Most gas furnaces or permanently installed heaters will not work without electricity (digital controls, safety devices, electric valves, etc.) so, if the power is out you are without heat. --FLO--

Some of us have generators to take care of things when the power goes out. A tornado went thru my house back in New York.. I was interviewed by the TV station. I never got to see myself on TV, the one and only time I was on TV.. Thus I bought a generator after that tornado so that would never happen again.

Uncle Flo (imported) wrote: Sat Mar 09, 2013 5:24 pm Most gas furnaces or permanently installed heaters will not work without electricity (digital controls, safety devices, electric valves, etc.) so, if the power is out you are without heat. --FLO--

I've read that some houses back east use fuel oil instead of natural gas. Can I assume they require electricity to start up as well?

MacTheWolf (imported) wrote: Sat Mar 09, 2013 8:50 pm I've read that some houses back east use fuel oil instead of natural gas. Can I assume they require electricity to start up as well?

Many of the modern ones, yes. But most folks are getting away from heating oil, at least around here. Too expensive.

Natural Gas, Fuel Oil, Kerosene; they all require electricity to create the spark to ignite and start the fire. On the other side, most muncipalities a are putting the electricity underground instead of poles and wiress overhead. Thus eliminating the loss of electricity from accidents breaking the poles and trees knocking the wires, etc. All things we dealt with 50 years and made for more power outages.

Just to let everyone know, I've been offline sice va power outage a week aqo. I'm using a friends computer. Will try to get back by Monday

"Hooray, Alan Brinkman is back on the air" (from the movie Abyss)

The Time Warner guy fixed me. He said the power outage we had Monday killed my signal. During the past five days I've missed the Boards, EA Chat, looking at naked Minnesota Women, playing on Pogo, watching movies at night and researching history

As if PG&E hadn't caused enough trouble in the world.

Now they've distrubed the Wolf!!

Sweetpickle (imported) wrote: Sun Mar 31, 2013 6:41 pm As if PG&E hadn't caused enough trouble in the world.

Now they've distrubed the Wolf!!

If only it was PG&E - We use Edison

Hey, any of you guys want to drive here on April 11th and give me a ride to see my doctor at 3:30 pm?

This is the first time I've seen her since my psiatic nerve problem cropped up -