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Thank you so much and oh my gosh I forgot about that article! I haven’t seen it yet, because for some reason I don’t get AARP magazine! I’ll have to get a copy of it! Thank you so much for reminding me of that!
Some great ideas Eunice, and good timing - we already had our first weather-related power outage of the season. A good reminder to recharge my battery power banks again, it's been a few months. Living in Canada, I have to admit to a certain "Oh, someone who lives in California thinks it's cold when the power goes out - isn't that cute!" 😅 I grew up with power outages occurring when it was minus 40 degrees outside. And the snow was above my quite tall father's head. For Canadians, preparing for winter power outages is as normal as brushing your teeth. Flexibility is key, since you cannot predict how things will work out once the storm really sets in. (For example, one winter at the farm our well froze over and we couldn't get water to come into the pipes. After trying numerous things, we used an adaptor to plug an electric space heater into the tractor's engine, lowered it on ropes into the well, then took it in turns to hold it there and move it around slightly until we'd broken through the ice.) Also, when the heat goes out and the temperature is well below freezing, opening a tap to a slow trickle and leaving it that way keeps the water moving and prevents the pipes from freezing and exploding. For us, warmth inside starts with layering - silk long undies (top and bottom), silk sock liners, merino wool base layer, wool socks, warm trousers like cords, turtleneck, wool sweater, then a down vest - that gives you extra core warmth while still allowing your arms to move! And a hat - if your head is warm, the rest of you is warm (even when the heat is on, in my drafty century home, I wear a toque to sleep in winter.) Also wool gloves with the fingers cut off for when you need manual dexterity for a chore but still want some warmth on your hands. And cozy throws live draped over the backs of sofas and chairs all winter, for snuggling under when you are not active. I have many of the items you list here, and various others, especially for heat, cooking, and light. One thing I always get in December is a candle Advent calendar. The candles tend to be in glass votive containers, making them safer. I save them for winter power outages, so all my window sills have decorative candles lined up on them. Old glass oil lamps make nice decor, and around September I always make sure they are full, the wicks trimmed, and that they are in working order. There are flashlights and battery lanterns in every room of the house, and at least half a dozen magnetic ones attached to the side of the fridge. I could not agree with you more about the fire blankets, they are fool proof, unlike fire extinguishers. I have several of them and keep them in places like the kitchen and screened porch, which is where I do my outdoor cooking when the weather is inclement. I have a Cobb cooker, which is a great little BBQ/oven that takes very little fuel (charcoal), and with the cover on, it becomes a bake oven. My Vesta (by Instafire) stove/heater works well for heating a small room using only canned heat, which is safe for indoor use and perfect for those situation where you are not allowed to store propane or butane. It works quite well for heat, less well for cooking. Another good cooking option for apartments or other living spaces with little ventilation is a Barocook cooker with fuel packets (they work very much like those hand warmers do.) It will heat cooked food such as tinned stew, and water. Every morning, I boil a kettle and after having my coffee, I fill a thermos jug. That way I don't need to keep boiling the kettle all day, and if the power goes out suddenly, I'm ahead of the game. I use those camping meals too - I keep a Mountain House bucket (12 meals) on the upper shelf of a kitchen cupboard, so very easy to grab if the power is out. I try to reduce garbage as much as possible, but my power outage box does include disposable plates, cups, and cutlery. Who wants to be dealing with dishes during a power outage? I also keep some shelf stable gourmet snacks to enjoy during a power outage. Walmart had all their Christmas stuff on at 75% off last week, including Mountain House beef stick, cheese, and cracker gift packs. I stocked up, since they are shelf stable for several months. Oh yes, one other thing about indoor heat: keeping to one room and hanging blankets/quilts over doorways and windows helps maximize the warmth of whatever heat-producing gizmo you have. Even setting up a normal summer tent inside your living room will make you 10 degrees warmer. Pile everyone in there, use coloured lights, make it a fun adventure. I use those rechargable candles too - I have them set up in various places in the house. Oh, and if you find you need to save your battery and can't use the heated blanket, (my CPAP is my first priority), don't forget about old fashioned bed heating devices like hot water bottles. And don't forget to to keep all your supplies together where you can find them instantly. I use one of those large rolling tool box stacks - it has 4 different sections, each dedicated to a different function. It lives by the side door, so I can grab it easily if the power goes out, but is also ready to deploy if it becomes necessary to evacuate.
Wow! Jen, you are a wealth of information and I love all of your hacks and hints especially the water bottle one because I forgot that you could just fill up a hot water bottle with hot water and keep it in bed with you! I used to live in New England for 16 years so I have experienced my share of power outages from hurricanes, ice, storms, and blizzards! Thank you so much for sharing all your wonderful hacks with all of us💕😊
@@TheoryofSimple Yes, I use a hot water bottle every winter night, even when the power is normal. New England has quite similar conditions to ours. My father and last 2 step mothers lived in MA, so I always heard about the nor'easters as they occurred. In the winter cold, particularly in my drafty old house, I really miss my kotatsu! I pretty much lived underneath mine when I lived in Miyazaki. Wish they were easier to come by in Canada.
