Survive the Portland Snow Storm with me as a Night Shift Peds Nurse...

[@NiharikaGuptasings]

Through my college years, through the job search and now working at a job at 26, I’ve been through everything WITH you!! ❤

[@Tru.Serena]

Your positivity, helpfulness to your coworkers and continuos grateful attitude is so refreshing. I am a new graduate nurse about to take my NCLEX soon and your videos always inspire me to stay positive. The scariest natural disaster(s) that I have been through have been Hurricane Irma and Hurricane Ian, living in Florida we dont get snow storms, but do get tropical storm warnings, so dealing with power outages and debris on the roads can be scary but I'm glad you and your family are staying safe!

[@KiaraMadisen]

Aww thanks so much Serena. & good luck on your NCLEX. You're going to rock it! Hurricanes seems so scary to me as a west coaster....just can't even imagine going through a storm that big!

[@Danivg14]

I love how positive you are, you bring a smile to my day. The worst weather disaster I’ve ever been was a flood. The water level was high houses were flooded and cars under water. I was grateful my house was on a hill but still we were quarantined

[@KiaraMadisen]

Thank you for your sweet compliment! Floods are so scary!

[@Hereismytwocents2011]

My scariest weather disaster was hurricane Katrina and hurricane Ida. Both category 4 and 5 storms, which are the most destructive. We don't have snow in Louisiana, so our stressful time is the summer. It definitely has given me PTSD.

[@Dana-fn5zt]

There's a lady further down in the comments that lives in Puerto Rico and she went through a category hurricane five. She didn't have power for a year....

[@KiaraMadisen]

Wow that is so intense. I am truthfully quite afraid of storms like that. Glad you made it through, sending you hugs that the storms in the future are hopefully less traumatic.

[@stacybishop3484]

I’m in Portland too. I’m so glad this snow and ice is over!! I love your attitude and positivity. My mom was an RN but passed away when she was too young. Nurses are the best! Love your videos ❤❤

[@KiaraMadisen]

Same! That was a wild week. Sorry to hear about your mom, I'm sure she loved you so much ❤️

[@lilybuds7993]

God bless all Nurses and Doctor's You are our angels !!

[@AbigailMelman]

just found your youtube channel. im currently a nursing student and I hope to have your positivity when i graduate. love your videos!

[@IndiaHamilton445]

I was in an ice storm in NC as a child (without power for 9 days and my dads company put us up in a hotel after the first few nights) but I don't remember much of it. My adult natural disaster was probably Hurricane Matthew in Florida. We didn't lose power so I did exactly what you offered and let people come over to charge phones, take showers, store their food. So proud of you for everything you're accomplishing sweet girl!!

[@KiaraMadisen]

way to be a good neighbor & friend! Hurricanes are so scary to me because I've never even been close to experiencing one!

[@jesmarilyrodriguez9838]

I'm from Puerto Rico 🇵🇷 so Hurricane María, it was a category 5 and we didn't have power for almost a year in most parts of the island. Btw I love your vids 💕

[@Danielt1999]

Almost a year??? How did you manage without power for that long? Asking as I’m someone to freak out after the 10 hour timeframe. Any tips you may have picked up?

[@KiaraMadisen]

wow. crazy. props to you for handling that....I can't even imagine.

[@brookecarter6728]

I'm graduating in May with my BSN and watching your videos is so encouraging!! I want to be a peds hem/onc nurse too :) Keep doing what you're doing!!

[@KiaraMadisen]

Ahhh that makes me so happy! Thanks so much for watching & commenting!

[@theeonedelia]

Thank you for being an awesome nurse and taking care of my baby girl! ❤ love Victoria’s mom

[@svenjasu5797]

Your videos always brighten up my days when it is miserable outside. Thank you Kira for all your work you put into these videos. Much love from Germany.

[@meredithnmorgan]

The craziest weather disaster I've been in was definitely the 2021 Winter Ice/Snow Storm. It affected most of Memphis (where I'm from). In total, we got 10-12 inches of snow not including all the ice. We we're also under a boil water alert for 7 days because of the water pressure. Love your videos btw!!

