Preparedness for when

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a VERY IMPORTANT update just on site

http://www.weatheraction.com/displayarticle.asp?a=513&c=5

pineapple

kittie wrote: »

a VERY IMPORTANT update just on site

http://www.weatheraction.com/displayarticle.asp?a=513&c=5

Thanks Kittie - we've been caught out before where I live with unexpected snow so I'm fully prepped. I'm one of the lucky ones who - touch wood - won't need to get anywhere.
I have chocolate, whisky and coal so I'm good to go!

craigywv

so gladyou have snow LYNN i too would love to see even a tiny flutter of the white stuff but alas we only have freezing rain,rain and more rain. Kittie could i ask you please how you cook your pork steaks as i love themdone in breadcrumbs ...do you fry them or whatmethod do you use thanks.xxx

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pineapple wrote: »

Thanks Kittie - we've been caught out before where I live with unexpected snow so I'm fully prepped. I'm one of the lucky ones who - touch wood - won't need to get anywhere.
I have chocolate, whisky and coal so I'm good to go!

me too re cake fuel and chocolate but I am very concerned for all the people who will be caught out in cars, trains etc. I have sent the link to all my family and I hope they take note and pass it around. We are talking 30-50 cm plus very windy so massive and quick drifts. Really dangerous stuff, not pretty at all

Fried pork steaks so that the crust goes crispy. Yummy and to heck with it, it is winter after all

mardatha

I burn smokeless eggs in a multifuel stove. It warns you in the booklet not to use with doors open because of fumes. I want to know if you can use it with doors open if you burn ordinary anthracite house coal - does anybody know?

craigywv

thats great thanks

mardatha

We've got nice sunny baltic cold days up here, was -7 yesterday at 10 am but nice and bright.

pineapple

kittie wrote: »

but I am very concerned for all the people who will be caught out in cars, trains etc.

Indeed. I used to be a sheltered housing warden and remember, one particular bad winter, a home carer having to walk miles in the snow to get to her clients. She was quite poorly at the time too. So I feel for those who can't just take a 'snow day' or work at home or who are reliant on medical or daily care services.
Edit: If people are leaving laundry etc till the weekend, it might just be an idea to get it done now, due to the possibility of power cuts.

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PINEAPPLE I have also just cooked a joint of pork and some chicken breasts so we have that just in case the power goes out, seems like a sensible precaution as we can eat them cold if we have too, Cheers Lyn x.

pineapple

mardatha wrote: »

I burn smokeless eggs in a multifuel stove. It warns you in the booklet not to use with doors open because of fumes. I want to know if you can use it with doors open if you burn ordinary anthracite house coal - does anybody know?

I believe combustion of any solid fuel will create carbon monoxide.
I gave myself long term low level carbon monoxide poisoning through doing this. That and the practice of leaving an ash pan with hot ash/embers cooling down underneath the stove.
If you have a carbon monoxide detector, most register peak levels even if they have not been high enough for long enough to trigger the alarm. I kept getting readings that shouldn't have been there and it took a while to figure out what was happening. Don't risk your health.