Your Ideal Doomsday Survival Situation/Prepper Thread

Onkel Neal · 02-16-21, 04:07 AM

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Originally Posted by ET2SN

Something I just remembered

, if its significantly below freezing and that's REALLY novel to your location, as long as your have water pressure in the pipes its best to slightly crack open one or two faucets. Not a drip, more like a minimal stream of water. You want to do this for both hot and cold water.

The reason being, you want to maintain a minimal flow of water in your pipes if there's a chance your pipes could freeze. This is really important on the inlet side of your water system (this is why you also want to crack a hot water tap, even if you have power).

It could be worse, at least the Gators are hibernating.

Still no power, water company just sent alert, they are shutting down the water supply. Internet down too, just my mobile. What's worse: more icy weather rules out driving, expected to continue through friday

Skybird · 02-16-21, 04:43 AM

Neal, hunker down as best as you can, more is coming.

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The National Weather Service said the next storm was expected to move from the Rockies into the Southern Plains on Tuesday, bringing freezing rain to east Texas and Louisiana and as much as 8 inches of snow to parts of Oklahoma, Arkansas and southern Missouri.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/weather...r-new-n1257964

Frozen roads in your part of Texas will not help electricity companies to have their teams moving around.

Jimbuna · 02-16-21, 05:27 AM

Read your message and have responded, so hope you have been able to read it....you take good care and I'll keep the office tidy.

Rockstar · 02-16-21, 12:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Onkel Neal

Still no power, water company just sent alert, they are shutting down the water supply. Internet down too, just my mobile. What's worse: more icy weather rules out driving, expected to continue through friday

Be careful when choosing secondary heating sources and where you place them, especially in homes with older outlets and wiring that may cause electrical resistance. Every season around where I live when it's the coldest fire trucks are racing to at least one residential fire.

Onkel Neal · 02-16-21, 12:55 PM

Boy, the power came on for about 10 minutes, long enough to get online and see the weather does not look as severe as previously predicted.

https://weather.com/weather/tenday/l...90b13ed784d26f

If the internet would just stay on... but it seems to go with the power.

Onkel Neal · 02-16-21, 02:26 PM

I have to say, 2021 is not off to a good start.

Jeff-Groves · 02-16-21, 02:34 PM

I am having the most interesting talks in other forums about the Winter Blast in Texas.
One of the big things is diesel fuel freezing in trucks!
Not a problem here in Ohio as additives are already placed in our fuel.
We also mostly have generators and fuel on hand just in case.

At what point did people down South figure they'd not need a Gen or fuel?

I'd think after the 2005 Hurricane? A gen would be a requirement.

Another thing I see is how cold the house feels. Lack of insulation.
Ummm. You Air Condition down there so cold air getting in is cold air getting out!

Given the Internet can and does go out here?
I Hot Spot my Cell Phone for that.
Most Cell Towers have back up Gens to keep them running so Internet should be no issue.
But that is Ohio. We prep for hot and cold as both are well known to kill you here.

Onkel Neal · 02-16-21, 02:52 PM

Yeah, I have been using my cell as a hot spot for 6 years as my full time internet connection. The area where my new house is, the data is spotty. Will need to see if another carrier is better.

I do have a generator, a lot of folks do. You have to remember, we don't get this kind of weather here. Ever. This is like saying Ohio should be better prepared for hurricanes.

Mr Quatro · 02-16-21, 02:55 PM

This kind of weather doesn't happen very often does it Neal?

at least in Texas

but tell us what you would do different next time

Jeff-Groves · 02-16-21, 02:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Onkel Neal

You have to remember, we don't get this kind of weather here. Ever.

This whole thread is about prepping is it not?
So who says I'm not prepped for a Hurricane? I do get Tornado's here and the effects of Hurricanes.
I'm also near the New Madrid fault line.

I've not seen more then 10" of Snow in my drive way for about 10 years.
Today I had nearly 24"!
Should I have said it never happens here. Ever?

Skybird · 02-16-21, 03:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Onkel Neal

I have to say, 2021 is not off to a good start.

It could be worse. You could end up laying shockfrosted under a Texan glacier, in 100 thousand years it thaws, somebody mistakes your meat with a mammoth steak and you end up getting BBQed over a green-glowing plasma fire, marinaded in smoking Aucturus sauce with Nebula dill and Martian chilli flakes.

Have you ever been bitten before? A grey-skinned testbiter, maybe?

