January 22, 2025 • 18 mins
Ever been caught off guard by a small detail in an emergency? Picture this: a New Year's Eve interrupted by a burst pressure release valve on the water heater, leading to chaos and a frantic scramble to shut off water and power. Through this personal tale of unexpected disaster, we explore how tiny preparations, like clearly labeled breaker boxes and having emergency contacts ready, can make a world of difference. We also shine a light on the surprising utility of military can openers, the P-38 and P-51, proving that even the smallest items can hold immense value in crisis moments.
But being ready isn't just about having the right tools; it's about maintaining them too. We dive into the critical importance of choosing reliable knives and firearms, and the need for their regular upkeep. From avoiding those flimsy "gas station" folders to ensuring your ammunition is safely stored with silica gel packets, we cover it all. Plus, we sprinkle in tips for effective emergency heating solutions and planning your range visits with flexibility. Tune in for an episode packed with insights on preparedness, whether it's for a day at the range or an unexpected emergency.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Little things.
They do matter, especially whensomething goes bump in the
night.
I'll tell you all about it.
Come on in.
Well, hi everybody, I'm BillBateman, part of the team here
at Refuse to be a VictimPersonal Protection Training.
(00:21):
We're located in theMedford-White City area of
Southern Oregon.
We're at 6800 Kershaw, whereKershaw and Corey come together
off 140, kind of up around thefoothill area.
Give us a call, we'll help youget here.
It can be kind of interesting.
Well, it is the new year, 2025.
(00:43):
Glad to see you joining us.
Hope everything's good at yourhouse.
We spend an interesting NewYear's holiday and we're going
to talk about how little thingsmatter, details matter and how
to make the best of a badsituation.
Here's the story.
The story About 11 o'clock onNew Year's Eve, we heard a thump
(01:08):
and a bang and it was loudenough to bring us both off the
couch and wonder what the heckis going on.
Nobody was trying to get in.
What was happening wassomething was trying to get out.
Water was trying to get out ofour water heater through the
broken pressure release valve.
Yeah, we got a long talk withour guy who did the home
(01:29):
inspection on this place.
That's coming up as soon as weget things settled.
But the pressure control valveburst, causing a leak and
causing the water heater just tobegin draining under the house.
It gets better.
So we turned off the water tothe water heater, and that
didn't do any good.
(01:49):
So we turned off the water tothe house, and that helped.
And then we had to turn off thebreaker.
The water heater was stilltrying to heat water it didn't
have.
So here's an interesting littlesmall detail the labels had all
come off the box.
It's an old box, this is an oldunit, so by golly we had to
(02:11):
play guess what this one doesNow.
It wasn't that hard, becausethe water heater draws, as you
know, a substantial amount ofcurrent, but we managed to turn
off the refrigerator, the heaterand the washer-dryer
combination before hitting thewater heater.
So it has a happy ending.
We were able to go to our go-toplumber not on New Year's, no,
(02:35):
we were able to survive with thesupplies we had, and that's
another part of this.
Had we not had extra water, wewouldn't have been able to flush
our toilets, brush our teeth ormake our coffee.
We had power, but we didn'thave water.
What we did have and I'vetalked about this previously is
five-gallon containers.
(02:56):
We keep them in the bathroom ina special area, and there's six
of them, so we got six timesfive.
We got 30 gallons of water,left us plenty to use in our
low-flow toilets, and we openedup one of the bottles or one of
the containers, rather to makesure it got air, because air is
(03:16):
what can make water taste prettybad after a year.
Ours is six months old.
We use it to water our springplanting and put in fresh water,
so the water is never more thansix months old and we don't
have to use a lot of chemicals.
So water's turned off.
We had water to use both forflushing the toilets, to pour on
(03:40):
our feet, to heat up in a panand to wash our hands and stuff
like that and to make coffee.
So that was good.
We had the name and phonenumber of who we needed to call
quickly available, so we werethe first one online when they
opened the day after New Year'sand got on the first call list.
(04:02):
It was not cheap Replacing awater heater never is but the
people we work with did a goodjob and I was really quite
pleased that it did.
So it's a case of little thingsmatter In an emergency.
First, how do you turneverything off that has to be
turned off?
