Comments by "moiaddy1" (@moiaddy1) on "How the Japanese survive cold winter" video.

  1. I wear layers, my house can be anywhere between 50-60 degrees Fahrenheit, I used to keep it much warmer for my senior dogs but they both passed last year, so now I just bundle up to save on electric costs. I have a blanket warmer, it is a warmer that goes between your flat sheet and your blankets, I get home and turn it on, it warms the entire bed and mattress, then I turn it off when I go to bed. I live alone so it helps keep me warm and warms my feet up. When the power goes out, literally every winter between January and April, has been out for up to 13 days at a time. I get my sub zero sleeping bag out and I have a propane heater. I had hoped to have a wood stove this winter, didn't make it but am striving for next. Edited to add: Fahrenheit
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  2.  @yesican2012  how do you heat sand in a 55 gallon drum? I also live in a small house so am always looking for inexpensive ways to keep warm, especially when the power goes out, which it does usually every winter between January and April, longest was 13 days without power.
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  3.  @NicoAndSimon  Thank you. I miss them every day.
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  4.  @Teisharocz  Thank you. They live on in my heart and happy memories, but I do miss them being here with me.
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  5. @MottyGlix  Thanks for the reminder, I edited my original post. ☺
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  6. @capitalb5889 I live in the PNW but I am at the end of the grid in my little area/neighborhood, so when the power goes out from a storm, the people on my road are the last to get power back on, here you can live 1 mile from the main street and be considered "rural". If you live "rural", you are last to get power back, which means no water either because everyone is on a well. I live in a very "mild" climate zone, the last 20 years the weather has changed so much! We have had ice storms where the ice is 3-4 inches thick, down to negative 15 degrees, 24 inches of snow overnight and another 19 inches of snow the next day, conversely, in the summer we have had 112 degrees and been evacuated for wild fires. All of these "rare events" as they USED to call them are becoming all too commonplace. The area I live in USED to have highs maximum mid 90's, maximum a foot of snow over the course of the whole winter....anything outside of that was a considered a rare event, then they became events, now it is just winter or summer doing it's thing.
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  7.  @susansmith493  Great idea, all in one closed off room. I can't wait until I have one.
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  8. @truckywuckyuwu  When I was a kid we moved from Alaska to Washington state. We were for sure in shorts and T-shirts when there was snow on the ground in Washington, we were used to it being so much colder and much deeper snow in Alaska.
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  9. @BogdanSerban  yep, its what you do when electricity is so high. Bundle up. It will be better when I have a wood stove.
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