@@jenharvey3397 that is so cool that you use those things to keep you warm and I remember my mom telling me about those things that she used to Japan to keep warm when she was a child.
Yes, I really do miss it. It was such a comfort in the cold. Especially in late fall when it was getting dark by the time I got home from the school. It's one of my most evocative memories of my time in Japan: stopping my motor scooter on my way home from school in front of the stand where the guy was BBQing yakotori and ordering. Standing shivering in the dark, watching the circle of reddish yellow light from the lights and banners around the yakitori stand, mouth watering at the heady scent of charcoal with chicken fat dripping onto it. Then finally getting my warm wrapped package, putting it into the basket of the Yamaha, parking the bike and going inside, pouring sake into the gorgeous red and gold tokkuri and placing that in the iron kettle to heat up, changing out of my school clothes into comfy sweats and my thick quilted hanten jacket, then finally turning on the kotatsu, and crawling under the thick quilt to enjoy the heat and my hot dinner. I now own a 2 1/2 story home that could easily fit a family of 4 or more, and have plenty of nice furniture, but nothing can recreate that feeling of absolute warmth and comfort. 2 1/2 decades later, I still miss it immensely. @@TheoryofSimple
Please include a hiking headlamp that you wear on your head . It provides great light that you can walk around with and batteries last a long time. It might be wise to have some spare batteries on hand. I had to use this recently in a short power outage in New Hampshire . It is very helpful and easy to use . Thanks for the great video !
I have a small dome tent that could be taken camping, but I can put it on my bed and that allows me to heat a very small area very easily. When storing water you want to make sure that it's fresh water, that it's clean, and it's best to have it sanitized. Because any bacteria in the water can multiply as it sits and the freshwater you put there today won't be good later. You only need two drops a chlorine bleach per quart of water. And for those that don't like to do the math there is 20 drops per 1 ml, and 30 ml is 1 oz, so a little bit really does go a long way. Also your water storage needs to be something that's meant to be food safe. I keep a few of the Big 5 gallon jugs that are meant to be used in water dispensers, along with individual gallons of water that I bought at the grocery and I have stashed around my house so they don't take up a lot of room. Something to keep in mind though if you're in a prolonged water outage or if you have well water you need to have water to flush the toilet. I keep the plastic jugs that I can get kitty litter in and I mark them so that I know that those are just water for flushing the toilet or washing my hands they are not for drinking but I do treat those as well because you don't want bacteria building. For those city folks who do not normally camp or use alternate fuel sources, you need to make sure to have ventilation when using butane or propane, but know that in rural areas when you see those big tanks sitting in somebody's yard. that's for propane. It's used for cooking and heating water, and heating the house. So you do not have to have a window open when it's 30° out, you just need to make sure you have good air flow so you're not just breathing in the carbon dioxide that comes off of the gas Just like you have the radio with the crank, you can also buy flashlights that have a crank, you can buy just a crank with a USB port on it so that you can hand crank things to charge them. I bought one for my sister-in-law before she moved to Florida and in her first hurricane she was the only one on the block that could charge her phone. And when buying one of those radios make sure it has an NOAA band on it that is a weather band where you get nothing but weather information. That's hugely important when you're dealing with earthquakes or tornadoes or blizzards. I would add a bivy sack. It's essentially a sleeping bag that is made out of that mylar emergency blanket material. That reflects 95% of your body heat. You can get it by itself or you can stick it in your sleeping bag if things are bad enough. That's really important for the elderly who don't generate a lot of heat because they don't have the greatest circulation and aren't ready to get up and do calisthenics to get warm. Last but not least if you do not have money for gear and you are not a camper, save a tuna can and four soup cans, get that large paint screen that you showed everybody and put it over the soup cans, put the tuna can in the center and add an ounce of rubbing alcohol and you now have a camp stove. Also fondue pots work really really well as impromptu camp stoves! Eunice, as always, great video!
Excellent ideas and masterful as well! Thank you so much for sharing your vast knowledge with us and helping all of us being prepared! Thank you so much for sharing with us!!!💕♥️😊🙏
Thanks for all the ideas. When I was a kid, I slept with one of those foil blankets on my bed under my sheet. It made a crinkling noise but I got used to it (my parents grew up during the Depression, and we kept our house cool at night). I have used the windshield sun blocking mats from the dollar store as seat warmers for my 20-year-old car, and I have cut out pieces of those (or insul-bright that you use to sew potholders) to put inside my boots and shoes as insulating layers to keep my feet warm. Also, keeping one's head and neck warm helps retain heat. Scarves and hats are great. :)
Great ideas for when you need to keep warm during an emergency! When I was camping a couple of summers ago and I wanted to sleep out in my hammock I used my reflect car window insulators and put them in my hammock to help keep me warm! Necessity is the motherhood of invention💕😊
Thank you! I love traveling, but there are so many other things that I want to share with you guys so that’s where my channel is how it is just doing other things beyond travel hack videos! 🙏💕😊
So excited to see you back from the holiday break! This video took an impressive amount of planning and prep - wow! Thank you for all you do here, not only to make things fun but to keep us safe. Your list is so complete. I'm thinking that fire blankets would be a great gift for family next year! I would also add that a simple hot water bottle will help make you comfortable and heat your bed if needed. It may sound crazy but I travel with one, as my internal temp runs cold and I can't go to sleep if I'm too chilled. I take a hot water bottle, electric heating pad (won't help if the electricity's out, but can help if you're freezing), and hand warmers to use when I'm just too cold. I have family members that keep their AC at 64 at night! 🥶
Thank you so so much and really appreciate, mentioning the hot water bottle because that’s an old-time remedy. That’s tried and true.! You can also use that hot water bottle in the summer for ice if you get hot or you need to put it on some sort of injury so a great thing to have! If you don’t have a water bottle, I can’t find when you can also use these new silicone Ziploc food bags, and I use those all the time for hot and cold! ♥️🙏😊
Awesome information. I recently bought some individual beef bone broth packets at Costco, these are great for travel & emergency. Thank you Eunice & other commenters.
