Originally Posted By: horse123
Hahahaha, I laugh at people that can't survive without electricity. Fireplace provides food, water, and heat, and unless you always run your kitchen on fumes, you should have enough food for at least a few weeks. Good luck to anyone that needs electricity to stay alive!
Way back in the dark ages, when I was a child, we had an ice storm in CT that took down powerlines everywhere. Mostly due to heavy trees.
Power was out for weeks. We survived and did not need electricity to survive.
However, the same could not be said about our house. The losses were staggering. Even with 2 wood burning stoves, we were unable to keep the pipes from freezing. The water froze in the pipes at night, then would thaw during the day, while we were away at work/school. The massive water leaks flooded the second story, and then ran down to the first story.
Worse yet, our heating system was via circulating hot water and oil burner. Since we could not run the oil burner, those pipes froze throughout the house, mostly in inaccessible locations. Once they thawed, leaks sprang up and runied our wooden floors, water got between the walls and ruined all the drywall. When spring came, the mold started growing and we were forced out of the home for some time, while crews cleaned and repaired the walls and floors.
Oh, and the heat did not work for the rest of the winter.
I'm sorry, but all of this was unnecessary. Laugh at us all you want, but know that your attitude is absurd. It was our families first year in that home. A a child, I learned a lot from that experience. It's good to be prepared.
