Texas Winter Storm 2021, Never Seen THIS In Texas, CRAZY!

No power, no food, no water, and an epic disaster!
Last week the entire state of Texas was hit with an epic winter storm. Many news outlets have called the Texas Winter Storm of 2021 the "storm of the century" or a 100-year storm. True or not, it was crazy and was easily the worst winter storm I have ever experienced and I've lived in Texas my entire life.
I knew the Texas Winter Storm of 2021 was going to be bad but I didn't anticipate how bad it would be and while I thought we were well prepared we were not prepared for losing power and water for five days. I learned some valuable lessons about preparing for a winter storm and won't let this EVER happen to me again. I'll be much better prepared next time. I lost power and water for five days.
This video shows something crazy that I never thought I would see in Texas, recaps some of the events from my week living through the Texas Winter Storm of 2021, how we managed to get by and what has happened since.
Some of the questions I've been getting from others:
Has anyone died in Texas from the cold? ... Yes there were many deaths from the Texas winter storm of 2021.
When did the Texas winter storm hit? .. Sunday, February 14th, 2021
What city in Texas got the most snow? ... Abilene Texas got 14.8 inches of snow. That's about 3 hours west of me.
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[@done1675]

I'm from NYC but I spent the past five months in TX (November - March) and I couldn't remember the last time I'D experienced -3 degrees, LOL. We didn't have power for four days and then when it came back on, we lost water for the next five. Unfortunately, we didn't have firewood or generators where we were (in an apartment in Plano), so that was a bummer because we did have a fireplace in our apartment. But you gotta admit - Valentine's Day was super amazing! The nightmare really only started on the 15th after the snow ended and the temperatures plummeted. Despite the hardships of that week, six inches of snow in Texas on Valentine's Day was beautiful and romantic for my wife and me.

[@evedesai8421]

Welcome to Canada daily winter weather

[@lavoragodar2387]

I'm in the midwest so I'm used to it but you guys aren't. I really hope it gets better for you. All of Texas.

[@saitsaatcigil9830]

My friend, I am very sorry. I swear, I'd help you if I could! May God help Texas. Texas has a big heart!

[@Catfishedge]

Thanks

[@andytebbe523]

Man, I can’t even imagine what you’re going through. I’m from Ohio so we’re used to the cold but a power outage would be devastating here too. It makes me think and want to make some preparations for the worst. God bless you and your family. You’ll be in our prayers.

[@Catfishedge]

Tell me about it! It won't happen to me again!

[@mvsd1978]

Im from MN/ Minnisnowta!

[@georgiafisherman5050]

I cant even imagine those temperatures in Texas, thoughts and prayers for your family and everyone affected.

[@Catfishedge]

Thanks

[@PrestigeCatfish]

Who gave this a thumbs down? I am glad that you made out ok. It was same on eastside of DFW here in Mesquite. I was unprepared also. Learned some valuable lessons. So much for catfishing the next few weeks with the shad kill.

[@Catfishedge]

Meh. I don’t even pay attention to them. Lots of angry unhappy people in this world.

[@domingue4god]

You have the right attitude about being prepared.

[@miasoculpa8490]

This is the only video of a Texan who managed to deal with the disastrous situation and avoid the damages everyone else has gone thru

[@fishin-impossible2992]

Still Praying for you and your family Brother. Praying for All that are affected.. God Bless You

[@Catfishedge]

Thanks

[@shanescott3168]

Hello from across the lake! It was amazing to see the cove near us frozen over. I'm glad you all came out okay. I agree that I will be better prepared for the cold -or- HEAT in the future after this storm.

[@Catfishedge]

Us too!

[@stevemckibben1201]

Texas Eskimos are a new more chilled breed of cowboy.

[@weeguy52]

🤣😂🤭

[@jdpgte]

Prayers Brother. Hope good news comes soon, and post as you can.

[@ZKAttack]

That was crazy. We lived in Cen-Tex and luckily had electric but like 90% of our town was without it for a week. We were frozen solid though with our driveway, so we were stuck in our house for 4-5 days.

[@Catfishedge]

Pretty brutal!

[@rockerdad2]

It looks like Ontario , except we get loads of snow. I now understand why some southern homes have a fireplace. Just in case. wow Texas! You might like to try a small insert woodstove , it would sit right in the fireplace . The woodstove takes less wood and radiates heat much better. In fact if I lived there I would get one installed as part of my emergency plan.

[@Catfishedge]

Thanks

[@fishing_amy]

Looks like Nova Scotia where I live 🇨🇦

[@rockerdad2]

@@fishing_amy ah yes Beautiful N.S.!

