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Gas stoves continue to work when the electricity has failed (as it does sometimes, especially during storms). It can be days before electricity is restored aft

Gas stoves continue to work when the electricity has failed (as it does sometimes, especially during storms). It can be days before electricity is restored after a bad storm.

mulderc 2y ago
That has happened to me literally once in over 40 years. Better off just have a back up camping stove so such a situation.
SkyPuncher 2y ago
While this is valid, how often does this actually happen? It doesn’t seem like it’s frequently enough to worry. If this is a concern, there are several ways to cook that can be stored in an emergency kit.
- bradknowles 2y ago
  Like, during the Texas IcePocalypse? If we didn’t have a gas stove and a gas fireplace, my wife and I would have died. There’s no way out of this neighborhood if the roads are all frozen, because we live on one of the steepest hills in Austin. Sure, freezing doesn’t happen all that often, but we’ve had two big freezes in the past twenty or so years that we’ve lived here, and ERCOT has had multiple long power outages in that time. So, don’t just worry about freezes. You also have to worry about your power supply/distribution company being made up of incompetent fools who are just out to line their own pockets and those of the other billionaires in the state.
  - SkyPuncher 2y ago
    I’m the gas fireplace is legit, but the stove can be replaced with butane cans. I’ve been without heat in the Midwest in the winter (furnace died in a rental). It’s actually not that hard to keep a single room or two warm enough with simple painters plastic. Staple/tape them up and hang out in that room. By limiting airflow (don’t entirely cut off outside oxygen), you keep an amazing amount of heat in the space. Not warm, but certain manageable with a few layers of. Propane heaters can also be used relatively safely.
    - bradknowles 2y ago
      If you have butane or propane heaters, sure. But if you can’t safely get out of the house to go buy the nonexistent butane or propane heaters at the store because all the roads are frozen over and all the stores are closed, then that idea isn’t going to help you very much.

Gas stoves continue to work when the electricity has failed (as it does sometimes, especially during storms). It can be days before electricity is restored after a bad storm.

mulderc 2y ago

That has happened to me literally once in over 40 years. Better off just have a back up camping stove so such a situation.

SkyPuncher 2y ago

While this is valid, how often does this actually happen? It doesn’t seem like it’s frequently enough to worry. If this is a concern, there are several ways to cook that can be stored in an emergency kit.

bradknowles 2y ago
Like, during the Texas IcePocalypse? If we didn’t have a gas stove and a gas fireplace, my wife and I would have died. There’s no way out of this neighborhood if the roads are all frozen, because we live on one of the steepest hills in Austin. Sure, freezing doesn’t happen all that often, but we’ve had two big freezes in the past twenty or so years that we’ve lived here, and ERCOT has had multiple long power outages in that time. So, don’t just worry about freezes. You also have to worry about your power supply/distribution company being made up of incompetent fools who are just out to line their own pockets and those of the other billionaires in the state.
- SkyPuncher 2y ago
  I’m the gas fireplace is legit, but the stove can be replaced with butane cans. I’ve been without heat in the Midwest in the winter (furnace died in a rental). It’s actually not that hard to keep a single room or two warm enough with simple painters plastic. Staple/tape them up and hang out in that room. By limiting airflow (don’t entirely cut off outside oxygen), you keep an amazing amount of heat in the space. Not warm, but certain manageable with a few layers of. Propane heaters can also be used relatively safely.
  - bradknowles 2y ago
    If you have butane or propane heaters, sure. But if you can’t safely get out of the house to go buy the nonexistent butane or propane heaters at the store because all the roads are frozen over and all the stores are closed, then that idea isn’t going to help you very much.