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Anonymous Coward User ID: 78804994 United States 09/28/2022 03:33 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Light is important when the power goes off. This standing lamp operates on both electricity and D batteries. It gives a lot of light and handy to have as an emergency back-up. Quoting: Proud Trump Supporter daylight24 402051-07 Natural Daylight Battery Operated Cordless Floor Lamp, Antique Brass [link to www.amazon.com (secure)] I like the head lamps for reading when the power is out. It is hard to get other lighting to work very well for reading and there is not much to do after dark but read. : ) |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 84139529 Canada 09/28/2022 04:31 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | seal your windows with plastic and/or tape. you'd be amazed how much heat you lose through windows. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 16242016 dress in layers (obvious). sleep in layers. cold isn't really so bad. last winter i slept in 4 sweatshirts under 3 blankets because my windows weren't sealed. i have since sealed the f out of my windows and i expect to be much better this winter. I leave my window open all winter, shut off any heating vents, and had only the same light comforter I use year 'round. My body is made for cold. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 84274718 United States 09/28/2022 05:35 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | #16: install a woodstove..free heat forever and all you need to do is get off your lazy ass and feed it wood and empty the ash. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 84240981 using firewood to heat your home is antisemetic Sounds great! Just heat what you need because cutting wood is too much work. At least the room where you are will be toasty. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 84274718 United States 09/28/2022 05:37 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Light is important when the power goes off. This standing lamp operates on both electricity and D batteries. It gives a lot of light and handy to have as an emergency back-up. Quoting: Proud Trump Supporter daylight24 402051-07 Natural Daylight Battery Operated Cordless Floor Lamp, Antique Brass [link to www.amazon.com (secure)] I like the head lamps for reading when the power is out. It is hard to get other lighting to work very well for reading and there is not much to do after dark but read. : ) I like a headlamp for almost everything after dark! Mine is rechargeable. It's even good for working on cars and other crap since it focuses on exactly where you look. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 84270388 United States 09/28/2022 06:07 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | u can use any size but we used tuna cans with cardboard coiled up. then a wick or two and a perfect camp fire source u can do this even in big cans like a no 10 but several wicks. one of those w put off good heat for a room |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 74587271 United States 09/28/2022 06:19 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | This is why I think hardly no one is genuine here. NO one ever replies to it nor mentions it too. Long Johns. The easiest solution to the cold. Meet Long John. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 79274398 With a trap-door back around 'em? Hexk yeah, gotta have the 'poop chute' in the back. |
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Everything User ID: 80628258 United States 09/28/2022 06:24 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | If you have a barbecue grill, either get lava rocks or ceramic ones to heat on the grill. Use a pan on the fire of the burning grill, use tongs to remove and put in a metal pan with the top on it, make sure it is a thick pan or cast iron one, tight lid you going wrap a towel around it. Put it in your room or bed to stay warm, it works, it can also heat your room some, but it is really good to warm your bed. It is just as the people did before the modern world; they had a warming pan with a long handle. Hot water bottles can heat your beds also. If you can find some wool blankets to keep you warm, you don't have to have the wool next to your skin, because the sheet keeps it away from you, but the wool will keep you warm. I remember growing up my dad put a metal bucket in our room on the cold winter night with hot coals in it. He had a top on it, it may have had holes in it, I don't remember it well, just that it warmed the room. These coals came from the fireplace. Red fire coals, they didn't smoke or anything. He used a five-gallon metal bucket and sat it on bricks. Something I forgot, a pot to heat water with causes the water to warm the air, humidity hot water not heavy boiling just slow heat where it can slowly go up in the room to bring up the temperature. We used to have an iron kettle that worked great, we had it on the side of the iron wood stove, we didn't