Comments by Bru
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Posted on February 8 at 5:34 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Hey thanks to all!
AJ: what is an "arctic entry"? I am surrounded by free firewood, but I do burn at least 2 ton of hard coal during the coldest weather, although the price went way up and I will only burn around 1 ton this year. I cut more wood to make up for it. I cannot, for the life of me, imagine living in Alaska and not having wood heat, at least as a supplement.
AKKUMA: My house, in this climate, is just fine (been here 27 years). My Hitzer stove has a built in blower that works great at spreading the heat, but when the coal is burning bright orange it's still pretty hot next to the stove.
Six below on the couch??? Sheesh. That is the kind of thing I was wondering about! Also, if you have indoor plumbing, you must either drain it in the winter or bury it in heat tapes and keep your fingers crossed. Which is it, or is there a third option?
AlaskaFlower: 89 below? Wow, hard to imagine. According to what I've read, if that was certified it would beat the official North American record in Snag of -81.
These stories are great, keep 'em coming!
Another (probably dumb) question. Around here we have wells, and water lines buried 4 feet are safe from frost. But up there what in the world do you do? In villages are there municipal water lines? Or does everybody have a well right inside the house instead? What about where there's permafrost?
Posted on February 8 at 10:15 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Hi: I'm an old guy (57) born and raised in western NYS, where it rarely gets colder than -20 F. I've always been fascinated by weather extremes, and in the last few years I've found various websites that give current conditions for anywhere in the world.
Alaska of course, is a main interest of mine, along with Canada and Siberia.
Here is what I'd like to know. I have a 1300 sq. ft. house that I heat with wood/coal. I can keep it at least 80 degrees warmer in here than it is outside. The 6" walls are insulated, and the ceilings have 18" of insulation. I am down in a hole and wind is not a factor.
At 10 below, with fans I can keep most of the house at least 70 or better. But the coal will be burning bright orange, almost white. Next to the stove it is probably 90 or more.
How in the world do you people keep warm? If it's 50-60 below, how warm is your house? What kind of heat do you have?
TIA!
Bruce
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Posted on February 12 at 9 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Global warming, global cooling, who cares? The earth will do what it has done for billions of years. Puny man is irrelevant in the big picture. Worrying about this only shows how spoiled western civilization has become. We have nothing better to spend our time and money on.
Worry about your family and friends. Worry about your health. Worry about your retirement plans. Worry about the U.S. starting World War III. Worry about running out of potable water and edible food. We take this stuff for granted, but nothing is forever. Not much may change in our lifetimes, but someday it will change -- history proves it. These are things we can do something about, controlling the global temperature isn't.
Or so it seems.
On Warming temps should end worst cold snap since 2000