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Poll: Emergency power and heating
shardian:
--- Quote from: ChadTower on December 12, 2007, 10:26:04 am ---
--- Quote from: tommy on December 12, 2007, 10:21:46 am ---Hurricanes can last up to a full 24 hours or more and there is no way being cold can be worse than having things flying at you at 150 mph or more. No food, no water, no gas in you car if your car is not damaged...
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24 hours is not a week or more. I'm not saying hurricanes are not dangerous - but they are not a long term danger like -15 degree temperatures with no power.
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When the dust clears in Oklahoma, there will be more than a few dead people ranging from young Children, Senior Citizens and the homeless.
shardian:
--- Quote from: TOK on December 12, 2007, 10:28:03 am ---Sorry about your thread, Shardian. ;)
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Yeah, no problems here. Debate away.
tommy:
You guys should have seen the last major hurricane to hit us here, all the gas stations were full of people waiting backed up in lines way out into the main roads waiting to fill up. It was almost like the world was ending and you had to grab what you could while you could, people were even running out of gas waiting to get gas a mile away from the gas station.
shardian:
--- Quote from: ChadTower on December 12, 2007, 10:12:04 am ---How cold does it get in your state? If you had electric heat up here you'd be looking at many hundreds per month all winter long. Maybe a grand in some months.
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It can get pretty cold, but lately the winters have been fairly mild. Right now it is in the 60's. Two weeks ago I was waking up to 16 degrees though.
On average in the dead of winter it usually stays around 35-40 degrees, with weeks here and there below 30.
Our house came with a new furnace, and our bill in a cold month is usually right around $100.
shardian:
I just got an electric corner fireplace and I may consider replacing the electric unit in the mantle with a propane unit. I have a friend that has the propane unit and it works well. The only problem is that the fireplace is not on an exterior wall and I don't want to route a gas line - if that is even allowed with propane.
I am leaning towards a small generator right now.
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