Frozen in Fort Worth, Texas

[@SteelHorseTexasTwangExchange]

I’m in Fort Worth. Lost power several times, not as long as you, have a gas fireplace, but no water for several days so melted snow to flush toilets. ERCOT totally failed the whole state. Good to see you back again !!

[@Tunenine]

I'm the Northeast and doing everything I could to assist the needs of Texans, every little bit helps. My family got together over Zoom and was able to put up 12 days for 6 families to stay in a hotel and making sure they have something to eat for all the children. I had to do something, heart is breaking. My former roommate lives there and we been texting every day since. It was her who helped us get these families in some kind of warmth. If everyone give a little it'll come out a lot. Glad you're safe.

[@mannyzee900]

This is amazing Few people put their money where their mouths are, especially these rich celebrities that try to give the common folk daily living advice Bless you and those that grouped with you on helping others

[@Mike-hu8yz]

well done

[@motorcycleislife8296]

Dam your an amazing person lol

[@billmccooeye]

Hello from Canada. Glad to see you made it out safely. Old tech fireplace turns out to be life saver. Broken water pipes are a serious pain in the butt. I bet generators, jerry cans and firewood become big sellers in Texas. Love your work. Stay safe

[@mmcguire5687]

Alberta here, we just came out of a 3 week stint of minus 40 temps. Luckily our power didn’t go out”this” time. However we keep two generators in the garage as well as some fuel. We did have one vehicle that froze and wouldn’t start for a while. Stuff happens, even if your in a warm climate, be prepared. It’s kind of like having some hand tools and other things with you when travelling on your bike...right?

[@kylemc8851]

It's been crappy.... But Texas is tough and the way people have helped each other is inspiring!

[@kylemc8851]

Ok.

[@dangteo1969]

I used to live in Colorado and I was always afraid to ride because of the inclement weather, three years ago I moved to Guadalajara, now I ride 365 days a year . I love to ride and I love your channel if you ever want to come down and tour some Magic towns “Pueblos Magicos” you are always welcome. Stay safe and warm.

[@johnnyrodriguez5311]

I feel your pain Kevin. We were without electricity for 67-68 hours. All we had was a gas stove, so we both relived our childhood memories of warming up and getting dressed in front of the stove. Hope everyone is safe and warm now.

[@colinbrine661]

Kevin, that is incredible. Very hard to imagine here in Australia, we had 4 days in high 30 degrees C in a row. Well done to your family, keep smiling. Aussie Col.

[@eddcurry1245]

I hear you. This weather is crazy for sure. Central Texas is feeling your pain.

[@rickycowan6969]

I live in a small town about 60 miles north west of y'all. We were blessed. Our power never went out, but our water froze up in the laundry room, and one bathroom. Hope your pipes are good. Stay safe.👍

[@paulh6591]

Grim stuff, when severe weather blows through. In better times I'd advise swapping rims that have knobbies and Gripstuds on a lightweight beater bike and have fun with a snowsuit on! Whole house generators are brutally expensive but for anyone with a buried or above ground propane tank, there are many economical little dual fuel generators out there that can be lifesavers. Build a little shed for it to protect it from the elements and to attenuate noise, and put in a switchgear sub-panel to power key home circuits. It's a good Spring/Summer project to be ready for hurricane season. Love your channel Kevin, you're a kind and patient soul.

[@jean-marcderaeve5048]

I know what you are talking about. I live in Quebec Canada and we get weather in the - 4 to -20f every winter. And in 1998 we had a big freezing rain storm that cut the electrical grid all over Quebec. I lost power for 2.5 weeks. Thank god for 2 wood stoves and a generator. I hope you and your family get through this in good health. We still have about 3 mouths before we see temps in the 70's. I am thinking of getting back to motorcycle riding for my 70th birthday and am watching your videos with great interest. Thank you.

[@craigmaitland5960]

When I read news reports here in Scotland about the abnormal weather conditions for Fort Worth Texas, I immediately thought of you. Glad you're safe and well. We too had the coldest weather for a couple of decades, -25c/-13f, in some parts of the country ❄☃️

[@MCrider]

That's cool...I have people in Scotland looking out for me!!! I appreciate the sentiment.

[@Nickescaped]

Geees Kevin - I’m in Ohio. If I had a 1,000 mile extension cord, I would have gladly shared with you. Glad to hear the power is back on.

[@hbarwickjr]

Good idea to try is opening up completely all your water faucets to help with the expansion pressure when they slowly begin to thaw out, etc.

