Cast iron pots and pans. These are the best cooking tools to use on an open fire and makes food taste so good and it will never hurt them. They last forever too.
I once used nylon stockings to use for an emergency fan belt on my car. I was able to make it over 20 miles to home. Don’t know if it would work on today’s modern cars, but it worked on my 1965 Chevell Malibu.
In girl scouts, we would fill a milk jug with water, hang it upside down (tied to a tree) and put a bar of soap in a nylon, tie that to the handle, just slightly unscrew the cap to drip, and use to wash our hands. (As a 8-10yr old, this blew my mind... genius..lol)
@@bubbles3042 use the larger bubbles bubble wrap, spray the INSIDE of the glass and the bubble side of the wrap with water, and simply press into place. The bubbles go against the glass (the cold air gets trapped in the spaces) Hope this helps. Watch the one minute video of Alaska Granny showing you how.
Panty hose are really useful for storing potatoes and onions long term. Hang them on a hook with a knot between each item, and you have good airflow all around each veggie.
@@kimjefferson5953 I didn't do this with potatoes. The onions lasted a few weeks. If an onion has a bruise don't let that spot touch another onion or that condition can be passed on.
I can keep onions from October through about February in a cool dark basement. Then they start to get soft. Potatoes will keep until the spring when the ones with a lot of eyes get planted, but potatoes can be be stored easier in a cardboard box that you cut holes in for circulation. Keep the potatoes separated from each other with newspaper. Pantyhose works the same, but I have more boxes and newspaper than pantyhose🤣
We've toyes around with the idea of keeping beer, whiskey, cigarettes, and coffee in our storage. We don't use any of those things, but for trade and barter...
During blizzards and ice storms we have lost power. If you have a gas stove the electric ignitor doesn't work - but matches/ lighter will light the flame. Allowing you to cook, make coffee and provide warmth. We also tape clear shower curtains to close off rooms not being heated- then you still get daylight from those room's windows. I also cut out newspaper crossword puzzles, word search, sudoku, etc. and put those in a ziplock bag with pens/pencils to have handy.("waste not, want not" Mom always said)
I've had to all this during hurricane Maria in Puerto rico also I've had a 50 gallon trash barrel only for water. Also a 5 gallon bucket of lard will keep ur cooked meats fresh. If u have a generator u can always charge up those 💡 that go on when light goes out I've even had the ones with little solar panels on them. Actually I've had lots of things that were solar even a hand held radio
Eat little Eat good food Do not throw away foods Shop for groceries only when some items are needed Refrigerators ought to be semi empty to avoid spoilage Freezer can be full with cooked foods or stock up items Pantry ought to be well stocked with a variety of foods Always have a decorative center table fruttiera full of the season fruits Apples ought to be often present Bake in winter to warm up the house Fry in the middle seasons when winds can exchange air in the house Sautee onions in large quantities and store in jars or cups in the freezer for instant use on multiple dishes from soups to stews and sauces etch Legumes such as beans, chick peas and the others, are cold weather staple since they require longer time to get done Bake your own schiacciata in winter by letting rest overnight to be ready in the morning Lasagne are also a winter comfort food Just a few Italian hints from memories of the past
I used to save dryer lint and pack in toilet paper tubes to use as fire starters when we heated with our wood stove for 36 years! Check, check, check....... On the plunger for washing: I experimented with that and discovered that a plunger suctioned to the bottom of the bucket! I had my hubby to drill big holes around the plunger and it solved the problem !
Another things people don't think about stockpiling is sewing supplies, cloth, knitting/crocket needles and yarn. If stores close down, your clothes and bedding will only last so long. You'll have to find a way to mend and maybe even make your own clothing and bedding. That's where quilting comes in handy to reuse some of those old clothes. Also, a darning egg and darning needle is almost a necessity.
@@JustMe-ig5pn you put the darning egg unter the hole you want to mend. this way you can darn it more evenly and easely. I have a wooden darning mushroom. Same use.
Plastic tarps, or 10X25' plastic to make a tent inside a room for all the family to sleep in. Each one will contribute hot breaths , to warm the surrounding area you are resting in. The tarp or plastic tent will keep warmth in. And really cold areas put a tent or plastic cover over the inside tent. A tent inside a tent.
On a yahoo forum someone asked how to keep her NYC loft warm. I told her to cook soup, to add warm steam in her home. I also reminded her of the heavy bed curtains and canopies in castles. Tapestries on the walls etc. The plastic tarps and tents work but a good blanket fort would work just as well. Ever wonder how the big hooked skirts helped?
@@starrynight1329 I've read as long as 10 years, but most only last a year or two...maybe 5 yrs. But each year you can get new ones from the ones you planted.
@@miriam43899 wow what a good idea. No one has addressed how to clean our rears after the deposit. A guy who lived in Tibet for a year said one hand for wiping and the other hand for everything else...even after cleaning it. No Sears or Montgomery Ward catalogs anymore.
I recently bought a dozen eBulbs for the house. They go in the normal fixtures that you use daily and have a small lithium battery in that normal use keeps fully charged. When the circuit is open but the power is interrupted, the battery takes over. You can turn them off by just turning off the switch and if you need to move then to somewhere outside they come with an attachment with a hook and an on/off switch. Each charge is good for 6 hours, so if you just use one at a time, that's a lot of light.
@@bettyc.parker-young1437 Amazon, I think. There are lots of brands now and all seem comparable, so go with what's more reasonable, I guess. We're moving to France and I plan to buy a few boxes to take along. Kids (now grown) all got a few boxes for Christmas and my son called me one night from college to say everyone was hanging at his apartment because he was the only one with lights on (and a camp stove to cook on outside). 🙂
panty hose is also a good fix for travelling, I was a trucker with my husband and our fanbelt let go up on the Rogers Pass, we were about 81k's away from the next town and I gave my husband my pantyhose and he didn't think it would work, but it did, very slow travelling, but got us into Golden and didn't have to call for a tow truck to haul us in...this is in BC Canada..
We live in the country, sort of. I told my husband we can dig a hole, remove the pot on the handicap potty chair and sit it over the hole in the ground. We can throw up some kind of wall for privacy. A 4x4x4 frame would work by throwing a sheet over the sides.
I found a great way to use only 1-2 squares of toilet paper after having my beautiful moment (B.M.). It also works when camping. I bought a picnic mustard/ ketchup dispenser. Mine is clear plastic and not the typical firm red and yellow picnic pair. It has to be easy to squeeze; not stiff. Fill it will water and aim from the backside to power wash while avoiding washing to the front. The bottle never touched the body but can be easily santized with hand santizer. A poorman's boday! Just a little T.P. to dry and one is fresh to go.
@@josephbnd974 I did it last year for 6 months, using cut up squares of towel to wipe with-I used a plastic pop bottle to rinse but anything will work. I put the used squares in a large plastic container with bleach and water and when ready to wash, drained the water, filled with water and detergent and shook them clean. Rinse, drain, rinse. It was a social experiment. It worked. I found out I was the tp hog in the family.
Solar power bank charger for phone, pad. I put loonies (dollar coins) in a sock for weapon. Serves as laundry coins, and piggy bank. A sleeping bag, extra blanket for the dog, in the case of no heat and extra cold weather.
Use birthday candles, pushed into butter, Crisco greese, or melted wax, in the bottom of a bowl, fill the bowl with any kind of cooking oils, bacon grease, etc up to the bottom of the candle wick. An extra large bowl with several candles will keep a small area warm for several days.
Who could be bored?? There’s so much that should be done that no one should be bored. Growing food alone can be a part time job at the very least. Hunting, Cleaning, storing and preparing food will be another part time job.
Unless 1- you can't get out of your house for some reason. --( Tornadoes, hurricanes, ect. in the case of the Eathquake that hit here in Salt Lake march 2020, it ended up being best that i stay home that day. Traffic was a mess due to power outages/ streetlights being out, and aftershocks. Unknown damage anywhere. Emergency services needing to use the roads, ect.). and/ or you (or someone near you that you are helping. speaking from personal experience on that one) physically and/ or mentally can't do much. yes, cooking, ect will take up some of the time, but not all of it.
@Skittles Skittles you are correct! No one should be bored, but the truth is humans have become accustomed to 24/7 entertainment, and consider it boring to not have constant distractions. We as a race have forgotten how to enjoy silence.
@@mrsducky3428 Some of my favorite times have been when we were getting deep snow and hardly any cars on the road and watching it snow and enjoying that silence.
You can also boil rain water and then filter it to use for bathing and washing hair also. Boiled rain water is the healthiest method to wash and rinse hair in.
@@country_roadsWV Just don't drink it, even though it's boiled. There are chemicals in the roof shingles, draining down the gutter downspout into the barrel.
@@ericclaeyborn3600 are you sure as I've seen videos that suggest using rain water for consuming after it is filtered? Perhaps we should pass it thru a distiller. Heavy metals & chemicals may not rise thru the tubes. I duuno. Maybe someone with expertise could answer that one.
I bought 1000 glow sticks online for about 50.00 awhile back. I place 2 activated glowsticks in a plastic bottled water. This will give you 10 to 12 hours of soft light that will help illuminate a dark room . Experiment to see how many of these bottle lights work best for you ! My girls used them to give our Christmas tree a nice funky glow, and stuck them in their hair for fun ! Handy for marking trails at night. If lights go out, you can line sidewalks and driveways for safer walking outside. Oh ! You can tie one to a piece of cord or string and hang around your neck so family can see you when its dark 😊 Place a glowstick or two above door openings.
@@alanoliver9956 i will eat things I've stocked and things I cook from scratch. Found a wild persimmon tree by the pond in my neighborhood recently.. I gathered a large bowl of very ripe ones yesterday... going to make persimmon wine if I can stop eating these long enuff to do so. Lol I have a wood stove inside, a rocket stove outside. How about you ?
I think we'd all survive the tiny amount of poison that would come from an ounce of dryer lint that contained those polyesters, etc.... Besides......I don't think those fibers shed lint to begin with.....
Living rural we often lost power during a snow storm. Using heavy blankets, cardboard or sheets of plywood, seal up one one, usually the kitchen with the gas or propane stove to cook, heat source and melt snow (had lots of that) in the roaster pans in the oven for water to wash, drinking (filter thru coffee filters), flush the toilet and feed the farm animals. Warm a blanket or quilt by the stove to wrap up in and head to bed under layers of quilts. Slept lwarm and cody like a baby. Lived like this for 12 days until power restored.
