Winter power outage prep

[Anonymous No.2031078]

the power might go out for up to a week.

We have about two cords of firewood and an indoor stove.

We have two 20 gallon containers filled with water for flushing the toilet.

We have our tablets charging, cellphones, and a few battery packs like the Halo.

the car is filled with gas I have a few extra gallons of gas for the lawn mower and chainsaws if we need to use that.
we have several bags prepared to move the food outside from the refrigerator if we need to do that.
We have our emergency candles and a butane torch.
Lots of blankets for kiddos
Any other suggestions?

[Anonymous No.2031081]

>>2031078
>I have a few extra gallons of gas for the lawn mower
Power outage does not really matter for you. Get some perspective.

[Anonymous No.2031082]

portable generator

[Anonymous No.2031084]

>>2031081
also this

[Anonymous No.2031093]

>>2031081
>>2031084
It's a tractor lawnmower, we live in the woods and probably won't be able to leave because the roads are so steep.
I was thinking the gas could be useful for running the car if we need to warm up for a bit.

[Anonymous No.2031113]

>>2031093
Just put on a sweater. Winter is clearly more of an idea than a reality where you live, you are over complicating things.

[Anonymous No.2031173]

>>2031113
It will be at 10 to 20 for a week. A sweater isn't enough.

[Anonymous No.2031198]

>>2031078
>We have two 20 gallon containers filled with water for flushing the toilet.
Why? If there's a power failure water should still flow. Worst case scenario you just melt some snow on the wood stove.

[Anonymous No.2031200]

>>2031093
thought you meant you had gas for cutting the grass to be honest lad I get you now lol

[Anonymous No.2031222]

>>2031082
/thread

[Anonymous No.2031224]

>>2031198
>what is a well

[Anonymous No.2031225]

>>2031224
>What is a bucket and rope

[Anonymous No.2031226]

Food, water, wood stove, and wood really is the bulk of it. Everything else is a bonus.

Maybe some solar blankets and self powered flashlights?

[Anonymous No.2031237]

>>2031078
>20 gallon containers filled with water for flushing
water for drinking?
Food?
Medicine?
For fuel for the generator, I have 20 gallons in cans, about 20-23 between the generator tank, mower, motorcycles, and ATV. I think this fuel load will last 1 week in my generator. More fuel in the vehicles if I need it. Don't forget to add stabilizer to your fuel. And rotate it out every 4-6 months.

[Anonymous No.2031241]

>>2031225
great bait urban/suburban retard

[Anonymous No.2031242]

>>2031225
>>2031198
People who live in the city.
How can some lack basic common sense?

[Anonymous No.2031281]

>>2031173
Inside, out of the wind, 20 is uncomfortable in just a t-shirt & sweater. But layers are your friend. Over your t,shirt, flannel, sweater, hoodie, then if you need coat. And that's even without using thermal underwear or other proper base layers. Seriously, do you live in Virginia or something where that's the coldest you can imagine?

[Anonymous No.2031292]

>>2031078
i live in the city so power doesnt go out very often but it has gone out in some unfortunate times (including today for only an hour) and it made me prepare a bit.

fuel is easily available even when the power is out so i got myself a good size inverter. enough to run the furnace, fridge, and some lights. i matched the capacity to the alternator on my truck so worst case scenario, i have to idle my truck until the power comes back on.

oh, and i changed my sump pump to be backup powered by water. before that we flooded the basement one power outage

[Anonymous No.2031301]

>>2031078
>Winter power outage prep
>few extra gallons of gas for the lawn mower

[Anonymous No.2031304]

Shit went down and I got caught unprepared. Worst case scenario, any advice for how to bullshit together a way to semi-safely burn deer corn for heat? I've got a flexible duct I can trail out the window for exhaust.

[Anonymous No.2031310]

>>2031173
are you stupid?
Last nights temperature was negative 1, Current temperature here is 9 degrees F. High temperature for Monday is forecasted to be 16 degrees.
Winds are 20-30mph.
We expect 8-12 inches of snow, drifting in the winds.
I don't live in the city, so OP and I along with others ITT are preparing in the event we are snowed in for days or weeks.

