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What are you prepping for the coming winter storm

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PieterCoetzee

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I always think Im good until the Next warning is broadcast. Now Im in inventory mode in case the power goes out. No power in the summer is just a P.I.A.; but I do worry about no power in freezing temps.

I dont have a fireplace, so no power means NO HEAT. My appliances are electric, so no help from the stove or oven. I do have a small gasoline generator, so theres some back up there.

I always try to keep a small stash of Emergency Food and supplies (separate from normal groceries). For No Power situations, I keep Bottled Water, Peanut Butter and Granola (loose and bars), Cans of chilli, Beef-a-roni, etc. Canned soup, Canned meat and tuna, Cans and jars of fruit. Finally the three to-die-for's Bread, Milk, and Toilet paper

Of course flashlights/batteries and Rx meds

I havent listed Guns, Ammo (loaded mags), Night vision, Intruder detection alarms and and and

Im sure theres more that I should have. Suggestions...
 
PieterCoetzee said:
I always think Im good until the Next warning is broadcast. Now Im in inventory mode in case the power goes out. No power in the summer is just a P.I.A.; but I do worry about no power in freezing temps.

I dont have a fireplace, so no power means NO HEAT. My appliances are electric, so no help from the stove or oven. I do have a small gasoline generator, so theres some back up there.

I always try to keep a small stash of Emergency Food and supplies (separate from normal groceries). For No Power situations, I keep Bottled Water, Peanut Butter and Granola (loose and bars), Cans of chilli, Beef-a-roni, etc. Canned soup, Canned meat and tuna, Cans and jars of fruit. Finally the three to-die-for's Bread, Milk, and Toilet paper

Of course flashlights/batteries and Rx meds

I havent listed Guns, Ammo (loaded mags), Night vision, Intruder detection alarms and and and

Im sure theres more that I should have. Suggestions...
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Candles. Three wick candles, or any for that matter can heat a small room. I lived in a drafty little house in Manitoba in the country and relied on candles to supplement my old oil furnace.
 
I'm in the balmy N. Rockies with temps in the teens & 30's but we're used to all that.

But for folks back east/south keep your generator a ways away from your place & downwind to avoid fumes. Plug in a safe space heater.

Keep a slow dribble of water from faucets, as well as the cabinets doors slightly cracked to keep your sink water pipes from freezing.

A lot of push-ups & jumping jacks.
 
My local weather station has my forecast prep to a tee 😁😝🕺🕺

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When in the high country I had a slab of stone approx 4 by 3 foot and when I went to the desert it came with me. I do need to get a new small wood burning camp stove. You can heat your food and setting on the stone it makes the heater for small area. I did have a full fire proof mat to put under the stone but I am going to have son make 6 12 in legs to increase heat factor. That's the only thing I need to work on but depending on my next move I may have some improvements as the wheels turn
 
Also cover your outside spigots (Lowe’s/Home Depot have nifty little doo-dads for just this purpose) and open your cabinets under the kitchen sink so interior warmth protects the pipes under there and against the wall (assuming your sink is against the wall as mine is).

For the water drip, I always drip the kitchen and each sink in the bathroom, one on cold side, one on hot to keep water moving both pipes. Kitchen is an all in one.

That’s how we survived the week long storm in 2021 (Texas) and the only thing that went wrong is the “former” city manager didn’t think he needed a generator at the water treatment plant. Yep, complete freeze, no water for three days. Luckily more than enough snow to melt to flush toilet, boil for other uses.
 
Nothing. Power goes out-generator comes on. If generator fails fireplaces will still keep us warm and everything working.. We have lanterns and fuel for them for light (plus batteries for flashlights.). Gas cook stove. Freezers full of food, plus pantry, also 3 months supply freeze dried food in basement. Portable water filtration if I need to purify water from the creek AFTER stored water is exhausted. I fail to understand folks getting in a panic when storms come-the time to prepare is WAY before the need. Tomorrow there won’t be a loaf of bread or gallon of milk to be had. I never fail to be amazed.
 
Shibadog said:
Nothing. Power goes out-generator comes on. If generator fails fireplaces will still keep us warm and everything working.. We have lanterns and fuel for them for light (plus batteries for flashlights.). Gas cook stove. Freezers full of food, plus pantry, also 3 months supply freeze dried food in basement. Portable water filtration if I need to purify water from the creek AFTER stored water is exhausted. I fail to understand folks getting in a panic when storms come-the time to prepare is WAY before the need. Tomorrow there won’t be a loaf of bread or gallon of milk to be had. I never fail to be amazed.
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Personally, I think most (exceptions, of course) have more than enough food on hand to last a week or so. Maybe not the steak of their choice, but more than enough for sustenance.

Every year before my Mother in Law passed, my wife would spend a month or so with her. I would make it my mission to try and and use all the frozen food so I could properly defrost the kitchen freezer and the small space freezer in the garage. Usually took me well more than a week, and after that, still had another week in the kitchen pantry.

We only have a 1200 square foot 2 bedroom/1 bath house (but paid for) with a 1 car garage accounting for some of that. No way can we store 3 months of SHTF “contingency” rations. Unless I kick my daughter out and use her current room?
 
EH. Its Maine, its Jan. One of the best investments I made was a propane generator big enough to run everything in the house. frig. 3 freezers, heat, tv, computers, lights hot water......... Tanks big enough for continues running for a month or more. lose power a few times a year. couple of hours to a day or so. Ice storm of 97 3 weeks. Always enough on hand. Maybe not what we want to eat but we won't go hungry. Might run out of milk, but there's plenty of coffee, tea, water, and pipe tobacco.
 
Talyn said:
I'm in the balmy N. Rockies with temps in the teens & 30's but we're used to all that.

But for folks back east/south keep your generator a ways away from your place & downwind to avoid fumes. Plug in a safe space heater.

Keep a slow dribble of water from faucets, as well as the cabinets doors slightly cracked to keep your sink water pipes from freezing.

A lot of push-ups & jumping jacks.
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Keeping faucets dribbling works well, IF you are on city water. You do that on a private well and you will drain your pressure tank in no time and be completely out of water. Of course modern private well designs have been shrinking pressure tanks for the last 30-years....especially if you have a VFD pump system....so there may not be much storage on a well system anyway.
 
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