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- From: acheng@ncsa.uiuc.edu (Albert Cheng)
- Subject: Re: Emergency light and heat
- References: <C0pLsw.6C9@apollo.hp.com>
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- Organization: Nat'l Ctr for Supercomp App (NCSA) @ University of Illinois
- Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 17:49:42 GMT
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- In article <C0pLsw.6C9@apollo.hp.com>, lubkin@apollo.hp.com () writes:
- >I live in Southern New Hampshire in an all-electric rented
- >house. With the last big storm, I realized that if the
- >power goes out and stays out, I'm going to be very cold
- >and hungry sitting in the dark.
- >
- >At the local hardware store, they had a non-electric
- >kerosene heater. So I'm set for heat, although I don't like
- >having to keep kerosene in my basement. Alternative ideas
- >welcome.
- >
- >Then I went to the local sporting goods stores. They had
- >lots of stoves and lamps, which all said OUTDOOR USE ONLY.
- >(Except for rechargable lanterns that won't last long enough.)
-
- Never use any outdoor equipment for indoor heating (Unless you
- want someone else to cash in your life insurance.)
-
- Horror story 1:
- a family celebrated a birthday with BBQ. The night got cold. They
- moved the BBQ grill in door to warm the house. Smoke alarms went
- off. They disarmed it to get a good night sleep. Three death
- in the morning. Carbon monoxide poisoning.
-
- Horror story 2:
- After snow storm, power failed. An old man turned on his gas
- stove to warm the house. It consumed all oxygen in the house
- and he died of suffocation upstairs in bed.
-
- If my house loses power, I would rather move to a motel or
- someone else with power. OR stock up some heavy duty sleeping
- bags and long johns. If you must need some heat, start your
- charcoal grill in the backyard, heat rocks or bricks on it.
- Then bring only the heated rocks inside the house for warmth.
- Be careful in handling them, lest you burn your hands or
- start a fire in house.
-