Well it made me very uncomfortable, but yeah I want a government at least nominally elected by the people in charge of real weapons of mass destruction. Again, opposition to the current regime is not the same as opposition to the institution itself.

Ha! I like the cut of your jib.

There's nothing like Western Pennsylvania to make a person appreciate NH. Hell, even Lowell probably looks pretty good to you right now by comparison

My god… wear a fucking sweater. Jesus it’s gonna be below zero at night and low teens during the day…for two days. Consider it an easy entry to NE weather, because this winter has been wicked warm. Years past we’ll go weeks where it’s below zero at night, kinda the norm.

As long as your house is insulted you’ll be fine flatlander.

if its gonna snow make some texas chili and dont leave the house

Couldn’t have said it better!

How old is your place? If any walls near the exterior are not insulated, then you may want to leave warm/cold water slightly dripping. The flow will prevent freezing. Also, for your basement, just touch base in there every so often. A propane tank with a heater can help if the basement is cold.

Also recent transplant from Texas with a little PTSD from the 2021 storm. My wife and I were discussing this today so thanks for asking!

Welcome to NH, please behave. I had this issue when I first moved into my house. Floor registers don't work well. I put a draft inducer on one register and it worked a little better.

What helped the most, was to put a second stove in the room I spent most of the time in... Now we just fire up the stove in the basement in times like this coming weekend.

Something to encourage you:

My house was built in 1790, post and beam, renovated in the 80s, but still not super modern. We have a wood stove in the living room, and a couple of fans to move warmer air to the bedrooms. Works fantastic all winter - all the heat we want and it’s free.

The cellar walls are stone (fitted loosely together - no mortar or anything. Like I said, 1790), and the floor is dirt. Anyway, heating with only wood for the past ten years. In all that time, I have never, not once, seen the cellar go below 45 degrees. I have a remote thermometer down there that sends its data to a station in the living room. Temp outside could be -5. The cellar is 45, and the living room is 80. It’s fantastic.

Keep in mind when burning wood for heat to cycle your baseboard heat (bump the thermostat a few degrees to kick it on). I use woodstove as well but the stove kept house warm so baseboard heat didn't kick on. One heat zone didnt circulate so one cold spot inside a wall froze.

And we want this guy to have his gun back? Who votes for these morons? “He also enlisted in the Army and was arrested at Fort Leonard Wood military base in Missouri after authorities seized a bomb, ammunition and anti-government literature in the basement of his home”

You need to go to the supermarket and buy all the bread, milk and eggs you can fit in your car. No, wait. That's for a storm. Nevermind, I have no idea.

You might want to grab some beer.

Sounds like a them problem.

If your need to thaw a water pipe, open the fawcet and use a blow drier.
But - If you're house has adequate insulation - probably not much to worry about

well at least it will be brief

Thank you. Thank you thank you.

Nah. Pretty cool with felons not having weapons.

Want a gun? Don't commit a felony!

Millions of people manage it their entire lives.

The opposite of explode is implode

Sounds like you're more prepared than most people. Don't bother filling your bathtub lol.

I do recommend bundling up and going outside when it's at the coldest. It's a pretty interesting experience.

Only thing I'd say is that at those temps you may have issues starting your car.

Personally, I'm going skiing.

Thank you. I've been battling with the wood stove all winter. It's in the basement, and the previous owners drywalled the ceiling. So that, in addition to it being (it turns out) a very tightly sealed log cabin, has been a huge headache. 100 degrees in the basement. 60 degrees in the room above it, with a register in the floor directly above the wood stove and the basement door open and 2 other registers in the room expected to work as return registers (spoiler: they don't). I've recently resorted to (at my neighbor's suggestion) cracking a window in the basement, and one on the top floor, and sucking the air through. This has worked for the last week. Not sure how this will play out in the coming days, but gaining various measures of optimism from other points brought up in this thread. Thank you again.

I would just make sure to drip the pipes just in case. Better to use a little bit of extra water than to have to deal with frozen pipes. As others have said, welcome to NH!

blankets and entertainment. We don't lose power due to cold, ice/snow storms yes, but cold won't break the grid.However Nothing wrong with having an emergency kit and/or bug out bag prepped.

keep the place 55 or so, check for cold spots, like under the kictchen sink, you can leave the cab open so heat gets there. you can also leave the tap open to a drip, if it has a freezing issue, but you don't know if it does yet.

pipes freezing isn't end of world, unless they burst. I've used a hairdryer on a number of them to thaw it out.

only issue i see with your plan is if the fireplace heats up your thermostat to the point it shuts off, and other rooms in your house isolated from fireplace start freezing. depends on how many zones you have, layout of house. go around and check the baseboard heaters if they are warm you good.

They seized books?