We also discovered that if you can simmer a pot of boiling water it helps to heat the house & also keeps the fire in your fireplace or wood burning stove from over-drying the air & causing respiratory stress.
for heat overnight...fill one or two 2Litre pop bottle(s) with hot water and then put the bottle in a thick sock and throw it under your blanket...It acts like a big hot water bottle and will last through the night....reason for the sock is so it doesn't burn you while sleeping and also releases the heat from the hot water slowly.
@@kaleidoscope8743 It is good to know the old ways. A lot of people are going to be in for a shock they may not recover from if things go completely wrong. We used to sleep with our school clothes under the blankets with us, and change before we got out of bed. I used my coat as an extra blanket. Since our house was so drafty, Mama would put our shoes on the over door to warm them, and we hustled into the kitchen to put them on and get a little warmth. I've been through some rough times, and never thought I'd be worried it would come around again this late in my life. Oh, well. At any rate, I do know how to do things, and can improvise, scrounge and make do.
We keep books as well, during a recent blizzard I lent out mystery novels to my neighbors, they were amazed how wonderful it was to just sit and read!!!
When we lived in Ohio, we got hit with the tail end of Hurricane Ike and were without power for about 4 days. I had the idea to bring all of our solar lanterns inside at night and I hung them everywhere! Especially on door knobs! They really helped a lot!!!
I grew up in Bridge City, TX. We had 7' of water in the house down here from Ike. I did not realize y'all had gotten some of that mess up there too. 😳 Hurricanes down here are why there are a lot of old school peppers. Covid-19 is why there are a lot of new peppers. God Bless!
I read somewhere about makeshift toilets (5 gallon buckets, etc.) that you should pee and poop in separate containers. This helps keep the smell down. Then the urine can be used as fertilizer as long as it wasn't mixed with the feces. And, throw the toilet paper away in a separate container, too.
Ladies could eliminate the toilet paper use for urine by using old flannel shirts or nightgowns cut into the desired size. They are washable making them reusable. I have not graduated to flannel for my beautiful moments yet.
You can cover your feces with with wood ash or just a shovel of earth. That will not only cover the smell, but increase the speed of composting. If you add straw or grass clippings later on the pile outside, it makes great compost. Let it mature for a year. But not put it next to your drinking water supply!
We've been using solar lights for night lights for over a year. Our boys are afraid of the dark and most night lights are not very bright. Also we loss power at least 6 times a year so we prepared for that. It works pretty good just make sure you have a higher number of lumens (equivalent to watts for electric light bulbs). I've also been using the lint to start our wood stove for years. Love that you are doing these kind of videos... I really believe we all are going to have to adapt to survive what is coming.
Back in july of 1993 we had a flood that took out electricity for 3 or 4 day, it took out water service for around 4 weeks. some had a little warning, and filled bath tub with water to use to "flush" toilet.
My grandparents lived in very rural Montana, where electricity went out often. In addition to books, there were always playing cards and board games to keep everyone entertained and occupied.
My father was in the Royal Navy. When the ship came in to port the sailors would have to stand on display on the top deck....it was freezing sometimes, so he wore....pantihose, we call them tights in the Uk. Extremely effective
I salute your dad for his service. I used to work outdoors for different jobs in various weather conditions and panty hose make the great wind and cold weather breaker. They do work.
This American Navy Wife & Navy daughter thank your Dad …& you for service ! The panty hose idea is well liked by our sailors on ships for standing Quarter Deck Duty too.
When I was a kid, we duct taped an old wire hanger to a long stick, taped some panty hose to the hanger, and had a crawfish drag net... could work to get shiners, too.
Humidity helps room temp feel warmer. You can drain n use water from your water heater for many things. Place your light source in front of a mirror to get more light from it. Keep a propane camp stove handy n extra, small propane tanks. Fairly cheap. Electric blankets can be used , using very little power from a car battery, get a converter to use, to run 110 off your car battery. Always have extra extension cords. Heavy ones for outside. Do not sit in a running car for heat w/o the window cracked an inch or so. Make sure no snow blocks the exhaust pipe. Never use a generator inside house OR garage and make sure its not near your air intake for the house/ furnace. I have lived in Northern Michigan my whole life. Long cold winters. Also, did you know a person can only live 3 days w/o water? But weeks of very sm amounts of food. You can survive in the worst by eating the soft under bark from white pine trees, and make pine needle tea. Foods to store, pasta, rice, pbutter, tuna, salt, sugar, bf stew, soups, honey, and ALWAYS have extra O C medicines . Aspirin/tylenol, anti diarrhea. Whiskey. Read some books on foraging and herbal meds. You can eat most of the things growing in your lawn .
Also, you could buy cheap clumping kitty litter and use at least 2 trash bags for collecting elimination. If you keep using the one larger trash bag, it could break and well, fecal matter hitting the floor would not be pleasant to clean with no running water. I live in Texas in a rural town and you can guess everyone lost water and power, February 2021. Also, maybe a bucket with a toilet lid on it instead of the actual toilet. If the bag tears, kitty litter down your plumbing, not good.
Better yet, get equine pellets, pine pellets. You can buy a 40lb bag for around 7 dollars, if they can neutralize horse pee smells can you imagine how well they work for humans? We used them when camping and they are compostable, they expand into sawdust when the pee hits it and no smell. Used them for my two cats and after they passed, I have about 25lb in storage.
Oh yes. Today, we're having a severe wind storm in northern CA. Electricity wise we're okay in our apartment, but lots of people on PG&E lost power. Perfect timing 👌
In Girl Scout camp (a long time ago) we had a latrine where we pooped, then added a small amount of lime over the poop , then closed the lid on the outhouse hole! This worked GREAT! No smell, no flys, etc. I wonder why no one recommends this these days.
Actually, knee high hose can be more useful than longer pantyhose in many situations. They are also easier to pack in a pocket. Sock tops can be cut off, washed, bleached and used to hold bandages to cover large areas such as legs, elbows and arms. I would also get an old fashioned washboard to get at those stains and clumps of dirt a plunger can miss.
I found a plunger less work, and the washboard really ruins your textiles. If you have serious stains, let it soak for overnight in soda water or lye, and do spotcleaning with a bar of soap. Baking soda or washing soda works good on smells. If you want to bleach white laundry, you can hang up your clothline outside in the sun. If it dries before the stain is gone, just spray it with water and repeat. Special tip: bloodstains should be rinsed with cold water first.
I have an actual clothes scrub board that my Dad got from his Mother too many decades ago. Clothesline and 150 pins and homemade laundry soap. Now I need to find someone to do the laundry.
I remember growing up in the 50's we had a small washer with 2 wooded cylinders, that used a hand crank to remove the excess water from clothes. We called it a ringer.
Tips: there are camping solar lights that are a lot better than the outside ones, they last a lot longer. One good brand is Luci light. you can get also a couple of solar powerbanks for your cell/laptop.
Or better yet, drop $70-$80 on a hand-crank AM/shortwave radio/flashlight/etc combo. If you're mainly prepping for disaster, don't worry too much about your cell bc the towers will likely be down anyway. I favor solar when possible but sometimes the sun don't shine.
Hope all have the Firefox series of books. Best learning experience were my parents. Mostly off the grid.. and Im 54. My son is 16 and he knows how to help. Love your vids. Thanks for putting real life out there.
I hung an indoor 5 line clothesline in my front room where we had a small gas heater for years to dry my families clothes in the winter. I could afford to wash the clothes but running a dryer was too expensive. It worked great and saved a lot of money. I've always had an out door clothesline to hang towels, sheets, cloth diapers and clothes on, to soak up sunshine (think vitamin D), dry for free and oh, they always smell so good and towels dried on a clothesline not in a dryer absorb better and last longer. What started at the beginning of our marriage became my preferred way to dry clothes. You might want to add solar chargers so that you can keep your phones charged us and your tablets charged up. They work great, are not too expensive (can get on Amazon) and come in handy when the electricity is out for any length of time. I did not think about the solar lights. I know what I'll be buying this week. Great tips.
Get a 50 lb bag of garden lime for helping compost the outhouse contents. Also a couple of big bales of peat moss or saw dust and a Luggable Lou 5 gallon bucket toilet for making a composting toilet so that you can do your business inside your home. Once a week you can empty the contents into a very deep hole in your backyard. Make sure the hole isn’t near your garden or a water source. Put some fencing around the hole and put something like a garbage can lid or scrap of plywood over it so nobody or no animals fall into the hole. You can create a compost wire or pallet bin to empty the contents into and then once it’s full broken down and composted, you can use that to fertilize shrubs and trees. DO NOT use it to fertilize anything in your garden or berry patch if you have a berry patch or garden.
Be sure it’s very deep. A man in Venezuela warned because he didn’t have his waste hole deep enough & far enough from living quarters and his little daughter died from disease.i can’t remember what prepping site I read his comment on. Even though it’s been several years, I will never forget his earnest plea to others. I thought it was so brave of him to warn others of the danger.
My power went out about 2 hours ago. I recommend getting a small portable power charger as well so you can keep your phones and devices charged, my phone is linked to my laptop for internet and my portable devices will keep it charged .After our last 5 day outage I bought mine during the big amazon sales and you can also buy them on QVC, HSN on time pay without a credit card (using a debit card) and no extra fee's if you cannot afford to buy in one purchase. Also a portable butane stove single burner can be purchased for under 20.00 and duel fuel under 30.00. I bought a box of butane at Costco 3 years ago (12 cans) and still have 11. I do not regret these purchases..at all. Now I can have a hot meal when the house is cold and im under my blankets. Thanks for all the tips!
I have all of those and like you never regret it. I also recently found light bulbs that charge while the pier is on and work for hours after the power goes off. I absolutely love them and they actually work. The ones I got have a little hook that you can screw in them and use as a flashlight or hand them somewhere else. It’s great to have a working light in the bathroom,kitchen etc. when the power is out. I’ve never ran them all the way down either.
Eyeglasses .. when you update your specs, keep your old ones .. just in case! Or, if you can afford it, get a second or third pair of your new prescription. Bless ..