[Anonymous No.2031313]

>>2031304
Some farmers here burn field corn in a boiler. Its similar to the pellet stoves. Cheap fuel if you grow your own.
I know some pellet stoves can burn both, but I don't have one.

[Anonymous No.2031317]

>>2031078
We fill the bathtubs with water to flush toilets.

[Anonymous No.2031328]

>>2031078
Battery powered radio. Cell network will fail if there is a long term outage.
A small inverter and deep cycle battery. Run CFL/LED lamps off that rather then dicking with candles.

Idle the car only to charge things. Hook the deepcyle battery up to the car with jumper cables to recharge it when your idling it to recharge other things. Don't idle the car "just to warm up".
Fill containers with water and put them outside to freeze. Use the blocks of ice in your coolers.

[Anonymous No.2031329]

>>2031317
Ya 20gals will go quick flushing.
If you don't want to tie up the tub then fill trash cans or big totes with water for flushing.

[Anonymous No.2031333]

>>2031301

[Anonymous No.2031344]

How much weed do you have? I would have at least an ounce in rotation at all times.

[Anonymous No.2031346]

Bed sharing in cold nights so nobody gets the big sleep from hypothermia. Alcohol will make your body release shit loads of heat, don't get piss drunk but you can turn yourself into a heater with some whiskey and a bag of high calorie chips or other garbage food. You will be more at risk for hypothermia but your family will benefit with a toasty bed if it gets really chilly. More blankets more better.

[Anonymous No.2031427]

>>2031078

Candles.

[Anonymous No.2031534]

>>2031237
Oh yeah, stabilizer it's a fantastic idea. I'm a huge fan of sta bil and seafoam. After repairing a number of small engines because of bad fuel, I also try not to keep too much on hand during the off season. I also only buy non-ethanol fuel for the small engines. It costs an extra 50 to 75 cents a gallon, but worth it.

We have plenty of medicine, we just got $200 with the groceries on Friday, lots of drinking water in the form of fizzy Waters and bottled water.

We charged up the tablets and are extra batteries to make sure the kids would have something to keep them entertained if we're stuck for a week. We let him watch about 2 hours of TV a day and it helps in the cool off for their nap and before bed.

[Anonymous No.2031535]

>>2031292
I hadn't even thought about the sump pump situation, I was down in the crawl space for a few hours today sealing it up, closing the vents and wrapping pipes.

[Anonymous No.2031536]

>>2031328
That's a better idea than taking the fridge food out and moving it outside. We have two storage sheds but you know they have things like gasoline in them.

[Anonymous No.2031537]

>>2031346
Yeah we were going to sleep downstairs with the kids if we lose power, it's just going to be hard to keep them away from the wood stove. Kids are drawn to danger like moth to a flame.

[Anonymous No.2031614]

watch/clock/stick in the mud/sun dial
timer
weather radio/barometer
smoke alarms & co2 alarms
fire extinguisher/backing soda
I like candles, most people do not.
whistles
ect.

[Anonymous No.2031681]

>>2031614
>whistles
Why?
I image sitting in front of my fireplace, in a house without electric, blowing on a whistle.
Who is going to coming to your rescue?

[Anonymous No.2031691]

Biden became president, hell freezes. coincidence?

"The electricity grid continues to lose generation," Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner told residents on Twitter. "If you are without power, you may be without power throughout the day. Please do your best to stay warm safely. Check on our seniors."

Temperatures fell below 0 in some Texas towns on Monday. Amarillo reported a temperature of -8, while Midland reported a temperature of 0, and Lubbock reported a temperature of 1, according to WeatherWX.com.

https://www.foxnews.com/us/texas-winter-storm-power-outage-snow-temperatures

[Anonymous No.2031694]

>>2031681
Whistles so if you and your family go outside, you can communicate, since after a few days cell phones won't work.

[Anonymous No.2031764]

>>2031078
>We have about two cords of firewood and an indoor stove.
That's actually excellent, much better than 99% of people.

>water for flushing
40 gal is barely enough for basic drinking/cooking for 4 people for more than 2 or 3 days. If you can store more water, do it. You can also melt snow in a pot on top the of the woodstove.
Shit and piss in a hole outside - if you must use the toilet, use melted snow to flush it.

