Why Poland is "surprised" by winter and snow every year?

the best way to buy it is in tree length logs , and chop it yourself....but you need a chainsaw of course...

I used to do that years ago. It's a lot, a lot of hard work.

Thus the saying "firewood warms you twice".
More like three or four times once you cut it, split it, move it and stack it... all before you ever actually burn it.
Who has time for that? $150 a cord is worth it.

Jeez... for the money it will take you to keep from freezing over the winter, I would head for warmer climets.

A ton of coal is 1,000 zl. this year in my area. That is considerably more than last year, and you would need a ton for the season, maybe a little more. If you are heating with wood only, you will wake up to a freezing house in the morning, so it is essential to add a pale of coal for the night. Normally, in the countryside, you can buy it at the same place where farmers buy fertilizer.

Actually a cord of wood is 3.62 m3 or 128 cubic foot.


I think we paid about that a few years ago, i always find coal doesnt burn to well on my fire, doesnt seem to provide much heat either.

Poor quality coal will do that. More stone than coal.

Noo not true...if i top up my fire with wood before i go to sleep the thing is still hot in the morning....it stays hot for ages and keeps on putting out heat...

The Polish ceramic fires are a very good design...

Last night the electricity went in the house.
My gas combi boiler can not function without electricity.
My thermometer gave up at minus 20 and broke.
So thank goodness for my fire place, I only installed it because I like looking at a fire.
I didn't realise it would be my life line, without it I would have had to abandon the house and spend the night in a hotel.

The snow builds up in the electric cables, freezes and pulls them down under their weight.

On the other hand, the air is crisp and fresh, all the bacteria is dead and it really looks beautiful.

It has warmed up to minus 1 now (never thought I'd say that:)

Losing the electric seems to be pretty common out in the sticks , not only is there a problem with the cables breaking under the weight of snow , but often tree branches snap for the same reason , and fall on the power lines , bringing them down....

If you live out in the wilds its always a good idea to have an alternative source of heat , power and light....

They seem to be pretty quick at fixing them though...

Remember last year 350,000 people in Małopolska lost their electricity in the dead of winter.
It was a real catastrophe, like a third world country.

A lot of the problem seems to stem from People not wanting to have power cables running through their plot.
During communism, the state could pretty do what it wanted and now they have the option many people say "No" to underground cables running on their plot.

I have been told that some are afraid that they won't be able to build in the future and others are just miserable and say no to everything, and others want money.

The law has to change, like it did with the accusation of land to build the international motorways that they are building all over the country.

Someone sayiing no to an underground cable that will not effect them in anyway is unacceptable compared to thousands not having electricity mid winter.

The needs of the many do out way the needs of the few in this instance.

I know it's not the same extremes but I have always lived with a fire place. If all else fails you can light a fire and cook on it (We did in the 1970s).

A fire brings a house to life is good for the building re air flow and gives a special heat.

uk.news.yahoo/22/20101205/tts-uk-weather-poland-deaths-ca02f96.html

Five Poles died from exposure to cold overnight, bringing the death toll to 52 since the start of the cold weather season last month, the Government Security Centre said Sunday.

I lived in an old house for years with a wood stove that I used as my primary source of heat, leaving the old oil burner as backup. Dealing with the wood becomes a messy big hassle. And your house and everything in it stinks like smoke. Always.

Now I just use my fireplace for ambiance on snowy nights or when company is visiting and as an emergency heater should the power go out for long.


Very sad.

There is an old Punk friend of mine who doesn’t burn a fire for those reasons, I have always found that strange. Well managed, an open fire though not terribly efficient is an asset to any home. I have considered getting a wood burning stove but the kids are against it. Last winter the fire was a godsend, the oil fired central heating froze overnight busting the water pump and it was a few days before I could get a new one.

A wood stove throws more heat and is much more efficient than a fireplace.

And who's calling the shots in your house; the children or you?! :)

The new pellet stoves are cool but then you're stuck having to buy the pellets, and I hear they can be expensive.

People are always surprised about weather. In the summer, if it gets too hot, it's such a surprise. Same goes for snow and winter. People make a big deal about everything.

I'm as far down the pecking order as I allow myself to be......Rarrrrrrar:)

My girlfriend tells me that they have just had a big pile of snow in Moscow , and the public transport is not running today.....Seems its not only Poland and the UK that is suprised by a bit of snow in the winter...!

I love snow! I am awaiting our first snowfall of the winter here. It looks like another pre ice age winter is taking shape across the northern hemisphere.

If anyone is short of snow , please feel free to come to my place...bring a shovel....

PF members who have too much snow should organize a shipment of packages with snow to those how do not have any snow at all... think about it.... help people....

;)

The Polish cartel is shipping packages of white powder to the states!

wow, my street is so snow loaded that we can't turn the cars around. I can only just park the car (allowing enough room for others to pass).

I bet if the presidential election in Olsztyn was this sunday then the streets would be so cleared it would be unbelievable.

Good job! You are full-time Pole now ;)


It looks so funny because one street next to front of my house has one owner and second has another. First is clean including parking bays but second looks like Alpine ski resort ;)

In workplace we can feel safe because we have this

Yep, our osiedle actually had a snow plough a few days ago... only problem is that it pushed everything to the side and now we look like a valley, with mountain ranges each side.

Mind you, last year it took something like 2 months for the snow-plough to arrive and the pile of stuff at the end of the road was around 2.5 metres high!

Still, atleast t means we don't notice the huge holes in the road.

Its plus 5 degrees up in Pomerania....so if you want any snow you better come and get it before it melts...

Had our first measurable snow yesterday. Yep, peeps were surprised as if they'd never seen snow before, and driving like retards on meth. All for a half an inch of snow. :s

well, there is snow in Szczecin and yesterday I was standing at the crossing waiting for the light to change and the driver lost control and was heading in our direction. He regained the control, but it was a bit strange to see drivers loosing control and not being used to the road conditions. The city looks beautiful though.

I feel sorry for those old people who have to go shopping during this time. My father actually crashed his face when walking on the sidewalk a week ago - fortunately apart from some bruising he is fine, but he cannot go out and is going crazy being licked in the house:(

aphrodisiac wrote:


kinky!

Perhaps the water is frozen and they can,t clean him any other way....?

Still snowing up here in Pomerania , about minus 8 outside , last night my outside tempreture sensor on the Jeep said it was minus 12...

Meanwhile , over in Moscow its minus 22 , but they don,t have snow at the moment...The snow that they had , melted , and as usual caused floods all over the place...This has now frozen into nice skating rinks for the Moscow drivers...