I buy the multi pack of knee high hose to use around the farm for many projects. They are Great for tying up tomato plants and cradling melons. Or tying down the trap we put over the top of our dog kennel for shelter.
This is all very disheartening that we need to start thinking along these lines. I grew up hearing stories from people who lived through the Great Depression and it looks like that's where we are heading. . . .
Great Depression aside, if you live anywhere that it snows, floods, or there are tornados or hurricanes, you need to have supplies on hand in watertight containers. If you survive the onslaught, you have no idea when services will be restored or goods will become available again. Look at what happened in TX this past winter when the grid collapsed in the storms. My friends went over a week without power and had to move across town to a hotel just to keep warm. That assumes your whole city isn't affected... California got used to having rolling brown-outs during their power shortage years. And it will get worse as our national grid is aging badly and they just keep adding more and more electric things onto it... My mom used to live in the sticks in CO up in the mountains about 35 miles from the nearest town. They had built a lovely storage under the house crawlspace for their winter food supplies. When it snowed, you weren't going to town for any reason for sometimes a couple weeks at time... Forget Doomsday, make sure you have stuff on hand for everday disasters!
It would be even more disheartening if we didn't think of these possibilities....did you learn nothing from the grasshopper and ant stories in your childhood?
I live in rural Canada on the Prarie where it gets nasty quick! With temperatures that get as cold as -50 ad blowing whiteout conditions leaving travel out of the question for a few days at most. This is exactly what people around here do or used to do. We have or most people used to have "cold rooms" Where preservatives and caned goods were stored in their basements, a few homes around still even have root cellars in the backyard. The older generations and my folks always had their cold rooms or cellars stocked up, "in case of hard times".
Buy the hand warmer packs sold near camping sections. They help you get by if you can't have a fire in your home. Also, to keep warm, wear a hat. We lose most of our body heat through our head.
One of the few things I had I needed for the dogs was zip lock bags for waste mgmt. but the stench escaped in store bought ones. Now my dogs are 200+ lbs. but the bags that their treats come in were very handy. We were completely house bound as the snow was 18” thick so I was cleaning up floors. I have saved every gallon container since last Texas winter and they are all full of water. I had simple things like cases of water to drink but no water to mop floors. I did have a case of bleach and was mopping with just bleach. Extra dog beds would have been nice too. This year every dog Haz 2 extra beds that haven’t been used. Me sleeping on dirty dog beds with the dogs to keep warm was much much less than romantic lol
I use pantyhose for packing and hanging meat for curing. Of course I use the new ones for this purpose, not used :). Three or four layers will protect meat from all the insects and it will shape the meat very nicely. Also, I cover my jars with home made vinegar with the toe part of pantyhose, best cover ever, no fruit fly will get to it.
@@goodintentions1302 I started from the recipe on the internet, then using method of “trial and error” I change it a bit. It is simple. People make it very complicated, but truth is, it is not. I live in Costa Rica, lots of humidity, temperature is between 66F and 78F and still I come up with delicious cured meat every time. Sometimes I would put it in the smoker for a little bit, just to get this smokey skin around it. I usually use pork lion, but I did also ham. Take a piece of meat (must be boneless), wash it and dry it using paper towel or kitchen towel. Put it in a slightly bigger container and cover with sugar. Make sure, that all sides of meat are covered with sugar. So for example, for 2 lb of pork lion I may use up to 2 lb of sugar. According to most recepis, you should live it for a 24 hours in the fridge. I flip it in the container after 24 hours, and live it for another 24 hours in the fridge. Then you wash the meat, dry it, and do the same with salt. I use about half a pound of salt and mix it with my favorite herbs: thyme, oregano, basil, marjoram. Dip meat in the mix of salt and herbs all over, make sure it is covered, put in the container and leave it for the next 24 hours in the fridge. Next step, wash meat very well, dry it, prepare the mix of salt and your favorite spices. This time use a little bit of salt, (may be just a 1,5 - 2 teaspoon) and spices like: garlic (fresh pressed or powder), red pepper (sweet, smoked, or spicy), herbs (one or all of the above). Honestly, I use my nose making those mixes - if it smells yummy, it will taste yummy :). Put the mix all over the meat, rub it on. Now you carefully put the meat in the pantyhose :) , so the rub stays on the meat. Usually I need less then one leg of pantyhose (I know it sound ridiculous) for this size of meat. Now you stretch panties so they are sitting tightly on the meat, make a knot, flip it to make another layer, make a knot, flip it again, make at least three or four layers of pantyhose around the meat. Now hang it in the kitchen to dry. I hang it from the ceiling above the countertop, at my eye level. Leave it for at least four days. Wrap it in the cheese cloth or kitchen towel and put in the refrigerator. It is ready to eat.
Put your solar lights hi towards the ceiling will spread more light. remember can get the water for eggs or rice to boiling set aside from flame covered wait 15min will be cooked.
One great way to prepare fire starters from dryer lint is to save the cardboard rollers from your toilet paper & stuff them with the lint. Store them in a grocery bag or container in a dry place. They are fantastic for starting your fire! No wax needed, although if you want to add a little you could drizzle a small amount (for extra heat to your fire) onto the inside of the roll before stuffing it. Make sure it has cooled & hardened before stuffing.
Love these ideas (some might still be to come in this video). Book lights that will work when power doesn’t. A Deck of Cards. Also, print off “game instructions” from the internet (for various card games) to keep with the cards in a large ziplock bag.
in our blockwatch we ordered body bags just in case. We have 80 homes and many older people that if they passed we would want to put them away respectfully. Something panty hose won't work for. Good Tip!
You guys really got me laughing. I have books, can't see well, never get bored, but...some excellent tips here. I do have drying racks, still have a clothesline. I have a washed and dryer, but rarely use my dryer. The humor here was totally silly, but in all honesty, you still have to keep a sense of humor in all situations. A lot of food for thought! Practical 🤔 thinking! Kudos!
I use to live in Kansas. My husband worked outside in the cold winters. He used to come home telling me about the guys wearing pantyhose under their long johns to keep warm. They had some kind of heaters outside and he would burn the hair off the backs of his legs trying to stay warm. I never could get him to wear any. He said, What if I get hurt and have to go to the hospital? He said he'd rather freeze. lol
You also can keep your old pantyholes with runners in them instead of buying new ones. You might not want to use them to filter water, but you could use them for all the other things you mentioned. I'm going to look over my pantyholes right now to pick out the ones with runners & put them away for SHTF. I pray it doesn't come to this, but as the days go on, I'm getting less & less hopeful.
Baby Wipes are great for the Outhouse trips, cleaning your hands, even sponge bathing. Baking soda, would be great, if you run out of deodorant. Dry Shampoo . Bandaids Alcohol Insect repellent Dehydrated Eggs, Butter, Sour Cream, Buttermilk,Vegetables like Onions, Tomatoes, Bell Peppers, Garlic, Green Onions, (sold in bulk, on Amazon) Chili Powder, Dried Fruit, Cocoa Powder, Spices, Seasonings, Dried Meats like Jerky, Bacon, etc. Crisco & Lard, could really, come in handy. LG. Buckets from the Bakery Dept. @Grocery Stores, can come in really handy, for keeping matches dry, washing clothes in the buckets, storing flour , sugar, salt, etc. Stock up, on Chicken Bouillon & Beef Bouillon. Dried cheese (powdered cheeses). Peanut Butter. Jams, Jellies & Syrup. Instant Chocolate Powder for chocolate milk.
There are many places to find good food grade buckets, for the asking. Some will charge a minimal fee, still cheaper than buying from online sites. Used to get mine free from a school cafeteria, also restaurants, fast food places... Most are throwing them away.
We found that Walmart bags usually have holes in them so we decided to use the little 4 gallon scented trash bags. They don’t have to be scented that’s just what I picked up at the store. They are durable and you get 80 in a package. Also a 3x5 hole for an outhouse will last a family of 4 about 5 years.
When shopping ALWAYS double bag, keep bags light! Then sort bags that have holes vs non holes (bags w small holes can still be used for non liquid trash or even a convenient "donate" bag or to keep soda cans that have a deposit on them (5extra bucks over a month or 2 worth of can deposits is a great in the car reserve for those !!uhhhooooh!! NEED gas station antidiarrheal on a road trip
We have two nice quality metal collapsible drying racks that we bought from Walmart of all places. We use them every single laundry cycle (we do laundry about once every two weeks - it’s just my husband and me, and we intentionally own enough clothes to be able to go longer without doing laundry). About half of our clothes get dried in the dryer; about half get hung up. My husband doesn’t like stiff jeans, so those get dried in the dryer. I wear almost all yoga pants that dry well on the collapsible racks, so that’s where my clothes dry. Anyway, in an emergency, we could just dry everything on the racks and call it a day. I just wanted to let y’all know that buying these collapsible racks are good, even for non-emergency times. Your clothes last longer and you don’t heat up your house as much during the summer.
Is it not a normal practice in America to hang your clothes outside? Most people in England hang their washing outside.. It smells so much nicer and course much cheaper. I Use clothes racks(maidens) when it rains . I even have a heated one which uses little energy but dries very well.
@@alysonbuckley6125 - sorry! The app just told me that you responded. Anyway, I live in a very windy area, so although clotheslines are somewhat common in rural areas (which I do live in a very rural area), I don’t hang up my clothes outside. They’d end up in the next county over! But for the most part, people use dryers. Hanging clothes up on a clothes line is looked down upon as something a poor person would do, basically. Which is too bad, bc it’s better for the environment and for the clothes!
I was saving all my dryer lint until i noticed an awful lot of my cats hair in it. Human hair really stinks when burning. I assume cat hair would be just as bad so i stopped saving the lint.
When I change out 1/2 of my fish water every 3 days.I will put it on our plants.But I would not use salt water.Just from a fresh water fish tank is best.Plus having a fish around makes a great pet.Ruby the fish says hey from N.C
When my power goes out , I keep my fish tank filters going by using 2 battery powered air pumps to keep my fish tank going. Used then twice in recent months.
@@ellenlaurence6559 Thanks for the tip. I have a 55 gallon but had no idea you could get battery powered filters. I use a auto feeder if I have to leave for a while though….
