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We put in a cheap gas fireplace a few years ago for auxiliary heat after the last big ice storm. We have natural gas here, and I've only ever had the gas go off once in my long and boring life (and that was in Ohio about 16 years ago). A gas fireplace doesn't need a vent pipe as long as the room you're installing it in has enough cubic feet. It doesn't have a blower so it's not like the furnace, which won't run without electricity. And it smells a lot better than a kerosene heater.
Dave
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That's a good idea. Around here propane is the only gas we have, and my in-laws switched to a coal hot-air furnace to get off their insane propane bills.
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[QUOTE=piercedtiger;33152]Yeah, we're concerned about people knowing we have supplies. We don't talk to our neighbors, and keep a low profile. So most people won't know we have anything.
You just told the world wide web.......... LOL
When someone says it can't be done.... They are usually interrupted by someone who is already doing it.
you decide to instruct me to engage in an activity which I find to be less than desireable. from the great philosopher GUNNER57
"If guns kill people then pencils misspell words, cars make people drive drunk
and spoons made Rosie ODonnell fat." - Author Unknown
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lol But I didn't say which house is mine.
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LMAO......good pointOriginally Posted by piercedtiger
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Won't it be the one with the bullets coming out of it? (grin)
Dave
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;)
And the bodies laying in the front yard? hmmmm.... Guess I'll have to do something about those..... lol Can't be giving away my location now can I?
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To freaking funny !
When someone says it can't be done.... They are usually interrupted by someone who is already doing it.
you decide to instruct me to engage in an activity which I find to be less than desireable. from the great philosopher GUNNER57
"If guns kill people then pencils misspell words, cars make people drive drunk
and spoons made Rosie ODonnell fat." - Author Unknown
DUE TO PRICE INCREASE ON AMMO - DO NOT EXPECT A WARNING SHOT! :-)
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good thread. as has been mentioned different situations require different responses. as for myself, i live in northern westchester, and I work in nyc daily. if something happened during the work week id have to make it home. if vehicles were rendered useless, then I have to walk. if i have to walk i have my get home bag in my car always with enough supplies for 3 days since i figure it will take me that to get home walking (65 miles). it would be about 22 miles a day which would require about 10 hours of walking daily which i can do as I am in good shape. i currently have enough food at home to last my wife and 5 kids for about a month, but i do plan to have a minimum of 6 months worth of stored food for all of us. i also have a generator that is electric start and can power the entire house and enough fuel for 3 days (long enough for me to get home roughly. i also have multiple firearms with a lot of stored ammo. my wife and oldest son, and even my daughter are all familiar with using them if need be. i live in a cul de sac and am friends with my neighbors. most have firearms (multiple), ammo, food stores, and generators. everyone is relatively self sufficient so im not worried about being raided by my neighbors, and we have talked about our neighbor hood defenses as well and different duties for everyone. i also have a fire place and enough wood to get through the winter, i have well water, and also a running stream on my property if need be. and in the summer the pool is filled with a lot of useable water.
once home the plan also depends on the situation at hand and the time of year. if vehicles are operable, the plan is to go upstate to my folks house in the catskill mtns. where there is plenty of land, hunting, growing of crops, running fresh water, etc... for the long term. if vehicles are not operable we have carts, and bicycles, and camping supplies and i figure it will take two weeks traveling by night and camping by day (again depending on the situation) to walk there. compasses, maps, etc... are also always on hand.
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good thread. as has been mentioned different situations require different responses. as for myself, i live in northern westchester, and I work in nyc daily. if something happened during the work week id have to make it home. if vehicles were rendered useless, then I have to walk. if i have to walk i have my get home bag in my car always with enough supplies for 3 days since i figure it will take me that to get home walking (65 miles). it would be about 22 miles a day which would require about 10 hours of walking daily which i can do as I am in good shape. i currently have enough food at home to last my wife and 5 kids for about a month, but i do plan to have a minimum of 6 months worth of stored food for all of us. i also have a generator that is electric start and can power the entire house and enough fuel for 3 days (long enough for me to get home roughly. i also have multiple firearms with a lot of stored ammo. my wife and oldest son, and even my daughter are all familiar with using them if need be. i live in a cul de sac and am friends with my neighbors. most have firearms (multiple), ammo, food stores, and generators. everyone is relatively self sufficient so im not worried about being raided by my neighbors, and we have talked about our neighbor hood defenses as well and different duties for everyone. i also have a fire place and enough wood to get through the winter, i have well water, and also a running stream on my property if need be. and in the summer the pool is filled with a lot of useable water.
once home the plan also depends on the situation at hand and the time of year. if vehicles are operable, the plan is to go upstate to my folks house in the catskill mtns. where there is plenty of land, hunting, growing of crops, running fresh water, etc... for the long term. if vehicles are not operable we have carts, and bicycles, and camping supplies and i figure it will take two weeks traveling by night and camping by day (again depending on the situation) to walk there. compasses, maps, etc... are also always on hand.
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