>We have our tablets charging, cellphones, and a few battery packs like the Halo.
Cell phones/tablets use a negligible amount of power, idling your car for 20 minutes would be enough to refill the car's battery after charging tablets/phones multiple times.

>the car is filled with gas I have a few extra gallons of gas for the lawn mower and chainsaws if we need to use that.
I don't know what you plan to use your lawn tractor for, but some extra gas for the car isn't a bad idea.

Focus on food, water, and heat. Everything else is a luxury when it really comes down to it.

[Anonymous No.2031784]

>>2031173
Hahahahaha

[Anonymous No.2031786]

>>2031764
>I don't know what you plan to use your lawn tractor for,
Missing the point.

There are two ways to winterize a gasoline engine.
One is to drain all fuel including the carburetor bowl.
The other is to turn off the fuel and run the equipment until the carburetor bowl is empty. Then fill the fuel tank and add stabilizer.

My mower holds 3 gallons of fuel. I can drain the fuel from the mower and use it in the generator. I can also drain fuel from my motorcycles, ATV and vehicles to use in the generator. If I emptied all of these tanks, then I would need to save more fuel in gas cans. Which I don't want to do because it is more work.
I also have 20 gallons stored in 4 gas cans, Not counting the cars, this gives me about 40 gallons of fuel I can use in the generator.

The generator holds 5 gallons, but will burn about .5 -.75 gallons per hour.

Why do I need a generator?
Well water works on an electric pump
Electric blower moves hot air through the house
Food in the refrigerator will spoil after a few days.

[Anonymous No.2031787]

>>2031304
Close all the rooms to the house ans use blankets and candles to stay warm.
>but there is 3 inches of snow and impossible to drive to get those
Its not impossible. Grow up and learn to drive
>but winter tires
Never use them ans I have 5 months of winter

[Anonymous No.2031788]

>>2031764
I was thinking I could use the chainsaw for meat. Lots of deer running through the yard and I thought I could pop one of them and then use the chainsaw to harvest.

[Anonymous No.2031791]

>>2031694
Lol what the fuck? You southern retards have the most apocalyptic view of a winter snow storm. Jesus Christian. Its litterally just a normal day for the rest of us.

[Anonymous No.2031794]

>>2031788
is this bait?
I don't know how you butcher your deer, but I use a knife.
Who the fuck uses a chainsaw.

[Anonymous No.2032070]

>>2031794
https://www.thetoolyard.com/2018/12/best-bar-chain-oil.html?m=1

People have been doing it for a long time. You just have to make sure that you use a good oil and use a fresh chain and bar.

Have you never seen the Texas chainsaw massacre?

[Anonymous No.2032087]

>>2031788
Imagine all the bone shards from cutting up an animal with a saw. Bonus points if it's a poulon wild thing with used engine oil instead of bar oil or vegetable oil.

[Anonymous No.2032091]

No amount of preparation for your own survival will accomplish anything if the first step isn't getting the fuck away from all other people.
The average person goes for groceries 3 times a week. They will not have food. You having it and being in proximity is your largest concern.
Plan out a place with drinking water that isn't reliant on outside power. Everything else you can worry about after the first month when everyone has killed each other off.

[Anonymous No.2032096]

>>2031310
>12 inches of snow
>mostly above zero
>average wind
>snowed in for weeks
Are you guys really that helpless?

[Anonymous No.2032101]

>>2032087
How well does a chainsaw work with used engine oil as bar oil?

[Anonymous No.2032110]

>>2032096
Tell me what its like living in the city.

[Anonymous No.2032133]

Buncha amateurs in here.... I just topped off all my fuel tanks right after Biden got elected before the prices started going up. Have every piece of equipment/vehicle we own full of fuel and another 4250 gallons of red diesel, 500 gallons of clear diesel, 1300 gallons of gasoline (plus some in gas cans) and probably 1000 gallons of propane left.

Woodstove heat for the house and as much wood as I could ever need for the rest of my lifetime. On a local water system that has a few day reserve in the tank at any given time and is gravity flow off a large hill. If it comes down to it one of us locals could power up the entire water system with a generator because they have a solar panel system that will produce enough electricity to run the place as long as the inverter sees line voltage coming in.

