How to Prepare for Winter Power Outages - 11 Items to Have & 11 Things to Do

In this video, I give 11 suggestions on things to have on hand and 11 things to do before a power outage caused by a winter storm. I talk about 2 winter power outage examples that I’ve gone through because I refer to those experiences throughout the video.

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See my checklist in action in the link below. See my video on how well this list helped us prepare for, and get through, our self-imposed 24 hour power & water outage.
   • Arctic Freeze in Texas – How We Manag...  

Because you may have an all-electric home or natural gas or even a generator, there are a few things that may not apply to you; however, my hope is that the idea of using a checklist of some kind will still be of use.

NOTE: Educate yourself and decide what to do to protect your water heater or tankless water heater if its freezing outside, whether the power goes out or not. Also, educate yourself and decide, during freezing weather, if you are going to drip the faucets or turn the water off and drain the pipes to protect them from freezing and breaking. Decide this now, before the freeze comes!

Link to checklist: https://drive.google.com/drive/folder...

Links to the videos I refer to in this video:

Emergency Radios Review
   • Which One to Buy? Midland ER310, Rayn...  
Olympian Wave 8 Heater Review
   • Olympian Wave 8 Heater Review.  We Di...  
Mr Heater Buddy Review
   • Mr Heater Portable Buddy Review - Wat...  
Wireless Thermometer Review
   • ORIA Refrigerator / Freezer Wireless ...  
5 Gallon Drinking Water Containers Review
   • 5 Gallon API Kirk Stacker Emergency W...  

Items to have on hand:

Mr. Heater Portable Buddy https://amzn.to/45V7Ek9
Olympian Wave 8 Heater https://amzn.to/3FJFhLb
Welding Blanket https://amzn.to/3smObLI
5 gallon water storage containers https://amzn.to/47k2r6r
Coleman Triton 2 burner Propane Camping Stove https://amzn.to/3FG4fv0
Gas One Propane or Butane Camping Stove https://amzn.to/3QqI1ls
Midland ER310 Emergency Radio https://amzn.to/3QGM3aU
Raynic Emergency Radio https://amzn.to/3tZWsFM
RunningSnail Emergency radio https://amzn.to/3slqUty
Baofeng UV-5R Handheld Ham radio https://amzn.to/47lOLYZ
Yaesu FT-60 Handheld Ham radio https://amzn.to/3SqjsIc
Gearlight LED Headlamp https://amzn.to/3Mpx2Yo
Camping Lantern for emergencies… Battery powered https://amzn.to/3QmYW8K
Olight Banton 3 https://amzn.to/3QowV0z
Dietz #8 Pilot Oil Buring Lantern (Blue) https://amzn.to/47jAcVy
Gallon Parrifin Lamp Oil https://amzn.to/3sg4r0V
Coleman Ice Chest https://amzn.to/3SIIvqb
Plastic Sheeting (Use this link as a jumping into point to find the one you want) https://amzn.to/47ibvZH

Texas worse power outage: https://www.kut.org/energy-environmen...


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