The stove shops in the area will be busy for the next 2 years

[lowroadacres]

http://www.winnipegsun.com/2014/01/...-resident-says-day-after-otterburne-explosion

More than 4000 homes without heat after a NG pipepline ruptured.

No word as of this evening as to how long the outage is expected to last.

Can't imagine the stress going on for the thousands of folks affected.

This is near Winnipeg, MB straight North of Grand Forks, ND.

 

[BrotherBart]

Ouch. But you are right. The run on stoves is gonna match the one after the oil crunch in the 1970s.

 

[BrotherBart]

Best comment to the article"

"We are told by EMO and the Government of Canada to be prepared to shelter in place for at least 72 hours or longer.

Lot of good that does the average Manitoban....

Easy to say if you are a mega bucks person - just get your butler to throw another log in the fire - but not so easy for the majority."

 

[jharkin]

Sad thing, if Manitoba folks are anything like people around here I bet a lot of them dont even have enough food in the house to go 72 hours without going to a store, and that gas outage probably has many business shuttered as well.

Poor planning and preparation... still my best wishes go out and I hope no-one gets hurt.



Funny my wife always calls me a boy scout and thinks Im eccentric always needing to have some emergency food, water, batteries, gas cans for the genny, firewood, etc on hand year round. "If there is a problem you can just go to the store" Yeah, in the same line with everyone else panic buying. no thanks.

 

[JustWood]

Ouch. But you are right. The run on stoves is gonna match the one after the oil crunch in the 1970s.

I got a feeling when people start getting their propain bills in the mail in a month or 2 the same will happen here .

 

[Warm_in_NH]

Funny my wife always calls me a boy scout and thinks Im eccentric always needing to have some emergency food, water, batteries, gas cans for the genny, firewood, etc on hand year round. "If there is a problem you can just go to the store" Yeah, in the same line with everyone else panic buying. no thanks.

My gf gives me grief for the same thing. I enjoy being able to drive by the gas stations and grocery stores and laugh to myself at the mad dash just before a storm. Or not missing the Sunday game because power went out... I always try to have a plan "B" , thus the installation of the stove this year. Was initially a supplemental heat source but w my slow work schedule and wood hoarding ocd, it quickly took over as the primary and with propane running north of $4gal, I'm pretty happy I have the wood option this year.

 

[lowroadacres]

I am to the point where I am considering a job change that might keep me closer to home for both running the stove ( hopefully stoveS someday) and for gathering wood.

I would actually like to be in a job that had me within biking or hiking range for commuting as compared to driving all over creation.

The idea of being prepared also has me rethinking how to simplify our lives.

 

[begreen]

Oh man, terrible timing. I feel for those folks. That's got to be real stressful. This cold is brutal enough without adding to the strain. Hope their grid holds up under all the heaters that are going to be running.

 

[lowroadacres]

I live across the river from a two unit power generating station, one unit is coal fired and the other is an NG unit.

Both units are running round the clock to augment the hydro electric generation that is our main power source.

Our province has a very solid electric utility, other than some urban portions that are older.

But yes, the concern now is whether the grid will handle extra load.

 

[Backwoods Savage]

Yikes! We hear a lot of talk about how great NG is and how cheap. But what if you are set up for it and then don't have it? Nasty.

 

[lowroadacres]

Worst case scenario in my home.....

I burn wood that isn't fully seasoned if I run low on the good stuff if the power is out too long.