I have two welder/generators. One is a 250 amp and the other is a 300 amp. My house as well as my folks place also have solar panels that would produce as long as you power up your inverter. Would still like to get a big diesel or pto powered generator someday.

[Anonymous No.2032290]

>>2032110
18" of snow here with 30+ drifts. Not anywhere near a city. Dog loved it, and my truck loved it. If youre worried about that pussy ass storm you should go live in Florida. Hell, I lived in Boston during Nemo, and that shit was fucking dope.

[Anonymous No.2032346]

>>2032133

[Anonymous No.2032349]

>>2031200
this

[Anonymous No.2032365]

>>2032346
Thanks. Yeah it is nice! Also I just looked into backup generators on a grid tied solar system and it looks like that would be a no-go. The solar system would end up back-feeding the generator and not playing nice. Damn...

[Anonymous No.2032388]

>>2032365
You would need to use a transfer switch to disconnect the panels while using the generator, unless you have a grid tie inverter which is made to be used with a generator for backup/assistance (some of them are)

[Anonymous No.2032389]

>>2031787
What are you going on about, retard?

[Anonymous No.2032401]

>>2032389
It's a nice storm so we can't drive on the hilltop road. a state truck comes by once a day to plow and salt it but because we've only had ice, it's not like snow. Two of our experienced neighbors, who work for emergency services and drive 4x4 trucks, have already slid into the woods trying to descend the hill. We have a regional/neighborhood online forum in which they were discussing this. We've had snow about seven or eight times this year so far, this is just really different with the ice.

it looks like power is being restored as rapidly as it goes out and the fire should keep us warm if we have problems. it turns out that I'm very fortunate to have split so much wood last summer and this fall. The tree that I started to split in July was nearly dead so it didn't have very much sap in it in the wood is burning like it's had plenty of time to season.

[Anonymous No.2032403]

>>2032401
The ice is about 3-4 inches thick after the truck came by at noon today.

[Anonymous No.2032440]

>>2031078
>We have two 20 gallon containers filled with water for flushing the toilet.
We are on a well too and when there is impending possible outage coming, we usually fill one of the bathtubs to use for toilet flushing and filling sink basin to wash up in. We save our water jugs (two 5 gal jugs for 2 people) for drinking, although we usually also have a couple cases of bottled water around too.

[Anonymous No.2032443]

>>2032101
It would lubricate the bar and chain but would clog the filter quickly. Would also cover what ever you're cutting with used motor oil

[Anonymous No.2032587]

>>2031225
You fucking got me lmao. I bet some retards actually believe that.

[Anonymous No.2032737]

>>2032290
>>2032096
That’s cute.

I plowed the drive. The county truck has not plowed the road. It might be 2-3 days before they get to my road.
We did not loose power.

[Anonymous No.2032812]

>>2031078
As a permanent coldfag, I have some ideas/advice that might be worth something
>if your pipes and such are safe, choose one room to heat so that you can save fuel and be warmer
>KEEP YOUR ELECTRONICS WARM. On your body or in a heated area, otherwise your batteries will have about 1/4 the juice
>get a wireless charger if your phone supports it. The temperature swings can cause condensation on the ports that will not allow you to charge your phone with a cable
>get a generator if power outages are common. Use it for wells, lighting, charging batteries, microwave, etc. Also get a 12v inverter and deep cycle battery if you want to watch movies or anything
>if you are really concerned about the snowfall and have a 4wd vehicle plus winch, you can pack the snow down solid as it falls. You can get stuck if you do it incorrectly, but doing it every inch or two back and forth should pack it down well enough. This will turn to ice when it heats up, but i can't imagine ice lasts long in texas
>if heat goes out, put your drinking water in a freezer or cooler to insulate it. Boil some of the water and pour it back in when it starts to get icy. Put frozen food outside where animals cant get it and it will stay frozen

Also laughing at this thread. I can't conceive of finding this weather >>2031310
even slightly alarming, just protect your house from damage and wear layers and you will manage just like the northern states do every winter.

[Anonymous No.2032835]

>>2031310
They wouldn't even cancel school for that in Maine.

[Anonymous No.2032908]

Ok, a lot of you fags are from cold areas. There are those of us where this is VERY rare so it's significant to us. Don't be assholes.

[Anonymous No.2032963]

>>2032737
>We did not loose power.