[@ismata3274]

Indeed. Much recommend them. Woodstoves both heats better than an open fireplace, controls fire decidedly more safely, gets rid of smoke if "installed properly!" more safely, and as long as it's burning, can cook on it without changing it much or not at all. Aaaaand, you keep water on it to boil and can go on drinking hot beverages of your choice continuously, my preference being teas. Cooking beans is a child's play. Put the pot with ingredients on it. Put some more wood in it. Forget it until a delicious smell comes, a few hours later. Got any rice besides hopefully? Done. All and all, if installed properly, wood stoves are a must. our house had one with an oven at our childhood kitchen, which was our sort of the real living room of the house, with a couch and such. Even though our usual kitchen stove was a gas stove, I loved it when mom used it. Was a few weeks a year, but it was never uninstalled. If one desires, one can instead install a charcoal stove too. All things above aside from oven maybe, apply. And coal being more dense calory wise, needs less storage area for more heat energy. But installation becomes more important otherwise air safety might get compromised. If done correctly, it's much better for really cold days.

[@kaylabarker4567]

Here in Amarillo, we called that Monday we got down to about 14 below windchill around 30 below but we never lost power. Just had an outbreak of tornadoes last Saturday and a blizzard on Wednesday

[@petemiller519]

Stay safe buddy. Even though the cold spell wasn't that bad, it can be a catastrophe in a region where it never happens, or is never expected. Cheers from Canada.

[@LoliMaster69227]

as bad as it is its rather interesting to see the reactions of people who aren't prepared for certain conditions. If you were to throw me into a hot region i would just combust into flames while the natives there are just chilling lol

[@Galistia]

Looks like more snow than we got all winter where I live in Wisconsin lol. The lakes kept freezing and thawing too. Was a disappointing winter here for sure.

[@Dark18862]

My power went out for an entire week when this happened

[@fishingandstuff3639]

God bless you and your family brother. You are in our prayers

[@Catfishedge]

Thank you so much

[@rcagle123]

Right there with ya. It was tough but we did ok with our generator, just wish I had stocked up on propane. I remember in 1979 we were without water and electricity for 2 weeks because of an ice storm. I live just an hour south of Dallas.

[@Elisacr1]

I have been fascinated by these videos. Everyone is layered but only with cotton clothing. Cotton is the worst fabric in cold weather

[@Catfishedge]

I don’t own much in terms of clothing that’s not lightweight cotton. We own clothes for heat not cold.

[@catinassassin7721]

Hopefully the government in Texas learn something too. Be more prepared that should be the message in Texas .

[@Catfishedge]

I think it will get fixed PDQ

[@martap.548]

The Govt. learned something? They are the ones doing it! These are just test to see how far they can push the shit on people. It's been planned out very long time ago... Scary shit 😞

[@tiadevonshire9838]

exactly

[@johntracy72]

We should have known this might happen when temperatures suddenly cooled down in September 2020 as here in Austin, September temperatures still tend to be hot before the fall equinox, but it was already fall-like hy the 10th.

[@forgivensinner]

It was cold for Texas and and the coldest I’d ever seen in Texas myself...... although when I moved to Colorado and lived there 3 years before we just moved back here to dfw, my first winter in Creede was -45° So that was the coldest I’ve ever seen.

[@gamingwithstand6886]

Just a tip get some thermal shirt and underwear. It's very tight clothing but comfortable it's designed to get body heat in. My mom always bought be thermal clothing as a kid for winter. Normal Texas winter how cold does it get?

[@mauricelopez1745]

It was cold, I'm in Houston and was in the 10s, lost power for 3 days , pipe busted in attic . Had my food outside . Was able to keep my house around 68 degrees boiling water on the stove using candles safely. Hard week.

[@stacey_1111rh]

I had a similar but a bit rougher experience. I am glad I survived this thing and glad you and your family made it through ok. Was therapeutic somehow for me to watch your video. Seems like a lot of people don’t understand this storm was no joke. myself including many of my neighbors were traumatized by this, some of us had to really go into full on survival mode in the situation we were in. Wishing you the best. You got a new subscriber 😎✌🏼

[@Catfishedge]

Thanks

[@KimmieAbbasServant]

looking back the Lord Keep Us Alive I don't know how we survived. your family is blessed if they had a fireplace we didn't have any source of heat at all except my old Honda

[@mitchellhelms7238]

Wow hope it gets better soon buddy I know how you feel been through it before

[@Catfishedge]

Thanks

[@EchaKiut]

Thakfully your home doesnot flood like other i see online

[@Catfishedge]

Yes!

