new thoughts on Emergency Preparedness
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FarmerChick
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when I moved here about 15 years ago, the first 8 years or so I would lose alot of power....why I don't have a clue.....but then I saw them changing out a big transformer on the pole not far down the road from me. Never had the problem since!!!
No camera but I found this on Google image, same thing!!!
http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii88/gwynn1975/tinburner.jpg
http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii88/gwynn1975/tinburner.jpg
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jackiedon
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yes, we have a fireplace that will heat the house pretty well with no electricity.
We have been out of electricity for a few days due to ice before but some of these people in northern Arkansas are going on for 2 weeks.
A few years ago our electricity would go off for no reason but we found out our area was growing with new people moving out here that the transformers couldn't handle the new load but they finally got it fixed.
We live in an area that use to get hit by tornadoes every year but thank goodness we've been spared the last couple years. When my youngest was a baby we had to go stay with my bil and sil for a week because the electricity was off and had a baby so it was just easier to stay with family.
We will definitely be storing up food and water. We have some neighbors that we are close to that we would probably share cooking with.
jackie
We have been out of electricity for a few days due to ice before but some of these people in northern Arkansas are going on for 2 weeks.
A few years ago our electricity would go off for no reason but we found out our area was growing with new people moving out here that the transformers couldn't handle the new load but they finally got it fixed.
We live in an area that use to get hit by tornadoes every year but thank goodness we've been spared the last couple years. When my youngest was a baby we had to go stay with my bil and sil for a week because the electricity was off and had a baby so it was just easier to stay with family.
We will definitely be storing up food and water. We have some neighbors that we are close to that we would probably share cooking with.
jackie
TanksHill
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So I think heat would be my greatest challenge if we had a major disaster. Thank goodness it really does not get to cold here. Gives you food for thought about what you could or would do differently when choosing/building your home. I wonder if I can put a fire place insert in my cheap metal box fireplace? You know the kind with a blower?
freemotion
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Blower doesn't work when the electricity goes out! We have one, we can use it, but the heat doesn't get too far without the blower. But it is enough to heat the kitchen and living room and cook on if we have to.
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jackiedon
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Our fireplace has a blower but it will heat most of the house without it. One of our goals is to stock up on plenty of fire wood.
jackie
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Wifezilla
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When my parents moved us in to the house they built, it wasn't done yet, but the old house sold and we had to move. We had NO electric for about a week, so no blower on the fireplace. It was November....in Northern Wisconsin.
No, it didn't heat the whole house, but it kept a rather large living room quite toasty. We all just camped there until the power was finally switched on.
No, it didn't heat the whole house, but it kept a rather large living room quite toasty. We all just camped there until the power was finally switched on.
