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this post was submitted on 13 Dec 2024
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As someone who lives where the power goes out if the wind sneezes during an ice / heavy wet snow storm, there’s reasons to have non electric sources for both cooking and heat.
Gas pipes freeze too.
Wouldn't it be better to have a generator or something? That way you can cook still, and power other things, like a heater if you need it.
Generator only lasts so long as you have gas for it, but yes. Been begging the landlord for one, our well pump is electric so when we lose power we lose water too.
Yeah, except central heating need the fan running to be effective, which is electric... So gas heat doesn't even work without power.
Sure, wood furnaces can be a good option here to not have any dependency on neither the delivery of electricity nor gas. Food that can be eaten without needing to be heated is also good from a preparedness perspective, and a trail stove is also a good idea.
There are times where storms are so bad here that power is out for a considerable amount of time and it’s brutally cold. Relying on electric is a non starter, people would literally die from exposure.
For most of the country it’s fine, but not for places that get deadly cold.
Wood furnaces are nice but not every place has one. My place does not.
How cold is your place relative to Murmansk, Yakutsk or Oymyakon?
I don’t know how cold those places are but I live in VT in the mountains where it does go down to -20F on the regular and -40 occasionally.
See climate sections of Murmansk, Yakutsk and Oymyakon.
VT is often colder than murmansk but less cold than the other two cities listed. Note the freedom units: -40 is the same as metric but -20F is more like -30C. Apparently -20C is only -4F? Which is not that cold but a common temp in VT.
Let me guess, The only state with its own power grid?
I don’t think vermont is on its own grid? We import a substantial amount of electricity from Quebec hydropower and most of our electricity is from renewable sources including our own hydropower, solar and wind.
Our grid goes down because trees fall on it.
That was a jab at Texas I believe.
We often have power availability issues because it's detached from the grid and neglected for several years.
I thought so. But power issues can happen anywhere in extreme weather especially if lines aren’t buried.
What my state and Texas have in common is we were both at once time independent republics before we joined the union. And my states pre USA independence lasted longer than the confederacy!
Hawaii and Alaska also exist