Have you seen the outrageous retail prices for firewood at grocery, convenience and hardware stores? It amazes me that anyone would pay prices ranging from $5.00 to $7.00 for a few sticks of wood that might only burn for an hour. I recently asked a clerk how much of this overpriced firewood they actually sell and he told me that they had sold two pallets worth in less than a week. At these prices a cord of firewood could cost over $1000! (Based on a face cord with around 215 pieces of firewood between 16” and 18” long) This stuff isn’t for us common folk who rely on firewood for our primary source of heat or have firewood stored as a backup heat source. Read more…
Do You Have A Backup Heat Source?
Thinking back to February of 2008, our family was going through some typical life changes with a new job, a new puppy and a new baby on the way. Like any other busy family we were focusing on getting through our day-to-day routine and planning for our upcoming short-term events; we gave little thought to emergency preparedness back then. That all changed with the passage of a strong cold front and the ensuing high winds. Our electrical service, knocked out by the fallen tree of our local TV weather man, wasn’t restored for five days. How did we fare? Poorly! What did we learn? Let’s talk about it…. Read more…