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

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Hi y'all! So the week of February 15, Texas had one of the worst winter storms in recent memory. It caused widespread blackouts, pipes freezing / bursting and tons of accidents. Texas is not equipped for this type of weather and for this duration of freezing weather. This was our experience, we were probably on the medium/low end of the affects of the winter storm. It has given me a glimpse of life without the luxuries I often take for granted like electricity and running water. Grateful for the lessons learned and for helping me gain empathy for those who deal with this on a consistent basis. Praying for my fellow Texans and for those who lost loved ones due to losing power.

▶︎ 00:10 Intro to the vlog
▶︎ 02:16 Valentine's Day, before things got cray
▶︎ 03:24 #Dallaska Day 1: No power in below freezing, single digit weather, trying to work with bad mobile hotspot connection because Auditors Gotta Audit
▶︎ 08:25 Dallaska Day 2: Still no power. My corporate office on wheels tour (aka Dodge Ram).
▶︎ 15:27 Dallaska Day 3: Power came back but then our water went out and we were put under a boil water notice, melting snow to flush toilets....
▶︎ 17:14 Reflecting on our experience, what we did to prevent our tankless water heater from bursting (which happened to almost all our neighbors and many other Texans who are now scrambling to find these parts!), how we stayed warm-ish in freezing weather, making candles from wax melts and tampons and more.

A few ways you can help fellow Texans who were affected by the winter storms:

Our Friends Place: Their pipes burst, causing disruption to their transitional living spaces. You can donate to help here: https://ourfriendsplace.org/donatenow...
✴︎ Our Friends Place is a 501c3 nonprofit in North Texas, helping young women break generational cycles of abuse, neglect, poverty and homelessness through our Transitional Living Center (TLC) program and SOAR to Success prevention program.

Feed The People Dallas Mutual Aid: They are helping to provide families with food and basic necessities https://www.paypal.com/donate/?cmd=_s...
✴︎ We are a mutual Aid organization that strives to educate, lift up, and provide the families in our local Black & POC community with the resources and essentials to survive. Through the use of Mutual Aid efforts like our Free Grocery Program and Community Care Programs, we are working to reverse the harsh circumstances that have been forced upon our neighbors by an under-serving system that has notoriously deprived our Black communities of the most basic human needs and living conditions.

Operation Kindness: The leading no-kill animal shelter in North Texas and where we adopted Juicy 12 years ago! https://www.operationkindness.org

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