[@KiaraMadisen]

Omg yes! I remember texas got hit super hard too. The whole country was frozen!

[@Harvestandhomestead]

I live in south of you and we had a snow storm a few years back that knocked out the power for a full month. We were also shoveling our roads with the tractor because they were only clearing main roads. Not scary, just a long time without power

[@brandyswider5051]

Love watching your videos! You have a permanent smile on your face and always seem so positive! So refreshing! I start as a new grad in the ICU tomorrow morning! I'm so nervous!

[@KiaraMadisen]

aww thanks so much for your sweet comment! & good luck today, I'll be thinking aout ya!

[@itsayesha2811]

Please film more of your work days. I love them ❤❤❤

[@MsCgagne]

Happy it went well for you during the storm. I'm from Québec, Canada, so the two natural disasters that come to mind are a flood in the summer of 1996 that basically took out most of a neighbouring town when dams broke, and the ice storm of 1998. We also had a bad ice storm last winter here, but I wasn't impacted by that one too much.

[@KiaraMadisen]

wow yea flooding is so destructive. So wild.

[@rera7D]

It new to me that you still have power lines like that, i am 27 years old and I don’t remember the power line in my country it all under ground , we don’t get scary weather in ksa except rain storms , but we have grasshopper (locusts ) storms where they come in thousand every couple years and that is scary and gross because they stuck everywhere

[@KiaraMadisen]

Now that I'm thinking about this....it is so weird 😂

[@lisajmac]

we're on the west coast of canada - Vancouver, and I can relate to the whole city shutting down! we just had a snow dump, too, and the city was freaking out for a day or two! stay safe and thank you for working hard amidst the weather chaos! ♥

[@KiaraMadisen]

So many big winter storms right now! What a year. Hope you guys stayed safe and warm through the craziness :)

[@Pat_handy]

I live in Eugene ! And that ice storm we had was pretty crazy . The worst for ice and no power and everything I’ve seen . It sucked !

[@CamCity98]

This video is pretty nice. I’m glad that you survived the snow storm during your night shift

[@KiaraMadisen]

Me too!

[@Dana-fn5zt]

As long as you keep your fridge/freezer closed and only open minimally your food will be good for a couple of days.

[@SarahSchneider2]

It’s more like a day max in the fridge but that’s for non dairy products. Dairy products would be more like 4 to 8 hours. 2 days max in the freezer if you don’t open either at all to keep the cold air in.

[@KiaraMadisen]

Ya sadly after this video I lost power for 3 days so I think my food is toast :/

[@Dana-fn5zt]

@@KiaraMadisen awwww, sorry to hear that

[@summervonaesch7424]

Your videos are my favorite Kiara!

[@KiaraMadisen]

This makes me so happy! Thanks for watching :)

[@eringuerard501]

Hi Kiara!! I’m also a peds hem/onc /bmt nurse, I was wondering where do you get your long sleeves for work from? I neeeed more lol. Love your videos, they’re so relatable with nightshift life haha

[@KiaraMadisen]

Most of them are either old lululemon from my high school days or figs (which I like more and are less expensive especially if they have a sale or coupon)

[@Danielt1999]

About a year and a half ago I lost power in a thunderstorm for 18 hours. For me that was the worst especially in the summer so it was about 98/99 degrees inside. I tried to take a nap in my car at one point to help not overheat. Had just bought all new groceries so had to throw all that out after. Plus after I found out that a friend of mine who lives 15 mins down the road had power… I could have gone to bunk at hers to at least get charge on my phone and some sleep without using gas.

[@KiaraMadisen]

Wow. Survival at its finest. Glad you made it through that. So crazy!

[@LivvyAlexW]

Kiara!!!! Love to see your update!!! It was sooooo cold here in Alberta, Canada. -48 Celsius. Sooooo cold!!! We finally got snow though and it’s -20 now

[@KiaraMadisen]

BRRRRR I am cold just reading this 😂

[@Courtney-Alice-Gargani]

You wore this outfit at the beginning of your video last year when you announced you got a job. I have a memory for these things. Hahah

[@KiaraMadisen]

Omg you have the best memory!

