I agree. Where would I go? What can I carry as opposed to what I can store. I already live in a place that is more safe and secure and isolated than most people could hope to find. It in inconceivable that hoards of starving people would ever wander this far out in the country.
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thats exactly my thoughts too.
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Who wants to be a refugee? Tom Petty said it best.
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The Mr Heater or Mr Buddy heaters. They are great and reasonably priced. You can use a small green propane can, or get the hookup for the larger propane containers.
Just got my propane space heater back from the neighbors who had no more wood for heating...I think they still do not have any, the smoke and ashes coming from the chimney looks like they are burning old clothes and rags.....stinks like it too...
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You're a nice neighbor to let them borrow. Can't anyone help with firewood, or are they capable?
I think most of the furnaces are usually on a switch for power, now. Trip your breaker, and you can either open up the switch, test for power, and convert the switch to a power outlet, or tie in to put the power outlet below it.
Take the furnace wiring and put a male plug on it. Now in a power outage, you can power your furnace from a small inverter outside.
Or, more labour intensive, you could install a wood burning stove. Don't cheap out; you can buy a good used one, but you want heavy steel, and refractory bricks in it, so the flame doesn't erode right through it, and it keeps the heat longer. Put it in the basement, or lowest floor.
You can buy a propane catalytic heater for a big tank, but be aware that they will use up all the oxygen in a tight building.
Any fat, or shortening will work as a makeshift candle. Though personally as other posters mentioned, you're burning something valuable in a long term crisis. As preppers it's good to be able to have different options. But if you are huddled around a jar of shortening slowly burning, you're preps kinda suck. Kerosene, and paraffin oil is fairly cheap, and you can run a long time off a gallon. Coleman lamps are still the kings of light output, for heavy weight camping, though I'd want a propane one if it was for inside. For just pure light, some of the better LED headlamps, work lights and flashlights put out some great numbers and are pretty frugal on battery power.
For warmth, if a wood stove or getting the furnace running isn't an option, bigger inverter could run a good space heater, or maybe two. But even a couple won't do much in a big space. But gas to run it, is cheap, and it'll help. Especially if you shut off rooms and have heavy curtains. The colder it gets, the more challenging it will be. Well below -40 is a different deal than barely freezing.
For warmth, if a wood stove or getting the furnace running isn't an option, bigger inverter could run a good space heater, or maybe two. But even a couple won't do much in a big space. But gas to run it, is cheap, and it'll help. Especially if you shut off rooms and have heavy curtains. The colder it gets, the more challenging it will be. Well below -40 is a different deal than barely freezing.
Didn't mean to sound overly critical. Just as preppers, we shouldn't have to scramble quite as much as the "I'll just go to the store and buy when I need to" or "I'll come to your place" crowd.
Dollar store candles are cheap, and burn just as nice as the expensive ones...
Dollar store candles are cheap, and burn just as nice as the expensive ones...
They are the ones who got a pile of wood and tree stumps from the mayor and the town. The only problem is , they are not thrifty and the temps in the house are too high, too much wood too fast and no alternatives. The son bought some wood but it was not delivered as soon as they thought, that is why the space heater being loaned out...God is good Amish. Gary
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