I should have been checking mybreaker box and making sure all
(04:25):
those labels were legible.
I should have, when the homeinspector did their work, to
double check their work.
So these are just things.
How small details can matter?
Now, let's keep on the smalldetail.
In a simple emergency, which iswhat we had, we weren't out of
anything, but we did have water,we did have supplies and we did
(04:47):
know where everything was.
So, had the power gone out andwe had to cut off all power
because of a problem at thebreaker box, we still could have
found the goods we need.
We would have found the water,we would have had the emergency
blankets, could have found thegoods we need.
We would have found the water,we would have had the emergency
(05:07):
blankets, things like that.
Let's look at another littlething.
We went camping with somefriends on an occasion and they
brought everything they neededexcept a can opener.
Well, I can still open a canwith a pocket knife.
I still have that skill,although some of the other the
running, jumping, climbing treespart is pretty well behind me,
but I can still get into a canof pork and beans if necessary.
(05:30):
What I'm going to suggest to youbecause there are some
band-aids and profane wordsinvolved in learning how to do
that get yourself some of what Icall the John Wayne can openers
.
They're the P-38 and P-51military can openers.
You can find them on Amazon.
They're about $7 a pouch.
You can get several in thepouch and the P38 and 51 are
(05:57):
named after the number ofpunches they suggest you're
going to need to get into a16-ounce can or a number 10 can.
Of course the P-51 is for thebig number 10 can and if you're
not real comparable with that, anumber 10 can is a coffee can
(06:18):
size.
So think a coffee can as anumber 10 and a 16-ounce can.
Think of a can of green beans orcorn.
They're lightweight, they'regreat in the stash, they're
great to have around the home.
They do have a sharp edge,otherwise they aren't going to
get you into the can.
So I recommend taping them bothwith a simple piece of scotch
(06:39):
tape in the little package or,if you want to get really
practical, attach them to someof the cans you expect to be
needing to use with a piece ofmasking tape that does two
things.
A, you don't have to go huntingfor this little tiny container
opener at the bottom of a wholebig bag of stuff.
Also, you're not going to getpoked when you finally do find
(07:01):
it, and it's going to be withthe can, which is where you need
it in the first place.
Again, small things, smalldetails, solve big problems in a
big hurry.
Now I mentioned getting into acan with a knife.
It's an old school skill butyou can do it.
(07:21):
Let's think about the knives youcarry.
Do you have a knife in youreveryday carry rollout?
Do you have a knife in yourpack?
What about the knives in yourhome, used for both in the
kitchen or your barbecuing oroutdoor type needs?
Well, okay, there are someknives that are just perfect for
(07:44):
trimming a brisket, but they'regoing to be pretty much useless
if you need to baton some woodand you're doing a survival type
situation.
Learn or shop carefully when youare purchasing a knife,
especially for everyday oremergency or bug out bag use.
I have several.
(08:05):
I have some good folders,quality folders, not gas station
, I call them gas stationfolders.
They're usually, you can tell,one of the warning signs you
open the blade and you hold thehandle and move it and they
wobble.
That's danger, will Robinson,you don't want one of those.
(08:25):
It's the same thing with yourfirearms.
If you're looking for aneveryday carry.
If you're looking for a packitem, know if the tool is
designed for the task.
If it's a knife, is it fulltang?
What's it made out of?
How long is it going to holdyour edge?
(08:47):
And it's the same thing if it'sa firearm.
Ammo changes all the time andnew changes are out to the guns
we see.
Consider when you buy.
Consider if you're notmaintaining your gun, you're
setting yourself up for a realdifficulty.
(09:07):
You're going to hear theloudest sound you've ever heard
and that's click when you pullthat trigger.
If a gun is especially storedand not used on a regular basis,
make it your task A littlething to examine it, clean it,
examine your ammunition.
Make sure it's fresh, make sureit's in good shape.
If it's starting to discolor,if you notice anything suspect,
(09:32):
don't be cheap and think well, Ican use it anyway.
No, if you're using ammo, ammochanges all the time, both by
the manufacturer and time.
I keep and I have the littlesilica gel packets in my ammo.
I have my gun safe with thedehumidifier in it.