[@drmedemilie]

The first minute in the video I could only see you talking but there was loud music overlayed. Is this just me??

[@KiaraMadisen]

Nope, sadly I got copywrited and when KZbin tried to fix it they didn’t stop the music soon enough…but my voice returns eventually. Sorry about that!

[@evercuriousmichelle]

You gotta get yourself blackout curtains for night shifts! Light still creeps in around eye masks and, if you’re me, you also remove the mask in your sleep, blackout curtains make it easier to trick your circadian rhythm!

[@Sophia-dnbetyt]

My worst natural disaster experience happened last summer when I was driving home late after work on a highway that runs through a valley. There was a sudden downpour and water immediately started rising. Nothing quite like bobbing up and down in a flash flood in a tiny Fiat that's losing power and not being able to see anything outside due to the rain and wind😂 I somehow got out but still haven't mustered up the courage to drive on that highway again.

[@KiaraMadisen]

wow that is wild. I would not want to drive there either!! Glad you made it out okay!

[@sarabeth7415]

Craziest natural disaster was probably when a hurricane hit the UK in 1987- I was only a small child but the noise the wind made has stayed with me. There was also no warning so the recovery afterwards took a long time. We're also now just getting hit by Storm Isha, and it sounds crazy outside right now!

[@KiaraMadisen]

So scary! Stay safe out there!

[@tracycoon4816]

I live in Gresham, and my power went out for 26 hours, and East Wind was blowing . I'm glad it is over.

[@KiaraMadisen]

wow what a mess. the winds were WILD.

[@AshleyJade18]

Where i live in Australia, we get a lot of hail storms on Summer days which sucks because you don't know what will get damaged each time that it happens. BUT other than those, we have been flooded in for a week (our street and yard were flooded from a lot of rain but the house was fine) as well as having no power for that same week ( I will always be grateful to have natural gas for cooking and showers 🙌) My dog was very confused over where to do her business that week 🤭💖

[@KiaraMadisen]

Omg I didn't even think about the dog bathroom breaks 😂 crazy how much can change so quickly! Hail storms are the worst...I drove through one once and my friends car was so dented after that.

[@melanieelizabeth97]

What is your floor like? Do you guys self schedule or do patterns / how many weekends a month do you work?

[@KiaraMadisen]

On nights we self-schedule, on days we have a pattern! We work 2 weekends in a six week scheduling period :)

[@kaitlynndeffinger5277]

Do you have a sound machine? And also you should get blackout curtains! Those things might help you get some good sleep when there’s things going on around you!

[@KiaraMadisen]

Sound machine was on but the ice pelting my window was wayyy louder lol. I do love my eye mask and it's 100% dark which is great cuz my windows are my full wall of my room so it would cost hundreds to get them to be fully blackout :/

[@leannemeng228]

Knowing from my experience living in PORTLAND, the city itself doesn’t handle snow storms really well. Like the whole city shuts down. For me being in Northern Idaho right now. We got hit with a snow storm and the city I live in currently doesn’t shut down like Portland does.

[@KiaraMadisen]

So true! It is funny how this is happening more often and we are just becoming less and less ready!

[@rachellllhines]

im a florida girly so hurricanes for sure! worst one i remember was in 2005 ish!

[@LevaOrel]

I have that kavu and I love it! Just wore it today.

[@KiaraMadisen]

It's the best! And I love the pockets for my hands too :)

[@CamCity98]

It was light snow in my state on Friday and it’s been freezing all weekend 🥶

[@KiaraMadisen]

Brrrr the whole country is cold!

[@ruebennomura9143]

Be safe from the snow strom you have a good job

[@KiaraMadisen]

Thanks, I survived thank goodness!

[@EnchantedXennial]

Craziest emotionally was the earthquake in ‘89 in the CA Bay Area. My parents stayed calm and that helped, but I was a little kid and freaked out. As an adult, it is probably every snow day in Portland. I just stay home until it melts. Or take the bus. You don’t want me out in the icy roads :)

[@KiaraMadisen]

haha smart...yea it's best if everyone stays home so it doesn't become more of a problem!

