On the tail end of this years first cold weather I found that keeping warm sometimes is difficult even when a person has forced air gas heat (which is the most common in the Seattle area.)There are several emergency heat sources that can help you keep warm when you have to depend on ambient or connective heat to keep warm in the winter. I think its important to remember that we are talking about 10 days of staying warm here. Of these two heating is the easiest. It is unfortunate that we can’t burn wood and cool off the house in any easy manner, but most of our annual storms occur during the “storm season” which is usually mild to cold. Imagine that! It is true that within your home the temperature will drop rapidly and generally stay 5-10 degrees over the outside temp. However, this can easily be overcome with extra clothes and blankets. This does represents a major inconvenience but inconvenience is the name of the game here. The use of combustion heaters using liquid fuels
