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[@josiegallegos7144]

We asked our self two days ago, What we have learned from this ice/snow storm. And what we need to improve on. We know that no one is able to be prepare 100%. We moved out to the country full time in March of last year. So we knew that we were far from the hospital and 20 min from a Walmart. We converted our gas stove to run on propane because this area only run on propane. But we couldn't afford a 1000 gallon tank for now. So we have over 25 of the 20 gallon propane that that we used on our stove. We were blessed that most of the propane tank was given free or we paid about $5 -$10 for 7 tanks each. We have our own water well and kept a light on all the time so it won't freeze. My house also sit on pier and beam house foundations and we just finish putting up the Reflective Roll Insulation underneath the floor before the storm. This was the best thing we could had done. We already had food put away for a year, along with 2 generator. All this took several years to get before we moved out to the country. We were force to bring our 3 outdoor dogs and a cat indoor to keep them safe. Now we need to work on another dog house equipped to handle the cold and the hot weather. We need to work on the water for our chicken from freezing. And need to get better windows through out the whole house. We also need another fireplace on the other side of the house. We need to work on getting more firewood ready for the 3yrs and much more. Well let's say, we have a long list to work on. Without God we couldn't had done this our-self. He put the right people on our path to teach us and show us what's needed. We are city folks and lived in the same house for 33yrs. Thank you for taking the time to share great information. I always learn so much from you.

[@CountryLivingExperience]

Praise God you prepared the way you did. Thankfully you have more time to finish the rest.

[@terryflores2487]

Dumb question here, but can you use propane gas heaters in a house? What about a two burner propane stove. I was prepared to go outside and cook our meals there if I had to, but luckily, our electricity was never out for more than two hours at a time.

[@CountryLivingExperience]

@@terryflores2487 No dumb questions at all. There are propane heaters you can use in the house. You have to search for specific ones. We did a video somewhat related to your question here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/ooiQd6xpj6ZlZsU

[@josiegallegos7144]

@@terryflores2487 There is never a dumb question. We used our Coleman 2 burner camping stove to cook, it runs off a smaller propane tank. We never had any problem. We also had convert our stove to run off 20lbs and 100lbs propane tanks. But the lines froze since it wasn't underground for 2 days. We also have a king cook stove 628a wood burning, that help for 3 rooms only. Now, we just now installed another king wood burning that runs off propane tank and wood. in case we run out of firewood. But you must keep the propane outside at all time. We also just ordered 2 of Buddy heater propane, its only run off the Coleman Propane 16 oz Camping Stove Replacement Fuel, this you can keep indoor. We will be keep for extra heater in case we get another ice/snow day. Or to help someone in need. Hope that helps.

[@kriswhite1344]

Praying for all those in Texas🙏🏼✝️

[@CountryLivingExperience]

Thank you so much!

[@pamp1313]

I am up north,but feel for everyone down south. Prayers to all! I have seen some people saying they can't boil water with out power. I was thinking maybe if some people thought to have a propane or charcoal grill,or maybe a propane camp stove, that they may be able to use in this case. Not everyone can get a wood stove. Just some ideas for future prep.

[@CountryLivingExperience]

Thank you for your prayers. So many people got so comfortable with the way things are and failed to have any sort of a backup to do anything. I have had a small camping stove for 30 years as an emergency item.

[@paulaschnizer3826]

I found a portable cylinder woodburning stove that I ordered for the next time. Serious redundancy of emergency preparedness happening at my house in Texas.

[@terryflores2487]

We bought a two burner propane stove on a stand in addition to propane tanks as part of our prepping. Luckily our rolling brownouts in our community were rolling with about two hours on and two hours off. I learned real quick, the moment electricity came on, to jump ump and make a meal if it was anywhere mealtime. I didn’t take a chance on electricity going out soon, so I was popping the lids on my canned meats and veggies, cooked up noodles real quick, and call it a meal. I know I need a lot more prepping to do, but at least I wasn’t worried about my food during the freeze.

