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In article <89dfedpcidtjo4uib...@4ax.com>,
J. Clarke  <jclarke...@gmail.com> wrote:
>On 30 Apr 2018 22:53:09 GMT, t...@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan
><tednolan>) wrote:
>
>>In article <pc80jk$ckf$1...@dont-email.me>,
>>Alan Bowler  <atbo...@thinkage.ca> wrote:
>>>On 2018-04-28 4:25 PM, Andreas Kohlbach wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Electricity heating has the disadvantage that if you had a
>>>> local power outage you had no heat. If you had some oil 
>>>> or gas powered system you had it at least warm,
>>>> although your fridge, TV and other appliances wouldn't work.
>>>
>>>Essentially, all modern oil and gas heating systems won't work
>>>if there is a local power outage.  The control and auxiliary
>>>systems (pumps, fans, igniters) are all electrically operated.
>>>
>>>During the big ice storm in 1998 homes gas and oil
>>>were just as unheated, as those with electric heat.
>>>
>>>Yes there were some old fuel old space heaters in small
>>>homes and cottages.  You turned it on by manually opening
>>>the fuel valve and dropping a burning piece of paper
>>>into the fire pit.  I have not seen one in a home in over
>>>60 years.  We had one in our cottage longer than that,
>>>but we did not use the cottage in the winter.
>>
>>My aunt in Fernandina Beach had both an oil heater like that and
>>individual propane heaters/gas logs in the kitchen and other rooms.
>
>You had an aunt in Fernandina Beach?  I went to 4th through 12th grade
>there.
>

Yep, she lived on 7th St. between Centre & Ash.  As kids we walked all over
that town.  I still visit whenever I can.
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