[@jamesripley4168]

The Dallas eskimos No more cowboys

[@et781]

Just that quick a state becomes like a third world country. This is awful.

[@nergrohombre]

Stay safe man. glad it all came back on, but lets make sure it never happens again

[@Catfishedge]

Thanks

[@jamesthomas6111]

Be prepared for power outages.

[@luvmydeck]

Should have used the great outdoors to keep your food cold.

[@Catfishedge]

We did but then it warmed up and we still didn’t have power

[@brucewalker1908]

My experience on winter fishing is. Fishing the bite will be slow and they will usually go deep to a more stable temperature. Holes are usually the best place to look. Soon as the water starts warming back up the fishing will improve. I'm glad you and the family make it thru the cold spell. Finally after 17 days of below 0 temps and 20+ inches of snow its finally warming up hear in Indiana. Our temps during the day are in the low 40's now. Wife and I Prayed for you all. See ya on your next Video

[@Catfishedge]

Thanks, that's true on winter fishing. The big variable here is frozen lakes that we have never experienced and MASSIVE shad kills.

[@jerhar5653]

Two weeks without power here in wv after the ice storm

[@jameslawlor1404]

Just don’t forget to add fresh air while your utilizing combustion heaters

[@Catfishedge]

I did and I stayed awake with it and ran the heater for 5 minutes and shut it off for 15 just trying to keep my wife and daughter warm. Also had a carbon monoxide detector in the area.

[@mvsd1978]

Texas: OMG! Its like 40 degrees outside! What arevwe gonna do!!?? Minnesota: YASS QUEEN ITS 40 DEGREES LETS PARTY IN OUR SHORTS AND TEE SHIRTS! YEAH! WOOO WHOOO-

[@shayfewell5779]

You voted for Biden huh

[@noname-bt9ky]

Bidet Biden

[@weeguy52]

Nature giving us a warning⚠️😬

[@fishing_amy]

Looks like where I live 🇨🇦

[@jacquelinenjeremiahcliff8440]

Same

[@MrKrazykris26]

The shad kill on PK is devastating. You can see them dead on the bottom on the graph for miles where they had filled out the screens before the freeze.

[@Catfishedge]

Yup. It's a problem!

[@jacquelinenjeremiahcliff8440]

Messed up

[@jaxontheboss2319]

How did the lake freeze like we hit 0 degrees and only very shallow parts of our lake froze I live in the hill country

[@Catfishedge]

It was near zero and high winds,

[@TheDude50447]

That just looks like regular winter to me.

[@Catfishedge]

LOL

[@fishingwithfredo2639]

Well I'm thumbs up number 9 but I cannot believe somebody gave you a thumbs down😡.. But anyway I'm glad that you are safe and the heck with what the fish are doing I'm just glad you and your family are safe.... We didn't have it too bad in the colony, in fact we took care of my daughter and son-in-law and the grandkids.. And as long as the grandkids were good I was just fine👍👍😁😁 didn't really see any Shad kills or fish kills on the south side of Lewisville.... But I did go and scan my usual spots and there was no bait or big catfish to be seen the Side Imaging.... Come on catfish spawn😋😋😋😋

[@ferengiprofiteer9145]

I'm 15 miles east of you. The sleet storm of 72 kept everything locked down from here to Austin for days. I was home on leave and couldn't get back. Worst I recall, yet nowhere near this.

[@Catfishedge]

Yes, pretty crazy!

[@melvin5818]

The food could had been left out side Frozen 😂

[@Catfishedge]

Was above freezing a long time before we got power back

[@thomasnguyen2006]

Food go bad when its freezing outside?

[@Catfishedge]

Yes, food can spoil In freezing weather. It was warming up in the afternoon at the end of when we didn’t have power.

[@oldcrone]

It pays to live off grid.

[@jet357]

To be honest, the snow was fun. The thing that absolutely sucked though was the cold......extreme cold. The big problem was homes, and power plants were never designed to deal with that kind of cold. Damn global warming.!!

[@parttimeyoutube]

Did you lose any fish in a fish tank or bait tank?

[@Catfishedge]

No sir, I don't keep either.

[@parttimeyoutube]

@@Catfishedge we lost all power for much shorter of a time than you because we just had to deal with rolling blackouts. however, i was able to keep the fish alive using a generator. Good to see you back on the grind and I look forward to learning what the freeze is gonna do long term.