(09:55):
Make sure that you're aware ofhow nature messes with you with
dampness, with mold, with mildew.
Batteries corrode.
We've all seen it.
We've all forgotten about it.
If you're thinking of ammo, Iuse Hornady as my brand of
choice.
Depends on what you're lookingfor.
(10:17):
On impact, they have differenttypes.
They have the hollow points,they have the ball tip.
There are different types ofammo.
I don't buy reloads.
I do not reload myself.
I respect those who do.
I have had very bad responsesfrom a reload ammo.
(10:40):
I have been teaching a class.
A student brought reloads.
The next thing we knew we had asquib and had that person
continue to fire, that roundwould have most likely exploded
in the chamber because thechamber had a full obstruction.
So you are responsible forevery round you fire.
(11:01):
Spend that little extra bit.
It's a little thing.
What is this round going to dowhere I fire it?
Am I out in the woods trying toget an elk?
That's a whole lot differentthan if I'm in an urban or rural
situation and I have todischarge my firearm to save
myself, my family or someoneelse who can't, if I have no
(11:22):
other choice.
If I have to defend myself.
You are responsible for everyround you fire.
Maybe that plus P item is notwhat you're going to need in the
front room.
There's other alternatives.
Come and talk to us about that.
Talk to us and we have somegood ideas, especially shotgun
(11:44):
for home defense.
Rethinking a flashlight in thecar.
Well, where are you going tokeep it?
Or where are you going to keepthem?
In the trunk?
In the glove box?
In the little pouch there wherethe coffee goes, in the center
divider?
And how is it to keep charged?
Is it easy to get to in totaldarkness?
Oops, where's the flashlight?
(12:05):
Again, little things, a smalldetail.
Have you made a point to checkit?
Now?
I talk about checking thingsand everybody goes.
You know good, lord, bill,don't you have a life?
Yes, I do, I have a rather busylife.
Thank you for asking Because Iuse little post-its.
I have notes.
(12:26):
I have on my equipment, littlepost-its.
I have notes I have on myequipment when I go to the range
and I do some shooting.
There's a little checklist Ihave.
When I go shopping.
I look at a shopping list and Ithink when's the last time I
got some uh, some batteries?
Why have I recharged mybatteries.
I have little checklists.
(12:48):
I'm not obsessive.
Well, I'm a little OCD, but Ido still manage to live a very
rich social life and get out.
We go to dinner, we go to plays, we have a lot of fun.
My bug-out bag doesn't controlme.
We control how the bug-out bagis used.
So let's see what else isimportant.
Yeah, bag is used, so let's seewhat else is important.
(13:12):
Yeah and oh, by the way, if youdidn't get what you wanted from
Santa, well, holiday sales area great time to shop for those
missing items, even if you justneed a portable stove so you can
use that lump of coal.
You got to stay warm by Now.
On the topic, it is good to haveemergency heating.
I talked how the water went out.
Well, there's that the waterheater.
(13:33):
We had to turn off the water,as I mentioned.
Imagine what happens if thefurnace goes out, especially
because in our house.
I don't know where you live,but at our house it got into the
teens during December and it'sjust now climbed above 40
degrees at night.
So I went to a site I like it'scalled thepreparedcom
(13:57):
thepreparedcom.
They've given us a lot of goodinformation.
I recommend that site 100% andthey talk about the best
portable space heaters.
Now they, like Mr Heater, bigBuddy, these are propane.
They are available locally.
I've seen them at Sportsman.
I've seen them at the Army,navy, marine store.
(14:19):
I've seen them at REI.
There's a lot of shops aroundand they are pretty price point
competitive so it doesn't reallymatter.
I'm sure they even have theseat Coastal yeah.
So check them out.
They have important thingsabout them.
Any indoor heater, you're goingto have to remain having a
window cracked.
(14:40):
A lot of them say like, well,yeah, they have an oxygen sensor
in them.
But I like to be a little extracareful.
You're burning something.
Now, this is if you're usingpropane.
If you have the other types ofheaters which are ceramic, they
are not technically burning aflame.
(15:02):
I got to be careful.
I got to recommend you always,always, always, be careful if
you're going to be working withany kind of flame heater.