Listening to you, I remembered 4 years ago when two category 4-5 hurricanes hit my country. We were without energy and some without water and we needed to do many things to persevere and survive.
I like that girl scout 💡 idea. Only instead, I would reuse an old laundry detergent dispenser container to fill with water (and wash out container thouroughly before filling with water) and just press the valve to open the faucet on the laundry soap container to switch hands. Or a 7 gallon water jug with a spiggot. And carry handle over my kitchen sink. Or bathroom sink. A large watering can for quick showers.
I bought some baby wipes to clean my body. We have to make sure we have hygiene. Also bought a first aid kit. Also if you have any medication like aspirin ibuprofen itch medicine bug repellent alcohol peroxide. I also have powder detergent instead of liquid which will eventually evaporate. I've bought some solar powered light bulbs. They can be used like flashlights too. Musical instruments help pass the time to
Stuff dryer lint or cotton balls in toilet paper cardboard rolls dip each end in Vaseline. Place in quart size freezer bags. 6 rolls usually fit in a qt size and close the top. Each roll will burn 20 minutes to start a fire. Tried and true!!
Another thing is you may want to get a hand operated can opener. I case the electric goes out..I also got a few warmer for cooking from the party suppy store. There come in handy for cooking soup and Making coffee. And only use tea candles. My friend got a supply of adult disposable underwear for the time of month. She says you can wash them out and reuse them.
when I read 'stockpile' and heard shovel - I could only think my husband would be thrilled to be able to have another one or 2 or 3. All good ideas, thank you.
I grew up always having some extra things on hand, I was born only decade after WWII ended, and its effects of it still lingering. So you had be creative . Then later on we lived in a small village and our house was located on quite a steep hill side = so in Winter when it snowed you could not get down to the main road ( no snow service only the main road) the village was also in a kind of a dip, menaing we had to drive uphill and downhill and that was most often not doable. So you kind of prepared for some extra supplies. It just became a way of life. There were no dryers available-it was not our culture. We hung our clothes. So for some this might be considered an "emergency" for others it's just a way of life. When I stayed with my grandmother as a little girl, there was no bathroom -just an outhouse in the barn. So we used night pots.
We did also live so far out if you were not prepared you suffered. But Mom and Dad did their best, we never suffered. When the electric would go down months on end, it was my job to haul water from the spring house. I remember chamber pots, and heating water on the gas stove so we could bathe, canning and putting up food and smoking meats for storage and hanging hams and bacon in the attic so they would freeze. We had chickens, ducks, god awful geese and dairy cows. I still do much of the same things today. Wash dishes by hand hang laundry, put food up from the garden. BUT I refuse to hang hams and bacon from the attic! LOL. And we are well past the dairy cattle, by the grand children want to learn so here we go again. Oh and yes the electric still goes out pretty regular. It is so good to hear from someone who has had similar experiences. May your days be blessed and happy.
My granny also used a "po", used mainky for pee. She carried water from her nearby well. People are so posh now. I reuse water from the bath to water plants. Being as independent as possible is more important than ever in this era of control.
Subbed like 10 minutes ago and I’m already loving you guys!! 😆. I’m very new to this “prepping” thing. It can feel like doom and gloom but you all seem to make prepping fun. Which helps us newbies embrace it a little easier.
Cause it is all doom and gloom. Instead of putting money aside for more toilet paper or batteries, put it aside of a college education for you and your children, you'll get a much higher return, be smarter and happier. These are people capitalizing on your anxiety, fear and lack of education. You're spending your life worrying about all the bad things that MIGHT happen, that sounds like a really lousy way to live, I don't envy you idiots. Please get an education and not at youtube or Facebook university.
@@SlimKeith11 I guess highly educated people like yourself were never taught one valuable life lesson- “if you have nothing nice to say then don’t say anything at all.” God bless!
I have usb charger plugs for my truck to charge phones and items that use USB. You guys are funny too. Thank you for the ideas been getting a lot of items stocked up.
FIRST thing I bought when we bought a travel trailer was a portable potty; a bucket that sits inside of a nice looking outer bucket with a slightly cushy seat that detaches. For those that don’t know this concept- you put a plastic trash bag in the bucket, and most people put in kitty litter or wood shavings in the bottom of the bag, you do your business ONCE and take out the bag and get it OUT of the trailer, because there is NO STOPPING the odor.
years ago while camping I used a cheap salad spinner to spin water out of a shirt that got grease on it and had to be cleaned right away. Kids laughed, but it's great for small laundry items.
Sketch pads and pencils, colors and coloring books (for grown-ups and kids), knitting, crochet, other needle work, and anything that keeps your hands and mind interested.
Cast iron pots and pans.
These are the best cooking tools to use on an open fire and makes food taste so good and it will never hurt them. They last forever too.
Also adds iron to acid foods like tomatoes
I once used nylon stockings to use for an emergency fan belt on my car. I was able to make it over 20 miles to home. Don’t know if it would work on today’s modern cars, but it worked on my 1965 Chevell Malibu.
Zip ties
@@louisevaughan2165 I'll never throw those strings away again. I save the twine that hay and straw bales are tied with. God bless you.
I did that once too
@@louisevaughan2165 lol! That’s resourceful!
I did that with a 63 mercury
In girl scouts, we would fill a milk jug with water, hang it upside down (tied to a tree) and put a bar of soap in a nylon, tie that to the handle, just slightly unscrew the cap to drip, and use to wash our hands. (As a 8-10yr old, this blew my mind... genius..lol)
My Dad taught me this. It makes it so the soap doesn't slip out of your hands onto a dirt floor too!
That is so smart!
Nylon tie as in panty hose? Thanks
I was a leader. I took a just of water and put a soap bar in a stocking and held it from the top. I stuck a golf pin in it to use for water drainage.
Very good💡
Bubble wrap on windows keeps out the cold but still allows light to enter, save a lot on heating costs.
Put them on the outside or inside? Thank you
@@bubbles3042 on your inside window put the bubble side on the glass, the I scotch tape it to window frame works great
I have 17 windows in my house (that was built in 1951); so I will just try to adjust!! Thanks anyway.
@@bubbles3042 use the larger bubbles bubble wrap, spray the INSIDE of the glass and the bubble side of the wrap with water, and simply press into place. The bubbles go against the glass (the cold air gets trapped in the spaces) Hope this helps. Watch the one minute video of Alaska Granny showing you how.
Thank you!!!!
Panty hose are really useful for storing potatoes and onions long term. Hang them on a hook with a knot between each item, and you have good airflow all around each veggie.
I do this for onions and it works great.
How long will onions and potatoes keep this way?
@@kimjefferson5953 I didn't do this with potatoes. The onions lasted a few weeks.
If an onion has a bruise don't let that spot touch another onion or that condition can be passed on.
@@doriswhite1348 Thank you so much!
I can keep onions from October through about February in a cool dark basement. Then they start to get soft. Potatoes will keep until the spring when the ones with a lot of eyes get planted, but potatoes can be be stored easier in a cardboard box that you cut holes in for circulation. Keep the potatoes separated from each other with newspaper. Pantyhose works the same, but I have more boxes and newspaper than pantyhose🤣
We've toyes around with the idea of keeping beer, whiskey, cigarettes, and coffee in our storage. We don't use any of those things, but for trade and barter...
During blizzards and ice storms we have lost power. If you have a gas stove the electric ignitor doesn't work - but matches/ lighter will light the flame. Allowing you to cook, make coffee and provide warmth. We also tape clear shower curtains to close off rooms not being heated- then you still get daylight from those room's windows. I also cut out newspaper crossword puzzles, word search, sudoku, etc. and put those in a ziplock bag with pens/pencils to have handy.("waste not, want not" Mom always said)
I have just about all of this. 😉 Though I'm almost ashamed to say, I never thought of using solar lights indoors in case of emergencies. Great idea!!
Definitely. Adding those to my prep supply.
I use them inside and charge them in the windows
Had to do this when my power was out through the snow storm for a week
Been doing it for years..well since they came out. Works great.
I've had to all this during hurricane Maria in Puerto rico also I've had a 50 gallon trash barrel only for water. Also a 5 gallon bucket of lard will keep ur cooked meats fresh. If u have a generator u can always charge up those 💡 that go on when light goes out I've even had the ones with little solar panels on them. Actually I've had lots of things that were solar even a hand held radio
Eat little
Eat good food
Do not throw away foods
Shop for groceries only when some items are needed
Refrigerators ought to be semi empty to avoid spoilage
Freezer can be full with cooked foods or stock up items
Pantry ought to be well stocked with a variety of foods
Always have a decorative center table fruttiera full of the season fruits
Apples ought to be often present
Bake in winter to warm up the house
Fry in the middle seasons when winds can exchange air in the house
Sautee onions in large quantities and store in jars or cups in the freezer for instant use on multiple dishes from soups to stews and sauces etch
Legumes such as beans, chick peas and the others, are cold weather staple since they require longer time to get done
Bake your own schiacciata in winter by letting rest overnight to be ready in the morning
Lasagne are also a winter comfort food
Just a few Italian hints from memories of the past
Interesting wisdom from someone's g-ma.
I used to save dryer lint and pack in toilet paper tubes to use as fire starters when we heated with our wood stove for 36 years! Check, check, check....... On the plunger for washing: I experimented with that and discovered that a plunger suctioned to the bottom of the bucket! I had my hubby to drill big holes around the plunger and it solved the problem !
That's a great tip!!!
Lehmans has a "plunger" type device for doing the laundry without the suction on it. Its supposed to be good.
Lehmans has a "plunger" type device for doing the laundry without the suction on it. Its supposed to be good.
We do that all the time in our woodstove. We even take them camping to start our campfires.
I used egg cartons with the lint and wax. You can break off one part of it to start a fire
Re: waste disposal, save the ashes from your firepit, wood grill or whatever, cover the waste with ash as well as dirt.
But make sure it's cold ash..
Excellent idea!
Another things people don't think about stockpiling is sewing supplies, cloth, knitting/crocket needles and yarn. If stores close down, your clothes and bedding will only last so long. You'll have to find a way to mend and maybe even make your own clothing and bedding. That's where quilting comes in handy to reuse some of those old clothes. Also, a darning egg and darning needle is almost a necessity.
Hence the Dolly Parton song and story, a coat of many colors.