have electricity, and the electricity company lines didn't reach our house.. You can always make you a fire proof burner using quick crete, or even cement you mix, use a five gallon bucket as a form, cover it with paper upside down, then get some wire or wire screen to put on it after the first layer over the newspapers or whatever paper you can tape over the bucket, add the wire next add another layer, I forget to cut a hole for a chummy pipe you can use the type of metal pipe used with dryers, you have to get enough to put together to go out a window. Back to making the fire pit for inside, keep putting layers of cement over each nearly dry layer and some more wire or wire screen, until it is thick enough, let it dry, take the lid and do similar to the bucket cover top with paper and a coat of cement, then wire and more cement. went it is all dry you can get some fire brick for the inside to help it do the best job for heat. I also forgot to tell you that on the bucket cut a door area, it can be about a 1/4 up the bucket and down a about the same from the top, you can use a cookie sheet that is thick which can be put on with hedges for the door. Those dryer metal pipes plus and another cookie sheets to cut a hole in for the window for protection, and then the pipe needs insulation, this is so it safe for you to use indoors, it will be as a fireplace in a different shape if you have metal legs to put on it or bricks it would be off the floor. You can buy logs or use wood to make sure the door is tight so it doesn't let out smoke, put a door lock on the other side where the hedges will be, this will be like a fireplace that is stand-alone. If you had something iron that could fit on the top you could cook on it. You may ask someone to work it you to build a safe one for any place, it just has to have a good pipe to go out a window, you can put metal to keep the room warm even with the pipe going out a raised window. You can buy fire logs, use wood, or take paper and make paper logs, any paper can be turned into paper logs. Last Edited by hankie on 09/28/2022 06:59 PM Sorry I got a headache These are the times that tries men's and women's souls! May we come though it victorious! |
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User ID: 16476021 United States 09/28/2022 06:36 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | If in survival situation, mattresses trap heat and if one makes a tent with them and stuff blankets inside it is a makeshift modified squirrel nest. Lol Last Edited by Siyo on 09/28/2022 06:36 PM |
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User ID: 71057233 United States 09/28/2022 08:29 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I have been living at 7000 feet in the Colorado Rocky Mountains for 28 years. Have lost electrical power many times. I, too, have an earth stove to heat the house. Also have propane for the stove, furnace, and water heater. Just had my 250 gallon propane tank filled up in early September and propane was already $2.55/gallon. It is usually less than $2.00 gallon in September. So I expect it is going to go through the roof by December. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 75370679 All of the above ideas are practical and good. Just a few suggestions: Go to the thrift store and get some blankets to put over the windows. Blinds are usually too light weight to block real cold coming through the panes of glass. Get some cheap pathway solar lights to bring in at night for lighting. You can put them in a small box or flower pot filled with dirt to use in the house. Get a Coleman camping stove (2 burner kind) and some propane bottles to use to cook food. Cheaper than using the kitchen stove. You can boil water on the earth stove, but it takes a while. I have a lot of heavy throw rugs on my wooden floors as cold comes up from under the house. Get your chimney cleaned! If your chimney is full of soot or cresot, your earth stove will not draft well. Invest in some freeze dried food. All it takes is boiling water to prepare. Driving to the store in a snow storm is a really pain and the store maybe empty or closed. Get some 5 gallon gas0line containers. I keep five filled with gasoline for emergencies. Put Stabil in the gas. It keeps the gasoline good for two years. I also have a 65 gallon plastic water tank in the guest bathtub for extra water. You can get one for about $20.00 plus shipping. 65 one gallon bottles takes up a lot of room. If I lose electricity, I can't use my well or power the furnance. My gas stove just needs a match to light. Don't forget anti-freeze for your car and windshield water. Hope this helps. This is an excellent thread with lots of valuable info! 5* i agree. "Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds. A sense of humor is just common sense, dancing." -Clive James Miss Trump yet? LET IT RAIN. |