Heat rating, how many BTUs doyou need per square foot?
Well, I found a map in thisarticle, or scroll down, and we
are in zone 4 here in the Oregonarea, which means we need 45
(15:26):
BTUs per square foot, I'm sorry.
Which means we need 45 BTUs persquare foot.
I'm sorry, I didn't tell youthere was going to be math
involved.
But if you're in Zone 4, likewe are, and your cold weather
room is 10 by 20 foot, 10 by 20foot rectangular that's about a
living room the calculationwould be 10 times 20 times 45.
I'll do that for you.
(15:47):
It breaks down to 9,000 BTUs.
So your heater.
To bring that room up to a notroasty toasty sauna, but to make
you stop shivering and make itcomfortable to work with the
blanket, you need somethingthat's going to put out 9,000
BTUs.
Now also consider if you're upin the higher elevations.
(16:09):
Propane can get a little hardto deal with.
At the higher elevations itwill also freeze.
So if you're at a lowerelevation, below 7,000, some
heaters are rated to 9,000 feet.
These are more expensive, butright here in the flatlands
where I live, let's stop andthink about having a
(16:30):
supplemental heater with asupplemental supply of propane.
They're going to run you around$140.
They are easier to carry andset up than some of the bigger
stuff.
Or when you get to dealing withkerosene.
Now, kerosene will work.
(16:50):
It doesn't freeze, but it willstain your ceiling if you have a
kerosene heater and you willhave issues always, always,
always, of ventilation andthings like that.
So that's a discussion of justsome of the little things we
should all kind of be keeping aneye on.
Okay, one final small thing toconsider.
(17:12):
The range is going to startclosing a little bit later.
Right now it closes at 4.
Approximately mid-month it'sgoing to start closing at 4.30.
We'd like you to be out bythose closing times, because
staff has to clean up andrestock and take care of issues
after that time and then it getsdark and we have to lock the
place up.
(17:32):
It's an insurance regulation.
We're not trying to be gettingon our authority high horse and
bossing people around.
I'm just explaining to youwhat's got to happen.
So plan your time at the rangein advance.
We're always happy to work withyou.
Call us on the phone, we'll letyou know.
(17:53):
We are open 365 days a year,like Christmas and New Year's.
Yep, we were there and we'relooking forward to seeing you
the next time you come out.
Class schedules are posted onthe web.
We're looking forward to seeingyou in classes and private
lessons are still available.
So if you've got a special need, your schedule's not going to
(18:16):
work.
Maybe you're only availableduring midweek.
We can accommodate you.
So that's it for this week.
Keep those little things inmind, okay, we'll see you next
week.
Thanks for listening.
Little things.
They do matter, especially whensomething goes bump in the
night.
I'll tell you all about it.
Come on in.
Well, hi everybody, I'm BillBateman, part of the team here
at Refuse to be a VictimPersonal Protection Training.
(00:21):
We're located in theMedford-White City area of
Southern Oregon.
We're at 6800 Kershaw, whereKershaw and Corey come together
off 140, kind of up around thefoothill area.
Give us a call, we'll help youget here.
It can be kind of interesting.
Well, it is the new year, 2025.
(00:43):
Glad to see you joining us.
Hope everything's good at yourhouse.
We spend an interesting NewYear's holiday and we're going
to talk about how little thingsmatter, details matter and how
to make the best of a badsituation.
Here's the story.
The story About 11 o'clock onNew Year's Eve, we heard a thump
(01:08):
and a bang and it was loudenough to bring us both off the
couch and wonder what the heckis going on.
Nobody was trying to get in.
What was happening wassomething was trying to get out.
Water was trying to get out ofour water heater through the
broken pressure release valve.
Yeah, we got a long talk withour guy who did the home
(01:29):
inspection on this place.
That's coming up as soon as weget things settled.
But the pressure control valveburst, causing a leak and
causing the water heater just tobegin draining under the house.
It gets better.
So we turned off the water tothe water heater, and that
didn't do any good.
(01:49):
So we turned off the water tothe house, and that helped.
And then we had to turn off thebreaker.
The water heater was stilltrying to heat water it didn't
have.