[@glenchadwick420]

After this happened to us the first thing I did once the snow was gone and power on was I welded together a wood heater on wheels. Next I got a large propane tank and installed a gas fire place/heater. I stocked up on wood for the wood heater, I installed battery operated light bulbs in our main rooms, I got plastic 55 gallon drums to store water and gasoline for the generator. Bought and connected a duel fuel system to where my generator will run on both gas and propane, built a pantry and stocked up on can foods, bought a coleman fuel cook stove. Last freeze I was one of the lucky ones who had a generator large enough to power my entire home although it did go through a lot of fuel. That's the reason I now have a plastic 55 gallon drum ready to store fuel if I need it.

[@iwrist313]

God warned me decades ago. I'm originally from the Midwest so I kept my winter wear and a shovel when I came South. So when this event occurred I had the skills to deal with severe weather. My mom taught me how to do a sink bath when I was a teen. So when this happened here in TX...well thxs mom for that lesson ( RIP). God said to me " Sink bathe" The next morning water restrictions were implemented. When I treated a patient in my 30s, she said to me, " Your generation would never survive a Depression." That was 30 years ago and I put into practice everything that she and others her age told me to do. That generation has long died off so this current generation has little resources of their knowledge. Yes this storm made us all see where we were lacking. Mine was not being trained in using a HAM radio. I have one but never learned to use it. And can you believe it, I was reading info on learning the basics just a month ago! See how God forewarns us?? God also had me cooking and eating fried foods. I hadn't had fried food in a decade!! I cooked it in coconut oil. I was wondering why was I craving fried foods. Well, my body knew of the upcoming need for fat stores during cold weather. . I even noticed my small livestock was eating food like crazy. I found that bizarre and decided to get feed for them. For the chickens I added that oil to their feed and I saw them slow down on the eating and squirrels and birds took advantage of the bounty that the chickens left behind. So yes, God take care of his people, his animals, his creation.

[@CountryLivingExperience]

Amen. So glad you listened to and remembered what your Mom taught you. Be blessed!

[@clarencehershberger2058]

Prayers for you all, great message, brother!

[@CountryLivingExperience]

Thank you brother!

[@mrwhitten7704]

Cost comparison question: Rather than purchase all those new appliances to run off propane, plus a 1k or 1.5k propane tank, why not just purchase a whole house generator that runs off propane? Your solar + battery system will be your backup for the small items, should you run completely out of propane. We have over 200 staff in TX spread out between Houston, Dallas, El Paso and San Antonio. I'll be doing an After Action Review & Preparedness Training with them once things return to "normal" weather wise.

[@CountryLivingExperience]

Interesting. I’ll look into it.

[@NYHalfassprepper]

The reason you don't do that is because it's putting all your eggs in one basket. Whole house generators are great when they work but they will fail or require down time eventually. If you have gas or propane appliances you can at least use those while the genset is down. You will be consuming the same amount of fuel but you will not have the initial outlay of capital for a huge generator. Generator prices go up exponentially with wattage. You are better off with several smaller sized generators, so you have redundancy. I recommend simple off grid backup heat in homes, like wood, coal, or kerosene stoves. Portable propane stuff works if you store propane in advance but you cannot buy any at any price after a disaster is imminent. It runs out faster than gasoline as less places retail it.

[@judya.shroads8245]

I was in my house for 3 weeks in West Virginia. So much snow and thick ice, that I couldn't send bills, get to the mail box or get my truck all the way up in my long driveway. I loved it. Living most of my life in W.V. ,you are prepared for winter time. I lived outside of Houston, Tx yrs ago. It was barely snowing and ppl were panicking I prayed for all the ppl in Tx that endured and came out on the other side. Hope it never happens to your state again. BLESSINGS TO ALL

[@CountryLivingExperience]

Nice!