[@cale185]

I live in Texas it was so bad!! I was freezing like crazy one Monday and Texas was at risk at freezing SO bad! Acctualy we didn’t have power for 18 hours one day. I can’t believe the because I live in south Texas. Imagine in Fort Worth 😶. The crash was crazy. But serusly I felt like I would freeze Imao. Texas has never had this happen ever.

[@InfiniteNightZ]

Dude, we huddled near a fireplace for almost three days. For the weather being cold, it felt like Hell.

[@cale185]

@@InfiniteNightZ bro my teacher didn’t have power for a week! and so as my grandma’s house

[@InfiniteNightZ]

@@cale185 Dang man.. That's harsh!

[@CATownsend777]

You could have moved your food outdoors. An ice chest outdoors would have worked just fine.

[@Catfishedge]

We did that but it warmed up and we still didn’t have power

[@CATownsend777]

@@Catfishedge Yes, me too. My fridge was destroyed. It was ok in the short term. But 4 days in was just way too much. I don't have BBQ grill because the apartments frowns on cooking on the wooden balconies. So I had no option except to throw the whole lot away.

[@gulfcitynd]

In Massachusetts that is normal plan for it

[@Catfishedge]

Lol No thanks.

[@ModeSOLOgaming]

Wonder if my family that I completely cut out of my life has all survived?

[@Catfishedge]

I don’t know. That’s sad though.

[@Pidabred1]

I live in S Austin and we never lost power

[@Catfishedge]

Lucky!

[@ObscureSampology]

Isn't Texas supposed to be hot ?

[@Catfishedge]

Lol

[@jacquelinenjeremiahcliff8440]

I dont think it got the memo

[@clinton4johns]

That awful. But keep that garage door closed

[@Catfishedge]

I needed light to film.

[@DD_LetTheDogsOut]

As far as being prepared goes, check out the Alaska Prepper channel. It's an eye opener as to just how much most of us are NOT prepared.

[@Catfishedge]

Thanks

[@DD_LetTheDogsOut]

@@Catfishedge You're welcome...I hope it helps!😊

[@Stonehombre1]

You had NATURAL refrigeration being so cold so why didn't you remove it from the freezer/fridge and keep it good that way. Doesn't make ANY SENSE......

[@Catfishedge]

I did but then it started warming up and we still didn’t have power

[@TheGoldNinja101]

I don't know why, but I'm getting this strange message, saying that it's worse, but knows there's far worse winter than this, and it's calling that winter "the Black Snowstorm" or BSS and would eventually happen on Earth for years to come. It's saying that this winter's tier is much higher than the current winter. The Ice Age was worse than the current, but not as worse than the BSS. The familiar past life feelings are sometimes unpredictable

[@wescarlson6023]

I think your fishing will be just fine. The bait fish population will recover remarkably fast. When the water warms up again the bite maybe even better until the shad populations recover. In the meantime suck it up and go get some chicken and jello. LOL

[@Catfishedge]

I’ll pass on the chicken 🐔

[@GoesHamo]

Canada pretty hot in summer and cold in Winter

[@Catfishedge]

Every been 115 degrees in Canada?

[@Vse_doma]

Вам бы "буржуйку", согрелись бы быстрее. Надеюсь что погода у вас скоро наладится.

[@brandoncourtney1651]

Me from Michigan -3 big deal

[@Catfishedge]

Yes but you’re built for it there. We’re not.

[@brandoncourtney1651]

@@Catfishedge yeah I know I’m joking I’m going to be moving to Texas I’ve never had a KZbinr respond to a comment I’m subbing just for that keep doing what you’re doing

[@oldcrone]

Buy a house with a fireplace.

[@Catfishedge]

I have one

[@oldcrone]

@@Catfishedge Did it keep you warm? Did you cook over it?

[@oldcrone]

And get some cast iron cookware and a grate. Make some campfire biscuits and stew.

[@bhamptonkc7]

Your food went bad, in a winter storm? Really

[@Catfishedge]

It warmed up long before we got power back

[@CheyButWhy]

Try to light fires friends, but don't burn down your house..

[@triple8331]

GOPQ said global warming is fake 😂😂😂

[@matthew9706]

Texans: I got a gun! *gets hit with snowstorm Texans: wah wah we got no power,how are we going to live? Homeless people: 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@darrylbarnesky9071]

Meatloaf

[@bennysamuel9877]

Hii bro

[@Catfishedge]

Hey

[@bennysamuel9877]

Everything ok there

[@jeffreyokun2355]

Thankfully the global climate change is a hoax and so is this storm 😂