Power has been out for about an hour and a half

[FirstLight]

It's 33° outside here in Tahoe. After 3 days of massive wind and the snow being done, full Sunshine bluebird day, and the power goes off for no reason.

Liberty utilities is the worst. They raise our rates constantly, and they don't maintain shit.

I have a gas fireplace that I can take the front off and figure out how to light it manually. But for now I'm huddled under my blankets with my kitties hoping it'll come back on before I have to resort to that..

At least I have a gas stove too so if I have to I can still cook. Supposedly there window of time says 5:30 p.m. and it's been out since 11:00 a.m.

Have I mentioned how much I hate being cold? 🥶🥶😡

[dweller]

1. Unless you've lit that fireplace before somehow

I don’t think you should attempt that .
There’s bound to be a thermocouple that has to operate ( electrical ) for the gas to operate to light it . You can’t override that.
You could blow yourself up too


✌🏻

[Walleye]

2. Hope your power comes back on soon, wrap yourself in a sleeping bag other quilt or something

Have a mug of hot chocolate or something warm, at least you’ve got a stove going

[fierywoman]

3. Can you turn on the oven for heat?

[efhmc]

4. I did that during our Texas freezeathon. Turned on all the burners and the oven. Had a nice warm kitchen.

[Niagara]

5. Dress in layers.

A fitted t-shirt, then a looser button down shirt, then a hoodie or sweater.

A pair of fitted leggings, then pull another pair of looser pants on over the pair of fitted leggings.

Same with socks if you have those options.


I certainly hope your power comes on soon!

[FirstLight]

6. That's right I'm a strong mountain woman and figured it all out myself!

All it took was the right tool to turn the knob because my fingers won't work LOL

And the power came on 20 minutes after I got it lit of course 😡😆

[Marthe48]

7. Happy news!

If you need to stay warm, cover your head and feet and eat some chocolate

[efhmc]

8. Good news. I hope you stay warm.