[@judiehavard4903]

Many years ago we purchased a old timely gas floor heater. The kind with the ceramic grates. It is installed in our kitchen. We took it to our local big propane gas store and got it inspected and placed in good working order. That little gas heater puts out fantastic heat. Over the years we have used it many times just because we like it and the heat it puts out. But it is so one of our backups. You can still get these heaters. Get them inspected and repaired. Has worked great for us. We don't get brutally cold winters either. I think our next install will be a gas fireplace as well. Because of the Texas Storm. Better to have a little more than you need. For anything crazy life and MOTHER NATURE throws at you.

[@keithyonick5023]

The lesson I learned is to have both the hot & cold water taps on. The plumber said leaving in dripping is not enough. It doesn't need to be a full out stream of water, but it does need to be more than dripping. A good trickle, he said, will do the trick to help keep the pipes from bursting & causing a super expensive repair that can run in the hundreds of dollars to fix.

[@CountryLivingExperience]

Yes, I surely know that trick. We have our wood stove to keep the pipes from freezing. No problems here.

[@keithyonick5023]

@@CountryLivingExperience I didn't know it needed to be both sides & more than dripping. All I knew was that there needed to be some water flowing from somewhere, but not how much or that it needed to be both sides in order to prevent pipes from freezing & bursting. It's been a very expensive lesson to learn.

[@abram730]

Power from solar is reduced in cloudy weather, so backups are good. Some simply have a gas generator that can power while also charging the batteries. Some inverters also let you plug into a generator and back charge to the batteries.

[@CountryLivingExperience]

For sure. I am looking at combining all systems to work together now.

[@alicel3992]

Thank you for answering a question I've been pondering, why was ice cascading from ceiling to floor? Bc in TX water pipes are in the attic. I live in the southwest and always has water pipes low.

[@CountryLivingExperience]

You're welcome.

[@MrHappy4870]

Those little "ice balls" that fall the sky is called "SLEET" in the Northeast USA. Texans might be foreign to this concept, but those of us in the northern states are familiar with the concept.

[@CountryLivingExperience]

Yep, I just could not remember the terminology.

[@schandler4958]

I have a couple of rain barrels since I am on a well and if no power I have no water. Also have gas logs for heat since the heat pump is not great for heat when it's below 40 f.

[@CountryLivingExperience]

Always good to have a variety of backup systems.

[@abram730]

Heat pumps that work well in winter cost a lot more as they need to go much deeper and be more powerful. Better to just to get a secondary. Wood stoves work great. My aunt had coper pipes wrapped around the wood stove pipe as a preheater for hot water and so they would never have ice cold water if the power was out.

[@likethecolorgreen]

We’re I live we don’t get snow. I was thinking of getting a water pump in order to get water from this river which we call the Levi by our home. I really hope the water is clean enough to filter because a lot of drug addicts people live in that Levi.

[@CountryLivingExperience]

Hope you find some clean water

[@martehoudesheldt5885]

solar yes, genset with charger to keep batteries charged yes, propane - cook stove, drier, maruay tankless hot hater heater (propane and 35 watts ele) wood heat ,yes, and i have an old wood / electric cook stove with a water heater built in. 1 inverter runs house 1 inverter runs well pump. i also have 6 months stored food. freeze dried and canned. will last 25 years. i have been off grid for almost 20 years now. remember the boy scout motto "be prepared"

[@CountryLivingExperience]

Awesome! Sounds like you are set and prepared.

[@Dawn-di1qs]

it is going to get cold again. be prepared.

[@ruthspillman546]

Thank you and God Bless You and your Family!!! I have been planning my a very long time.

[@CountryLivingExperience]

You're welcome. Blessings to you too.

[@fayetanner2244]

I said many prayers for TX. You got your head on your shoulders. Great survival information. God bless!

[@CountryLivingExperience]

Thank you for the prayers.

[@sassyprojects8956]

Good points. Where did you get your gloves?

