The Prepper Broadcasting Network - TAKE NOTES!!

Episode Date: January 24, 2026

The south is facing a serious winter storm with deadly cold. You are facing an off grid exercise that can either be framed as misery or an opportunity. Now is the time to take notes on all goes well, goes wrong, and what would make a real difference next time.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/prepper-broadcasting-network--3295097/support.BECOME A SUPPORTER FOR AD FREE PODCASTS, EARLY ACCESS & TONS OF MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT!Get Prepared with Our Incredible Sponsors! Survival Bags, kits, gear www.limatangosurvival.comThe Prepper's Medical Handbook Build Your Medical Cache – Welcome PBN FamilyThe All In One Disaster Relief Device! www.hydronamis.comJoin the Prepper Broadcasting Network for expert insights on #Survival, #Prepping, #SelfReliance, #OffGridLiving, #Homesteading, #Homestead building, #SelfSufficiency, #Permaculture, #OffGrid solutions, and #SHTF preparedness. With diverse hosts and shows, get practical tips to thrive independently – subscribe now!

PBN family, the fireside is blazing bright, and I still have a short list, 24, 6, 8 or so, under 10 items or activities or tasks, what have you, that need to get done before all this comes to a head here in Richmond, Virginia. What will it be? Well, it'll be the same as it is for most people who get the incredible amounts of ice. It'll be a practice in off-grid living in the, in the, coldest temperatures that we're going to see this year. That's what it will be for me, barring a miracle.

Most of the people in this area, or large swathes of people in central Virginia are going to experience a lot of ice up to an inch. And it's going to, you know how the power outages work, right? It doesn't necessarily have to be in your neighborhood to affect you. And we'll see. You know, we'll see how it truly is amazing what the power companies are capable of. You know, those guys. I mean, we're talking about unsung heroes.

You know, I was talking to my brother-in-law this morning. He dropped his daughter off. And he's headed. He's headed wherever this company sends him to, well, like I told him, I said, well, you'll be the most important man. And wherever you wind up, he'll be the most important man there. Because he's alignment. He'll be restoring power, you know what I mean?

To the people who are freezing. It's not an inconvenience. I think that's what's important. It's not an inconvenience. It's, you know, people are going to freeze. It's just a temperature set that people aren't really accustomed to, particularly in the South. So I want to tell you about the most important thing you can do. I'm not going to be on very long today. We will keep you up to date on what's going on as

best we can as the storm rolls in and that kind of thing. Anything you want to reach out to me on, those of you who are facing the storm, updates and so forth. If you're in element, give us some updates. If you're not in element, well, element's going to become, well, you could, don't worry about that right now. send me a message email intrepid commander at proton dot me intrepid commander at proton dot me send me an email let me know how you're weathering the storm if you're in the in the south and you're really feeling it because it's real man it's getting Tulsa oklahoma nine degrees you know what i mean

that's a thing st louis kansas city's one one dick well i mean not as bad as Tulsa, right? I mean, even Jackson at 36th, well, it is winter. But yeah, and that's not wind chills, you know what I mean? You put the wind chills on and take your breath away. Last night before bed, I'm sitting there looking at the weather with my wife and, well, it may feel like anywhere between 5 degrees and negative 5 degrees in the morning. You know, and like I said, with all the amenities of life, who cares? Right? With all the amenities, of modern life, who cares? But this is a stark reminder of the fact that

when you subtract electricity from it all, everything changed, all this stuff that we depend on, this whole world, and this is, you know, prepper EMP talk, prepper off-grid talk, it just is what it is. So much depends on an electrical system that, and I'm stealing from my father here, but so much depends on an electrical system

that looks exactly the same to a guy who's 76 years old almost as it does to his 10-year-old grandson. In other words, when my son Jacob walks outside and looks up at the power poles, he's looking at a technology, of course, it's changed to some degree, but it's still wires in the air on sticks. And it's the same concept that powered my father's 76. right my father's house you know in the 50s yet we've built we're literally creating a godlike creature in the internet that is is on this spindle you know sort of power system and I guess if your

artificial intelligence probably one of your top priorities is hey can we keep the power from going out maybe can we kind of is how I stay alive So we've been through many iterations of survival, sort of challenges and things along those lines. And that's really what this is for millions of people. It's a mother nature-in-forced survival challenge, right? You can lament it if you want, but it just is what it is. It doesn't matter, right? Hopefully you prepared for it.