[@GeezerWheels]

Crazy weather! I really appreciate your vids!!! I grew up in Dallas and eastern Dallas county - still have family in the area. Now live in SE Colorado in the wilderness in the Durango area. I rode very little as a teen and took a few test rides over the years - got back into it at age 60. Now 72 and riding a Husaberg FE390 dirt bike in the mountains and also have a Versys X300 commuter and a new Vstrom 650XT for commute / travel. Your vids have been VERY helpful, particularly for road safety for a happy old Geezer!!! Thanks LOADS for all you do for the community. -Ray (transplanted Texan near Durango)

[@richardb.7054]

Ramifications from this will go on for a long time. I've never been happier to a see clear blue sunny sky this morning.

[@MCrider]

I know....the sun is shining here!!! It is GREAT!

[@GenXBiker]

Here in Florida we are going down to 40 tonight and a horrible high of 57 tomorrow. We understand your pain 🥶. On the bright side, Bike Week in two weeks. Good luck warming up, gotta go, taking the Road Glide to get a new cooling seat for the summer. 😁

[@davidcarr5718]

Glad you and your family are well.

[@MCrider]

Thank you!

[@justanotherviewer52]

Glade you managed to (mostly), get through everything. Hopefully you will be able to upgrade the house as you can for winter weather. Sure makes a generator look attractive.

[@MCrider]

Yeah, I am considering a generator but I have been here 30 years and this was a first for this.

[@ralphtodd1648]

Glad to hear y’all made it through the deep winter and that God kept you safe! I really appreciate your channel, I became a member a few months back...super great content for a new rider such as myself.

[@MCrider]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@FrancoisTX1974]

Same boat in Houston. One busted pipe but no major damage. Now ready to ride again as Sunday it will be 75.

[@Peter-eu7wp]

That sound's really tough Kevin. Glad to hear you have come through it OK and hopefully they will get things back to normal soon. We'll probably get some of that next week here in the UK.

[@razzrasmussen5773]

Glad you all made it through. Hooah

[@kendemers8821]

Kevin, Thanks for your personal account on how the power outage affected you and your family. It's the basics of life that so many of us take for granted until they are gone. Best wishes to you.

[@Miata822]

I'm in Arlington. I think it was about 10-11 years ago a string of small tornadoes blew through town during a weekday, one just by my house. I left work right away and stopped at a Lowes on the way home to pick up whatever Chinese generator they had in stock. A 3200 Watt unit, the last in stock, set me back about $200 and for the best part of a week it kept my fridge and lights on. Later after a midsummer transformer explosion the same fridge and a small window unit ran through the night on that generator. This week it proved absolutely invaluable once I used a propane torch to warm the thick-as-mud zero degree straight 30-weight oil it uses. Two 600W heaters (radiator style oil heaters set on low) and one 1600W electric fireplace insert kept the house "sweater weather" cool while the thermometer outside ran completely out of degrees. No pipes froze. Everybody who can should keep a cheap generator in the garage or shed. Get a long heavy duty extension cord, two is better, read its power rating so you don't burn the house down. Of course, never run the generator in the garage or the house itself. Learn how to use it when the weather is nice so you aren't trying to figure it out in the cold and dark. Each time you put it away do like winterizing a bike. Run it out of gas, Change the oil, Clean or change the plug, and you will be ready for next time. There will be a next time. FWIW, having a chainsaw and keeping an emergency stash of water and no-cook food is wise. Our Coleman camp stove came in handy. Make your list now while you are thinking about the things you wished you had back during this dreadful week. Best wishes to everybody here. May your power be back on, your water drinkable, and your pipes leak-free!

[@roadglide]

Hurst, Texas here. Not far from you Kev. It is, nice to have power and heat. Real nice. Amen. Still the best place to live. Bar none. Thanks for what you do for our motorcycle community. Ride safe and ride often.

[@fredprendergast5652]

As a Canadian I know how much cold sucks. We had that power failure at Christmas a few years back. Even with gas heat, if your thermostat and fan don't have power things get chilly quick. Hope your plumbing survives, great to hear everybody made it through with warmer weather on the horizon. Keep up the good work and thank you.

[@sbollinger37]

Glad you’re doing better!

[@swede8990]

Praying for ya-all down there. I know it is a 100 year event for Texas. However, we here in Pennsylvania call it Tuesday! God Bless and good luck!

[@josh8494]

Technically it’s a once in a decade event. Last time was 2011.

[@josephcarni7349]

I feel for you and everyone else dealing with the cold and power outages. Glad your family made the best of it and came out okay.

[@samjtrost]

Glad you're doin all right.

[@MCrider]

Thank you!

[@xavierzave8452]

Hang in there a Kevin its been a crazy year

[@dougbongle3192]

Glad you are hanging in there and made it through a week of Wisconsin weather! Look forward to your next training video.