Thank god... Loose power would be frightening!

[Anonymous No.2033653]

>>2031225
they don't dig those wells no more
now it's an extremely narrow pipe

[Anonymous No.2033733]

>>2033653
>they don't dig those wells no more
>now it's an extremely narrow pipe

Insert pipe with check valve on bottom and proceed to jack your well off.

[Anonymous No.2033741]

>>2031173

>It will be at 10 to 20 for a week

Leaf here, thats like -6C to -12C
Is that it?

Bruv, thats barely even winter.
As other anons have mentioned,
I think you're over complicating things.

A wood stove and 2 cord should be plenty.
Sweaters, extra blankets, close doors to rooms you don't need to heat.

I'm assuming you're on a well, so a power outage would affect your water supply?

A generator is a good idea if power outages are frequent in your area, even just a small one to run the stove and a few space heaters.

You won't die, you'll be fine.

[Anonymous No.2034089]

>>2033741
It's the fear of the pipes bursting, so far I wrapped them all in the crawlspace and sealed it up with big gap and other foams.

[Anonymous No.2034092]

>>2034089
Just let a sink drip a little. It prevents pipes from bursting.

[Anonymous No.2034093]

>>2031173
Wear two nigger

[Anonymous No.2034104]

NH checking in, WTF is this thread.

[Anonymous No.2034200]

>>2031788
Do you not have knives? What the fuck?

[Anonymous No.2034202]

>>2034104
CTfag here, Texans are retards that can't into cold. I've come here to laugh at them.

Remember, retards only the strong survive. You better be self-sufficient because despite the fact that you pay taxes to the town and bills to your utility company they owe you NOTHING and if you bitch about that YOU ARE A COMMIE SNOWFLAKE.

[Anonymous No.2034245]

>>2034092

I'm not sold this actually does anything.
A flowing river will still freeze,
A hot water baseboard heater will freeze up,
how would a dripping faucet prevent anything?
>>2034089

If you are seriously concerned, you could drain them first, even partially. If it does freeze, as long as the ice has somewhere to expand, it shouldn't wreck anything.

[Anonymous No.2034250]

>>2031537
>He hasn't taught his children fire is hot
My 1 year old knows not to touch the stove, anon

[Anonymous No.2034256]

>>2034250
If you really had kids you'd know that sometimes it telling and showing isn't enough. One of them is particularly willful in this regard.

[Anonymous No.2034258]

>>2034200

I do, but why contaminate the nice damascus steel knife when I got a fuggin chainsaw?

[Anonymous No.2034261]

>>2034202
Iin the mideast, this weather event happenscevey five years.

[Anonymous No.2034268]

>>2034261
No excuse.You need to anticipate and be prepared to survive in every possible scenario without assistance from the government or anyone else. Whether you pay the government or private companies anything has no bearing on anything and they never have a duty to keep your dumb ass alive just because you were too lazy to do it yourself.
Only the strong survive while the weak perish. It's your own fault if you die, you were too lazy to survive and it's not the government's fault for not bailing you out. Remember that.

[Anonymous No.2034535]

Why are Texans like this? They know there house is going to freeze. I can’t wrap my head around this lack of common sense.

[Anonymous No.2034560]

>>2034535
kek. Texas have to put up with one week of winter and lose their homes, burn their cars and kill themselves.

[Anonymous No.2034565]

>>2034535

this guy is such a knob, any homeowner should know if your house has no heat for an undetermined amount of time during winter you shut the water off.

t. masshole

[Anonymous No.2034636]

>live in New England
>winter
>be stuck at work
>hear power is out on your street
>spend the rest of the work day thinking about nothing but your pipes

[Anonymous No.2034638]

>>2034560
2 inches of snow

[Anonymous No.2034643]

>>2031313
As in the grains, or the stalk?

[Anonymous No.2034645]

>>2034636
Your house is insulated. Your pipes will survive till you get off work.

[Anonymous No.2034653]

>>2034645
I know. That still doesn’t stop me from worrying about my piperenios though.

[Anonymous No.2034735]

>>2034535
I don't get it.
I'm from Florida, bought a house in Austin this Summer. Certainly no cold weather expert.

