DAY 1 - WINTER POWER OUTAGE 2023

When the snow starts to fall and the lights start to flicker it usually only means one thing. Sure enough, the power went out... for over a day so far. In this video we settle in to ride the power outage out, sharing a few tips and tricks along the way. How long will it last, and will we make it? Enjoy the show!
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[@PapaPepper]

About 39 hours so far, still no power.....

[@armidaperez5360]

Thankfully there are enough of you to eat up refrigerator food quickly and you can recharge freezers every 24-36 hours fire wood to keep you warm lots of 🙏💞going your way...

[@gregganderson1454]

Wow. Have you received any updates as to when it might be restored from the powers that be?

[@amy3458]

Yes, BE WISE. Keep Oil in your lamps, dear friends! ❤️

[@SimplyJanHomestead]

The great thing about the cold weather is we can put the food outside to keep it frozen. Definitely need to have extra lamp oil. One thing I know is that you will all be fine! You are prepared! Blessings!

[@GoodTimesHomestead]

Yep. We still have things on the patio. Haven’t put things back in the fridge yet 😂😊

[@nancygrogan6082]

People have been heating their homes and caves since the beginning of time. Moma Pepper gets more beautiful every day. You go, girl.

[@peggynorton5535]

I always made a big pot of homemade veg beef soup with cornbread when we were expecting a storm. We could reheat on the woodstove. Good food, heat and safe at home.

[@corabankston2244]

Lived in Amarillo, tx out 14 miles e. On county rd. No electricity for 6 day. Snowed 13 in. Took them 3 days to get to us. Had been prepared for it. Firewood, camp stove. Camp water bottles for hot water quick showers. Snow melted for toliet,toilets,, lanters. Mattress on floor. Doors all closed off but where we were. Food out of freezer onto trampoline in thick bags. Didn't think back then about animals getting frozen food. Medical supplies. Try to stay calm and to chill out lol. Stay warm

[@JB43186]

You’ve done a great job of preparing and putting a positive spin on a tough situation!!! Nice job, Pepper family!!!

[@ouachitamountainliving]

Mine was off 35 hours,came back on a few hours ago. I was prepared, but could have done better.We all need a wake up call now and then.

[@1994abbygirl]

I bought several solar lights at Dollar Tree, drilled holes in a board and just use the upper half of the solar light and put in holes. Everyday I put it in the sun and have a great light source. No fire danger. You could use some of your cedar post cut down and put the solar light in the top. Attach several to a board and make it more decorative! I plan on making several for every room in the house!

[@Syncere4YAH]

Me and my youngest son were just moments ago talking about having oil in your lamp☝️

[@tammysmith2837]

I remember those days living in the country, I live in town now so I don't have to worry about water or flushing the toilet 🚽 I have extra blankets if the power does go out. I think we're done with the storm but it's still windy out there. I'm officially done with the snow ❄️ lol. TAMMY OUT 💜🐸

[@ozarkarky]

I was out about half the day with a chainsaw for the trees that had fell on the road and dragging them off so the power company trucks could get down the road to restore the electric service. Luckily we were out for only about 18 hours. Hope you get service restored soon.

[@carlafawcett6494]

Fun times for the kids to learn what it was like : ) Is mama pepper excited to plant her garden this year ? I am excited to plant along with you

[@kaylajones2376]

The kids don't even realize how much the skills they've learned will help them as adults. We have property in VA. We were out of power for a week. Our neighbors were city people. I didn't realize how much they learned from us as we pulled out stuff to distribute in the neighborhood. I made a list of storm supplies and prep. I come from farm country and it's second nature to just shift gears to be ready. That legacy had a huge impact on the neighborhood and they're teaching others. Who knew? ❤️

[@betsyb.1619]

Always had camping gear to fall back on. Oil lamps help lots by throwing heat. If power was out for days the kids used huddle up in bed with me. They stayed warm. Praying for you guys to get the power back on

[@sherryl817]

We have tons of those candles from dollar tree...back when they were still a dollar ☺️

[@michaelmueller4946]

Any open flame auxiliary heat source needs to have fresh air vented in. Every once in awhile open a door and vent out the methane. May GOD bless your journey brother.

[@reclypes6296]

I've tried fermenting celery and I didn't like the outcome either. Carrots though, they are my favorite. I'm actually trying store bought fermented veggies. I'm excited for the cauliflower. This storm was suppose to bring up to 10 inches and we only got 2. Looks like it hit you guys instead. That is a whole lot of shoes!

[@armidaperez5360]

We we without power for 18 hours SCE power company told us keep fridge doors closed 24 hours and food will be fine..yes it was even milk inside when power went on temp was normal for food...

[@pattigsbh4392]

Forced to live off grid is great practice. My kids loved it when our power went out when they were little. Got to pretend like little House in the Prairie 😉 Be wise to keep oil in your lamps, AMEN! Glad y'all were prepared and survived well❤🙏

[@ericjohnson1008]

Glad y'all have the wisdom and knowledge for when things go wrong. Y'all got this. Hopefully y'all will be getting power back soon.

[@jmarie9801]

It is an inconvenience for sure, but as your neighbor said it is great to have some dry runs. Awesome that you were prepared. Take care and prayers to Yah for a quick response to get the electricity back on.

[@MrMaticulous]

hopefuly u guys get power soon enough, before i leave this comment hopefully. great thing u are prepared for things like this!

