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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Have the gas fireplace professionally cleaned and inspected, and use that.  Ours has battery-powered ignition, so it is perfect for power outages, but you can also ignite any gas fireplace manually if you need to.  You should learn how to do this.

If you get desperate for heat elsewhere in your home then, assuming your water is heated with natural gas, you can also take hot showers and leave pots of hot water around for radiant heat.

Also, drip your faucets if the temperature in your home is dropping into the low 50s.   You are not going to freeze, but your pipes might.[/quote]

OP - I called our chimney people to come look at the gas fireplace (fingers crossed they can come before this weekend).  We just moved so we haven't had a chance to get it looked at yet so I am too nervous to use it.

Annoyingly we are in the process of getting a whole house generator but it is taking a long time (permits, etc) and probably won't be installed for another couple of weeks. [/quote]

Our gas fireplace saved us one year when the powerlines were knocked down during a big storm and we had no electricity for 3 days.

You could go to a hotel, but thousands of others will have the same idea and hotel prices skyrocket (and for us it was more comfortable to be at our home with no space and huddled by the gas fireplace as needed).we charged our devices during the day at friends' houses who had electricity, open libraries and kiddie play spaces.  The worse part was losing hundreds of dollars worth of groceries due to the freeze/fridge being out.   [/quote]

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