I love all your videos and ideas. I hope to finish buying all your emergency preparedness recommendations this year, as well as continue to give some for gifts. Thank you as usual for your wisdom. I have solar pillar lights that I leave in my windowsills year round (I have 12). That way they provide ambient lighting, are always ready to go and never need electricity or batteries. I only use beeswax candles because there are no air quality issues or drips. I have the UCO candle lantern and the 20 pack beeswax emergency candle refills (watch for sales because right now they’re about double what I paid.) I have beeswax tealights/holders in every room as part of my minimal/functional decor. Candles do provide another advantage and that is a little heat, and possibly warming up food. Another thing I bought and gave last year were 4-in-1 emergency shutoff tools. Yes, we all have normal tools that could work, but rarely are they ready to go at the site and/or strong enough for the valves in an emergency. Lastly, I upgraded our emergency blankets to Don’t Die in the Woods because they come in their own bag and are so much bigger and better sized for adults. I love hearing everyone’s ideas and I’m taking notes and adding them to my wish list!💕
Thank you so much for sharing those things and I definitely want to get those foreign One tools and I’m gonna look up that don’t die in the woods blanket! That might be great for putting in the car for winter! Truly appreciate your feedback and for sharing your insight! Now that I have my own beehive, I’m going to be making my own beeswax candles, so that I’ll have something safe to burn in the house🙏💕😊
Another great video Eunice! So many products I look forward to purchasing. Thank you for always sharing your great finds, ideas, helpful, informative, creative, videos. Your voice brings a sense of calm on it’s own. The editing and camera angles and clarity are great. Take care❤
Thank you so much! I really appreciate when someone couldn’t understand how much work it takes to put together a video! I love making this content and finding new gadgets and ways to help you guys out, so it’s always a pleasure for me to do these videos💕😊
You do such a thoruogh and thoughtful job. I go on trips camping in my van and several things you shared were new to me and might be could for my trips as well as emergencies. Happy New Year!1
Я использовала бутылку с горячей водой в родильном доме. Малыш родился зимой, в родильном доме было очень тепло, но у него постоянно мерзли ножки. Носки ему не подошли. Пластиковая бутылка с горячей водой очень помогла❤
❤❤❤ Another great video! I have preset a reminder on my phone and Alexa to check/charge all my emergengy devices to include my Anker car battery charger (also does triple duty and EASY to use) every 3 months. Super enjoy your channel...Happy New Year to you and yours! 🎉
That is a great tip! I have to take my battery charger out of my car and make sure it’s charged up to especially in these winter months but I love having the reminder on your phone to get you to get up and get your stuff checked out💕😊 Thank you so much for sharing.😊
Eunice, one thing I do is stock up on those cheap little food warmer candles. I place a couple of them on a baking dish, put it in the stove oven with another rack closely above it with a dish and use it to heat water, soups, dehydrated foods, etc, Be sure the oven door is open a little bit for air intake. A few years ago, during an ice storm all my neighbors visited because I was the only one in the cul-de-sac who could make coffee. You can also heat an enclosed room by lighting several candles at the same time, just be sure they aren't on an flammable surface, and you have a carbon monoxide detector. I have also used them in a fireplace grate with a cooking pot above them or to start a fire if wood is available. Another item I keep on hand is Sterno. A can of Sterno willl go a long way in heating and cooking. Also, I keep the long, BBQ lighters & kitchen matches on hand. Candles & Sterno won't help if you can't light them. Love watching your videos with great tips & I always take something away from them.