Catfish · 02-16-21, 04:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Onkel Neal

I have to say, 2021 is not off to a good start.

lmao
Post of the year material

Still it is the power grid that failed, i don't think Greta has much to do with it ...
https://apnews.com/article/houston-s...11cc6645b40a04
... yet!

Hope the weather will turn for the better as you wrote, it looked bad from here on monday.

Re surviving in a car, depending on engine and fuel consumption you can maybe survive 6-10 hours with engine idling, but what do you do then?
A generator is the better solution, and i am well aware of what all has to be done to install it.. as said before a wood oven, attached stirling engine for energy..
Living near a small stream can get you enough energy, but you have to install and maintain it all.
Don't make it too complicated, things can and will fail.

An oven with lots of wood, a well with a manual pump, some dried food and such should be enough for a few days. Maybe some solar panels for loading low energy devices like mobile phones, the car battery and such.

ET2SN · 02-16-21, 05:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Catfish

Re surviving in a car, depending on engine and fuel consumption you can maybe survive 6-10 hours with engine idling, but what do you do then?

The key is NOT to run the car for 6-10 hours in one lump. Do what you need to get done then shut it off.

A normal car should stay warm for at least a half hour to 45 minutes (not counting body heat) as long as you keep the doors and windows closed. We're not talking about a long weekend in Cancun, we're talking about Getting By.

This also applies to generators unless we're talking about pimped out Gucci generators with diesel engines and underground fuel tanks.
Look up what I meant by Duty Cycle.

ET2SN · 02-17-21, 02:51 PM

Don't forget a pilgrimage to Mare Island and the original Horse And Cow.

Mr Quatro · 02-17-21, 03:03 PM

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Originally Posted by ET2SN

Don't forget a pilgrimage to Mare Island and the original Horse And Cow.

I don't think there is one left ... taken over by gay boys by now though if there is one.

The kind that look like girls that is

02-16-21, 05:27 AM	#3
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,876 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Read your message and have responded, so hope you have been able to read it....you take good care and I'll keep the office tidy. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

02-16-21, 12:55 PM	#5
Onkel Neal Born to Run Silent Join Date: Jan 1997 Location: Cougar Trap, Texas Posts: 21,385 Downloads: 541 Uploads: 224	Boy, the power came on for about 10 minutes, long enough to get online and see the weather does not look as severe as previously predicted. https://weather.com/weather/tenday/l...90b13ed784d26f If the internet would just stay on... but it seems to go with the power. __________________ SUBSIM - 26 Years on the Web

02-16-21, 02:34 PM	#7
Jeff-Groves GLOBAL MODDING TERRORIST Join Date: Sep 2014 Posts: 5,655 Downloads: 137 Uploads: 0	I am having the most interesting talks in other forums about the Winter Blast in Texas. One of the big things is diesel fuel freezing in trucks! Not a problem here in Ohio as additives are already placed in our fuel. We also mostly have generators and fuel on hand just in case. At what point did people down South figure they'd not need a Gen or fuel? I'd think after the 2005 Hurricane? A gen would be a requirement. Another thing I see is how cold the house feels. Lack of insulation. Ummm. You Air Condition down there so cold air getting in is cold air getting out! Given the Internet can and does go out here? I Hot Spot my Cell Phone for that. Most Cell Towers have back up Gens to keep them running so Internet should be no issue. But that is Ohio. We prep for hot and cold as both are well known to kill you here. Last edited by Jeff-Groves; 02-16-21 at 02:46 PM.

02-16-21, 02:52 PM	#8
Onkel Neal Born to Run Silent Join Date: Jan 1997 Location: Cougar Trap, Texas Posts: 21,385 Downloads: 541 Uploads: 224	Yeah, I have been using my cell as a hot spot for 6 years as my full time internet connection. The area where my new house is, the data is spotty. Will need to see if another carrier is better. I do have a generator, a lot of folks do. You have to remember, we don't get this kind of weather here. Ever. This is like saying Ohio should be better prepared for hurricanes. __________________ SUBSIM - 26 Years on the Web

02-16-21, 02:55 PM	#9
Mr Quatro Navy Seal Join Date: May 2013 Posts: 6,772 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	This kind of weather doesn't happen very often does it Neal? at least in Texas but tell us what you would do different next time __________________ pla•teau noun a relatively stable level, period, or condition a level of attainment or achievement Lord help me get to the next plateau ..

02-17-21, 02:51 PM	#14
ET2SN Ocean Warrior Join Date: Oct 2017 Posts: 2,652 Downloads: 60 Uploads: 0	Don't forget a pilgrimage to Mare Island and the original Horse And Cow.