My grandma had a wooden darning egg. I don’t but could substitute one of those decorative onyx eggs.
@@eleanorcummings9699 I have no clue what a darning egg is. I'm 52. I will look it up.
My mom always uses a light bulb to darn socks.
@@JustMe-ig5pn you put the darning egg unter the hole you want to mend. this way you can darn it more evenly and easely. I have a wooden darning mushroom. Same use.
I love reading everyone's comments, so many great ideas. 😁
Plastic tarps, or 10X25' plastic to make a tent inside a room for all the family to sleep in. Each one will contribute hot breaths , to warm the surrounding area you are resting in. The tarp or plastic tent will keep warmth in. And really cold areas put a tent or plastic cover over the inside tent. A tent inside a tent.
On a yahoo forum someone asked how to keep her NYC loft warm. I told her to cook soup, to add warm steam in her home. I also reminded her of the heavy bed curtains and canopies in castles. Tapestries on the walls etc. The plastic tarps and tents work but a good blanket fort would work just as well. Ever wonder how the big hooked skirts helped?
I have a pup tent to use inside in case of winter emergencies. Between disasters, it doubles as a play tent!
If you like to grow your own food stockpile on garden seeds🌱🌱
Yes been doing this.
How do you store them and how long do they last?
@@starrynight1329 I've read as long as 10 years, but most only last a year or two...maybe 5 yrs.
But each year you can get new ones from the ones you planted.
@@josephbnd974that is if they grow to maturity.
Wire clothes hangers have a multitude of uses if you take them apart.
I love reading God’s word and I have enough in the oldest book with the latest news.
Do not put toilet paper in the toilet, if you don't have water. Place the paper on a small bag to throw away.
Get a ketchup bottle bidet -
@@miriam43899 wow what a good idea.
No one has addressed how to clean our rears after the deposit.
A guy who lived in Tibet for a year said one hand for wiping and the other hand for everything else...even after cleaning it.
No Sears or Montgomery Ward catalogs anymore.
I recently bought a dozen eBulbs for the house. They go in the normal fixtures that you use daily and have a small lithium battery in that normal use keeps fully charged. When the circuit is open but the power is interrupted, the battery takes over. You can turn them off by just turning off the switch and if you need to move then to somewhere outside they come with an attachment with a hook and an on/off switch. Each charge is good for 6 hours, so if you just use one at a time, that's a lot of light.
Hey, yes… HI! I bought 2 dozen of the light
They r absolutely a awesome I have one in each room. I gave some to family & friends
That are great! It’s so nice to have a light in the bathroom,kitchen etc. when the power is out! I love them and have used them several times already…
Where did you buy them?
@@bettyc.parker-young1437 Amazon, I think. There are lots of brands now and all seem comparable, so go with what's more reasonable, I guess. We're moving to France and I plan to buy a few boxes to take along. Kids (now grown) all got a few boxes for Christmas and my son called me one night from college to say everyone was hanging at his apartment because he was the only one with lights on (and a camp stove to cook on outside). 🙂
panty hose is also a good fix for travelling, I was a trucker with my husband and our fanbelt let go up on the Rogers Pass, we were about 81k's away from the next town and I gave my husband my pantyhose and he didn't think it would work, but it did, very slow travelling, but got us into Golden and didn't have to call for a tow truck to haul us in...this is in BC Canada..
Yes we have done that also in outback of AK.👍It works. Also carry Duck tape when traveling.
I heard of a man using the waistband from his underwear for a fan belt replacement.
It's a good idea to have crutches, canes, a walker, wheelchair, and also a commode chair on hand as well! Easy finds at thrift stores.
Great idea!!
Plus extra supply of meds.
Extra pet food & kitty litter & water just for them.
A LOT of extra sanitary/pee pads.
Eyeglass repair kit.
Local churches have a lot of these things & will them out for free.
We live in the country, sort of. I told my husband we can dig a hole, remove the pot on the handicap potty chair and sit it over the hole in the ground. We can throw up some kind of wall for privacy. A 4x4x4 frame would work by throwing a sheet over the sides.
The Walmart bags fit the commode bucket perfectly
I found a great way to use only 1-2 squares of toilet paper after having my beautiful moment (B.M.). It also works when camping. I bought a picnic mustard/ ketchup dispenser. Mine is clear plastic and not the typical firm red and yellow picnic pair. It has to be easy to squeeze; not stiff. Fill it will water and aim from the backside to power wash while avoiding washing to the front. The bottle never touched the body but can be easily santized with hand santizer. A poorman's boday! Just a little T.P. to dry and one is fresh to go.
Thanks. I will be using that term now. B.M (Beautiful Moment). :)
“A poor man’s BIDET!” 😉
Nancy Hjort you are the 2nd person to suggest that in these comments.
I'm assuming a 12 to 16 oz bottle for ease of handling...?
@@josephbnd974 I did it last year for 6 months, using cut up squares of towel to wipe with-I used a plastic pop bottle to rinse but anything will work. I put the used squares in a large plastic container with bleach and water and when ready to wash, drained the water, filled with water and detergent and shook them clean. Rinse, drain, rinse. It was a social experiment. It worked. I found out I was the tp hog in the family.
Great idea!! Added that to tomorrow's shopping list! Not going out today, we are experiencing a wonderful rain storm in the drought stricken West!!!
Solar power bank charger for phone, pad.
I put loonies (dollar coins) in a sock for weapon. Serves as laundry coins, and piggy bank.
A sleeping bag, extra blanket for the dog, in the case of no heat and extra cold weather.
Use birthday candles, pushed into butter, Crisco greese, or melted wax, in the bottom of a bowl, fill the bowl with any kind of cooking oils, bacon grease, etc up to the bottom of the candle wick. An extra large bowl with several candles will keep a small area warm for several days.
Who could be bored?? There’s so much that should be done that no one should be bored. Growing food alone can be a part time job at the very least. Hunting, Cleaning, storing and preparing food will be another part time job.
Unless 1- you can't get out of your house for some reason. --( Tornadoes, hurricanes, ect. in the case of the Eathquake that hit here in Salt Lake march 2020, it ended up being best that i stay home that day. Traffic was a mess due to power outages/ streetlights being out, and aftershocks. Unknown damage anywhere. Emergency services needing to use the roads, ect.). and/ or you (or someone near you that you are helping. speaking from personal experience on that one) physically and/ or mentally can't do much. yes, cooking, ect will take up some of the time, but not all of it.
@Skittles Skittles you are correct! No one should be bored, but the truth is humans have become accustomed to 24/7 entertainment, and consider it boring to not have constant distractions. We as a race have forgotten how to enjoy silence.
If you can sew, knit, crochet etc no one should be bored and you're adding to your "stash" = no boredom 😉
@@mrsducky3428 Some of my favorite times have been when we were getting deep snow and hardly any cars on the road and watching it snow and enjoying that silence.
Some may have children that may need distractions and can still learn from playing.
WARNING -- Do Not Drink Hot Coffee while watching this video - I almost spewed it all over my laptop!!! :-) LOL
LOL!!!!!! I need to put those warnings in when Mike is on with me!
Was that at the part where she said to put pennies in the pantyhose to use as a weapon? LOL I would have spewed at that part! :-)
Yes! They put a smile on my face and lifted my heart
They are cracking me up!
@@cherylgriffin9438 pennies or stones are better in a sock not pantyhose. Socks are much stronger, hose tear more easily.
If you have an outdoor water barrel that collects water from the roof, or when it rains, you can use that water in the toilet for flushing.
You can also boil rain water and then filter it to use for bathing and washing hair also.
Boiled rain water is the healthiest method to wash and rinse hair in.
@@country_roadsWV Just don't drink it, even though it's boiled. There are chemicals in the roof shingles, draining down the gutter downspout into the barrel.
@@ericclaeyborn3600 are you sure as I've seen videos that suggest using rain water for consuming after it is filtered?
Perhaps we should pass it thru a distiller. Heavy metals & chemicals may not rise thru the tubes. I duuno. Maybe someone with expertise could answer that one.
I bought 1000 glow sticks online for about 50.00 awhile back.
I place 2 activated glowsticks in a plastic bottled water. This will give you 10 to 12 hours of soft light that will help illuminate a dark room . Experiment to see how many of these bottle lights work best for you !
My girls used them to give our Christmas tree a nice funky glow, and stuck them in their hair for fun !
Handy for marking trails at night.
If lights go out, you can line sidewalks and driveways for safer walking outside.
Oh ! You can tie one to a piece of cord or string and hang around your neck so family can see you when its dark 😊
Place a glowstick or two above door openings.
PS.. there's something about putting them in the bottle of water that magnifies the light they put off.
Brilliant! 👏👏
Very illuminating idea
What are you going to eat when the lights go out?
@@alanoliver9956 i will eat things I've stocked and things I cook from scratch.
Found a wild persimmon tree by the pond in my neighborhood recently..
I gathered a large bowl of very ripe ones yesterday... going to make persimmon wine if I can stop eating these long enuff to do so. Lol
I have a wood stove inside, a rocket stove outside.
How about you ?
Those trees in the background are just gorgeous.
Yes - Arizonan here - miss the autumn foliage to enjoy.
Dryer lint should only be used if a derivative of cotton or natural fiber… polyesters, acrylics will melt and give off toxic fumes
I think we'd all survive the tiny amount of poison that would come from an ounce of dryer lint that contained those polyesters, etc....
Besides......I don't think those fibers shed lint to begin with.....
Do polyesters & acrylics give off lint??
True!! I only keep lint from my cotton towel cycles.
@@briannab5296 I don't think they do....
I only use my lint fire starters outside in firepit and rocket stove.
Living rural we often lost power during a snow storm. Using heavy blankets, cardboard or sheets of plywood, seal up one one, usually the kitchen with the gas or propane stove to cook, heat source and melt snow (had lots of that) in the roaster pans in the oven for water to wash, drinking (filter thru coffee filters), flush the toilet and feed the farm animals. Warm a blanket or quilt by the stove to wrap up in and head to bed under layers of quilts. Slept lwarm and cody like a baby. Lived like this for 12 days until power restored.