I know many of you within the sound of my voice have prepared for it. The most important thing you can do is get a blank sheet of paper and a pen. blank sheet of paper and a Sharpie or whatever, and start taking notes. Take notes. This thing might not happen again for a while. Take notes. Most importantly, note the things that failed.

Note the things that didn't work. Note, one of the most important things to note is the little things that would have changed everything. Right? The little things that could have changed everything. everything. If I would have bought X before this all happened, the whole thing would have been different. And then maybe even put attributed dollar value to it next to it, right? If I would have spent $45 on X, this would have been a totally different situation. And I'm telling you right now, like, the most valuable thing that will come out of these next couple days, a few days, depending on how this goes

throughout the country will be those notes they will be those notes my socks aren't any good my feet were cold the whole time the gloves i had were no good my hands got wet immediately when i was out shoveling in the freezing rain shoveling snow before the freezing rain coated it right the entertainment sucked right this wasn't we need better board games we need better books we need whatever whatever I don't know what the hell your notes are going to be. What I do know is the most important thing you can do over these next few days, besides pissing and moaning and shivering, is to take a lot of notes.

Take notes about what worked. Take notes about what failed. Take detailed notes about the things you could have added, what they would have cost so that should it ever happen again, it's a no-brainer, right? we have taken many, many steps, even as preppers here in my home in preparation for this storm. We've done a lot of things. We have.

Over the last week, we've done a lot of things. And we'll talk about them. Today's not the day for that, but we'll talk about them. Or maybe today is the day for that. I mean, it's probably worth talking about bolstering the insulation around your doors and windows. I came home yesterday. My wife had wrapped the doors in a kid's bed sheet. Never heard of it.

In all the years of listening to Preppers talk about a variety of things. And I'll tell you right now it works. It's added yet another layer, right? It's added yet another layer to block the cold from getting into the home. And while the heater's running, it might not seem such an amazing thing. I mean, I'm impressed by it, but once the heat stops, once the water's turned off, the powers off, and the heat stops, then all of a sudden these, every one of these little choices,

these little decisions, these little additions, will make a hell of a difference, you know? We'll make a world a difference. So we have to be aware of that, right? We have to be aware of that. We have to combat that. Because, you know, the only problem is the culture. I mean, the ice itself is not even really a problem because you break the ice up and, you know, dig it out and make sure that you can maneuver around your property a little bit.

You don't have to leave, right? Most people listening to this podcast don't have to leave their home for anything. So you wait it out, you know? You let the evaporation and the sunlight do its thing and so on. but the real problem is your heater's off and you know it's five five degrees out in north carolina right so it's a different kind of world so i leave you with that folks get yourself a pad a journal whatever a pen a sharpie something that you can jot down because as this all starts to unfold, you're going to want to have that list. More importantly, you're going to want to have that list after. That's your after-action report, right? Your after-action report is going to be all those notes and all the improvements and things and all that kind of stuff, you know. I'll tell you something I learned

yesterday, it blew my mind. All around our crawl space, some of you were going to laugh at this, and some of you're going to go out and do it because you won't know either. But all around our crawl space, and we have a rather large crawl space. There are these vents, right? Every house has them. These little vents around the crawl space. And, you know, I look at them and think high humidity south. What a blessing, right? Get the moisture out of the crawl space.

We don't get rot on the subfloor and the floor boards beneath us. And yesterday, my brother-in-law, my other brother-in-law, who's a plumber, he says, do you guys shut your vents and your crawl space? Huh? What? What? about and I go over there and slide the thing over and shore than shit it just closes amazing I never knew I lived in the house 15 years had no idea I thought they were just vensed it stayed open all the time

another cool prep that Lady Liberty brought on board now this is one of those go get them prep so this might not be super helpful because we're running out of time or we or you might already be in the fire she bought these insulated um um um there were these insulated covers that wrap around the outside of your home, the hose bib. And I said, wow, that's pretty cool. So we covered those as well. Like I said, we've taken a lot of precautions. It's not to say that things won't go hellishly bad.

But we've positioned ourselves, just like you have, I'm sure, with redundancy and so on. to assure that we can make it, you know, as best we can. And all things that fail, I will be taking notes. And I hope you do the same, PBN family, okay? I hope you do the same. For those of you out there interested, down in the description below, you'll see the option to join the Speaker Supporter Club.

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