The day before the cold snap I went to Home Depot.
Barely anyone there. Every insulation and plumbing product fully stocked.
Bought pipe insulation foam and foil bubble insulation. Bought power inverters at AutoZone (plenty on shelves). Spent that evening closing crawl space vents, covering PVC and pex with foam, and putting proper insulation between the porch and the main crawlspace. Also put foam on the exterior hose bibs and put up windbreaks. Just followed advice from plumbing youtubers from the North. It took maybe 2 hours to winterize.

Lost power for two nights but our crawlspace temp gauge stayed stable at 45 F. The upstairs stayed at about 55. Our house is 80 years old, no true subfloor, basically just shiplap and plaster as wall insulation.

When it got to 9f outside with a -14 windchill, I dripped outside faucets+the indoor faucets on the exterior walls and set an alarm to wake up every 3 hours to pulse the water at full pressure for 1minute to clear any potential ice.

Now we have power back. No signs of frozen pipes. Plenty of food because we have 6 week stockpile since we didn't want a repeat of shortage at start of pandemic and had learned our lesson.

I feel bad for renters who had little control of their facilities, but some of my neighbors+my in-laws up in DFW didn't drip or cover up their crawl space vents and had all their pipes freeze.

Sorry for the blog post but just pisses me off. The state, the cities, ERCOT, and the NPC customers all shit the bed.

[Anonymous No.2034749]

>>2034735
>he has to spend hundreds of dollars on materials to survive a few days of cold
How absurd. I deal with a much longer and colder winter every year and I do literally nothing to "winterize" my house. Also our local public services don't completely collapse due to cold and snow either.

[Anonymous No.2034752]

>>2034735
What's it like living in a third world state?

[Anonymous No.2034778]

>>2034749
your house is already winterized you gigantic homosexual, someone already spent the hundreds of dollars and did the work for you,

[Anonymous No.2034787]

amerifats are pussies

[Anonymous No.2034828]

>>2034787
Nah, just Texans.

[Anonymous No.2034843]

17 celcius next week, how do I hide my massive covid-gut now that I can't wear a winter coat anymore?

[Anonymous No.2034862]

>>2031333
god fucking damn those numerals
someone knows whats up

[Anonymous No.2034863]

>>2031534
I just rotate my fuel, every few weeks putt stored fuel in tank and refill storage but I don't keep all that much, 10 gallons tops

[Anonymous No.2034889]

>>2034735
>NPC

This pretty much says it all right here. Everyone wants things to work right all the time, but don't want to do any preventative maintenance, or risk reduction when their shit is on the line. Just sit back and cry and talk about how unfair life is.

[Anonymous No.2034911]

>>2034749
>I do literally nothing to "winterize" my house
You didn't. The person who built it did. And it probably added over 10k in materials.

[Anonymous No.2035055]

>>2034889
Texans have some weird hubris and just don't think anything bad can happen to them. I think that comes from living in easy times for so long. Its fun to poke fun about not knowing pipes can freeze and shit. But not having a week or 2 worth of food in the house? No generator?

FLORIDAMAN is used to nature trying to kill him 24/7. The fact you took action is not surprising at all.

[Anonymous No.2035108]

>>2031078


mylar space blankets and tealight candles.

you sit indian style against a wall, you wrap the space blanket around you, tucking it under your knees/feet making a tent.

you light the tealight candle and put it between your legs.

that will keep you warm, if not sweating for as long as the candle burns, be careful not to let the flame touch the space blanket.

other than that what is the smallest room you have? you might have to hoe out a closet and pack you and your family in it. body heat will keep you warm in small spaces.

hands in armpits when your fingers get cold, even better hands placed inside your pants on your crotch.

when wrapped with blankets and sleeping bags, being nude or in your underware is better than fully clothed.

people are freaking out about this cold. ski lodges and cabins seldom need a fire going if there is enough people packed in the room, and they aren't insulated other than being made out of logs and the spaces between logs packed with moss to keep out the cold draft.

i mean worse case scenario, you could go find a river or pond, throw your kids head first in the water so they get divers reflex which will put them in a coma for a bit before they just die, they can ride it out that way until its over.

[Anonymous No.2035159]

>>2035055
Hope those 2x4s were not treated.