Thank you so much for sharing that with us, and I do agree keeping a can of sterno is a great thing to have! I also love your idea about the candles on a baking sheet to heat things like coffee because of nothing else you can at least get some hot water keep food warm! Thank you so much for sharing your experience with us💕😊
Great video! Watching it mid October 2024..good time to get orgsnizex here in Ontario, Canada, still enjoying temps in 40 to 50s at night & daytime 60 & 70...for another week
I looked up fire blanket as I was quite interested read reviews on Amazon, seems the blanket will shed fiber glass into the skin. So I’m hesitant about this. Otherwise terrific video as always videos are so professional informative and entertaining Thumbs up
Yeah, I think that’s what makes it fire retardant, and if I had my choice between getting some fiberglass on my skin and having my house burned down, I would choose the fiberglass on my skin😊 I don’t know if they make another one with another type of material that’s not asbestos that can help put a fire out but if there is, I’ll find it😉💕
Love love these gadget videos Eunice⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐. Thanks so much for sharing. I need to get an emergency bag put together, my items are scattered here and there🙈
Thank you so much and I’m always looking for new gadgets to bring to you guys! Yes, I use a large rolling duffel to keep everything together so if I had to throw it into a car and evacuate, I could. I didn’t show that on this video because it was more about sheltering in place but I do have another video on that.💕😊
I personally have had this water in there for three years and my feeling on that is I could always boil it or put some aqua tabs in it if I felt it wasn’t great. But I don’t honestly know the answer of how long it could remain in there. I guess to be safe maybe you could dump it out and refill it every year. Since no air is getting in there and it’s sterile when you buy it I would think it would last a while but that’s a great question😊💕
Love your vids. Getting ready for winter and checking gear. Winter always make me panic and buy wool blankets ans other supplies...think it's because it's in my dna....I'm eskimo. lol Though I do love fall and soup season. When all the girls pull out their cute flannels and I in mine, look like I've misplaced my axe...lol Oh I forgot to say, I took my Dad'sold really cool flashlights and converted them to brite LED light bulbs. I also took his cool old railroad type flashlight and made it a 4 D cell adapter not a giant square battery. More likely to use it. Looks like something out of Flash Gordon...lol I have to buy some more battery banks, been thinking of rechargeable AA, AAA and D batteries. A reusable hand warmer set, the kind you just boil and it resets. I need a few more battery banks. Was thinking of building a solar generator system from Desert Prep channel, built on a dolly. I find myself more worried about this winter, I have a feeling it will be "Fiery but most peaceful..."
@@NothingToNoOneInParticular thank you so much and I think it’s really cool. You were able to switch out your dad’s old flashlight with LED lights. what a great way to keep him with you and still be able to have lights that last a long time💕😊
@@TheoryofSimple I'd like to suggest a vid. I prep in banker boxes...lol I keep one filled with all the stuff for cold/flu. Tissues, cold/flu and cough meds, cup of soups, miso soup bags by Kikkoman, cocoa, Bear valley big soups, Vick's, zinc cough drops and all comfort items so I don't need to go to the store when sick. I just get into the box and get through being ill. I do mitigate getting sick by taking L-lysine, which mitigates viruses like being around kids and I've never had 19 because I take HCQ for RA and zinc everyday. HCQ is a zinc ionophore. It opens cells to let the zinc in and zap it. The dolar tree has great magnetic horse foot print flash lights I use on tp the fridge and bathroom cabinet for room lighting. I have a metric ton of aa and aaa batteries for this, so I don't have to use so much power draw on my big oupes solar battery. Love the Battery Daddy for battery storage! I do plan on getting rechargeable batteries so I can use the oupes in a longer power outage.
@ I agree with you on the supplements and I take lysine every single day as well as zinc. I do believe these things help with managing virus replication plus it’s also good for college and production. I think I’m gonna have to do a video sometime on my other channel on supplements of things I do to stay healthy, especially as a senior.😊
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Thank you so much and oh my gosh I forgot about that article! I haven’t seen it yet, because for some reason I don’t get AARP magazine! I’ll have to get a copy of it! Thank you so much for reminding me of that!