[@EnchantedXennial]

@@KiaraMadisen Agreed! I had to get up to StVinvent and was so thankful the bus was still going even with Max not running. Very thankful for medical workers and bus drivers and others who could not stay home!

[@staciaadams453]

I enjoy your videos and music choices, nice

[@KiaraMadisen]

Glad you like them!

[@wendygreene682]

Wow we don’t have snow but 16 degrees in Florida I’m cold❄️ love your videos.

[@KiaraMadisen]

in Florida!? woah I didn't know it got that chilly there 😂

[@claudiasantisteban478]

Snowstorm knocked down a power line for my neighborhood. Also the top of a tree landed on our driveway. We lost power for ten consecutive days!

[@KiaraMadisen]

oh my gosh. so glad it missed your house, but wow that's a lot of days without power.

[@SarahSchneider2]

Michigan had a snow storm a bit over a week ago and than a sub zero wind chill week following that

[@KiaraMadisen]

woah that puts our -4 wind chill to shame!

[@danielavalle7126]

What snow tires do you use? Also from PNW!

[@KiaraMadisen]

Blizzak all the way! They are magic

[@VideoGameRoom32]

You have been working there almost a year. Will you get to pick your own shift after you work there a few years?

[@KiaraMadisen]

I know a year went by so fast! I sadly no, I will have to wait for an opening and then apply to it!

[@merrittcoleman6009]

Love your gray set that you slept in, are they skims?

[@KiaraMadisen]

They are actually from target!

[@amandabatstone]

In case you want a healthier substitute to the microwave popcorn, lesser evil himilyan gold is amazing, natural ingredients and tastes just like microwave popcorn!

[@KiaraMadisen]

Oh yea I had that once and it was so delish!

[@mirnacancel8954]

Hurricane Maria in 2017, in Puerto Rico, where I live. Some places went without power for over 6 months, others for a year. It was a major disaster. Horrible! Imagine a hurricane category 5 hitting the island for 24 hours...ptsd full!

[@KiaraMadisen]

oh my gosh that is an actual nightmare wow. No power for months, how devastating to see all the loss through it all too!

[@marinangelov]

Kiara to the rescue! 22:33

[@KiaraMadisen]

I try I try haha

[@haileyhudson4157]

Yay a new Kiara video!!!

[@KiaraMadisen]

Yay! Thanks for watching!

[@AnaGonzalez-yl1gr]

The worst natural disaster I've been in is when I was a kid, I was evacuated for a forest fire. It ended up being the largest forest fire in Arizona history to that point (it has since been surpassed by an even bigger forest fire). I was evacuated for almost 3 weeks. My mom was an EMT at that time and she had to stay behind to help the firefighting efforts. About 500 homes in my town were burned down but thankfully mine survived, although the fire got about half a mile of my house. It took over a year for the smoke smell to dissipate from everything in the house.

[@KiaraMadisen]

wow what a journey. Fires are so scary. We had a big one here in Oregon in 2020 and evacuating my friends and sitting there watching the news like crazy was so stressful.

[@e14eodell]

Hurricane Ivan and Katrina. I lived in Alabama durn both.

[@Rick-ov5jm]

my scariest weather was a EF4 tornado lost everything tree was in the middle of the house.. i live in Massachuetts and we never had tornados b4 but know we get them ..

[@KiaraMadisen]

whoa that makes it extra scary because you have no idea what to expect! So sorry you had to live through that nightmare!

[@mimi-kc6cc]

mine was waking up at 2 in the morning in a storm thinking the wind was the one that is making our blue eye that we have hanging outside our house sway when in reality it was an earthquake so half asleep woke up to my dad yelling and waking us up to leave our house in an old very run down building on the 8th floor while it was storming barely a year maybe a little less from when the peir(?? dont know if its the correct word) exploded (in lebanon)

[@KiaraMadisen]

oh my gosh that is WILD.

[@franciscalavoz1389]

I´m from Chile, so the 2010 earthquake. I love your videos kiara!! ♥

[@KiaraMadisen]

Oh yes wow that was terrible!

[@ervinsmoviecorner8748]

Love this one!❤

[@KiaraMadisen]

Thanks for watching!