[@CountryLivingExperience]

Thank you. I don't remember where. I have had them for a very long time. I probably bought them in Michigan when I lived there.

[@bhamptonkc7]

Just because it is cloudy or there is snow on the panels does not mean they quit working you just don’t get as much.

[@CountryLivingExperience]

Somewhat correct, but I didn't say anything to the contrary.

[@bhamptonkc7]

You said nothing wrong, just some solar info. They dont become useless on a cloudy day or snow

[@gillbt]

Thank you!

[@CountryLivingExperience]

You're welcome

[@bhamptonkc7]

Plan on about 50% of your solar power in the winter, you might be surprised by what you get in the winter, reduce consumption

[@CountryLivingExperience]

I know

[@strangebrewdesignwrx]

Looks like your in East Texas. The snow was fun. 2 snowstorms in 1 year. Wonder if we will get another one.

[@CountryLivingExperience]

We are. It was fun for a while.

[@strangebrewdesignwrx]

@@CountryLivingExperience I am originally from Maine so this was no biggie for me. I just don't like the way they don't maintain the roads. But I guess since it never happens they don't have the plows and stuff. Lol

[@CountryLivingExperience]

@@strangebrewdesignwrx I hear ya. I am originally from Michigan.

[@strangebrewdesignwrx]

@@CountryLivingExperience right on. Ya I came to Texas to get away from the snow. Haha. I am hoping it's a once in a lifetime storm. It was no fun 4 days with no power and 6 days with no water. Lol 😆 But hey, here to hoping the bugs and snakes aren't so bad this year. If your close to Jacksonville feel free to hit me up in Facebook or Instagram. Always nice to know other homesteaders. I weld and so have a saw mill. It's cool to have other like minded folks to trade with and share knowledge.

[@priayief]

Thank God for saving me from the Texas winter storm. Waitasec ... who was it that brought the Texas winter storm. Oh God! Well, thanks anyway for the lesson. I'm prepping for your next lesson. Thanks for all the lessons.

[@CountryLivingExperience]

You're welcome Captain.

[@titityytyler01]

Me in finland, i need two things to live here in cold, SAUNA AND SISU

[@CountryLivingExperience]

Nice! I love both. Especially the SISU.

[@johnnybee1776]

This storm is not a one in a life time event, this is man made. Where is it written that this can't happen again? Whoever heard of snow that doesn't drip water when heat is applied to it? Prepare for more events like this. Think outside the box.

[@mountaingator001]

Whoever heard of snow that doesn't drip water when heat is applied to it? REALLY I am just asking

[@dianaliberty3099]

Right John. This is nefarious geoengineering weather wars, this time targeted at Texas.

[@donnamcdonald3709]

God has blessed us to be in the country for a while. However, we've always had power outages due to hurricanes, so we need to figure out ways to pump water from the well or somehow maintain a water supply.

[@CountryLivingExperience]

We are also looking into those options. A hand pump for our well and a special skinny bucket. Also adding rainwater collection.

[@Nonnachella]

I'm thinking about 11 year ago something similar happened.

[@CountryLivingExperience]

The old timers around here told me they hadn't seen anything like that in 50 years. What happened 11 years ago?

[@briankohler341]

@@CountryLivingExperience There was a series of ice storms in DFW during Super Bowl week. Could you believe that's North Texas' one and only time it hosted the Super Bowl? What a mess!

[@CountryLivingExperience]

@@briankohler341 bummer

[@wayneleamon3186]

We moved to the country about 13 1/2 years ago. Our power comes from a co-op and our water from a rural water distributor. We complain a lot because our power sometimes goes out it seems for no reason. Living in the country there are a lot of trees, wind blows and limbs break falling on power lines. You would think with all the technology of today that all of our utilities would be located underground. There would be less damage from storms and other natural disasters. It would be more cost effective you would think.

