VLOG: Dallaska | No Power or Water in Freezing Weather | Snowmageddon in Texas

[@BrotherMarkinter]

Houstonian here! Glad you guys are okay! Dripping the hot water lines for sure helped but those tankless parts can be tricky. My parent's tankless system also froze but they were able to thaw the line out before it burst...even with copper piping! As someone who has traveled around I don't think copper vs other materials make the biggest difference when it comes to bursting in a freeze, it's more what is properly insulated or not. What little building regulations we have here are rarely enforced and it showed big time. I hope we have an honest evaluation about the power situation now though. Twice in 10 years now we have had rolling blackouts from a winter storm. We also get too close to hitting our maximum generation capacity most summers these days. Something has to be done.

[@jasminered4279]

Dallaska is too funny 😂....glad you and your family are safe

[@WithStephie]

Hehe thank you!

[@fernando.estrella]

I felt this on a spiritual level. I also live in the Dallas area and was fortunate to have power but lost water for a week. I have always taken clean running water for granted and that’s something I’ll never do again. My heart goes out to everyone who had it worse and to those still without clean running water. During the snowpocalypse I found myself binge watching KZbin vloggers. So thanks for the content haha. I’ve been a longtime subscriber and noticed some of your older vlogs are on private. Do you ever think you’ll make them viewable again? Totally understand if not! Keep up the great content!

[@WithStephie]

It's wild! I think this experience was eye opening for us Texans for sure 💗 glad to hear you faired ok with everything. I have to go back and look! I can't recall which vlogs I privated at some point, probably when I was still in public going through my toxic experience 🤪

[@llnut4775]

I started following you after this event. Let me say wow, we were not prepared for this just moving here from Pennsylvania. This amount of snow and cold would have been nothing back home. We had no power for 18 hours but I know so many had it worse. We are just North of Dallas. 🥶

[@Dasheens]

Thank you Stephie ❤you did an amazing vlog ♥️thank god you were well prepared and are very dedicated to your job and family .❤

[@brittanyr2751]

I hope Texans prepare for this coming winter just in case it’s to ever happen again. I could not imagine going through this it would be so scary. I live in MO thankfully we have a gas fireplace in case of outages it will still heat my home

[@corporatelynicole]

Lol this title is everything. Glad you’re ok

[@WithStephie]

Thanks love!

[@moniquemosley2122]

Hi Stephie, I am so glad you survived the ice storm in Texas. Please keep safe and warm.

[@AndreaM-bi1dj]

Glad you are okay! So sorry you dealt with all that. Love your Dagne Dover bag. Just looked up the brand (never heard of it). Definitely gonna order one soon!!🤩

[@WithStephie]

Thank you love 💗💗💗 And they're truly my fave bag! Hope you love it when you order!

[@natalieminassian]

I saw the title and I was like “I CAN RELATE” I live in Dallas as well but closer to UNT and girl I didn’t have power for 2 days and our pipes froze so we didn’t have water until Wednesday. It was hard. Glad it’s over. Love your videos so much. I’m also an accounting major 🤗

[@WithStephie]

Awww thank you and I'm sorry you had to deal with it too! And now it's 70 degrees and sunny lol 🤣

[@AnneEdited]

Glad to see that you guys were able to manage this snowmaggedon in Dallas and are out of it already. Thank you for sharing your experience in this vlog. I was thinking of you guys when I saw news clips and was thinking how crazy it looked. You handled the whole thing really well. I also can’t believe you were still working through this whole thing lol! But Mike came through with the lanterns for the ambient lighting and warmth.

[@WithStephie]

Thank you so much Anne 💗💗💗 it was quite the experience!!

[@ziulync731]

So happy to see that you guys are well and no damage to the house. Very cool how resourceful you and your hubby are.

[@WithStephie]

Thank you so much love 💗

[@Sp1keSama]

Its really cool to see someone elses perspective of this historic event. I vlogged the entire thing as well. It was def hands down the worst winter storm ive ever experienced in 33 years of living in Dallas as well.

[@carmencitadavis9043]

The people in Texas that wasn't affected by the snow storm that didn't lose power or electricity their light bills went up enormously so high and I think it was a disgrace for the light company to charge them that much money I read one family had to pay $10,000

[@ming6856]

Dear Stephie, please take care you and yours. Bless you.

[@WithStephie]

Thank you love 💗

[@UrbanEconomist5]

I def wouldn’t have tried to work.. these companies will be OK. Survival is first

[@valerymateolimia6445]

I 1000% agree! Survival and mental health first. Also, when you work under insane conditions it becomes the expectation for everyone. *not saying this is the case for you Stephie

[@WithStephie]

I understand y'alls perspective. To each their own. I definitely didn't work full days, just took a few calls and answered emails here and there. Like I mentioned, I was already going to be in the truck for a short time to warm up and charge electronics so for me, it was a good use of my time. However, that approach isn't for everyone. I felt in a safe enough situation to keep things rolling at work, Mike and I took turns taking care of Juicy / the house. Had it been someone else I worked with in my situation, I'd never expect them to work nor wouldn't have held it against them if they didn't.

[@valerymateolimia6445]

That makes sense. What matters the most is that you and your loved ones are ok and as long as you’re fine with it who’s to say anything 🤷🏽‍♀️ I was thinking more of a general sense about toxic work cultures and personal experiences 😩. Love the vlogs keep them coming ❤️

[@WithStephie]

I appreciate you! And I've definitely been in toxic environments like that in the past. I'm grateful my current job isn't like that at all, it's all my own volition vs someone pressuring me. Except I think because of my work background, I'm kind of desensitized to an extent about working through tough times or setting boundaries.... a constant work in progress for me now! Still trying to find the right balance between my drive to get things done and self-care 🤦‍♀️

[@garypalmer890]

That’s what happens when you start to rely on clean energy so get used to this everybody !!

[@phoenixjones660]

Couldn't believe what I was watching last week ☃️🤯 .... Your 🚙 updates were 🤣 Bit of a 🌟that Mike of yours ♥️

[@WithStephie]

Hehe thank you friend! Glad you enjoyed the updates and appreciate you checking in on us 💗

[@olivianielsen1730]

Thank you for sharing all these tips! So glad y'all are okay!

[@WithStephie]

Thank you doll! 💗

[@hpr2008]

So crazy that all this happened a year ago. It feels longer.

[@TheGarciaKidd]

Wow. Looking back. I didn't know why I filmed my video the way I did but definitely felt the part where you said it's like a personal diary. Hopefully we don't have these issues in Texas moving forward but my confidence is low in that aspect.

[@27273100]

Dallaska is the best description .

[@lindalagarce8996]

Wow! You have no idea how lucky you aren’t dead from those candles catching on fire! If you are ever in the situation again, close your doors and put a curtain on that opening at the top to keep the warmth in the area in which you are staying

[@WithStephie]

Thanks for the advice. We were very careful about the placement of them and extinguished them at bedtime.

[@TylerKrasting]

Were you shivering at all?

[@holahistory7150]

snowmegedin

[@mood9037]

Hoarding water you pay for....ok.

[@blissfuljoy6049]

So glad you guys are ok. 🥶

[@WithStephie]

Thank you love 💗

[@vlogs-usa6037]

LWT

[@Natashiawilliams10]

Exactly!!! Generator up next!

[@WithStephie]

💯💯💯💯

[@Nitbreaout]

Here for juicy

[@WithStephie]

She says thank you 🐶