So here's an interesting littlesmall detail the labels had all
come off the box.
It's an old box, this is an oldunit, so by golly we had to
(02:11):
play guess what this one doesNow.
It wasn't that hard, becausethe water heater draws, as you
know, a substantial amount ofcurrent, but we managed to turn
off the refrigerator, the heaterand the washer-dryer
combination before hitting thewater heater.
So it has a happy ending.
We were able to go to our go-toplumber not on New Year's, no,
(02:35):
we were able to survive with thesupplies we had, and that's
another part of this.
Had we not had extra water, wewouldn't have been able to flush
our toilets, brush our teeth ormake our coffee.
We had power, but we didn'thave water.
What we did have and I'vetalked about this previously is
five-gallon containers.
(02:56):
We keep them in the bathroom ina special area, and there's six
of them, so we got six timesfive.
We got 30 gallons of water,left us plenty to use in our
low-flow toilets, and we openedup one of the bottles or one of
the containers, rather to makesure it got air, because air is
(03:16):
what can make water taste prettybad after a year.
Ours is six months old.
We use it to water our springplanting and put in fresh water,
so the water is never more thansix months old and we don't
have to use a lot of chemicals.
So water's turned off.
We had water to use both forflushing the toilets, to pour on
(03:40):
our feet, to heat up in a panand to wash our hands and stuff
like that and to make coffee.
So that was good.
We had the name and phonenumber of who we needed to call
quickly available, so we werethe first one online when they
opened the day after New Year'sand got on the first call list.
(04:02):
It was not cheap Replacing awater heater never is but the
people we work with did a goodjob and I was really quite
pleased that it did.
So it's a case of little thingsmatter In an emergency.
First, how do you turneverything off that has to be
turned off?
I should have been checking mybreaker box and making sure all
(04:25):
those labels were legible.
I should have, when the homeinspector did their work, to
double check their work.
So these are just things.
How small details can matter?
Now, let's keep on the smalldetail.
In a simple emergency, which iswhat we had, we weren't out of
anything, but we did have water,we did have supplies and we did
(04:47):
know where everything was.
So, had the power gone out andwe had to cut off all power
because of a problem at thebreaker box, we still could have
found the goods we need.
We would have found the water,we would have had the emergency
blankets, could have found thegoods we need.
We would have found the water,we would have had the emergency
(05:07):
blankets, things like that.
Let's look at another littlething.
We went camping with somefriends on an occasion and they
brought everything they neededexcept a can opener.
Well, I can still open a canwith a pocket knife.
I still have that skill,although some of the other the
running, jumping, climbing treespart is pretty well behind me,
but I can still get into a canof pork and beans if necessary.
(05:30):
What I'm going to suggest to youbecause there are some
band-aids and profane wordsinvolved in learning how to do
that get yourself some of what Icall the John Wayne can openers
.
They're the P-38 and P-51military can openers.
You can find them on Amazon.
They're about $7 a pouch.
You can get several in thepouch and the P38 and 51 are
(05:57):
named after the number ofpunches they suggest you're
going to need to get into a16-ounce can or a number 10 can.
Of course the P-51 is for thebig number 10 can and if you're
not real comparable with that, anumber 10 can is a coffee can
(06:18):
size.
So think a coffee can as anumber 10 and a 16-ounce can.
Think of a can of green beans orcorn.
They're lightweight, they'regreat in the stash, they're
great to have around the home.
They do have a sharp edge,otherwise they aren't going to
get you into the can.
So I recommend taping them bothwith a simple piece of scotch
(06:39):
tape in the little package or,if you want to get really
practical, attach them to someof the cans you expect to be
needing to use with a piece ofmasking tape that does two
things.
A, you don't have to go huntingfor this little tiny container
opener at the bottom of a wholebig bag of stuff.
Also, you're not going to getpoked when you finally do find
(07:01):
it, and it's going to be withthe can, which is where you need
it in the first place.
Again, small things, smalldetails, solve big problems in a
big hurry.
Now I mentioned getting into acan with a knife.
It's an old school skill butyou can do it.
(07:21):
Let's think about the knives youcarry.
Do you have a knife in youreveryday carry rollout?
Do you have a knife in yourpack?