[@MynewTennesseeHome]

Good test...I have to bucket water too if pump is out. My stove and heat is propane RV type not hooked to grid. As far as sledding, we used to grab some heavy cardboard, you had to change them out frequently but hey...lol

[@lapetitemaison4219]

I think after the Derecho in Iowa a few years back, we went without power a couple of days. Out in Eastern Iowa they went alot longer. We had alot of peanut butter sandwiches, canned meat and canned pasta (unheated of course) and chips. Not the healthiest, but we survived. Lived in the city in a townhouse so we'd run to the next town over to get a large cup of coffee for morning. Hope your power kicks back on soon! Is a nice diversion to eat in the dark, talk and avoid all the electrical techy things once in awhile.

[@ericjohnson1008]

Glad y'all are warm and safe.

[@BigDreamsTinyBudget]

That looks like a toaster oven to me! :D

[@cekfraun]

Your family did well managing things during the power outage. I hope your power is restored soon. We had a snow and ice storm last Monday here in Maine. Lost power for most of Monday and Tuesday. I had just made a huge batch of homemade chicken vegetable soup the day before and didn't want it to spoil, so I put it in a cooler and packed snow all around it, along with some other perishables from the fridge. That worked amazingly well. I kept the freezer closed and was amazed to find everything still frozen when the power finally came back on almost two days later! But I must say, I did a LOT of thinking during that time about what life would be like and how I would manage if the grid goes down long term. I rely way too much on electricity.

[@brittanysue7465]

Just found you & I have to say we love the kids and the family. We too homestead live off the land.!!! We milk are goats fix and grow our own. Kids have to help as well, best thing they think it's fun. But we're teaching them for life. We need more ppl to understand the importance

[@GoodTimesHomestead]

Yep it was pretty “fun” being off grid for a few days over here by the Buffalo River. We got our power back last night.

[@judiehavard4903]

All the condiments will be fine even without refrigeration.

[@jenny9545horse]

Nice video ❤️👍🏼

[@greenergrasshomestead8822]

I've read possibly 10 am tomorrow, also by Feb 1..For Entergy.

[@judiehavard4903]

Here after a storm our power will usually be out for 2 weeks. So thats what I prep for.

[@denisewilson8367]

Those are some expensive shoes. Whoever can wear those will be styling! Clothes are always useful too.

[@denisewilson8367]

I would have helped Momma Pepper safeguard the ice cream too. One of my downfalls, LOL. Boiling the eggs will help them stay longer. And egg salad sandwiches are a great side dish for a steaming bowl of soup. The soup can be made of those fridge items so that they don't go bad. And it's yummy & fills the tummy.

[@sherryl817]

We have lanterns that we bought from the local Amish store in our area that run off of DeWalt drill batteries. This is what we use daily as we are off the power grid. We also have a lot of oil lanterns. I always prefer the oil lanterns in the evening. So relaxing.

[@annarussell3751]

I love the paper snowflakes! ❤ I wish I were your neighbor. I have 2 sleds, flat property, and no snow this year so far.

[@denisewilson8367]

Combine all the alike mustards to save space. Keeping food in the snow is not always the most fun way to prepare meals.

[@judiehavard4903]

Board games for kids or a deck of cards. Or a puzzle to keep them busy. I keep 5 gallon jugs like the ones for a water fountain. WalMart also sells a hand pump to fit the top of the water jugs. I would keep 4-5.

[@rshannonwest]

😂 true .. oil in our lamps is huge. Shalom ~

[@soapygal3887]

Do you have an old school coffee percolator you can use on the stove?

[@reclypes6296]

I use an old school pour over coffee maker. To boil it I use an old carafe from a coffee maker. It works great!

[@PapaPepper]

I don't think so

[@soapygal3887]

@@PapaPepper coffee tastes better percolated on the stove I think !

[@judiehavard4903]

Put a large pot of soup on top of wood stove. Pot of water on wood stove increases the heat. Wood stoves dry out the air in a home. Soup and sandwich is a good meal.

[@Dr-Random]

Wait, y’all got a power outage? It’s almost April and my house hasn’t had the 1st one of the year yet. It snowed Sunday, like barely, power didn’t even blink. The power went out while at school, but I was told that at my house our power stayed on. We didn’t get to leave early, probably later in fact.

[@GoodTimesHomestead]

Hahahaha mustard. 🌭 Same.

[@mythoughtsonfaith1031]

on gas stoves, if you have gas pilots, not electric ignitors then they dont care about power. And once the flame is on shouldnt it stay on if power drops, the burns for sure, not sure about all ovens maybe some will shut off without power. Have oil in your lamps, wood in the pile, propane in your tank, fuel in your generator and charge in your batteries. Or if you want to simplify things, run more things on things that you can store, and maybe make yourself. Electricity is the ultimate "just in time delivery" commodity . Every heard of a fireplace that makes electricity? they are a thing, might even be able to make one for yourself.

[@Dr-Random]

7:37 KZbin be like: oh no, that kid isn’t old enough to run a KZbin channel, we’re gonna have to strike it down. That would only come from KZbin, wouldn’t it?

[@judiehavard4903]

Don't buy scented candles to use for power outages. Buy the plain candles. The dollartree Jesus candles work well. And are cheap. And burn longer.