We also discovered that if you can simmer a pot of boiling water it helps to heat the house & also keeps the fire in your fireplace or wood burning stove from over-drying the air & causing respiratory stress.
for heat overnight...fill one or two 2Litre pop bottle(s) with hot water and then put the bottle in a thick sock and throw it under your blanket...It acts like a big hot water bottle and will last through the night....reason for the sock is so it doesn't burn you while sleeping and also releases the heat from the hot water slowly.
@@kaleidoscope8743 It is good to know the old ways. A lot of people are going to be in for a shock they may not recover from if things go completely wrong.
We used to sleep with our school clothes under the blankets with us, and change before we got out of bed. I used my coat as an extra blanket. Since our house was so drafty, Mama would put our shoes on the over door to warm them, and we hustled into the kitchen to put them on and get a little warmth.
I've been through some rough times, and never thought I'd be worried it would come around again this late in my life. Oh, well. At any rate, I do know how to do things, and can improvise, scrounge and make do.
@@kaleidoscope8743 What sweet memories you shared. It was heart-warming to read.
@@Luleeable But, it might damage the wallpaper, as it did with us a few years back, It makes the wallpaper moist and it buckles
This Library Director was very excited to hear your number 2! There are never enough books!
We had tons of books and I slowly gave them all away.
Crafting books is all I have😆
I'm old what can I say.
We keep books as well, during a recent blizzard I lent out mystery novels to my neighbors, they were amazed how wonderful it was to just sit and read!!!
When we lived in Ohio, we got hit with the tail end of Hurricane Ike and were without power for about 4 days. I had the idea to bring all of our solar lanterns inside at night and I hung them everywhere! Especially on door knobs! They really helped a lot!!!
That’s what we do! Works great!
Oh that was a bad one. Was our of my house for 5wks. Awful. I lived on the area of direct hit. My cousin lives in Ohio, she got it too.
I'm from Cleveland Ohio 😊
I grew up in Bridge City, TX. We had 7' of water in the house down here from Ike.
I did not realize y'all had gotten some of that mess up there too. 😳
Hurricanes down here are why there are a lot of old school peppers. Covid-19 is why there are a lot of new peppers.
God Bless!
I was in ohio for Ike too. No power for a week! House was sooo hot!
I read somewhere about makeshift toilets (5 gallon buckets, etc.) that you should pee and poop in separate containers. This helps keep the smell down. Then the urine can be used as fertilizer as long as it wasn't mixed with the feces. And, throw the toilet paper away in a separate container, too.
Ladies could eliminate the toilet paper use for urine by using old flannel shirts or nightgowns cut into the desired size. They are washable making them reusable. I have not graduated to flannel for my beautiful moments yet.
That's correct. It's the ammonia in the urine. That's why composting toilets have 2 chambers to separate.
You can cover your feces with with wood ash or just a shovel of earth. That will not only cover the smell, but increase the speed of composting. If you add straw or grass clippings later on the pile outside, it makes great compost. Let it mature for a year. But not put it next to your drinking water supply!
We've been using solar lights for night lights for over a year. Our boys are afraid of the dark and most night lights are not very bright. Also we loss power at least 6 times a year so we prepared for that. It works pretty good just make sure you have a higher number of lumens (equivalent to watts for electric light bulbs). I've also been using the lint to start our wood stove for years. Love that you are doing these kind of videos... I really believe we all are going to have to adapt to survive what is coming.
Back in july of 1993 we had a flood that took out electricity for 3 or 4 day, it took out water service for around 4 weeks. some had a little warning, and filled bath tub with water to use to "flush" toilet.
My grandparents lived in very rural Montana, where electricity went out often. In addition to books, there were always playing cards and board games to keep everyone entertained and occupied.
During the snowpocalypse in Tx, I read aloud to my husband in the evenings while the power was down.
That's sweet.
@Chris B lol he did. Till about 9pm
Very nice!
It's a great way to share a book with the one you love.
My father was in the Royal Navy.
When the ship came in to port the sailors would have to stand on display on the top deck....it was freezing sometimes, so he wore....pantihose, we call them tights in the Uk.
Extremely effective
I salute your dad for his service. I used to work outdoors for different jobs in various weather conditions and panty hose make the great wind and cold weather breaker. They do work.
I sent panty hose to the guys overseas the panty hose helps keep the sand away from their body.
This American Navy Wife & Navy daughter thank your Dad …& you for service !
The panty hose idea is well liked by our sailors on ships for standing Quarter Deck Duty too.
We’re men. We’re men in tights. Tight tights!
When I was a kid, we duct taped an old wire hanger to a long stick, taped some panty hose to the hanger, and had a crawfish drag net... could work to get shiners, too.
I love the humor...these aren't things fun to talk about but listening to this is well worth the time. Thank you
Humidity helps room temp feel warmer. You can drain n use water from your water heater for many things. Place your light source in front of a mirror to get more light from it. Keep a propane camp stove handy n extra, small propane tanks. Fairly cheap. Electric blankets can be used , using very little power from a car battery, get a converter to use, to run 110 off your car battery. Always have extra extension cords. Heavy ones for outside. Do not sit in a running car for heat w/o the window cracked an inch or so. Make sure no snow blocks the exhaust pipe. Never use a generator inside house OR garage and make sure its not near your air intake for the house/ furnace. I have lived in Northern Michigan my whole life. Long cold winters. Also, did you know a person can only live 3 days w/o water? But weeks of very sm amounts of food. You can survive in the worst by eating the soft under bark from white pine trees, and make pine needle tea. Foods to store, pasta, rice, pbutter, tuna, salt, sugar, bf stew, soups, honey, and ALWAYS have extra O C medicines . Aspirin/tylenol, anti diarrhea. Whiskey. Read some books on foraging and herbal meds. You can eat most of the things growing in your lawn .
Also, you could buy cheap clumping kitty litter and use at least 2 trash bags for collecting elimination. If you keep using the one larger trash bag, it could break and well, fecal matter hitting the floor would not be pleasant to clean with no running water. I live in Texas in a rural town and you can guess everyone lost water and power, February 2021. Also, maybe a bucket with a toilet lid on it instead of the actual toilet. If the bag tears, kitty litter down your plumbing, not good.
Better yet, get equine pellets, pine pellets. You can buy a 40lb bag for around 7 dollars, if they can neutralize horse pee smells can you imagine how well they work for humans? We used them when camping and they are compostable, they expand into sawdust when the pee hits it and no smell. Used them for my two cats and after they passed, I have about 25lb in storage.
Clumping kitty litter is never cheap.
Oh yes. Today, we're having a severe wind storm in northern CA. Electricity wise we're okay in our apartment, but lots of people on PG&E lost power. Perfect timing 👌
Save your stale Fritos or Potato Chips (if you have any). One Frito will burn much much longer than a match to get your fire going.
In Girl Scout camp (a long time ago) we had a latrine where we pooped, then added a small amount of lime over the poop , then closed the lid on the outhouse hole! This worked GREAT! No smell, no flys, etc. I wonder why no one recommends this these days.
I was thinking of using a layer of kitty litter
I remember those latrines. But we didn't use the lime, which is a good idea. Use lime in the horse and cow barns though!
Lime like the fruit?
@@melissaohlrich2418 Barn lime- it's crushed limestone, makes a white powder that prevents ammonia smells (and has other benefits)
I had a hard time finding lime a few years ago. I found it at a brick factory after swearing I wasn't burying bodies. Unbelievable but true.
So with the digging deep hole and dropping the deposits in it, you can also put a scoop of ASH in the hole and dirt, that will keep the smell down.
Good to know!
Actually, knee high hose can be more useful than longer pantyhose in many situations. They are also easier to pack in a pocket. Sock tops can be cut off, washed, bleached and used to hold bandages to cover large areas such as legs, elbows and arms. I would also get an old fashioned washboard to get at those stains and clumps of dirt a plunger can miss.
I found a plunger less work, and the washboard really ruins your textiles. If you have serious stains, let it soak for overnight in soda water or lye, and do spotcleaning with a bar of soap. Baking soda or washing soda works good on smells. If you want to bleach white laundry, you can hang up your clothline outside in the sun. If it dries before the stain is gone, just spray it with water and repeat. Special tip: bloodstains should be rinsed with cold water first.
I have an actual clothes scrub board that my Dad got from his Mother too many decades ago. Clothesline and 150 pins and homemade laundry soap. Now I need to find someone to do the laundry.
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Lol...but seriously how do you make homemade soap; laundry, dish or hand soap ?
@@josephbnd974 Alaska Prepper and others have great videos on how to make the laundry soap.
@@357Addict thank you.
I remember growing up in the 50's we had a small washer with 2 wooded cylinders, that used a hand crank to remove the excess water from clothes. We called it a ringer.
Dried citrus peel is a useful fire starter and to bank a fire up, a full vacuum cleaner dust container, burns nice and slow
Tips: there are camping solar lights that are a lot better than the outside ones, they last a lot longer. One good brand is Luci light. you can get also a couple of solar powerbanks for your cell/laptop.
I have Luci Lights for hurricane season, when the power goes out.
So the solar power bank-just put in the sun and it will charge phone!!?
🤯!! I had no idea!
Or better yet, drop $70-$80 on a hand-crank AM/shortwave radio/flashlight/etc combo. If you're mainly prepping for disaster, don't worry too much about your cell bc the towers will likely be down anyway. I favor solar when possible but sometimes the sun don't shine.
@@frostyfrances4700 You can store useful books in a cell or table when electricity is down, use it as radio,listen to music.
A bit pricey.
Hope all have the Firefox series of books. Best learning experience were my parents. Mostly off the grid.. and Im 54. My son is 16 and he knows how to help. Love your vids. Thanks for putting real life out there.
I need to look that up.
I hung an indoor 5 line clothesline in my front room where we had a small gas heater for years to dry my families clothes in the winter. I could afford to wash the clothes but running a dryer was too expensive. It worked great and saved a lot of money. I've always had an out door clothesline to hang towels, sheets, cloth diapers and clothes on, to soak up sunshine (think vitamin D), dry for free and oh, they always smell so good and towels dried on a clothesline not in a dryer absorb better and last longer. What started at the beginning of our marriage became my preferred way to dry clothes. You might want to add solar chargers so that you can keep your phones charged us and your tablets charged up. They work great, are not too expensive (can get on Amazon) and come in handy when the electricity is out for any length of time. I did not think about the solar lights. I know what I'll be buying this week. Great tips.