Some great ideas Eunice, and good timing - we already had our first weather-related power outage of the season. A good reminder to recharge my battery power banks again, it's been a few months. Living in Canada, I have to admit to a certain "Oh, someone who lives in California thinks it's cold when the power goes out - isn't that cute!" 😅 I grew up with power outages occurring when it was minus 40 degrees outside. And the snow was above my quite tall father's head. For Canadians, preparing for winter power outages is as normal as brushing your teeth. Flexibility is key, since you cannot predict how things will work out once the storm really sets in. (For example, one winter at the farm our well froze over and we couldn't get water to come into the pipes. After trying numerous things, we used an adaptor to plug an electric space heater into the tractor's engine, lowered it on ropes into the well, then took it in turns to hold it there and move it around slightly until we'd broken through the ice.) Also, when the heat goes out and the temperature is well below freezing, opening a tap to a slow trickle and leaving it that way keeps the water moving and prevents the pipes from freezing and exploding. For us, warmth inside starts with layering - silk long undies (top and bottom), silk sock liners, merino wool base layer, wool socks, warm trousers like cords, turtleneck, wool sweater, then a down vest - that gives you extra core warmth while still allowing your arms to move! And a hat - if your head is warm, the rest of you is warm (even when the heat is on, in my drafty century home, I wear a toque to sleep in winter.) Also wool gloves with the fingers cut off for when you need manual dexterity for a chore but still want some warmth on your hands. And cozy throws live draped over the backs of sofas and chairs all winter, for snuggling under when you are not active. I have many of the items you list here, and various others, especially for heat, cooking, and light. One thing I always get in December is a candle Advent calendar. The candles tend to be in glass votive containers, making them safer. I save them for winter power outages, so all my window sills have decorative candles lined up on them. Old glass oil lamps make nice decor, and around September I always make sure they are full, the wicks trimmed, and that they are in working order. There are flashlights and battery lanterns in every room of the house, and at least half a dozen magnetic ones attached to the side of the fridge. I could not agree with you more about the fire blankets, they are fool proof, unlike fire extinguishers. I have several of them and keep them in places like the kitchen and screened porch, which is where I do my outdoor cooking when the weather is inclement. I have a Cobb cooker, which is a great little BBQ/oven that takes very little fuel (charcoal), and with the cover on, it becomes a bake oven. My Vesta (by Instafire) stove/heater works well for heating a small room using only canned heat, which is safe for indoor use and perfect for those situation where you are not allowed to store propane or butane. It works quite well for heat, less well for cooking. Another good cooking option for apartments or other living spaces with little ventilation is a Barocook cooker with fuel packets (they work very much like those hand warmers do.) It will heat cooked food such as tinned stew, and water. Every morning, I boil a kettle and after having my coffee, I fill a thermos jug. That way I don't need to keep boiling the kettle all day, and if the power goes out suddenly, I'm ahead of the game. I use those camping meals too - I keep a Mountain House bucket (12 meals) on the upper shelf of a kitchen cupboard, so very easy to grab if the power is out. I try to reduce garbage as much as possible, but my power outage box does include disposable plates, cups, and cutlery. Who wants to be dealing with dishes during a power outage? I also keep some shelf stable gourmet snacks to enjoy during a power outage. Walmart had all their Christmas stuff on at 75% off last week, including Mountain House beef stick, cheese, and cracker gift packs. I stocked up, since they are shelf stable for several months. Oh yes, one other thing about indoor heat: keeping to one room and hanging blankets/quilts over doorways and windows helps maximize the warmth of whatever heat-producing gizmo you have. Even setting up a normal summer tent inside your living room will make you 10 degrees warmer. Pile everyone in there, use coloured lights, make it a fun adventure. I use those rechargable candles too - I have them set up in various places in the house. Oh, and if you find you need to save your battery and can't use the heated blanket, (my CPAP is my first priority), don't forget about old fashioned bed heating devices like hot water bottles. And don't forget to to keep all your supplies together where you can find them instantly. I use one of those large rolling tool box stacks - it has 4 different sections, each dedicated to a different function. It lives by the side door, so I can grab it easily if the power goes out, but is also ready to deploy if it becomes necessary to evacuate.
Wow! Jen, you are a wealth of information and I love all of your hacks and hints especially the water bottle one because I forgot that you could just fill up a hot water bottle with hot water and keep it in bed with you! I used to live in New England for 16 years so I have experienced my share of power outages from hurricanes, ice, storms, and blizzards! Thank you so much for sharing all your wonderful hacks with all of us💕😊
@@TheoryofSimple Yes, I use a hot water bottle every winter night, even when the power is normal. New England has quite similar conditions to ours. My father and last 2 step mothers lived in MA, so I always heard about the nor'easters as they occurred. In the winter cold, particularly in my drafty old house, I really miss my kotatsu! I pretty much lived underneath mine when I lived in Miyazaki. Wish they were easier to come by in Canada.
@@jenharvey3397 that is so cool that you use those things to keep you warm and I remember my mom telling me about those things that she used to Japan to keep warm when she was a child.
Yes, I really do miss it. It was such a comfort in the cold. Especially in late fall when it was getting dark by the time I got home from the school. It's one of my most evocative memories of my time in Japan: stopping my motor scooter on my way home from school in front of the stand where the guy was BBQing yakotori and ordering. Standing shivering in the dark, watching the circle of reddish yellow light from the lights and banners around the yakitori stand, mouth watering at the heady scent of charcoal with chicken fat dripping onto it. Then finally getting my warm wrapped package, putting it into the basket of the Yamaha, parking the bike and going inside, pouring sake into the gorgeous red and gold tokkuri and placing that in the iron kettle to heat up, changing out of my school clothes into comfy sweats and my thick quilted hanten jacket, then finally turning on the kotatsu, and crawling under the thick quilt to enjoy the heat and my hot dinner. I now own a 2 1/2 story home that could easily fit a family of 4 or more, and have plenty of nice furniture, but nothing can recreate that feeling of absolute warmth and comfort. 2 1/2 decades later, I still miss it immensely.
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Please include a hiking headlamp that you wear on your head . It provides great light that you can walk around with and batteries last a long time. It might be wise to have some spare batteries on hand. I had to use this recently in a short power outage in New Hampshire . It is very helpful and easy to use . Thanks for the great video !
Yes! I always have a headlamp! One in my car, my emergency kit and in my bedroom! Thank you for the reminder! 😊💕
My son just bought us the fire blankets as a gift! We heat with wood so we put one there and put one by the stove! Great idea!!
