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12-17-2008, 01:58 PM
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I have been watching all that on the news, that was a bad one!!
Here in Wareham just this side of the canal was all rain, we got 3.98" I also work in Eastham and the same all rain! I was a bit worried as the Gov. put us in a state of emergency and I can't leave my job when that happens, and had to wait for my supervisor to get the all clear to let me go. I hate winter!! Never know when we going to get stuck at work for who knows how long!
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12-17-2008, 02:03 PM
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Good grief!!!
Makes me think of hurricane Ivan and Katrina....lost power for 11 days at my house during Katrina and about 5 for Ivan. I cant imagine snow and ice doing that much damage! How do yall stay warm without power? Dont yall use some type of heating method other than central HVAC up north? All we have is central....I have a fireplace in my living room but central is enough to keep any house in the south warm no colder than it gets. What kinda high/low temps are yall having?
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12-17-2008, 02:33 PM
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As I said I am very fortunate to have been spared any major damage. We got power back Monday night (4 days) but the home across the street from me had the lines ripped off the pole and is still out.
Most around here burn heating oil or natural gas to run hot water heating. I am still running an old oil/steam system though. If you can power the burner then you can get heat. I wired mine to my generator the first night. It got below 20 degrees outside Friday night and but it warmed up after that. If it dropped for a couple of days then burst pipes are an issue. Neighboors house got down to 40 degrees without heat. There was some beauty in it all though. Here are some artsy-fartsy pictures that I took.       
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12-17-2008, 02:43 PM
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There are some great pic's there Monkey! What you got for a camera??
When we get hit hard and there isn't going to be power for some time, we retreat to the camper. Has propane gas for cooking heating and even the fridge! Battery's are solar charged, but you still need to be careful at night cause you can drain them running to much stuff. I use to have a small Gen at one time and it blew, I have never replaced it.
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12-17-2008, 03:01 PM
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Yall explain this heating oil thing for me? Is it a system run through your house like regular central, just uses oil to heat instead of electric coils? Why? Does it get hotter?
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12-17-2008, 03:38 PM
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There is a central oil burning furnace which is fed by a large tank of oil. In most of those systems, the furnace produces hot water which is fed through copper pipes to distribute heat throughout the house (either through radiant units or units which blow air over the hot water tubes).
You asked about temperatures. It has been in the teens at night and 20's during the day for about a week here in Indianapolis, IN.
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