What about the knives in yourhome, used for both in the
kitchen or your barbecuing oroutdoor type needs?
Well, okay, there are someknives that are just perfect for
(07:44):
trimming a brisket, but they'regoing to be pretty much useless
if you need to baton some woodand you're doing a survival type
situation.
Learn or shop carefully when youare purchasing a knife,
especially for everyday oremergency or bug out bag use.
I have several.
(08:05):
I have some good folders,quality folders, not gas station
, I call them gas stationfolders.
They're usually, you can tell,one of the warning signs you
open the blade and you hold thehandle and move it and they
wobble.
That's danger, will Robinson,you don't want one of those.
(08:25):
It's the same thing with yourfirearms.
If you're looking for aneveryday carry.
If you're looking for a packitem, know if the tool is
designed for the task.
If it's a knife, is it fulltang?
What's it made out of?
How long is it going to holdyour edge?
(08:47):
And it's the same thing if it'sa firearm.
Ammo changes all the time andnew changes are out to the guns
we see.
Consider when you buy.
Consider if you're notmaintaining your gun, you're
setting yourself up for a realdifficulty.
(09:07):
You're going to hear theloudest sound you've ever heard
and that's click when you pullthat trigger.
If a gun is especially storedand not used on a regular basis,
make it your task A littlething to examine it, clean it,
examine your ammunition.
Make sure it's fresh, make sureit's in good shape.
If it's starting to discolor,if you notice anything suspect,
(09:32):
don't be cheap and think well, Ican use it anyway.
No, if you're using ammo, ammochanges all the time, both by
the manufacturer and time.
I keep and I have the littlesilica gel packets in my ammo.
I have my gun safe with thedehumidifier in it.
(09:55):
Make sure that you're aware ofhow nature messes with you with
dampness, with mold, with mildew.
Batteries corrode.
We've all seen it.
We've all forgotten about it.
If you're thinking of ammo, Iuse Hornady as my brand of
choice.
Depends on what you're lookingfor.
(10:17):
On impact, they have differenttypes.
They have the hollow points,they have the ball tip.
There are different types ofammo.
I don't buy reloads.
I do not reload myself.
I respect those who do.
I have had very bad responsesfrom a reload ammo.
(10:40):
I have been teaching a class.
A student brought reloads.
The next thing we knew we had asquib and had that person
continue to fire, that roundwould have most likely exploded
in the chamber because thechamber had a full obstruction.
So you are responsible forevery round you fire.
(11:01):
Spend that little extra bit.
It's a little thing.
What is this round going to dowhere I fire it?
Am I out in the woods trying toget an elk?
That's a whole lot differentthan if I'm in an urban or rural
situation and I have todischarge my firearm to save
myself, my family or someoneelse who can't, if I have no
(11:22):
other choice.
If I have to defend myself.
You are responsible for everyround you fire.
Maybe that plus P item is notwhat you're going to need in the
front room.
There's other alternatives.
Come and talk to us about that.
Talk to us and we have somegood ideas, especially shotgun
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for home defense.
Rethinking a flashlight in thecar.
Well, where are you going tokeep it?
Or where are you going to keepthem?
In the trunk?
In the glove box?
In the little pouch there wherethe coffee goes, in the center
divider?
And how is it to keep charged?
Is it easy to get to in totaldarkness?
Oops, where's the flashlight?
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Again, little things, a smalldetail.
Have you made a point to checkit?
Now?
I talk about checking thingsand everybody goes.
You know good, lord, bill,don't you have a life?
Yes, I do, I have a rather busylife.
Thank you for asking Because Iuse little post-its.
I have notes.
(12:26):
I have on my equipment, littlepost-its.
I have notes I have on myequipment when I go to the range
and I do some shooting.
There's a little checklist Ihave.
When I go shopping.
I look at a shopping list and Ithink when's the last time I
got some uh, some batteries?
Why have I recharged mybatteries.
I have little checklists.
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I'm not obsessive.
Well, I'm a little OCD, but Ido still manage to live a very
rich social life and get out.
We go to dinner, we go to plays, we have a lot of fun.
My bug-out bag doesn't controlme.
We control how the bug-out bagis used.