[@davewilliams6841]

Prayers to you and your family Kevin as well as all of Texas,from Tallahassee

[@2bikemikesguitartopics145]

I know those kind of freezing temperatures are uncommon down there especially during a power outage. But up here in the north when we have these issues and the water still running we make sure that the cold water taps in the house are turned on and running very slowly because running water cannot freeze in the pipes. And even if you shut the water off at the mains still open all the faucets so that any freezing will go longitudinally in the pipe and not horizontally and burst

[@MCrider]

Thanks for the info, that is exactly what we have done.

[@jameszee7585]

Glad to hear you are all safe

[@dennisbrown883]

Glad to see you and all of yours are hanging in there and doing okay with power back on !😎

[@jeffwebb727]

Keeping you and your family in my prayers. We are in Waco and many of us here in the same situation, but we have water again and were blessed to keep our electricity. Stay safe, and as warm as you can, and God bless.

[@ericsalinas1839]

Support for you here in San Antonio

[@johnc8910]

I live just south of Denton. Except for the water heater, our house is gas. However, with no electricity, the gas heat doesn't work (no blowers). We were without power for about 48 hours of the 5 days that the outage lasted. Unfortunately, about half of that time was during the first two overnights. Wife and s-i-l spent the nights huddled in front of our fireplace. Given a choice, I prefer to sleep in a bed. Upstairs bedroom temps fell to about 40F. No problem; my wife is a quilter. We have plenty of quilts and blankets. Still, it wasn't as bad as the winter FTX in Germany in Jan, 1986. We were camped out in tents on a hill in a German forest for a week (7 days, 6 nights). The highest it got was about 25F. We decamped in the snow.

[@MiguelCura]

You’re alive! Bless ya, ya hearty and hardy survivor.

[@ronniewilson9328]

Hang in there it’s gonna get better

[@DavidSmith-br4vt]

Glad you and your family are doing OK Kevin praying for y’all and Texas be safe

[@MCrider]

Thanks so much

[@rider14mcd63]

Glad you and your family are safe.

[@whitecrane3714]

Binder twine wrapped the back tire you are good to go. That's how I got to school on the yammie 100 twin jet in winter in Canada. 70's good times.

[@jayjackson597]

I'm a FTW native, live about an hour west now in Lipan. we had the same. we made instant coffee in the fireplace and cooked food in a cast iron skillet there too. decided we had to go #2 so we used 10 gallon trash bags for that. no water in the john anyway so we just lowered the bags down in the pot and sat on the top of the bag while we did our business. pulled the mattresses off and put in front of the fireplace. we're used to camping so it was about the same as that!

[@bigalb8935]

Hang in there Kevin we need you around here hope everything gets back to normal as soon as possible for you and your family love from Yonkers NY

[@cin4195]

Glad you're ok. Hope your pipes will be ok. ❤ from 🇨🇦

[@Edanchot]

Thanks for your great effort of making this video despite that bad weather 🥶. Be safe. Cheers.

[@davidk1579]

Am in Oregon and some juice is still off from the ice storm up hear, glad yours is back on..

[@Birdoneful]

Be safe from Minnesota I have about two months of this stuff yet hope your pipes are ok

[@gordonwheeler6630]

Great to see you back 👍🏼

[@MCrider]

Hey, thanks!

[@fogrunr5075]

Well done Texan! Happy to see your smiling face and no that you didn't lose anything to frostbite! 😄💪🏾❤️✌🏾

[@jamesoneal4980]

Good Times and Great Memories!

[@blues3824]

Glad to hear you had a fireplace Kevin.

[@angel2you]

Glad your back, And well. keep up the great work.kev

[@MCrider]

Thanks, will do!

[@markferguson6215]

Hey Kevin,glad to hear you have some semblance of normality and I trust your water connection will be restored shortly. Modern conveniences and how we depend on them show us shortfalls. Here in South Africa we have regular scheduled "load shedding" where our electricity gets cut for certain periods of time throughout the country and that is really frustrating.

[@johnproctor3071]

Thankfully your family is ok. Crazy how mother nature acts.

[@MotoKeto]

Good to hear you made it through the big chill mostly in tact. Hang tough sounds like warmer weather is on the way.

[@ralphweber2522]

Glad you’re all safe!

[@scottjfriend]

Glad to hear you're safe, brother. We're up in McKinney and were lucky enough to have rolling outages. Friends of ours weren't so lucky (having to burn furniture for heat, kids convulsing due to extreme lows). Others lost everything from flooded homes. We couldn't get in touch with our friends to check on them since we didn't have cell service also. Fearing what the fall out is going to be from all this.

[@nilomis]

I'm in São Paulo, Brazil and my problem is the hot weather and the summer rain. Come "downstairs". 😁😁😁

[@timphilips575]

Hearing about Texas in the news this week was wondering how your family was doing. Glad to hear you made it thru! Hello fro Yankton SD.

[@MCrider]

Thank you so much!

