Gas Range

I saw a gas burner stove on sale at Wallgreens for
$19.95. You buy cans of propane for them and burn it
from there. It seems like something good to have after
a hurricane, but for safety sake I wouldn't want that
kind of stuff hanging around.... I will stick to the
sterno cans and the canned beans. Although the canned
beans have few beans in them anymore! They have mostly

Shirley...

We have a two burner gas stove...keep the cylinders in the closet just in
case of bad weather that puts the electric out of service....

When it comes to picking out a can of beans...gently shake the can...the
lesser the sloshing, the more the beans in the can..

JD Cooper...

They are no more unsafe than any other cooking apliance so longs as one
pays attention to small detail and, yes, they are very handy to have
during extended power outages esp if your house is all electric.

Phyllis Copp...

I have a small propane grill that I use for camping or on picnics, they're
really easy, just attach the bottle and turn it on. I also have the hundred

Phyllis Copp...

anymore!

Phyllis Copp...

they're

pound cylinders of propane and use it for cooking in the house, if your
stove is equipped for it, it's perfectly safe. We lost our power for 8 days
one winter due to ice, I was sooo happy to have a gas stove!
Phyllis

Joy...

JerryD$upstateNY$...

Don't forget....it gets COLD here.
The water lines have to be at least 42" underground or they will freeze in
the winter, so every outside meter has to be in a pit at least 42" deep.
This would cost a lot of money to do with every house.
That's the reason most water meters are in the cellar of the house.

Joy...

Of course! I keep forgetting everybody doesn't have our climate.

I have a gas stove - natural gas. The only problem is, it has electronic
ignition, so I have a feeling it wouldn't work during a power failure, and
neither would the gas water heater, for the same reason.

**Dalin**...

Sure! How else would we light our charcoal grills? :-)
And I have a thousand candles in the house.

Phyllis Copp...

I do, we need them to light the woodstove in the winter. Gas range and a
woodstove, we're all set for a power failure! (>:

Chakolate...

May I ask some dumb questions about your woodstove? I can't afford heat
in the winter because gas and electricity are so high but I could get
firewood for free.

I know maintenance is a bit of a chore, but how do you ventilate? I've
seen so-called 'smokeless' stoves advertised (a while back) but they
have to be vented somewhere, right?

If you know a good website for facts and how-tos about woodstoves, I'd
be most grateful. So to speak. ;-)

Phyllis

Joy...

I used to have some. It's been so long since I needed them, I'll have to
look. If I find them, I'll test one to see if it still works.

Norma...

I do - I do. (waving hand madly) I keep a couple of lighters for just
that purpose.

I am still angry at the do-gooders who decided that having an oven
that worked in a power outage was unsafe. We had one of the first
stoves with pilot lights for the burners and an electonic ignition
oven!
Norma

Phyllis Copp...

we have the regular pilot light so we don't have to worry about the ignition
part. When I lived in Boston we had the natural gas.
Phyllis

water!

Norma...

Container size doesn't mean much - cylinder or 25 pound tank, propane
is propane. Cook outdoors. :)
When we lived in Vermont we used propane for cooking and my son does
now, here in New Hampshire. When we lived in Westfield, NY we had
propane for heating and cooking. I have natural gas here heat and
cooking and it is not as hot as propane.
Norma