What a great gift! I think it’s so much more useful than a fire extinguisher and I’m so glad that your son thought of you and got you one! ♥️
I have a small dome tent that could be taken camping, but I can put it on my bed and that allows me to heat a very small area very easily.
When storing water you want to make sure that it's fresh water, that it's clean, and it's best to have it sanitized. Because any bacteria in the water can multiply as it sits and the freshwater you put there today won't be good later. You only need two drops a chlorine bleach per quart of water. And for those that don't like to do the math there is 20 drops per 1 ml, and 30 ml is 1 oz, so a little bit really does go a long way. Also your water storage needs to be something that's meant to be food safe. I keep a few of the Big 5 gallon jugs that are meant to be used in water dispensers, along with individual gallons of water that I bought at the grocery and I have stashed around my house so they don't take up a lot of room. Something to keep in mind though if you're in a prolonged water outage or if you have well water you need to have water to flush the toilet. I keep the plastic jugs that I can get kitty litter in and I mark them so that I know that those are just water for flushing the toilet or washing my hands they are not for drinking but I do treat those as well because you don't want bacteria building.
For those city folks who do not normally camp or use alternate fuel sources, you need to make sure to have ventilation when using butane or propane, but know that in rural areas when you see those big tanks sitting in somebody's yard. that's for propane. It's used for cooking and heating water, and heating the house. So you do not have to have a window open when it's 30° out, you just need to make sure you have good air flow so you're not just breathing in the carbon dioxide that comes off of the gas
Just like you have the radio with the crank, you can also buy flashlights that have a crank, you can buy just a crank with a USB port on it so that you can hand crank things to charge them. I bought one for my sister-in-law before she moved to Florida and in her first hurricane she was the only one on the block that could charge her phone. And when buying one of those radios make sure it has an NOAA band on it that is a weather band where you get nothing but weather information. That's hugely important when you're dealing with earthquakes or tornadoes or blizzards.
I would add a bivy sack. It's essentially a sleeping bag that is made out of that mylar emergency blanket material. That reflects 95% of your body heat. You can get it by itself or you can stick it in your sleeping bag if things are bad enough. That's really important for the elderly who don't generate a lot of heat because they don't have the greatest circulation and aren't ready to get up and do calisthenics to get warm.
Last but not least if you do not have money for gear and you are not a camper, save a tuna can and four soup cans, get that large paint screen that you showed everybody and put it over the soup cans, put the tuna can in the center and add an ounce of rubbing alcohol and you now have a camp stove. Also fondue pots work really really well as impromptu camp stoves!
Eunice, as always, great video!
Excellent ideas and masterful as well! Thank you so much for sharing your vast knowledge with us and helping all of us being prepared! Thank you so much for sharing with us!!!💕♥️😊🙏
Thanks for all the ideas. When I was a kid, I slept with one of those foil blankets on my bed under my sheet. It made a crinkling noise but I got used to it (my parents grew up during the Depression, and we kept our house cool at night). I have used the windshield sun blocking mats from the dollar store as seat warmers for my 20-year-old car, and I have cut out pieces of those (or insul-bright that you use to sew potholders) to put inside my boots and shoes as insulating layers to keep my feet warm. Also, keeping one's head and neck warm helps retain heat. Scarves and hats are great. :)
Great ideas for when you need to keep warm during an emergency! When I was camping a couple of summers ago and I wanted to sleep out in my hammock I used my reflect car window insulators and put them in my hammock to help keep me warm! Necessity is the motherhood of invention💕😊
I always appreciate your very helpful, real-life tips! Not just for travel but for everyday living too. 👍🏼❤️🌹
Thank you! I love traveling, but there are so many other things that I want to share with you guys so that’s where my channel is how it is just doing other things beyond travel hack videos! 🙏💕😊
So excited to see you back from the holiday break! This video took an impressive amount of planning and prep - wow! Thank you for all you do here, not only to make things fun but to keep us safe. Your list is so complete. I'm thinking that fire blankets would be a great gift for family next year! I would also add that a simple hot water bottle will help make you comfortable and heat your bed if needed. It may sound crazy but I travel with one, as my internal temp runs cold and I can't go to sleep if I'm too chilled. I take a hot water bottle, electric heating pad (won't help if the electricity's out, but can help if you're freezing), and hand warmers to use when I'm just too cold. I have family members that keep their AC at 64 at night! 🥶
Thank you so so much and really appreciate, mentioning the hot water bottle because that’s an old-time remedy. That’s tried and true.! You can also use that hot water bottle in the summer for ice if you get hot or you need to put it on some sort of injury so a great thing to have! If you don’t have a water bottle, I can’t find when you can also use these new silicone Ziploc food bags, and I use those all the time for hot and cold! ♥️🙏😊
You did it, again! Such a well done, informative and thorough video, Eunice! ❤
Thank you! 💕😊 I’m so glad I checked out these things because a couple of things weren’t working. 😊
Awesome information. I recently bought some individual beef bone broth packets at Costco, these are great for travel & emergency. Thank you Eunice & other commenters.