[@katelinrenee8056]

I’m way late but is it my phone or the video that had the music in the beginning till 1:09 ?

[@lilsheba1]

Things shut down during these storms because we don't just get snow. We get packed ice on top of the snow, and it's slick as hell everywhere. Too dangerous to walk or drive to be honest.

[@KiaraMadisen]

So true!

[@WesleyCoughlan]

Awesome vlog, Kiara! 😊❤

[@KiaraMadisen]

Thanks for watching!

[@WesleyCoughlan]

@@KiaraMadisen Your welcome! I always enjoy watching your vlogs to pass the time if I'm bored & looking for something to do!

[@readsandeats2263]

So glad that you keot power and were safe both at work and at work. Really enjoy these videos. We had a bad storm last year and we had a fence etc blow down in the garden.

[@KiaraMadisen]

Ugh the worst! Yea it's always an adventure in the crazy weather!

[@VideoGameRoom32]

Here in Colorado worse natural disaster is when we got hit with a massive snow storm like four feet. When I opened my garage door, I couldn't even get out because my driveway was covered with snow. I had to plow my way out. Do they salt the roads before a snow storm and plow the roads after the storm?

[@KiaraMadisen]

woah that's wild! We don't salt and there is minimal plowing because we usually don't get a ton of snow so we have limited resources which is why it's so bad when it happens!

[@Courtney-Alice-Gargani]

I heard there was harsh snow ❄️ in PNW

[@KiaraMadisen]

It was crazy! Glad it's over for now!

[@Darklink7884]

My scariest weather disaster was the remnants of Hurricane Hilary last year in August (this was pretty soon after I returned home from Taylor Swift's The Eras Tour) and we almost never get hurricanes in Southern California. A day earlier, I spent the whole day making sandbags, flood-proofing my home, and stocking up on essentials (e.g. water bottles, non-perishables).

[@KiaraMadisen]

Oh yes I remember this! So wild for so cal! Glad you were prepared!

[@rachelvanviegen1014]

My most insane weather disaster if this would even count. Has to be last year when our mountain caught on fire and was such a large wild fire my town and other small communities along with it got cut off from civilization as the only way out of town had to get shut completely down

[@KiaraMadisen]

The fires from 2020 still give me PTSD. How scary. Glad you made it okay ❤️

[@nancydineen6797]

Those little juice bottles would be good for packing salad dressing in your lunchbox.

[@allunsermiranda1043]

Landed here on a parachute, but the apple at ~06:24 got me thinking... you guys in the US don't have seeds in your apples? wtf Just for context, i'm at the last year of nursing college, but in brazil, and planning to transfer my diploma to somewhere in the US. Your video was autoplayed to me. Interesting youtube, getting to know me xD

[@elizabethwright7979]

I’m an RN as well, I live in Houston TX and I had to ride out hurricane Harvey.

[@KiaraMadisen]

Woah I can only imagine how wild that must have been. Talk about a team player!

[@melanieelizabeth97]

Talk to me about where this incredible matching set is from at the beginning of the video bc I need it in my life🤩

[@KiaraMadisen]

It's from vouri a few years ago when my friends worked there and hooked me up with the cutest fits!

[@ashwult7315]

This is my 3rd time trying to type this up 😂 but I’m planning on moving back to Portland for fall 2024 college classes soon

[@KiaraMadisen]

Ahhh so exciting!

[@mariemyles866]

Love this💜

[@KiaraMadisen]

Thanks for watching 🧡

[@e14eodell]

My coworker went to visit family before the storm hit in Organ and said they lost power when the storm hit.

[@Swifiteisland]

Probably when there was tornado warning was scariest weather for me also I live in Ohio so temperatures reach Like 2 degree f with like one feet of snow in the winter

[@KiaraMadisen]

woah so so cold brrrrr

[@katherineonshagen1949]

I wanna see a ski vlog🥹

[@KiaraMadisen]

Coming soon this season!

[@almaleon3077]

Where is your cute brown set from?

[@KiaraMadisen]

Vouri!