So let's see what else isimportant.
Yeah, bag is used, so let's seewhat else is important.
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Yeah and oh, by the way, if youdidn't get what you wanted from
Santa, well, holiday sales area great time to shop for those
missing items, even if you justneed a portable stove so you can
use that lump of coal.
You got to stay warm by Now.
On the topic, it is good to haveemergency heating.
I talked how the water went out.
Well, there's that the waterheater.
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We had to turn off the water,as I mentioned.
Imagine what happens if thefurnace goes out, especially
because in our house.
I don't know where you live,but at our house it got into the
teens during December and it'sjust now climbed above 40
degrees at night.
So I went to a site I like it'scalled thepreparedcom
(13:57):
thepreparedcom.
They've given us a lot of goodinformation.
I recommend that site 100% andthey talk about the best
portable space heaters.
Now they, like Mr Heater, bigBuddy, these are propane.
They are available locally.
I've seen them at Sportsman.
I've seen them at the Army,navy, marine store.
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I've seen them at REI.
There's a lot of shops aroundand they are pretty price point
competitive so it doesn't reallymatter.
I'm sure they even have theseat Coastal yeah.
So check them out.
They have important thingsabout them.
Any indoor heater, you're goingto have to remain having a
window cracked.
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A lot of them say like, well,yeah, they have an oxygen sensor
in them.
But I like to be a little extracareful.
You're burning something.
Now, this is if you're usingpropane.
If you have the other types ofheaters which are ceramic, they
are not technically burning aflame.
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I got to be careful.
I got to recommend you always,always, always, be careful if
you're going to be working withany kind of flame heater.
Heat rating, how many BTUs doyou need per square foot?
Well, I found a map in thisarticle, or scroll down, and we
are in zone 4 here in the Oregonarea, which means we need 45
(15:26):
BTUs per square foot, I'm sorry.
Which means we need 45 BTUs persquare foot.
I'm sorry, I didn't tell youthere was going to be math
involved.
But if you're in Zone 4, likewe are, and your cold weather
room is 10 by 20 foot, 10 by 20foot rectangular that's about a
living room the calculationwould be 10 times 20 times 45.
I'll do that for you.
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It breaks down to 9,000 BTUs.
So your heater.
To bring that room up to a notroasty toasty sauna, but to make
you stop shivering and make itcomfortable to work with the
blanket, you need somethingthat's going to put out 9,000
BTUs.
Now also consider if you're upin the higher elevations.
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Propane can get a little hardto deal with.
At the higher elevations itwill also freeze.
So if you're at a lowerelevation, below 7,000, some
heaters are rated to 9,000 feet.
These are more expensive, butright here in the flatlands
where I live, let's stop andthink about having a
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supplemental heater with asupplemental supply of propane.
They're going to run you around$140.
They are easier to carry andset up than some of the bigger
stuff.
Or when you get to dealing withkerosene.
Now, kerosene will work.
(16:50):
It doesn't freeze, but it willstain your ceiling if you have a
kerosene heater and you willhave issues always, always,
always, of ventilation andthings like that.
So that's a discussion of justsome of the little things we
should all kind of be keeping aneye on.
Okay, one final small thing toconsider.
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The range is going to startclosing a little bit later.
Right now it closes at 4.
Approximately mid-month it'sgoing to start closing at 4.30.
We'd like you to be out bythose closing times, because
staff has to clean up andrestock and take care of issues
after that time and then it getsdark and we have to lock the
place up.
(17:32):
It's an insurance regulation.
We're not trying to be gettingon our authority high horse and
bossing people around.
I'm just explaining to youwhat's got to happen.
So plan your time at the rangein advance.
We're always happy to work withyou.
Call us on the phone, we'll letyou know.
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We are open 365 days a year,like Christmas and New Year's.
Yep, we were there and we'relooking forward to seeing you
the next time you come out.
Class schedules are posted onthe web.
We're looking forward to seeingyou in classes and private
lessons are still available.
So if you've got a special need, your schedule's not going to
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work.
Maybe you're only availableduring midweek.
We can accommodate you.
So that's it for this week.
Keep those little things inmind, okay, we'll see you next
week.
Thanks for listening.
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