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User ID: 71057233 United States 09/28/2022 08:32 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | This is why I think hardly no one is genuine here. NO one ever replies to it nor mentions it too. Long Johns. The easiest solution to the cold. Meet Long John. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 79274398 Absolutely! Indubitably! "Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds. A sense of humor is just common sense, dancing." -Clive James Miss Trump yet? LET IT RAIN. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 83988538 United States 09/28/2022 08:41 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | #16: install a woodstove..free heat forever and all you need to do is get off your lazy ass and feed it wood and empty the ash. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 84240981 using firewood to heat your home is antisemetic Its 50 ways of wrong! Just go onock on Al Gores mansion or get a job there. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 84144208 United States 09/28/2022 08:53 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Two words ... natural ... gas. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 84144208 Ran the AC yesterday, almost 90°. 44° next seven nights. damn Two words ... Dumb ... Ass. Good luck with your AC, and furnace when you lose your electricity. Don't need electric for the gas heat, I have backups, your royal assness. 99% efficient too. Gas heat does not work without a fan running. It certainly does. 35000 btu, bet you can't stand in front of it for three minutes. All it needs is a gas or propane supply, no electric. And as I said, they are 99.9% efficient. Radiant gas heater. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 78804994 United States 09/28/2022 08:55 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | ... Quoting: Anonymous Coward 7660997 you are correct . Ive inspected many homes where the tenants were squatters. You see moisture stains on the ceiling & walls that start to grow black mold. Rooms are sealed off and their using the natural gas stove and oven for heat; boiling water on the stove. The three of you must lack reading comprehension because the poster stated "windows". Nothing was said about sealing off rooms. Many windows have only a single pane of glass. That is why there are now windows with multiple panes. Placing plastic on the glass will keep heat loss down just like adding an additional pane of glass. Actual ventilation with the outside is through the attic, NOT through the window glass. There will not be any condensation build-up by placing plastic onto the glass. Window film is sold specifically for this purpose. Glass transfers cold temperatures outside to the inside via the surface of the glass. This is greatly reduced by plastic on the surface of the glass. The plastic should be on the window frame or opening. You want to create an air pocket between the glass and the plastic. Same principle as goose down. Um, is that not what the OP said and three goons were critical? Placing plastic directly on the glass will help and there is no cosmetic issue. The three goons are experienced with the problems of condensation. Above goon is also correct you need an air space between the plastic and the window. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 84144208 United States 09/28/2022 08:56 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | ... Quoting: GatorMclosky Two words ... Dumb ... Ass. Good luck with your AC, and furnace when you lose your electricity. Don't need electric for the gas heat, I have backups, your royal assness. 99% efficient too. Gas heat does not work without a fan running. It certainly does. 35000 btu, bet you can't stand in front of it for three minutes. O All it needs is a gas or propane supply, no electric. And as I said, they are 99.9% efficient. Radiant gas heater. Guess what else? The compressor station supplying gas, also runs on natural gas, no electric needed. |
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(OP) User ID: 84263424 United States 09/28/2022 08:58 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Bought one of these recharable lanterns/torches a while back £28 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 84212208 [link to www.amazon.co.uk (secure)] Very good! Nice. The Lucy is good too as one can put it on the dash of the car to charge it. MPOWERD Luci Outdoor 2.0: Solar Inflatable Light BUILT-IN RECHARGEABLE 1000 mAh LITHIUM-ION BATTERY. With 75 lumens, and lasting up to 24 hours on a single charge [link to www.amazon.com (secure)] The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is. Winston Churchill Daily Updates Thread: ASS IS IN THE WRINGER - Rolling Updates from 11/16/20 to present (Page 316) |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 82941565 09/28/2022 09:03 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | It certainly does. 35000 btu, bet you can't stand in front of it for three minutes. All it needs is a gas or propane supply, no electric. And as I said, they are 99.9% efficient. Radiant gas heater. I have a natural gas furnace, and it has an electrical component. The fan motor and such need AC power. If electricity fails the furnace won't operate. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 84144208 United States 09/28/2022 09:29 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | It certainly does. 35000 btu, bet you can't stand in front of it for three minutes. All it needs is a gas or propane supply, no electric. And as I said, they are 99.9% efficient. Radiant gas heater. I have a natural gas furnace, and it has an electrical component. The fan motor and such need AC power. If electricity fails the furnace won't operate. Of course. |