[@CountryLivingExperience]

Glad you are out in the country. We are in the same situation with the power co-op and rural water supply. I don't complain at all because both have been incredibly good here. From experience in the Architecture field, burying lines is extremely expensive and not feasible in a rural setting.

[@jkco4300]

Preppers need to do prep videos for grid down in the summer / extreme heat before it actually happens. I found 1 video on KZbin on this topic.

[@CountryLivingExperience]

Thanks for the idea.

[@jenniferdowns9]

Ice balls aka hail 😃

[@CountryLivingExperience]

It was sleet, not hail. I could not remember the term.

[@timolson7206]

Do any of you have a wood stove?

[@CountryLivingExperience]

We absolutely do. It saved out butts for sure. kzbin.info/www/bejne/j3_MlXh3ltt_otE&lc=UgwH7i5TO_zSXImUTE14AaABAg

[@SCSC-qz7rr]

Live where? Where are they gonna go?

[@CountryLivingExperience]

Out of the cities.

[@kimpbay]

Pretty sure the little "ice balls" are hail

[@CountryLivingExperience]

Technically the small ice pellets are called sleet in the United States and ice pellets in Canada. Hail is usually 1/4".

[@kimpbay]

@@CountryLivingExperience ok, everyone I know calls it hail in Canada, to me sleet is more like ice rain

[@unitedstatesdale]

Did your electric bill rise like the horror stories were seeing ?

[@CountryLivingExperience]

Nope. Stayed the same. We are in a electric co-op and have a fixed rate contract.

[@OrlandoStreets]

I'm curious if you're going to receive a huge electric bill. I don't understand why some people are.

[@CountryLivingExperience]

I’m not sure yet. Some people opted for variable rate plans. When the grid ran low on power, prices went up. Basic economics that people were not prepared for.

[@OrlandoStreets]

@@CountryLivingExperience That's probably it.

[@NYHalfassprepper]

When you deregulate a power grid, when the utility has to pay increased wholesale rates for power they pass it on to retail customers.

[@OrlandoStreets]

@@NYHalfassprepper Yeah, except in this case they are creating the power.

[@JudithBisson]

Go off grid. Have a basement with a fireplace.

[@CountryLivingExperience]

Working on going off grid. Takes money and time. No basements in this part of Texas.

[@terryflores2487]

No basements in most parts of Texas.

[@brooksanderson2599]

The irony that Houston, the oil capitol of the world, gets record-breaking floods and cold. Abrupt irreversable, climate change here now.. Its a combination of overpopulation, derorestation, desertification, overgrazing. methane-producing feedlots and, yes, the burning of carbon dioxide producung "fossil" fuels into the atmosphere. IF the "bad weather" continues into the Spring planting season expect grain shortages. The USA and India have sold record amounts of grain to China because they lost two crops in a row to record flooding. The relly bad news is these are not one-time events but wil continue and worsen. We are now well into Earth's 8th mass extinction. old geologist

[@PeggySue-RL]

Hospitals need blood. DONATE

[@pierreaucoin2480]

I feel bad for you folks down there, but you have had numerous opportunities to learn, you have 1 or 2 hurricanes a year but.....

[@CountryLivingExperience]

That’s exactly why I made this video.

[@weaponeer8582]

IT HAPPENED IN 2011! Happened in 85 and 93. Once in a lifetime event my butt.

[@CountryLivingExperience]

Calm down. You missed the point of the video. Additionally we hit a record low temperature and the old timers (80yo) that I serve with on the local water board said they had never seen it this bad.

[@audi_kid]

GREAT VIDEO BROTHER TOOK ADVISE AND I LOVE HOW YOU SAID DAVE RAMSEY HE MADE OUR FAMILY GET DEBT FREE GOD BLESS!!

[@CountryLivingExperience]

Thank you. God bless you too.

[@sidneylefrancois3204]

Not natural disasters. Those are man-made

[@CountryLivingExperience]

lol, ok

[@dianaliberty3099]

Let me refer you to geoengineering.org