Posted on 02/17/2021 2:13:42 PM PST by amorphous
My favorite way too. I have one that has a trigger igniter. Love it!
PREPARE PREPARE PREPARE
20lb Propane tanks are CHEAP!!! Get a bunch of extras and keep them filled. Don’t forget the hoses and connectors. Get a catalytic heater that requires no electricity and you have heat. Get a portable propane cook stove for camping. If you are really in trouble and you know it’s going to get cold store water in open top containers or 5 gallon buckets. Not bottles or the usual jugs. Even better if they are metal so you can throw them on the flame directly. If plastic? You can bang the ice block out of the tub and chip ice in to a pot for thawing over your propane stove. Keep a stash of freeze dried foods. Even without water you can still eat them as snacks. Don’t forget our furry friends. Dry kibble is easy to store and, in a pinch, you can eat it too.
Get a blow torch attachment for the green 1 lb propane bottles and keep those bottles in storage. They are super handy for thawing heating and cooking. Shovel snow when it’s cold.
(I live in the very high dessert off grid and it gets VERY cold in winter. I’d love a wood stove but there’s no wood to be had where I’m at.)
even better then bubble wrap is the closed cell packing foam. It still allows the light to come in and, if applied correctly, it won’t let moisture through to build on the window. Just spray a little bit of water on the window and rub it on. You don’t have the view but it save a huge amount of heat loss.
> Get a portable toilet seat with a refuse bucket and refuse bags.
You can also just use a refuse bag in the now empty toilet.
These n allums prear to be city slickers, does n know nuthin n weuns gets pow er out, just move into the barn with the horses n cows.n chickens .. Din chever seen a Nativity scene? Them city slickers never been in a barn afore. Yupyupyup
> Dad grilled (charcoal) any meat that would go bad with the freezer off...
Your Dad just wanted to BBQ. lol
In below freezing weather there’s a simple way to keep stuff frozen.
One winter, years ago, my hubby & I moved into an apartment building but the electricity was off in our unit. It was a Friday, we had to wait until Monday for the power company to turn on the power & heat. To stay warm, we ran the hot water in the shower - steam from the bathroom heated the rest of the small apartment quite well... :)
Maybe underground home/rooms make sense?
If you have boots and room in the boots a layer of two of newspaper, a layer of aluminum foil another of newspaper and if you can rap the paper around your foot before you put it in the boot. Thats if its really cold. (Below maybe -15 or so.)
Have enough flashlights for everybody in the house. Even if you have a supply of extra batteries thy to conserve energy. Use LEDs if possible. Use your flashlight to move around the premises and turn them off once you get to where you want to go. For ambient light that lights the whole room, shine the beam on the ceiling.
Kerosene heaters. Reasonably priced K-1 kerosene can be found at some gas stations, which stations can be found by using search engines at some of the company websites. The kerosene in one-gallon jugs at hardware stores is priced way too high. If your place is nearly air tight, provide a little ventilation with a slightly open window or something. Be sure to get a carbon monoxide alarm, and mount it in your house, just in case. Haven’t heard of any detectors going off, yet, though.
Good times.
My golden jumped into my bed last night and fell asleep next to me. Best sleep I had in 15 years.
Fill hot water bottles up and wrap them in towels and sleep with them.
Propane is cheap now.
That might not always be the case.
Nevertheless, it keeps and is easy to store.
Just be careful as it is heavier than air and if you have a leak, you don’t want it pooling in your basement.
Did your feet sweat and get wet with the plastic wrapped around your foot?
Shine the flashlight through a plastic gallon water bottle.
You’d be surprised how effectively that lights up an entire area.
That’s what we do with our stove when the power goes out. Thank God for gas stoves!
What do you do for exhaust or Carbon monoxide concerns?
I dont know anything about using a propane heater indoors.
Your story and the others are reminding me of tent camping trips with my family back in the 60s. Cross country via station wagon in a canvas tent. We learned quickly to heed Dad’s words about not touching the sides of the tent!!
To this day, I have learned that when power outages happen, my home is one big and glorious well-made “tent”. Gotta look at the bright side!
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