Vitamin D must be created within your living body, it can not be stored in fabric. It begins when sunlight is absorbed through your skin directly.
Buy a jackery with solar panels,,,
Get a 50 lb bag of garden lime for helping compost the outhouse contents.
Also a couple of big bales of peat moss or saw dust and a Luggable Lou 5 gallon bucket toilet for making a composting toilet so that you can do your business inside your home.
Once a week you can empty the contents into a very deep hole in your backyard. Make sure the hole isn’t near your garden or a water source. Put some fencing around the hole and put something like a garbage can lid or scrap of plywood over it so nobody or no animals fall into the hole.
You can create a compost wire or pallet bin to empty the contents into and then once it’s full broken down and composted, you can use that to fertilize shrubs and trees. DO NOT use it to fertilize anything in your garden or berry patch if you have a berry patch or garden.
Be sure it’s very deep. A man in Venezuela warned because he didn’t have his waste hole deep enough & far enough from living quarters and his little daughter died from disease.i can’t remember what prepping site I read his comment on. Even though it’s been several years, I will never forget his earnest plea to others. I thought it was so brave of him to warn others of the danger.
Good luck getting Peat moss right now. It's be unavailable for a year and a half now.
My power went out about 2 hours ago. I recommend getting a small portable power charger as well so you can keep your phones and devices charged, my phone is linked to my laptop for internet and my portable devices will keep it charged .After our last 5 day outage I bought mine during the big amazon sales and you can also buy them on QVC, HSN on time pay without a credit card (using a debit card) and no extra fee's if you cannot afford to buy in one purchase. Also a portable butane stove single burner can be purchased for under 20.00 and duel fuel under 30.00. I bought a box of butane at Costco 3 years ago (12 cans) and still have 11. I do not regret these purchases..at all. Now I can have a hot meal when the house is cold and im under my blankets. Thanks for all the tips!
I have all of those and like you never regret it. I also recently found light bulbs that charge while the pier is on and work for hours after the power goes off. I absolutely love them and they actually work. The ones I got have a little hook that you can screw in them and use as a flashlight or hand them somewhere else. It’s great to have a working light in the bathroom,kitchen etc. when the power is out. I’ve never ran them all the way down either.
Can you use butane cooking stoves inside the house?
Eyeglasses .. when you update your specs, keep your old ones .. just in case! Or, if you can afford it, get a second or third pair of your new prescription. Bless ..
I buy the multi pack of knee high hose to use around the farm for many projects. They are Great for tying up tomato plants and cradling melons. Or tying down the trap we put over the top of our dog kennel for shelter.
Boys I know use for fish bait, not sure exactly how
This is all very disheartening that we need to start thinking along these lines. I grew up hearing stories from people who lived through the Great Depression and it looks like that's where we are heading. . . .
Great Depression aside, if you live anywhere that it snows, floods, or there are tornados or hurricanes, you need to have supplies on hand in watertight containers. If you survive the onslaught, you have no idea when services will be restored or goods will become available again. Look at what happened in TX this past winter when the grid collapsed in the storms. My friends went over a week without power and had to move across town to a hotel just to keep warm. That assumes your whole city isn't affected... California got used to having rolling brown-outs during their power shortage years. And it will get worse as our national grid is aging badly and they just keep adding more and more electric things onto it... My mom used to live in the sticks in CO up in the mountains about 35 miles from the nearest town. They had built a lovely storage under the house crawlspace for their winter food supplies. When it snowed, you weren't going to town for any reason for sometimes a couple weeks at time... Forget Doomsday, make sure you have stuff on hand for everday disasters!
It would be even more disheartening if we didn't think of these possibilities....did you learn nothing from the grasshopper and ant stories in your childhood?
I live in rural Canada on the Prarie where it gets nasty quick! With temperatures that get as cold as -50 ad blowing whiteout conditions leaving travel out of the question for a few days at most. This is exactly what people around here do or used to do. We have or most people used to have "cold rooms" Where preservatives and caned goods were stored in their basements, a few homes around still even have root cellars in the backyard. The older generations and my folks always had their cold rooms or cellars stocked up, "in case of hard times".
Buy the hand warmer packs sold near camping sections. They help you get by if you can't have a fire in your home.
Also, to keep warm, wear a hat. We lose most of our body heat through our head.
90%
@@karenking5357 The "hat thing" has been proven wrong .
One of the few things I had I needed for the dogs was zip lock bags for waste mgmt. but the stench escaped in store bought ones. Now my dogs are 200+ lbs. but the bags that their treats come in were very handy. We were completely house bound as the snow was 18” thick so I was cleaning up floors. I have saved every gallon container since last Texas winter and they are all full of water. I had simple things like cases of water to drink but no water to mop floors. I did have a case of bleach and was mopping with just bleach. Extra dog beds would have been nice too. This year every dog Haz 2 extra beds that haven’t been used. Me sleeping on dirty dog beds with the dogs to keep warm was much much less than romantic lol
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That is hilarious. And a good idea 😆.God bless you.
I hear you! I never thought
Of using dog treat bags
Save water in your laundry soap jugs, no need to rinse first, you'll have some already soapy water to clean with.
I thought the shovel was to dig a hole to bury the bodies LOL LOL LOL
Now that’s being prepared!🤣🤣🤣
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I thought when she said "for elimination" she meant eliminate people with the shovel
That's what the Kabota is for...
Me too
I use pantyhose for packing and hanging meat for curing. Of course I use the new ones for this purpose, not used :). Three or four layers will protect meat from all the insects and it will shape the meat very nicely. Also, I cover my jars with home made vinegar with the toe part of pantyhose, best cover ever, no fruit fly will get to it.
I'd like to learn how to cure meat. Do you smoke it?
@@goodintentions1302 I started from the recipe on the internet, then using method of “trial and error” I change it a bit. It is simple. People make it very complicated, but truth is, it is not. I live in Costa Rica, lots of humidity, temperature is between 66F and 78F and still I come up with delicious cured meat every time. Sometimes I would put it in the smoker for a little bit, just to get this smokey skin around it.
I usually use pork lion, but I did also ham. Take a piece of meat (must be boneless), wash it and dry it using paper towel or kitchen towel. Put it in a slightly bigger container and cover with sugar. Make sure, that all sides of meat are covered with sugar. So for example, for 2 lb of pork lion I may use up to 2 lb of sugar. According to most recepis, you should live it for a 24 hours in the fridge. I flip it in the container after 24 hours, and live it for another 24 hours in the fridge. Then you wash the meat, dry it, and do the same with salt. I use about half a pound of salt and mix it with my favorite herbs: thyme, oregano, basil, marjoram. Dip meat in the mix of salt and herbs all over, make sure it is covered, put in the container and leave it for the next 24 hours in the fridge. Next step, wash meat very well, dry it, prepare the mix of salt and your favorite spices. This time use a little bit of salt, (may be just a 1,5 - 2 teaspoon) and spices like: garlic (fresh pressed or powder), red pepper (sweet, smoked, or spicy), herbs (one or all of the above). Honestly, I use my nose making those mixes - if it smells yummy, it will taste yummy :). Put the mix all over the meat, rub it on. Now you carefully put the meat in the pantyhose :) , so the rub stays on the meat. Usually I need less then one leg of pantyhose (I know it sound ridiculous) for this size of meat. Now you stretch panties so they are sitting tightly on the meat, make a knot, flip it to make another layer, make a knot, flip it again, make at least three or four layers of pantyhose around the meat. Now hang it in the kitchen to dry. I hang it from the ceiling above the countertop, at my eye level. Leave it for at least four days. Wrap it in the cheese cloth or kitchen towel and put in the refrigerator. It is ready to eat.
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I have a treadle sewing machine & LOTS of fabric.
Put your solar lights hi towards the ceiling will spread more light. remember can get the water for eggs or rice to boiling set aside from flame covered wait 15min will be cooked.
One great way to prepare fire starters from dryer lint is to save the cardboard rollers from your toilet paper & stuff them with the lint. Store them in a grocery bag or container in a dry place. They are fantastic for starting your fire! No wax needed, although if you want to add a little you could drizzle a small amount (for extra heat to your fire) onto the inside of the roll before stuffing it. Make sure it has cooled & hardened before stuffing.
Add Vasiline for great fire fuel
Hey! That was my idea...lol...
A dehumidifier will collect water from the air... Then you can filter it for drinkable water.
Love these ideas (some might still be to come in this video).
Book lights that will work when power doesn’t.
A Deck of Cards.
Also, print off “game instructions” from the internet (for various card games) to keep with the cards in a large ziplock bag.
in our blockwatch we ordered body bags just in case. We have 80 homes and many older people that if they passed we would want to put them away respectfully. Something panty hose won't work for. Good Tip!
Omg how morbid
It is something that should be planned for. Many times the deaths have made others in communities sick.
@@pennylaur7687 probably where are you from? I am in the US we take a lot for granted. However there is a funeral home in my small town.
You guys really got me laughing. I have books, can't see well, never get bored, but...some excellent tips here. I do have drying racks, still have a clothesline. I have a washed and dryer, but rarely use my dryer. The humor here was totally silly, but in all honesty, you still have to keep a sense of humor in all situations. A lot of food for thought! Practical 🤔 thinking! Kudos!
I use to live in Kansas. My husband worked outside in the cold winters. He used to come home telling me about the guys wearing pantyhose under their long johns to keep warm. They had some kind of heaters outside and he would burn the hair off the backs of his legs trying to stay warm. I never could get him to wear any. He said, What if I get hurt and have to go to the hospital? He said he'd rather freeze. lol
That is funny
You also can keep your old pantyholes with runners in them instead of buying new ones. You might not want to use them to filter water, but you could use them for all the other things you mentioned. I'm going to look over my pantyholes right now to pick out the ones with runners & put them away for SHTF. I pray it doesn't come to this, but as the days go on, I'm getting less & less hopeful.
You can put outdoor stick yard lights in vase to hold up like candle.
Baby Wipes are great for the Outhouse trips, cleaning your hands, even sponge bathing.
Baking soda, would be great, if you run out of deodorant.
Dry Shampoo .
