asdaaaaaaaa t1_j1ibonn wrote
Reply to comment by flaccidcolon in At least 9 dead as massive winter storm leaves more than a million without power and bitter cold across much of US | CNN by bobybobobo
Yep, been hearing the same in a lot of places. Either a stove, or the fancy people getting entire backup-generators. They don't help much if the infrastructure (specifically gas, in their case) goes up though. I think some people are confused and think I meant only in Maine, where most people already have some form of backup heat. Plenty of places don't though, although people are learning quite quick it seems.
flaccidcolon t1_j1ibx1y wrote
Yeah I'm in the pnw and it does snow a little here but our entire city was without power for days and days. Even the hotels were powerless. So we invested in the woodstove and I'm glad we did!
pzerr t1_j1laabw wrote
It is pretty rare to lose gas. Being buried as it is. I recall speaking with a technician in my area about this. Wondered what happened if we lost a major compressor. He stated there was enough capacity between distribution and feeder lines to last three colder days and that there was multiple compressors that needed to fail for this to happen. Worst is a line break normal due to digging but that typically effects few people.
I can't think of a single instance where we last gas in my 50 years. Do recall days of no power. Mind you that is pretty rare now.
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