Posted on 12/24/2022 7:45:31 AM PST by Lazamataz
I live in an early-60's-build house. For the most part, it's wonderful, but it has very little insulation. I've been meaning to rectify that, but didn't yet.
So, after spending a warm night buried under blankets, I wake up to a shivering-cold set of rooms, all under 60 degrees F.... even though me and the missus set all the baseboard heating to max and left both space heaters going.
So, I decide to go to Walmart. I find two pallets of space heaters, one of them Infra-red, and one of them Oil-radiant. Both are electric.
I go ahead and put one of each in my cart, get a few food items, then decide to pick up one more Infra-red heater.... maybe 5 minutes later.
BOTH PALLETS ARE CLEANED OUT... when I get to the register, everyone had a pair of those heaters in their cart.
Out towards Cape San Blas there use to be a place where a shrimp boat docked on the bay side, and they sold fresh off the boat shrimp and other seafood. If it’s still around you want to find it and get some.
Some good friends used to have a house on Cape San Blas.
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=outdoor+wood+furnace
There are many brands and models. They have a blower in the firebox so you can stick 30 inch logs, un-split and greenish or wet in them and they’ll burn without issue.
People around here that have them don’t bother to cover their wood stack. There’s a heat exchanger inside the house and it gets sent to the same duct work as your central AC.
He’s supposed to be in Cancun or similar, IIRC.
Just like when the summer’s first heat wave hits. The local hardware store has pallets of ACs all year, then we get that first 100degree day and they’re all gone.
What a terrifying story. That man was your guardian angel!
It’s great when that happens. Lolol! My next move is to stock up on foods like rice and beans. I’m certain that immediately after I’ve accumulated a few hundred pounds of each the prices will plummet at least 80 percent!
Quick video explaining how they work; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4-Ya__ujkQ
I have one in the upstairs bathroom to help keep that room dry in the winter due to mold issues there. (My house is a 200 year old rubblestone building with three foot thick walls.) The other stove’s in the ground floor kitchen - usually have some water boiling on the cooking stove when we’re down there so no need to add more. But yes, getting moisture in the air when a wood stove’s running is the icing on the cake. Can’t beat woodstove heat - warms you to the bone.
Northern SICILY.
REAL SICILIAN pizza.
Sigh
Grapes as big as your thumb
I suggest checking out some China diesel heaters.๐ค
Whoa! Font change in a topic title?!? I’d love to hit that. Oh, sorry. ;^)
Oh,you have a problem with us Neanderthals?๐คช
Great story! I live in southern Indiana and have been to a lot of places. I’m a caver for close to 40 years, if you could tell by my handle. I’ve been to a lot of places looking for caves. Some of the property, there are not many roads, such as Hoosier National Forest and the other state forests. Enjoy your property!
Seems like weโre losing our edge. In the old days, Freepers would gather a pile of trash, douse it with used motor oil, light it and bask in the warmth. Revving up the SUVs was foreplay.
Blow dryer?
I missed how cold it was. Worth a try, but I’m not sure that will work at that cold!
Tennessee Valley Arseholes. Remember to thank them if you freeze in the dark.
I hadnโt been to Cape San Blas in years. We drove through there today and I didnโt recognize the place. It looks to have been entirely rebuilt with large and expensive houses. The waves are already lapping at a couple of them. Seeing whatโs left of the 2018 hurricane is mind-blowing. Miles of pines snapped in half along 98. The concrete pier foundation next to the house we rented used to have a house on it. Just unreal to think of it.
I miss Norm.
Itโs up to 28 degrees in DFW. Couple more days of warming weather, and this brief spate of freezing weather will be a distant memory.
You’re usually about 10 degrees warmer than those of us here in Northeast Oklahoma. Our cold snap will be about over tomorrow. Next week, 50s to 60s during the day. We’ll still have some pretty cold nights, but the worst of it should be over. However, February is a fickle month...
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