Current Events > So I'm doing some preparation just in case Texas has another freeze.

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I've got some lessons learned from last winter and I'm trying to make sure I'm more prepared this time. I've got a heated coat and a heated skull cap. If we do have a freeze, I'm gonna break out the candles immediately to help keep warm.

Gonna also get a battery powered generator pretty soon.

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electric blankets are the most cost effective way to stay warm.

if you have exterior steps consider some rock salt for melting ice / snow

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get a small gas generator and hook it up to your house

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Giant_Aspirin posted...

electric blankets are the most cost effective way to stay warm.

if you have exterior steps consider some rock salt for melting ice / snow

so I've had electric blankets in the past and they've always stopped working within a few hours to a couple weeks. So I stopped buying them

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The best way to prepare for anything in Texas is just move to California permanently.

thronedfire2 posted...

get a small gas generator and hook it up to your house

No, get a large generator and hook it up to your gas so you never lose power.

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I feel like the only way to prepare is to move out of the state altogether. It's just not equipped with the infrastructure to deal with this, and your governor has indicated no interest in addressing the problem.

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I spent like $1500 getting a gas generator and other stuff in preparation. Really hope I don't have to use it but I like having it.

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CableZL posted...

I'm gonna break out the candles immediately to help keep warm.

...whut

Get that new electric Ford 150 that has a generator built in who can tie into your home power system

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Don't you have faith that there were some lessons learned last winter?
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Questionmarktarius posted...

...whut

I actually never owned any candles personally before that happened last year.


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Questionmarktarius posted...

...whut

Lol, i chuckled at that part

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I mean if there's enough candles lit it might provide some heat. It is fire after all.

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TC gonna plug in his electric generator into the wall when the power goes out

DarthAragorn posted...

I mean if there's enough candles lit it might provide some heat. It is fire after all.

he's going to need alot of candles.
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If there are any warnings I'm just booking a flight out of town for however many days. I'm not dealing with that shit again.

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How cold does it get there?

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Fade2black001 posted...

How cold does it get there?

It usually only gets to freezing temperatures at minimum.

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I'd personally just get some tickets to Cancun myself.

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Scintillant posted...

It usually only gets to freezing temperatures at minimum.

It gets that cold in Texas? I thought people in Texas didn't know what snow was?

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DarthAragorn posted...

I mean if there's enough candles lit it might provide some heat. It is fire after all.

I think at the point where you have enough candles to provide sufficient heat, you're gonna be getting enough heat from the building burning down around you to render them kinda moot

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Also remember if there's ice on the roads don't drive over it at full speed.

Ice tends to be slippery.

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Fade2black001 posted...

It gets that cold in Texas? I thought people in Texas didn't know what snow was?

It doeasnt snow that often, but it certanly does still from time to time still.

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Strider102 posted...

Also remember if there's ice on the roads don't drive over it at full speed.

Ice tends to be slippery.

tends to be?

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Test all your equipment and gear to make sure they work.

Strider102 posted...

Also remember if there's ice on the roads don't drive over it at full speed.

Ice tends to be slippery.

Yeah, I can generally drive OK on ice. I drove some during the freeze last year.

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Strider102 posted...

Ice tends to be slippery.

yeah i slipped a few times earlier.

my dog wanted to walk over a certain surface.
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I recommend a small, insulated tent to sleep in just in case the power goes completely out.

Ugh. I sure hope it doesn't get like that man.

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Prismsblade posted...

It doeasnt snow that often, but it certanly does still from time to time still.

I live at 9500 feet and my winters are 9 months long. This year is the warmest winter I have ever seen for the 25 years I have been here. I think Global Warming is upon us. Its not normal for it to get up to 50+ here in December.

I was just shocked that Texas gets as cold as it does where I'm at if not colder As that person said that 32F was the minimum for cold.

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Strider102 posted...

Also remember if there's ice on the roads don't drive over it at full speed.

Ice tends to be slippery.

...no that doesn't sound right...

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Great move prepping yourself. Because your shitty government wont do a thing.

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DarkProto05 posted...

Great move prepping yourself. Because your shitty government wont do a thing.

This is true

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Fade2black001 posted...

How cold does it get there?

Usually the coldest it gets is around the low 30s. It got to be single digits last winter.

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CableZL posted...

Usually the coldest it gets is around the low 30s. It got to be single digits last winter.

Single digits for an average? Damn... I never thought Texas was like that

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lol a heated coat has a what, 2 hour battery life?

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Njolk posted...

lol a heated coat has a what, 2 hour battery life?

Up to 10 working hours (4 hrs on high, 6 hrs on medium, 10 hrs on low heating setting).

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Fade2black001 posted...

Single digits for an average? Damn... I never thought Texas was like that

It was a once in a generation freeze last February, was all over the news

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AngelsNAirwav3s posted...

It was a once in a generation freeze last February, was all over the news

I don't watch the news as I have no cable

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CableZL posted...

so I've had electric blankets in the past and they've always stopped working within a few hours to a couple weeks. So I stopped buying them

I could be wrong, but i think some of them have a safety shut off time just in case.

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Ryven posted...

I could be wrong, but i think some of them have a safety shut off time just in case.

Yeah, but the ones I had wouldn't turn back on at all. I got tired of trying to get replacements over and over.

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Fade2black001 posted...

I don't watch the news as I have no cable

You don't need cable to watch the news.

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Sexypwnstar posted...

You don't need cable to watch the news.

No but I hardly pay attention to it either

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Candles won't keep you warm. I recommend buying some flameless heating packets. Same kind the military uses for MREs.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00N1CI1FU/

Note that you don't actually need the container the instructions say you need. Any similar glass / pyrex / stone tub will work just fine.

Use this to cook some canned soup and that will keep you warm.

These things give off hydrogen gas when used so make super extra sure no candles are lit when you use this.

You can also just buy MREs with the heaters. The food won't perish in the event you're stuck without power for days.

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Candles are meant illuminate, scent or essence not heat. But there is a way to radiate heat from one but you need other material other than just the candle though look it up on TouTube

Fade2black001 posted...

I don't watch the news as I have no cable

It was all over CE...

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Eramir posted...

Candles are meant illuminate, scent or essence not heat. But there is a way to radiate heat from one but you need other material other than just the candle though look it up on TouTube

Yeah, I'm aware they won't give much heat, but it's better than nothing when inside is just as cold as the outside and it's 6 degrees outside.

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Best of luck, I sadly doubt Texas did anything since the last freeze they had.

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Cheater87 posted...

Best of luck, I sadly doubt Texas did anything since the last freeze they had.

They passed a law to make weatherization happen

Except

They included a method of paying about $150 to not have to weatherize anything.

So you can pretty much guess what happened. They say they finally closed that loophole on 12/1, but... probably too late. If they even did it.

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