[Anonymous No.2035166]

Anyone whose plan is to 'wait for help' does not have a plan. You should have left when the power went out. You have no control of the situation, when it will end and what it might escalate others to do.

[Anonymous No.2035167]

>>2035055
>uh oh the wood store is out

[Anonymous No.2035168]

Start wrapping the walls in aluminium foil

[Anonymous No.2035173]

>>2035166
Unless you can give OP a time travel machine, maybe you should stick to some actually useful advice instead of saying WELL YOU SHOULDA KNOWN.

[Anonymous No.2035228]

>>2034535

[Anonymous No.2035306]

>>2035228
The one on the left looks faggier than the one on the right.

[Anonymous No.2035309]

>>2034787
With the wind chill, it feels like -42

[Anonymous No.2035324]

>>2035306
moral of the story is we're all fags get over it

[Anonymous No.2035341]

this shit makes me giggle. just goes to show, most people will do the bare minimum if they think they can get away with it. maybe texans should start burning all their guns to keep warm

[Anonymous No.2035408]

>>2035228
your fever dream boys (both of them) I'm sure.

[Anonymous No.2035681]

>>2031788
I always use my chainsaw for cutting deer and dog.

[Anonymous No.2035699]

>>2035167
168,217,600 acres of Federal land in Texas. Just go there and cut down a trees you'll have wood for days.

[Anonymous No.2035706]

>>2032440
>>2031078
I know I'm a few days late but my concern would be the pipes freezing. I've known toilets to freeze in the bowl tank and crack, but in unheated space for a long time without the ability to drip you should probably drain your pipes too.

[Anonymous No.2035708]

>>2035699
clearly hasn't been to texas

[Anonymous No.2035741]

>>2035708
Just go at night when the guards are asleep.

[Anonymous No.2035838]

>>2035741
>Just go at night when the guards are asleep.

Cattle guards never sleep...

[Anonymous No.2035855]

>>2035699
You need to let wood dry for at least a year, retard.

[Anonymous No.2035872]

>>2035855
Imagine being such a faggot that you can't even burn freshly cut wet wood

[Anonymous No.2035982]

>>2031310
lots of laughs

[Anonymous No.2036120]

>>2034104
Also NH here. Southerners are total retards. Didn't need this event to tell us that.

[Anonymous No.2036271]

>>2034535
>8bitgoy update video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hc4_PnKoea4

He at least had food and water stashed away. That alone makes him 10x better then your average texan. Not having any gas in the cars was a big oof. If not for pure luck he would have been trapped.

[Anonymous No.2036281]

>>2034752
>What's it like living in a third world state?
No state income tax is pretty nice

[Anonymous No.2036670]

>>2035708
>>2035855
Back in my day trolling was a art.

[Anonymous No.2036676]

>>2036281
Well you also found out that you get what you pay for. Pay no taxes and the government doesn't do shit for you in a crisis.

>b..but muh self-reliance
Oh okay, so instead of paying taxes you want to buy all the supplies you need for survival yourself and deal with weeks of no power and freezing temps while you eat frozen spaghettios from a can? Instead of paying a small amount to the government every year to ensure emergency services are well funded and to ensure the grid is properly winterized, maintained, there's adequate redundancy, and operators are properly trained so you never even have this rolling blackout problem in the first place?

I personally think that's completely retarded but then again that's why I don't live in Texas.

[Anonymous No.2036971]

>>2031078
>Be American
>Freeze

[Anonymous No.2036972]

>>2036670
there's always been low quality posters grandpa

[Anonymous No.2037011]

>>2031173

Hahahahahahahahaha jezus fucking christ i used to play around in that weather in my underwear when i was a kid neck yourself faggot

[Anonymous No.2037110]

>>2037011
10F is -12C.
You were not playing around in your underwear as a kid in those temps.

[Anonymous No.2037169]

>>2036676
It could never be better. No one maintains their electric system, it doesnt matter how much taxes or electricity you pay for. Companies are immune from real damages. Even if they finally get really butt fucked by a judgement against them they will just declare bankruptcy and start a new company


T. High tax Californian, gas company has sprayed an entire town in gas residue and the power company regularly burns down most of the state.