I love those beef broth packets for traveling! Especially in the winter when you just want something warm and salty. They are perfect.💕😊
I love all your videos and ideas. I hope to finish buying all your emergency preparedness recommendations this year, as well as continue to give some for gifts. Thank you as usual for your wisdom.
I have solar pillar lights that I leave in my windowsills year round (I have 12). That way they provide ambient lighting, are always ready to go and never need electricity or batteries.
I only use beeswax candles because there are no air quality issues or drips. I have the UCO candle lantern and the 20 pack beeswax emergency candle refills (watch for sales because right now they’re about double what I paid.) I have beeswax tealights/holders in every room as part of my minimal/functional decor. Candles do provide another advantage and that is a little heat, and possibly warming up food.
Another thing I bought and gave last year were 4-in-1 emergency shutoff tools. Yes, we all have normal tools that could work, but rarely are they ready to go at the site and/or strong enough for the valves in an emergency.
Lastly, I upgraded our emergency blankets to Don’t Die in the Woods because they come in their own bag and are so much bigger and better sized for adults.
I love hearing everyone’s ideas and I’m taking notes and adding them to my wish list!💕
Thank you so much for sharing those things and I definitely want to get those foreign One tools and I’m gonna look up that don’t die in the woods blanket! That might be great for putting in the car for winter! Truly appreciate your feedback and for sharing your insight! Now that I have my own beehive, I’m going to be making my own beeswax candles, so that I’ll have something safe to burn in the house🙏💕😊
As always, some great ideas here! I’ve added several items to my Amazon cart. Thank you, Eunice!
Thank you so much, Beth!! Truly appreciate your support, and I’m so happy you’re getting some great hacks and gadgets from my videos💕😊
Thank you for the reminder and for some awesome ideas 💡 as well. Take care, always glad to see your videos, they are very informative.
Thank you and I’m so happy you’re getting prepared especially with all of the storms coming around! 😊💕
Beautifully presented 👍 I live on the road in a camper and beside my hot water bottle, my cats keep me warm 😁
Thank you! Cats are good warmers!
Another great video Eunice! So many products I look forward to purchasing. Thank you for always sharing your great finds, ideas, helpful, informative, creative, videos. Your voice brings a sense of calm on it’s own. The editing and camera angles and clarity are great. Take care❤
Thank you so much! I really appreciate when someone couldn’t understand how much work it takes to put together a video! I love making this content and finding new gadgets and ways to help you guys out, so it’s always a pleasure for me to do these videos💕😊
You do such a thoruogh and thoughtful job. I go on trips camping in my van and several things you shared were new to me and might be could for my trips as well as emergencies. Happy New Year!1
I’m so Happy you got done great info from this video! Thank you! Hire you have many great camping adventures and health in the new year😊💕
Great ideas! Thank you for this reminder to be prepared. You look lovely…as always!
Thank you so much and I’m so glad you are being prepared for a winter emergency! 💕😊
Where do I find the video on your pink emergency bag. In case you have to evacuate you home
You can find that video link in the description of this video or you can find it in my emergency prep playlist on my channel😊
Я использовала бутылку с горячей водой в родильном доме. Малыш родился зимой, в родильном доме было очень тепло, но у него постоянно мерзли ножки. Носки ему не подошли. Пластиковая бутылка с горячей водой очень помогла❤
Great ideas!
Thank you 💕😊
❤❤❤ Another great video! I have preset a reminder on my phone and Alexa to check/charge all my emergengy devices to include my Anker car battery charger (also does triple duty and EASY to use) every 3 months. Super enjoy your channel...Happy New Year to you and yours! 🎉
That is a great tip! I have to take my battery charger out of my car and make sure it’s charged up to especially in these winter months but I love having the reminder on your phone to get you to get up and get your stuff checked out💕😊 Thank you so much for sharing.😊
Great video 👍🏼 Thanks for all the tips and tricks.❤
Thank you, Noemi💕😊
Another great gadgets video. Thanks Eunice 😊
You’re welcome my gadget friend💕😊 thank you 🙏
Eunice, one thing I do is stock up on those cheap little food warmer candles. I place a couple of them on a baking dish, put it in the stove oven with another rack closely above it with a dish and use it to heat water, soups, dehydrated foods, etc, Be sure the oven door is open a little bit for air intake. A few years ago, during an ice storm all my neighbors visited because I was the only one in the cul-de-sac who could make coffee. You can also heat an enclosed room by lighting several candles at the same time, just be sure they aren't on an flammable surface, and you have a carbon monoxide detector. I have also used them in a fireplace grate with a cooking pot above them or to start a fire if wood is available. Another item I keep on hand is Sterno. A can of Sterno willl go a long way in heating and cooking. Also, I keep the long, BBQ lighters & kitchen matches on hand. Candles & Sterno won't help if you can't light them. Love watching your videos with great tips & I always take something away from them.
Thank you so much for sharing that with us, and I do agree keeping a can of sterno is a great thing to have! I also love your idea about the candles on a baking sheet to heat things like coffee because of nothing else you can at least get some hot water keep food warm! Thank you so much for sharing your experience with us💕😊
Thank you so much for sharing this. Very helpful.
