VT is often colder than murmansk but less cold than the other two cities listed. Note the freedom units: -40 is the same as metric but -20F is more like -30C. Apparently -20C is only -4F? Which is not that cold but a common temp in VT.

I don’t know how cold those places are but I live in VT in the mountains where it does go down to -20F on the regular and -40 occasionally.

As an American this holiday is news to me 😞

I thought so. But power issues can happen anywhere in extreme weather especially if lines aren’t buried.

What my state and Texas have in common is we were both at once time independent republics before we joined the union. And my states pre USA independence lasted longer than the confederacy!

Yeah, sounds like opposite environments. If you want to prep for that, you can buy a battery operated fan from one of the tool companies (dewalt, Milwaukee, etc) plus one or more of the larger batteries and then put it in front of a window with a tub of water and have the fan blow air from outside over the water into the house and it will cools things down.

Generator only lasts so long as you have gas for it, but yes. Been begging the landlord for one, our well pump is electric so when we lose power we lose water too.

I don’t think vermont is on its own grid? We import a substantial amount of electricity from Quebec hydropower and most of our electricity is from renewable sources including our own hydropower, solar and wind.

Our grid goes down because trees fall on it.

There are times where storms are so bad here that power is out for a considerable amount of time and it’s brutally cold. Relying on electric is a non starter, people would literally die from exposure.

For most of the country it’s fine, but not for places that get deadly cold.

Wood furnaces are nice but not every place has one. My place does not.

I’m on oil (and a renter so it’s not like I have a choice) but a friend of mine is on a heat pump and loves it. She has backup heat too, a wood stove and I believe either heating oil or gas. But most of the time she runs the heat pump and the wood stove.

If the goal is the help the environment, then it might be more beneficial to use the appliance until it reaches end of life.

This. Reminds me of the cash for “clunkers” debacle that took plenty of perfectly good ICE used cars off the market.

At the end of the day, the point of this post is simply that utility companies should be a service for the community and not run for profit.

Especially this.

Welcome to VT. We have heat pumps but also backup heating sources.

Heat pumps are popular in VT where it does go down to -40 somewhat regularly. Most places still have a backup heat for the really cold days - either wood stove and/or oil.

As someone who lives where the power goes out if the wind sneezes during an ice / heavy wet snow storm, there’s reasons to have non electric sources for both cooking and heat.

I’m saying electoralism does not work. And Americans won’t unify their labor power. Stochastic terrorism it is.

It wouldn’t of changed anything. How are you not seeing the logic?

It’s snowing! Therefore climate change is a demoncrap hoax!

Plot twist: the Fox News weatherman tells the truth

It’s sorta default to start there since it’s the biggest instance. Obviously you can start anywhere but someone new to the fediverse is still learning how it all works.

They really do. Dude was senator of CT and bought and paid for by the insurance companies, many of whom have headquarters there (at least at the time).

Lemmy.world mods are a bunch of fucking libs. Say anything truly leftist and you’ll get a ban.

“E-skimo”? Really?