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User ID: 80193276 United States 09/28/2022 10:00 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | It certainly does. 35000 btu, bet you can't stand in front of it for three minutes. All it needs is a gas or propane supply, no electric. And as I said, they are 99.9% efficient. Radiant gas heater. I have a natural gas furnace, and it has an electrical component. The fan motor and such need AC power. If electricity fails the furnace won't operate. Hook it up to a little generator. Takes like 5 minutes. Justme |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 83566979 United States 09/29/2022 05:31 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | It certainly does. 35000 btu, bet you can't stand in front of it for three minutes. All it needs is a gas or propane supply, no electric. And as I said, they are 99.9% efficient. Radiant gas heater. I have a natural gas furnace, and it has an electrical component. The fan motor and such need AC power. If electricity fails the furnace won't operate. Hook it up to a little generator. Takes like 5 minutes. You guys got me motivated; I stayed up half the night trying to choose a newer more fuel + efficient generator. What a nightmare trying to decide. I did order the sheep skin shoe insoles. |
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User ID: 80193276 United States 09/29/2022 05:44 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | honestly even in the coldest of climates if houses were properly insulated you wouldn't even need heat at all. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 81710741 and if people lived within their means size wise. Nonsense. I am in Houston. The arctic blast hit us, we lost power all over the state pretty much. Mine was off for 5 days. ALL of my neighbors had their pipes burst, doing about $150,000 damage per house. SOme houses they removed the roofs so they could access and replace attic piping. Insulation all had to be removed, wall board removed, A mountain of furniture was removed from each house. Carpeting, drapes, Roofers, wallboarders,painters, plumbers, electricians, etc all worked for 6 months to put things back in order. My house was fine, but I am from up north, so am not without some skills. Last Edited by JustmeTX on 09/29/2022 05:47 PM Justme |
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(OP) User ID: 84263424 United States 09/29/2022 10:15 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Since we live where the average high is 22 degrees in winter here are some links to clothes that really help keep warm. Sherpa lined sweat pants and top. [link to www.amazon.com (secure)] Gihuo Women's Winter Warm Sherpa Lined Sweatpants Fleece Pants [link to www.amazon.com (secure)] Yeokou Women's Winter Warm Athletic Sweatpants Sherpa Lined Joggers Fleece Pants $33.98 Yeokou Women's Winter Hoodies Pullover Sherpa Fleece Warm Heavyweight Sweatshirt $38.99 Tops [link to www.amazon.com (secure)] Women's Autumn Winter Long Sleeve Zipper Sherpa Fleece [link to www.amazon.com (secure)] KIRUNDO Winter Women’s Fuzzy Fleece Hoodies Sweatshirts Casual Long Sleeves Shaggy Sherpa Pullover With Pockets [link to www.amazon.com (secure)] MEROKEETY Women's Long Sleeve Contrast Color Zipper Sherpa Pile Pullover Tops Fleece Sweatshirt [link to www.amazon.com (secure)] Hand warmers: HotHands Hand Warmers - Long Lasting Safe Natural Odorless Air Activated Warmers - Up to 10 Hours of Heat - 40 Pair / The size is approximately 2" by 3" Tip on how to use these.. put one of the top of the spine and the whole body heats up. They can go in pockets, warm boots up, etc. [link to www.amazon.com (secure)] Sherpa lined inserts to put into your shoes or slippers Bedsure Sherpa Fleece Throw Blanket for Couch - Navy Blue Thick Fuzzy Warm Soft Blankets and Throws for Sofa, 50x60 Inches - $18.58 [link to www.amazon.com (secure)] Women Fleece Hooded Bathrobe - Plush Long Robe $21.99 can wear over clothes and keep warm inside [link to www.amazon.com (secure)] Top & Bottom Women's Coral Fleece Pajamas Flannel Sleepwear Soft Pajamas Set Warm Loungewear 2 Piece Pjs Set - $47.99 [link to www.amazon.com (secure)] Last Edited by Proud American Supporter on 09/30/2022 09:36 AM The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is. Winston Churchill Daily Updates Thread: ASS IS IN THE WRINGER - Rolling Updates from 11/16/20 to present (Page 316) |
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