Posted on 11/01/2012 3:33:35 PM PDT by BobL
Kerosene heater or wood stove. If you don’t want to put off smoke - kerosene heater.
Move to a single room, use sleeping bags and bundle up. My preferred method of heating and cooling is my portable Weber grill adapted to use 5 gallon propane bottles. CO detector and/or ventilation required.
If you have running water and a gas hot water heater, you can fill the master bed room bath tub with hot water for heat. I used that trick once in a cheap motel with no heat in freezing weather.
A Coleman stove also works if you have adequate ventilation as does a sun filled room during the day.
We'll see if Obama is still "looking presidential" as the poop starts to hit the fan in hurricane stricken areas.
It was easy for Obama to act like the all-powerful Oz in the immediate aftermath of the disaster (or should I say like Glinda the good witch, all sparkly and waving a magic wand?
But tempers are getting frayed as people wait ... and wait ... and wait .... for food, water, gasoline, and above all, power.
I predict that by this weekend, the images of continued misery and suffering will give pause to those Dem partisans who were gleeful over Hurricane Sandy's presenting Obama with an opportunity to "look presidential."
Love my wood burning stove.
I do a lot of things similar to you. Primarily live in one large bedroom through the winter months. Heat from the TV, stereo, and computer throw a fair amount of heat in here. One thing I DON'T do anymore though, is rely solely on comforters to keep me warm at night. Just seemed to take too much of my body heat to heat things up enough for comfort. An electric blanket only uses 100 watts per hour at its HIGHEST setting. I find that if I turn the electric blanket on a medium setting for fifteen minutes when I'm getting ready for bed, it heats everything in the bed up. Then I can turn the blanket down to its lowest setting and still stay comfy warm all night with just summer pajamas on. I'll bet I use less than a nickel's worth of electricity per night operating the electric blanket. The comfort is worth more to me than the candy bar I could buy with the money I spend per month running the blanket.
I lost power for a week in our last ice storm. I had a nice kerosene heater (cost 79.00) I had kerosene stored in the approved blue container (kerosene can be pumped from certain gas stations) I keep enough to warm my house for a month. Very easy to do!
That’s a terrible post.
LOL!
Get a good sleeping bag rated for sleeping in the cold.
Make sure you have a good winter coat, hat, and gloves.
We have a fireplace we have never used. We need to get it thoroughly inspected. Can a wood burning stove be put into a fireplace?
In the shotgun shack, with one bedroom, no television, no stereo, etc... the kitchen is the largest room, with room for a #2 tub for bathing during the winter months. It's the room easiest to keep warm, since I have to cook anyway, etc....
I haven't had running hot water in over 5 years, what with the mountain man thing and the water heater being out when I got back from the mountain. As I said. I live in a rather rustic manner. I'm used to it. Got running water and a flush toilet, though. That's really nice to have on cold, windy nights.
/johnny
From a NJ suburbanite here, we installed a vent free natural gas stove a few years ago, great for heat. Not in a flood area, so natural gas supply has never been an issue. Also bought 7500 watt portable generator this week, just didn’t anticipate gas availability. We will keep at least 25 gallons on hand at all times now, figure I can keep it fresh by using and replenishing doing yard work.
That's what I did. I had my behind in the wind during Irene (6 days without juice, no generator).
Got a diesel generator and a full 55 gal. drum of fuel but we didn't lose power during Sandy.
Made a rocket stove out of a 20mm ammo can (Thanks, Kartographer!)
Tonight I demonstrated the rocket stove to the little woman and she was duly impressed when it boiled 2 gallons of water in about 5 minutes with a handful of wood.
“Have you considered cuddling up with the Texans cheerleaders? It cant hurt to ask.”
Unfortunately they’re just interested in high school boys.
How many watts does it use in 5 minutes? Just pulling your chain. Watts doesn't have a time component.
I agree that an electric blanket is both effective and efficient (if you have transmission power or generator/inverter). Besides the AC ones, we have a 12 volt blanket which is more efficient yet (compared to running on fuel-produced power). It runs directly off the solar battery bank or off a single car battery. Many nights you don't have to heat anything but your bed unless you have pets, pipes, or something else cold-sensitive to worry about.
Am I the only person here who couldn't begin to afford that?
“They sell special mesh/grid baskets to put in your fireplace for burning pellets. Pellets are approx 50% more expensive than cord wood, but easier to store, transport, and handle. They should burn cleaner, and leave less ash than cord wood.”
Understand, thanks much.
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