[@edwardkeck2464]

Here in south Saskatchewan, we had -38 with wind chills of -56 degree C last week, today + 2 degrees C

[@moonbeamjones9888]

Glad you and your family are well

[@lastdaysdreamer]

Glad to hear you made it through!

[@jps8941]

Glad to see you're safe and your family stay warm or cool coming next week see you on the road

[@MCrider]

Thanks 👍

[@cpuuk]

Glad to see you got through it safely.

[@spanky1346]

Keep me posted on the weather after a week or so , I’m set to ride out from So. California to key west and wrapped around Florida to catch the mid part of Daytona bike week

[@nahumreyes7574]

Stay warm my friend!

[@mikestedman7974]

Here in Boston? We are used to it! My heart goes out to all of you.

[@johnpagejr.7628]

Glad you and your family are all ok.

[@daleirish6682]

i feel your pain! I am south of Dallas. I just moved here from Upstate NY and didn't expect colder weather here than there! -3 degrees on Wednesday morning

[@MCrider]

Yeah, it was tough for a few days, but we are on the backside of it now. :)

[@jsprite123]

Glad you are OK, Kevin.

[@rusnsc7622]

As a fellow DFW resident I’m right there with ya....same thing happened when I was in the process of moving here 10 years ago. Next week this will all be a not too distant memory and hopefully I’ll get a ride in. Be well Kevin.

[@melhorian8488]

Wow, glad you and family are safe and well sir. Condolences to those lost and families grieving at this time. I can only compare this disaster to our bushfire season here in Australia, amazed at how tough and resilient our regional folks are during a disaster, and am always proud of how Aussie's dig deep to help out their neighbours, I believe Texans are of the same nature, God bless brother.

[@BarryonPiano]

We are down in Houston and have gone through the same thing. Hang in there Kevin!!

[@RWD_Faiz]

Didnt realize you were also based in Texas. Learnt so much from your channel. I hope all is well for you and your family. Best regards from Malaysia.

[@quietguy61]

Glad you are safe!

[@moolis]

Good to see you're safe and warm. This moment of calamity truly was a ruthless awakening to some of the things we take for granted in life. Stay safe, stay cozy.

[@MCrider]

I agree, It reminds us how good we really have it.

[@christinamoneyhan5688]

Glad you have managed fairly well.

[@stevenb3958]

Love your channel......god bless and best wishes

[@dm1968sky]

As a Canadian, I never thought I would share a common farewell saying (during a cold snap) with someone currently in Fort Worth Texas, but, Stay Warm!

[@sorce2175]

Glad you're well!

[@pabloxao]

Sorry to hear that. Hold tight buddy.

[@jefftabor595]

Hope the pipes aren’t frozen. Thank you for the video.

[@MCrider]

I hope so too

[@Steve-ec6ed]

Same thing happened to us in NJ a few years back with Hurricane Sandy. Lost power for days. Now I went out and bought a nice big generator and will never rely solely on the power company again. You should def pick one up my friend. Glad you got the power back!

[@Paul20661]

Oh ye crazy weather u had there,hope y'all good

[@MCrider]

Yes, thank you

[@tomyoung3087]

Glad to hear you and your family are ok buddy, hopefully everyone in Texas will be ok. Cold can be insidious, glad to hear warmer temps are coming.

[@MCrider]

Thanks 👍

[@Supermankev2001]

AS a Canadian I think we are a little more ready for such an event. Stay safe hope things get back to normal soon.

[@MCrider]

I agree, this was record breaking cold for this region.

[@jrforeman279]

For perspective, our power was off for 4.5 hours yesterday in Southeastern Ohio. Not bad considering everything that's going on. 29 days until spring. Warmer days are coming.

[@jasonhochman3750]

Golly! Here in Houston, it didn't get down to zero. The coldest it got was in the teens. Just like you, my electricity went out sometime in the very early wee hours of Monday, and didn't return until around 10:30 Wednesday morning. I have gas heat, but it can't work without the electric blower and thermostat. Water is still a problem here, too. The people in charge of the Texas power grid need to watch your videos, and learn a lesson about being prepared...they certainly were not prepared.

[@darrengilbert7438]

Hope things get a lot better for you.

[@dupajasiu920]

Best Regards

[@mariotorchio4075]

Glad you made it! If you can make it there then you can make it anywhere!

[@PkwyDrive13]

Yeah I'm in DFW, Texas. Ridiculous week for sure

[@thekingpug8281]

Will be praying 🙏 for your everyone in this hard time of this weather 🥺

[@COMB0RICO]

Much rougher than we had in Austin. I pray you're water pipes are good to go.

[@ernestmorales1023]

That was the cold I have never felt in Texas ..I'm north west side of Eagle mountain lake. Wise county .

[@Dave-eu3ib]

Was praying for all of you.