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We ran out of propane the other day with me on the way home to a cold house and raw filet. We have electric central heat and I've always got old faithful, the cast iron box stove out in the pole shed.

Come snowmagendon or not, we'll always have heat and eat. :hammer: :wink:
 
Us too, propane works fine. Garagemajal is electric. So far, so good. Electric hasn't been unduly high but then only keeping at 50 unless husband is using it. We are planning on adding a pellet stove but waiting till late spring in the hopes that they will be selling at its lowest price. Stay warm and safe folks.
 
Let's please keep the politics out of this thread. Thanks you, thank you very much.
 
Judy - Just talked to Mary and she said there was a major fire at a big apartment complex on Gibson, so I turned on my iPhone scanner App and listed to the Albuquerque Fire and Rescue. Heard they were moving lots of displaced people to Highland High School. I'm wondering it people without gas trying to keep warm might be involved.
 
Must be something moved.
dang ,I always miss the good stuff.
 
My wife is at a conference in Albuquerque. She's p*ssed to be that cold that close to the Mexican border. At the hotel they were using the ballroom as a shelter and encouraging guests to keep their rooms cold. - not sure if she complied.
 
I'm told that they suspect the fire started in the laundry room. Someone said they smelled rubber burning. I doubt we'll ever know why. In all the years I've lived here I can't remember it ever being this cold. Today felt like summer - low to mid 30's.
 
judow said:
<Snip> In all the years I've lived here I can't remember it ever being this cold. Today felt like summer - low to mid 30's.
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I was in Cape Canaveral all week, just got home last night late. Mary said she was without water for two days due to frozen pipes.
 
Boss, next time Mary has a house problem have her call us. If Doug is home he will be more than happy to help out. I understand what it is like to not have hubby home when there's a problem. Mother-in-law called me yesterday while I was in Albuquerque to tell me her purse was soaking wet including her money. She keeps it on the floor in a corner (hidden she thinks). I immediately came home (Doug flying) and after process of elimination (Water softener is great indicator of internal leak)thought it was either a broken garagemajal pipe or outside spigot. Luckily it was the outside spigot. There's a pressure valve dohickey on it. I released the pressure and voila no more spraying. Must have been happening for a while as the logs around the leak were soaked. Not fun treking thru the drifted snow. Fixing the leak was easier.
 
I appreciate that, but there was nothing he could have done in this case - the pipes leading to the house were frozen. Our water finally began flowing, but the neighbor's across the street still had no water, so we were giving the jugs of water until theirs finally started flowing.
 
Look out for soggy ground around the area where the pipes travel. A split in one will leak for a WHILE before the next bill reflects a problem. And water companies are notoriously unsympathetic.

One local example.
 
Frozen underground pipes are a major problem in the South when an unusual temp drop occurs and hangs on for a while, due to the normal shallow burial of the pipes down here. In this area of South Carolina, water pipes are usually only buried 6 to 10 inches below ground. Plus the fact there's a bunch of mobile homes here with exposed pipes. PJ
 
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