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In article om,
says...

On 10/31/2011 11:32 AM, X ` Man wrote:
On 10/31/11 11:30 AM, North Star wrote:
On Oct 31, 11:58 am, X ` Mandump-on-conservati...@anywhere-you-
can.com wrote:
On 10/31/11 10:52 AM, JustWait wrote:

Well, I suppose the trolls are having fun lately but I wouldn't know...
We have a hole in the roof with a limb sticking through. There is at
least 50 trees down and demolished within 150 yards of my house alone,
the whole state is similar. We drove 40 miles yesterday in search of
gasoline, no info available as the cell and cable are all down, very
sketchy internet. Main state highways haven't even begun to be
addressed
yet, it's like a maze just to go down route five with the lines down
and
trees still in the road. Unfortunately, the generator I have won't do
220 to run the water so we can't run the furnace either like I used to
be able to do in the other place. I have never rewired a deep well pump
and don't even know if ours can be done... getting pretty cold here,
the
governor thinks this will be at least a week or more. Shipping the
animals off today to a friend upstate who has power, trying to find a
cup of coffee is crazy. No banks, cash only everywhere.

Later guys...

Sorry to hear of your troubles, and hope they get resolved soon. Maybe
you can rent a portable genny and run lights, microwave, and a space
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Hopefuly now our fireplace will burn efficiently in such emergencies.
Just dropped way more cash than I had planned on for a complete
chimney teardown and rebuild including firebox and throat.
Improvements are... a deeper firebox. an improved throat that should
help the smoke rise easier and a 1.5 foot increase in total chimney
height.
It has to be 30 feet now. The wife is all excited about using it...
me... I just think of the boat that cash could have been put against.

Now, you have to buy firewood, too. Or chop it.

Not to mention the need to hire a chimney sweep, a fireplace insert or
wood stove if you expect to capture some of the heat before it goes up
the chimney, a maid to do the extra dusting and window washing, covered
wood storage, extra pest control measures. Maybe Don would be better
served by a gas fireplace or converting to gas or oil heating which
could be run from a small generator. Even a coal fired steam boiler
could do the trick.

A maid to clean? Have you not seen the pictures of his house???