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I bought a car battery inverter to run my electric space heater inside for a bit but I don’t love this solution. All kerosene heaters are long gone though. Might just be screwed.
 
smast16 said:
I just tried to find kerosene and kerosene accessories and it's bare shelves everywhere.

Thankfully i just had the house propane tanks refilled Tuesday for the tankless water heater and gas logs.
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Yeah I was gonna buy one of those indoor propane heaters yesterday and said they had a dozen, I'll wait and see. Went today, all gone... everywhere. I have well water too, so I'll do the old school fill the bath tubs but my biggest concern is pipes freezing. Any suggestions on how to minimize that with no power and single digit nights
 
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RBR71 said:
Yeah I was gonna buy one of those indoor propane heaters yesterday and said they had a dozen, I'll wait and see. Went today, all gone... everywhere. I have well water too, so I'll do the old school fill the bath tubs but my biggest concern is pipes freezing. Any suggestions on how to minimize that with no power andsingle digit nights
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Doing the propane heaters inside thing makes me nervous, too. Heard of a number of fires and carbon monoxide poisonings from those during ice storms growing up...
 
superjames1992 said:
Doing the propane heaters inside thing makes me nervous, too. Heard of a number of fires and carbon monoxide poisonings from those during ice storms growing up...
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Yeah, I'd like to thank they safer these days but who knows
 
RBR71 said:
I'm not as prepared for this as I should be
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Honestly, I needed a year. Doing a lot of hard scaping and replacing the deck this year (hopefully) and part of that project sequence was going to be getting a Generac whole home setup off the natural gas line and a backup Starlink (in case data goes down from severe/hurricane in warm months or ice during cold). Would have been sitting pretty with gas log fireplace, generator, covered deck w/gas and charcoal grill and backup WiFi (I’m remote for work). Alas….full pantry, plenty of groceries and full gas tanks in both SUVs with AWD is the best I can do right now.

Stay sleet up here you SOB…


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Btownheel said:
Honestly, I needed a year. Doing a lot of hard scaping and replacing the deck this year (hopefully) and part of that project sequence was going to be getting a Generac whole home setup off the natural gas line and a backup Starlink (in case data goes down from severe/hurricane in warm months or ice during cold). Would have been sitting pretty with gas log fireplace, generator, covered deck w/gas and charcoal grill and backup WiFi (I’m remote for work). Alas….full pantry, plenty of groceries and full gas tanks in both SUVs with AWD is the best I can do right now.

Stay sleet up here you SOB…


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im in the same boat. ive got solar panels on my house but no battery storage -- and i keep saying "now is the time to go ahead and invest in batteries" because then i can actually make USE of my solar during an outage. but alas, i have not done so yet (it aint cheap!!!)

so i, too, am just working with plenty of groceries & water; mylar emergency blankets and sleeping bag; a surplus of batteries + camping lantern, pop LED lights, flashlight, etc.; and a crossover SUV thats decent in ice/snow.

oh and two fluffy cats!
 
NCwx1992 said:
im in the same boat. ive got solar panels on my house but no battery storage -- and i keep saying "now is the time to go ahead and invest in batteries" because then i can actually make USE of my solar during an outage. but alas, i have not done so yet (it aint cheap!!!)

so i, too, am just working with plenty of groceries & water; mylar emergency blankets and sleeping bag; a surplus of batteries + camping lantern, pop LED lights, flashlight, etc.; and a crossover SUV thats decent in ice/snow.

oh and two fluffy cats!
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lol, same reason my group of projects has been in planning stages for like two years while budgeting. Everything on that list costs $Texas.


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smast16 said:
I just tried to find kerosene and kerosene accessories and it's bare shelves everywhere.

Thankfully i just had the house propane tanks refilled Tuesday for the tankless water heater and gas logs.
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I purchase a NICE kerosene heater a few months back..
Only too find out, the Climate crazies have regulated kerosene, NOT to be sold out of GasStations anymore..
NOW you gotta purchase from either a Hardware store or Tractor Supply, or Lowes..

AT the cost of about 14.00 per gallon

Criminal, I tell ya.. Folks should HANG for that, in itself..
 
You know it occurred to me that utility companies and such hire other utility contractors during these catastrophic outages right? Well this this time it isn't isolated to a small area or region. It's a huge area of the country so other out-of-state utilities resources that typically flock to the disaster area are going to be already tied up in their own service areas for hundreds of miles around.
 
Getting ready for a chilly rainy weekend here at the coast. Might play some golf if we end up warmer and dryer on Sunday. I was really hoping I’d be able to drive somewhere to see some snow, but that ain’t gonna happen with a swath of ice between me and the snow
 
BullCityWx said:
I continue to be positively encouraged with the trends on the hi res modeling and them holding onto sleet longer and longer IMBY.
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All of us along 85 corridor in NC are getting a concrete job like we haven’t seen since at least 2014 and a glaze to finish it (but not crippling on the glaze front). I’m riding climo with super strong CAD all day.


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I think a dry slot would be absolutely worse than continued heavy rates because it'll just be freezing drizzle as others said.

Heavy rates would mean a better chance for sleet sticking around longer and in the case of a switch to ZR, less efficient accrual.
 
I was in Lowe’s earlier and a woman was asking one of the workers if they had any kerosene heaters (of course they were out). She was concerned because if they lose power and the house gets too cold, her husband’s fish’s water will get too cold and they’ll die. Little things you don’t necessarily think about in times like this that do matter! :(
 
superjames1992 said:
I was in Lowe’s earlier and a woman was asking one of the workers if they had any kerosene heaters (of course they were out). She was concerned because if they lose power and the house gets too cold, her husband’s fish’s water will get too cold and they’ll die. Little things you don’t necessarily think about in times like this that do matter! :(
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Ok. It’s true. I’ve been severely anxious. I’m gonna look a fool, but I’m sitting on 2 generators and 20 5 gallon cans of gas. Why? Because I have two macaws and a Senegal parrot. Not exactly pets you can just up and evacuate with.

And they are extremely intelligent critters and very much loved. I’ve feared for their lives with this crazy cold coming in after this stupid, weird storm.

So yeah. I empathize with this lady and her husband. That’s heartbreaking. I pray they don’t lose power.

For now, this over prepared fool is happy for looking like that. I’m out of the woods. And have gas to drive for a while. Please keep it that way!
 
Oops. NC Only thread. Ha! Your little club has been tainted by a Georgia boy!

I told ya’ll (when discussed) it’d be dumb to split this stuff out. Sure. It’s annoying with the mostly Carolina stuff. But mildly. The NC/C folks are the best!


I’m sure a Georgia only thread would still be “1 of 1”.
 
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