birddude
Well-known member
I expect most of you guys in the western and northern states are prepared for these kind of weather events. But you wouldn't believe how many people down here are not prepared. I always thought I was prepared until I got caught in Kansas once in an ice storm. Long story short it was a bad deal. The house we were staying in didn't get power for 2 months! After that I installed the biggest ventless fireplace/heater I could find in the basement and traded my 500-gal propane tank for a 1000. Yesterday while sitting here blowing off on this site, my toes got cold. Yep, furnace quit. It was -4 with a sustained 20 mph wind. Fired up the Heater and called the repair man. I told him to get his emergencies first. He said he had a full crew out and he'd get there when he could. We have an open staircase to basement, so was getting decent airflow upstairs. The doorknobs frosted up but it stayed 57 degrees in here so thank goodness I was prepared. Tech. came by in the late afternoon and had it going in no time! We also have a gas stove/ oven and a fireplace with a couple cords cut in case the power goes we can still cook, and 150 gal. of water stored, and a generator. How do you guys who go through this all the time prepare?