[@BabyNatie12]

For the whole first 1:02 all I heard was music and no talking

[@KiaraMadisen]

I know I'm sorry the song i had there got copywritted so I had youtube try to fix it after it was posted and it did a bad job :/ hope you enjoyed the rest of the video!

[@Randorandom232]

Hope you survive 😂

[@KiaraMadisen]

Thank you! ❤️

[@Moonblossom62]

I recognize that name badge, I’ll be wearing one tomorrow.

[@KiaraMadisen]

Nice!

[@sharvarik5823]

I am follower of yours from beginning ... now as a job I hire nurses for US facilities

[@MacKenzieSpycher]

I was wondering if you have the 8L or 5L Hydroflask lunch box? I'm also a new grad peds hematology/oncology nurse starting Monday :)

[@KiaraMadisen]

Ahh so exciting! I upgraded to the 8 for some more space

[@CardinalGrad]

How do you like your sleep mask? I have two different ones, and neither one stays on. They slide up and come off 🙃

[@KiaraMadisen]

I love mine! I tighten it around my head and all the other amazon reviews agree, it's the best!

[@CardinalGrad]

@@KiaraMadisen Thank you! I’ll order one. Stay safe!

[@Stephcurry-3030]

Why don’t you get black out curtains?

[@DorisWalsh-n3j]

Hi I'm new to your channel 😁 I was trying a class on an assistant nurse I passed some of the classes

[@KiaraMadisen]

That is awesome! Congratulations!

[@Courtney-Alice-Gargani]

I heard those kind of jackets keep you warm. Are you and Keegan going to make a video together?

[@KiaraMadisen]

We need a reunion soon so we can film together! Miss my girl 🥰

[@jennierobb9336]

Mine has been no power for 4 days for wildfires.

[@KiaraMadisen]

wow yeah that's a long stretch and so scary!

[@Ieatchairs-c4l]

Portland, Maine?

[@KiaraMadisen]

@@Ieatchairs-c4l Oregon :)

[@anionmonster]

omg i work at the same place!

[@KiaraMadisen]

The best ❤️

[@VideoGameRoom32]

Has anyone walked in on you while filming during you taking a break?

[@KiaraMadisen]

nope :)

[@CamCity98]

Hi Kiara, How are you doing?

[@KiaraMadisen]

Good! Been working and skiing away :)

[@brendachaves6375]

Hey Kiara

[@KiaraMadisen]

Hey!

[@eatpopeye6115]

I’m from Japan, so earthquakes 😬

[@KiaraMadisen]

Wild.

[@TheNursingrocks]

Off subject. I worked night shift for 12 years. It wasn’t until year 5 that I invested in ear plugs. After that I slept so good. You need the proper sleep when you work those nights. Just thought I share.

[@KiaraMadisen]

hmm good to know! I've always been so against wearing them, but on nights like that it would be so helpful!

[@wendygeo98]

Was there supposed to be music at the beginning of the video? You were talking but couldn’t hear what you were saying?

[@KiaraMadisen]

Oh no….I got copyrighted and now it’s really messing things up 🙈 thanks for letting me know idk if I can fix it now

[@wendygeo98]

@@KiaraMadisen I wasn’t sure if it was something on my end. Great video as always! I wish I had your energy Lol!

[@MaziePizzolato]

Hurricane Katrina when I was in 4th grade

[@KiaraMadisen]

Wow that was a big one. I remember my elementary school rising money to help send over to help!

[@lizburrowschapin2871]

Not narural but my house exploded from gas in 2007 in Canby. Had to be torn down and completely reconstructed

[@KiaraMadisen]

Oh my gosh that is devastating I'm so sorry. I hope you have been making good memories in your new home 💕

[@mellisa212]

I hate driving in that stuff

[@LoreleiSiren277]

That chili looked watery and nasty 😭

[@SuperLovelyLou]

What’s going on with the start of the vid? It’s just music and can’t hear you talking

[@KiaraMadisen]

The song got copy righted and then youtube wasn't smart enough to stop the music when I tried to fix it after it was posted :/ thanks for being understanding!

[@josealfonsosilvalatorre1826]

😘

[@KiaraMadisen]

❤️