air temperature in my blanket for to the mid 70s with my body heat and only bugged out when my elderly cat started showing signs of distress. I have experienced power outages in both summer (due to tornadoes) and winter (due to ice) and prefer winter if I had to choose. There's only so many clothes that you can remove and not get arrested :-D much love from Oklahoma!!!
You're the first one to mention heating up rocks and I was just asking if other people have done this with cinder blocks and similar types of materials
Fire bricks
Hi,from n.cali, I found you by accident and what a miracle. Thanks. Our elec went up from 150. last month to almost 400. and we don't use it that much. Hiked rates.
Some rocks and bricks will explode if you heat them. Be cautious
yep.especially if they are cold and wet.gotta warm them up slowly.
Chafing fuel, aluminum tray, and aluminum tray holder is a good way for heat source and too keep things hot. Perfect way to keep water hot when there’s no power. Some chafing fuel can last up to 8 hours.
You can make your own using alcohol based hand sanitizer in a clean cat food or tuna can
Don't light a candle in a tent.
Just. don't. do. it.
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Cardboard is great insulation
Tent is 👌 idea.
Wouldn’t it be a good idea to shut the main water valve off to your home then open all of your Fossetts? That way your pipes cannot burst and freeze?
it may freeze outside. harder and more cost repairz
Rocket Small is right, that would make it much worse. Where I live is very cold, I leave a slow drip in my upstairs and downstairs and downstairs bathroom, with a bucket to collect the water so I can use it for other things. That's what they recommend here in Minnesota.
Yes, absolutely! Every one who owns a boat or a second hone in the north knows this. For you southern experts; the water pipes underground are insulated by soil. They will not freeze.
@@jodyjohnsen letting the faucet drip in the house ensures you have a supply of drinking,cooking and washing water.
@@jodyjohnsen it depends on where you are in the South. And what kind of swelling. We don’t have bad winters here in the middle of NC, but our pipes have frozen when I’ve forgotten to leave them dripping
And in Texas, many ppls pipes froze.
Very useful video for Europe this year.
I live in Syracuse New York its always cold here thanks for the info
Moving from your house into your box of cold steel otherwise known as a car is a really bad idea. And when heating up rocks make sure they are not wet beforehand as the things can explode.
I think I move as many mattresses I to the master bedroom as I can, I have 4 kids, they can share beds, double up on quilts, I could probably get 3 single mattresses in there, add in hot water bottles, flannel bedding/pyjamas, I'm sure if these blackouts happen we will be ready for them