[Anonymous No.2037174]

>>2037110
Welcome to Siberia you mutt

[Anonymous No.2037202]

>>2037169
That's why utilities shouldn't be private. Large scale public services should never be run for profit. There are many types of businesses where privatization is fine and even good but this isn't one of them.

[Anonymous No.2037207]

>>2037202
They are still heavily regulated by the st as the and have their prices set by the state. Our corruption is so high it doesnt matter. It only.makes them more immune to prosecution.

[Anonymous No.2037243]

>>2031173
I assume that’s 10° in retarded burger units?

This is a metric board. Press s to spit on the dumb mutt

[Anonymous No.2037331]

>>2037243
>talking about the weather in your own country using your own units
Scandalous

[Anonymous No.2037374]

>>2036676
>Pay no taxes and the government doesn't do shit for you in a crisis.

The fuck, did you really post that one a DIY board? You have suckled from the government tit for too long. Take responsibility for yourself.

Fucking AOC and biden supporters.
Don't worry the more taxes you make, the more the democrats will spend it.

[Anonymous No.2037605]

>>2037174
>t. larper

[Anonymous No.2037722]

>>2037243
>metric board
this isn't reddit poor fag

[Anonymous No.2037744]

>>2037374
/diy/ is not about basic survival. /diy/ is about building new shit and innovating. I don't want to live in a society where you have to fulfill all your basic survival needs yourself. That's retarded and would literally consume all your waking hours. Advanced technology literally cannot be developed if we spend every day worrying about how the fuck we're going to eat tomorrow. There's a reason why society spend tens of thousands of years being agrarian and modern technology didn't start to develop until we began figuring out how to not waste all of our time growing food.
Your dumb. Everything you stand for is dumb. America should definitely never go back to what you want it to be.

[impact !Ls9RqHyZwg No.2037758]

>>2031078
Two 20gal jugs

I picked up another 250gal IBC tote for a mostly unrelated subject, but when I'm done it'll still be used for potable water storage.

See if you can pick one of these up, then set it up off the ground somehow so that you can crack the valve and let some water out for whatever you need water for.

Yoyd be surprised how quickly 20gal disappears, especially when you're either flushing it or drinking it.

[Anonymous No.2037893]

>>2032587
Over where i live artesiann wells are illegal, our (recently built) well is the old style, we could use a rope and bucket.

[Anonymous No.2037991]

>>2037744
>I don't want to live in a society where you have to fulfill all your basic survival needs yourself
You can’t always get what you want.

[Anonymous No.2038182]

>>2031198
Your local water company uses pumps to push water around whether it's from the bottom of the well to a holding tank, one holding tank to another, or just boosting pressure because they dont have enough head on the tanks, they need a ton of power. A lot of cities have completely overtaxed theirbsotrage systems too. Holding tanks arent actually holding they need to pump in constantly, they're just regulating pressure.

[Anonymous No.2038286]

>>2032388
He's larping, dumbass

[Anonymous No.2038619]

Well, it's above 32 here, most of the day and we survived. It's interesting to see my thread live so long.

The grocery stores are still pretty short so I may need to dip into the emergency ham.

[Anonymous No.2038811]

>>2032908

We'll stop being assholes when you stop being pussies. Texas fag here, originally from the frozen north. Cannot believe how retarded everyone is about less than one full week of snow.

[Anonymous No.2038817]

>>2032908
It's rare, but not unheard of. After this event, you should really look at putting aside some stuff in case it happens again. If anything, it's more likely than less, anymore.

t. Northerner. I sympathize, and I am not trying to be a dick about it. We have people who live here, where it snows every fucking year, who seem to forget that it gets cold and snows every fucking year. The past is past. Plan for the future.

[Anonymous No.2038819]

>>2032812
I am entirely convinced that houses in Texas have no insulation. I don't know how they stay cool in the summer, but if kids are dying from the cold, I don't understand how there can be more than plywood between the outside and inside.

[Anonymous No.2038821]

>>2034749
All that dick you suck warms your entire house.

[Anonymous No.2038823]

>>2034735
you planned and took precautions and nothing bad happened? Weird!

[Anonymous No.2038828]

>>2035108
1) you're incredibly dramatic.
2) that's not how dive reflex works.
3) if you can't figure out how to cuddle up in the cold, maybe its just your time.