Bandaids
Alcohol
Insect repellent
Dehydrated Eggs, Butter, Sour Cream, Buttermilk,Vegetables like Onions, Tomatoes, Bell Peppers, Garlic, Green Onions, (sold in bulk, on Amazon)
Chili Powder, Dried Fruit, Cocoa Powder, Spices, Seasonings, Dried Meats like Jerky, Bacon, etc.
Crisco & Lard, could really, come in handy.
LG. Buckets from the Bakery Dept. @Grocery Stores, can come in really handy, for keeping matches dry, washing clothes in the buckets, storing flour , sugar, salt, etc.
Stock up, on Chicken Bouillon & Beef Bouillon. Dried cheese (powdered cheeses). Peanut Butter. Jams, Jellies & Syrup.
Instant Chocolate Powder for chocolate milk.
There are many places to find good food grade buckets, for the asking. Some will charge a minimal fee, still cheaper than buying from online sites. Used to get mine free from a school cafeteria, also restaurants, fast food places... Most are throwing them away.
We found that Walmart bags usually have holes in them so we decided to use the little 4 gallon scented trash bags. They don’t have to be scented that’s just what I picked up at the store. They are durable and you get 80 in a package. Also a 3x5 hole for an outhouse will last a family of 4 about 5 years.
And a little baby powder in one as needed helps too
Double bag
When shopping ALWAYS double bag, keep bags light! Then sort bags that have holes vs non holes (bags w small holes can still be used for non liquid trash or even a convenient "donate" bag or to keep soda cans that have a deposit on them (5extra bucks over a month or 2 worth of can deposits is a great in the car reserve for those !!uhhhooooh!! NEED gas station antidiarrheal on a road trip
We have two nice quality metal collapsible drying racks that we bought from Walmart of all places. We use them every single laundry cycle (we do laundry about once every two weeks - it’s just my husband and me, and we intentionally own enough clothes to be able to go longer without doing laundry).
About half of our clothes get dried in the dryer; about half get hung up. My husband doesn’t like stiff jeans, so those get dried in the dryer. I wear almost all yoga pants that dry well on the collapsible racks, so that’s where my clothes dry.
Anyway, in an emergency, we could just dry everything on the racks and call it a day. I just wanted to let y’all know that buying these collapsible racks are good, even for non-emergency times. Your clothes last longer and you don’t heat up your house as much during the summer.
Is it not a normal practice in America to hang your clothes outside? Most people in England hang their washing outside.. It smells so much nicer and course much cheaper. I Use clothes racks(maidens) when it rains . I even have a heated one which uses little energy but dries very well.
@@alysonbuckley6125 - sorry! The app just told me that you responded.
Anyway, I live in a very windy area, so although clotheslines are somewhat common in rural areas (which I do live in a very rural area), I don’t hang up my clothes outside. They’d end up in the next county over!
But for the most part, people use dryers. Hanging clothes up on a clothes line is looked down upon as something a poor person would do, basically. Which is too bad, bc it’s better for the environment and for the clothes!
@@alysonbuckley6125, Actually folks in America have been drying clothes outside for ever.....
Cat litter to use in bags for the waste management too, lol!
Yup! Have some ready !
Cat litter also for icy sidewalks.
@@suzybailey-koubti8342 bird seed is better for that. Clay litter gets slippery.
We in New Zealand still hang our washing on the line outside when the sun shines.
Vasoline - Petroleum Jelly - and dryer lint will start a fire right away.
I was saving all my dryer lint until i noticed an awful lot of my cats hair in it. Human hair really stinks when burning. I assume cat hair would be just as bad so i stopped saving the lint.
Biodegradable pet waste bags for the bathroom needs. Very compact and easily carried in backpacks or to keep in emergency box.
Kerosene lamp is a good one to have for light.
Don’t forget to pick up a roll of wicks!
@@suzybailey-koubti8342 good idea
When I change out 1/2 of my fish water every 3 days.I will put it on our plants.But I would not use salt water.Just from a fresh water fish tank is best.Plus having a fish around makes a great pet.Ruby the fish says hey from N.C
When my power goes out , I keep my fish tank filters going by using 2 battery powered air pumps to keep my fish tank going. Used then twice in recent months.
@@ellenlaurence6559 Thanks for the tip. I have a 55 gallon but had no idea you could get battery powered filters. I use a auto feeder if I have to leave for a while though….
Some of those outdoor solar lights look cute in indoor plants 🪴
Listening to you, I remembered 4 years ago when two category 4-5 hurricanes hit my country. We were without energy and some without water and we needed to do many things to persevere and survive.
Yeah it happened in Puerto Rico . We lived totally off grid and we survived.
Love the plunger in a bucket tip for clothes washing. I never would have thought of that!
I like that girl scout 💡 idea. Only instead, I would reuse an old laundry detergent dispenser container to fill with water (and wash out container thouroughly before filling with water) and just press the valve to open the faucet on the laundry soap container to switch hands. Or a 7 gallon water jug with a spiggot. And carry handle over my kitchen sink. Or bathroom sink. A large watering can for quick showers.
I bought some baby wipes to clean my body. We have to make sure we have hygiene. Also bought a first aid kit. Also if you have any medication like aspirin ibuprofen itch medicine bug repellent alcohol peroxide. I also have powder detergent instead of liquid which will eventually evaporate. I've bought some solar powered light bulbs. They can be used like flashlights too. Musical instruments help pass the time to
Stuff dryer lint or cotton balls in toilet paper cardboard rolls dip each end in Vaseline. Place in quart size freezer bags. 6 rolls usually fit in a qt size and close the top. Each roll will burn 20 minutes to start a fire. Tried and true!!
Use the toilet paper first!!!
Y’all are not only informative but also a lot of fun to watch!
Another thing is you may want to get a hand operated can opener. I case the electric goes out..I also got a few warmer for cooking from the party suppy store. There come in handy for cooking soup and Making coffee. And only use tea candles. My friend got a supply of adult disposable underwear for the time of month. She says you can wash them out and reuse them.
Not sure about washing disposables. BUt unmatched white socks great monthly or incontinence uses,
Dryer lint in toilet paper tube dipped in wax. Great fire starter.
yes it does!
And if you have no wax...waxed paper stuffed in the toilet paper tube with the lint also works well
when I read 'stockpile' and heard shovel - I could only think my husband would be thrilled to be able to have another one or 2 or 3. All good ideas, thank you.
I grew up always having some extra things on hand, I was born only decade after WWII ended, and its effects of it still lingering. So you had be creative . Then later on we lived in a small village and our house was located on quite a steep hill side = so in Winter when it snowed you could not get down to the main road ( no snow service only the main road) the village was also in a kind of a dip, menaing we had to drive uphill and downhill and that was most often not doable. So you kind of prepared for some extra supplies. It just became a way of life. There were no dryers available-it was not our culture. We hung our clothes. So for some this might be considered an "emergency" for others it's just a way of life. When I stayed with my grandmother as a little girl, there was no bathroom -just an outhouse in the barn. So we used night pots.
Yes us too! It's just a way of life for us after growing up without being able to get some things at any moment that you want.
We did also live so far out if you were not prepared you suffered. But Mom and Dad did their best, we never suffered. When the electric would go down months on end, it was my job to haul water from the spring house. I remember chamber pots, and heating water on the gas stove so we could bathe, canning and putting up food and smoking meats for storage and hanging hams and bacon in the attic so they would freeze. We had chickens, ducks, god awful geese and dairy cows. I still do much of the same things today. Wash dishes by hand hang laundry, put food up from the garden. BUT I refuse to hang hams and bacon from the attic! LOL. And we are well past the dairy cattle, by the grand children want to learn so here we go again. Oh and yes the electric still goes out pretty regular.
It is so good to hear from someone who has had similar experiences. May your days be blessed and happy.
😄 my water broke with my first baby while i was sitting in the dark one night on a 'slop jar' as we called them. 😁
My granny also used a "po", used mainky for pee. She carried water from her nearby well. People are so posh now. I reuse water from the bath to water plants. Being as independent as possible is more important than ever in this era of control.
@@briannab5296 oh,no!
Subbed like 10 minutes ago and I’m already loving you guys!! 😆. I’m very new to this “prepping” thing. It can feel like doom and gloom but you all seem to make prepping fun. Which helps us newbies embrace it a little easier.
Welcome to this wonderful show. You will find so many great tips as well as easy recipes and frugal shopping.
Cause it is all doom and gloom. Instead of putting money aside for more toilet paper or batteries, put it aside of a college education for you and your children, you'll get a much higher return, be smarter and happier. These are people capitalizing on your anxiety, fear and lack of education. You're spending your life worrying about all the bad things that MIGHT happen, that sounds like a really lousy way to live, I don't envy you idiots. Please get an education and not at youtube or Facebook university.
Wow! You don’t sound like a raging elitist one bit! 🤣 And if you think a college degree fixes ignorance, I’m guessing you just proved yourself wrong.
@@SlimKeith11 I guess highly educated people like yourself were never taught one valuable life lesson- “if you have nothing nice to say then don’t say anything at all.” God bless!
@@liberty121 Thanks for the two Cents Karen! Hope you can spare it! .
Bless your heart!
I have usb charger plugs for my truck to charge phones and items that use USB. You guys are funny too. Thank you for the ideas been getting a lot of items stocked up.
Puzzles are great to have too!
We have a luggage lou, it's a bucket with toilet seat attached. When we loose power that's what we use, if we don't have enough water to flush.
FIRST thing I bought when we bought a travel trailer was a portable potty; a bucket that sits inside of a nice looking outer bucket with a slightly cushy seat that detaches. For those that don’t know this concept- you put a plastic trash bag in the bucket, and most people put in kitty litter or wood shavings in the bottom of the bag, you do your business ONCE and take out the bag and get it OUT of the trailer, because there is NO STOPPING the odor.
I heard if you don’t pee in the same container as the poo, it won’t smell as terrible. Anyone know if that’s true?
years ago while camping I used a cheap salad spinner to spin water out of a shirt that got grease on it and had to be cleaned right away. Kids laughed, but it's great for small laundry items.
Sketch pads and pencils, colors and coloring books (for grown-ups and kids), knitting, crochet, other needle work, and anything that keeps your hands and mind interested.
Dryer lint when using commercial fabric softeners works without wax, etc. W/O using commercial fabric softeners you'd need the wax, etc.
Matches are great to stock up, on.