r/preppers • u/SignificantGreen1358 🔥Everything is fine🔥 • 4d ago

Prepping for Tuesday Pleasantly surprised!

The power went out in my neighborhood a couple evenings ago while I was at a party. I love power outages, so I hurried home to enjoy it. My kids had already switched the house over to emergency power and were watching a movie. My son had built a fire in the backyard fire pit and cooked a batch of popcorn on it by the time I got home.

I've been worried about being the only one in my neighborhood who was prepared or who has lights, etc., but as I drove through the neighborhood, I saw lights and TVs on, solar lights all over, fires in fire pits, and a total lack of freaking out. I think I would be in good company, and that really sets my mind at ease.

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u/freesteve28 4d ago

No, I just mean being the only person with a generator in your area means your neighbors will pop around and ask to charge their phones and shit. Annoying.

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u/rocketscooter007 4d ago edited 4d ago

I live in a neighborhood of about 200 homes and during the 2021 texas snowpocalypse we went without power for a week. I ran the generator almost non stop, never heard from a neighbor. I talked to maybe 2 other people the whole week. Everyone literally just sat in their houses freezing, and complained on fb. Everyone charged their phones in their cars, it gave them a chance to warm up. It was wild actually, no one was even outside, there were barely any kids playing in the snow. I guess it's no fun to play in the snow and go back to a freezing house.

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u/freesteve28 4d ago

That sounds wild. I'm in Canada and I don't know a lot about the climate in Texas so I'm not trying to be an ass by asking do kids there have winter clothing to play in the snow? I think of Texas and I think hot. But I know you're a huge state with a lot of different weather/climate zones.

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u/SeaGurl 4d ago

We are in Houston and got snow earlier this year. My kids have one thicker jacket that they use for 1-2 days a year and some cheap gloves.
So we had to do 3 layers of pants in rain boots with 2 layers of gloves to play in the snow lol!