You’re very welcome and thank you so much for letting me know you enjoyed this video💕😊
Great timing for the East Coast! Thank you!
I’ve been thinking about you guys on the East Coast because I’m heading there next week! Stay safe and warm🙏💕
It’s snowing now! ❄️❄️❄️🌨️Safe travels 😃
@@debs77777 thanks and stay safe!💕
This was super helpful, thank you so much!! 💯👍🙏
@@leslovesliberty1776 my pleasure! Happy to help you prepare for winter emergency!😊🙏
Great video! Watching it mid October 2024..good time to get orgsnizex here in Ontario, Canada, still enjoying temps in 40 to 50s at night & daytime 60 & 70...for another week
@@emmaderuiter5192 thank you! Great time to get prepared in case! It dropped to 35 degrees at my parents house in the mountains the other night! 🥶
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You are very welcome💕😊
I looked up fire blanket as I was quite interested read reviews on Amazon, seems the blanket will shed fiber glass into the skin.
So I’m hesitant about this. Otherwise terrific video as always videos are so professional informative and entertaining
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Yeah, I think that’s what makes it fire retardant, and if I had my choice between getting some fiberglass on my skin and having my house burned down, I would choose the fiberglass on my skin😊 I don’t know if they make another one with another type of material that’s not asbestos that can help put a fire out but if there is, I’ll find it😉💕
Love love these gadget videos Eunice⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐. Thanks so much for sharing. I need to get an emergency bag put together, my items are scattered here and there🙈
Thank you so much and I’m always looking for new gadgets to bring to you guys! Yes, I use a large rolling duffel to keep everything together so if I had to throw it into a car and evacuate, I could. I didn’t show that on this video because it was more about sheltering in place but I do have another video on that.💕😊
@@TheoryofSimple I need to see that one whenever you can post it👍😉♥️
@@becs7117 this video is in my emergency prep playlist!😊
I want to be just like you when I grow up. Unfortunately, I think we are about the same age😊
Lol! You could do it and we could be twins🤣💕
GREAT Info. Thank you.
@@AmberGarrett-py6ry you are very welcome 💕😊 thank you 🙏
How long would the water store for before you need to use and refill.
I personally have had this water in there for three years and my feeling on that is I could always boil it or put some aqua tabs in it if I felt it wasn’t great. But I don’t honestly know the answer of how long it could remain in there. I guess to be safe maybe you could dump it out and refill it every year. Since no air is getting in there and it’s sterile when you buy it I would think it would last a while but that’s a great question😊💕
Love your vids. Getting ready for winter and checking gear. Winter always make me panic and buy wool blankets ans other supplies...think it's because it's in my dna....I'm eskimo. lol Though I do love fall and soup season. When all the girls pull out their cute flannels and I in mine, look like I've misplaced my axe...lol
Oh I forgot to say, I took my Dad'sold really cool flashlights and converted them to brite LED light bulbs. I also took his cool old railroad type flashlight and made it a 4 D cell adapter not a giant square battery. More likely to use it. Looks like something out of Flash Gordon...lol
I have to buy some more battery banks, been thinking of rechargeable AA, AAA and D batteries. A reusable hand warmer set, the kind you just boil and it resets. I need a few more battery banks. Was thinking of building a solar generator system from Desert Prep channel, built on a dolly.
I find myself more worried about this winter, I have a feeling it will be "Fiery but most peaceful..."
@@NothingToNoOneInParticular thank you so much and I think it’s really cool. You were able to switch out your dad’s old flashlight with LED lights. what a great way to keep him with you and still be able to have lights that last a long time💕😊
@@TheoryofSimple I'd like to suggest a vid. I prep in banker boxes...lol I keep one filled with all the stuff for cold/flu. Tissues, cold/flu and cough meds, cup of soups, miso soup bags by Kikkoman, cocoa, Bear valley big soups, Vick's, zinc cough drops and all comfort items so I don't need to go to the store when sick. I just get into the box and get through being ill.
I do mitigate getting sick by taking L-lysine, which mitigates viruses like being around kids and I've never had 19 because I take HCQ for RA and zinc everyday. HCQ is a zinc ionophore. It opens cells to let the zinc in and zap it.
The dolar tree has great magnetic horse foot print flash lights I use on tp the fridge and bathroom cabinet for room lighting. I have a metric ton of aa and aaa batteries for this, so I don't have to use so much power draw on my big oupes solar battery. Love the Battery Daddy for battery storage! I do plan on getting rechargeable batteries so I can use the oupes in a longer power outage.
@ I agree with you on the supplements and I take lysine every single day as well as zinc. I do believe these things help with managing virus replication plus it’s also good for college and production. I think I’m gonna have to do a video sometime on my other channel on supplements of things I do to stay healthy, especially as a senior.😊
Thank you!!! Love your channel!
Thank you so much and I am so thankful for your following and feedback♥️
Great video! I need to go buy some gadgets.
🤣😂 thank you so much and I hope you get some great gadgets that keep you warm and safe during an emergency💕😊
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