Comments by "Debbie Curtis" (@debbiecurtis4021) on "Simulating a Blackout!" video.

  1. Every night now I heat my lounge with Riverside Homestead- inspired emergency Crisco candles. I made them myself here in England with Trex from Sainsbury, and Crisp n Dry from Tesco. I also use a handful of tea-light candles. In my bedroom I read by the light of AA battery operated fairy lights from Poundland. The lights are £1 per string. I get 20 AA batteries for £2. So it's 10p per battery, and they last a few nights. The tealight candles are usually about £2 for 9 large tea-light candles that last 8 hours. I get these from B&M when available. All candles have been sold out at Poundland for weeks, and Tesco has a limited supply. Dreaded Amazon does packs of 50 and 100 large tea-light candles. They work out at under 20p each. Just 8 tealight candles will heat my lounge. I've got a string of solar powered fairy lights on the stairs. I think they were from Homebase or B&M. I think I paid £6. I've got 3 sets of AA battery operated longer strings of fairy lights from B&M that cost £5 each. One way or the other I can heat one room at a time, and light every room I need to. I also have a camping stove and lots of CP250 cans. I've got firewood too, and I've got bricks and grills for a rocket stove. I'll be cooking hotdogs tomorrow on the rocket stove. I've learnt all these survival methods from Survival Lilly, Riverside Homestead, and other prepper channels.
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  2. Update. Today 9 maxi extra large tea-light candles up from £2 to £2.50 in Tesco. Birmingham England.
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