rynthetyn: It has been legitimately cold in Florida for the past week, it's below freezing once the sun goes down for most of the last week, and we've actually had snow and sleet the other day.

That said, those people are dumbasses who have no excuse not to know better. Floridians may not know cold weather, but we do know hurricanes and one of the cardinal rules with hurricanes is knowing how to avoid giving yourself carbon monoxide poisoning. If they hadn't poisoned themselves now, they'd have poisoned themselves by trying to barbecue inside in the middle of a hurricane.

But the power's out, and it's raining outside. I can't let the generator get wet.

MasterPython: Didn't one of the grateful Dead die doing this?

Don't know about the Dead, but Brad Delp from Boston committed suicide via hibachi's in a sealed-off bathroom.

They could have kept the grill outside a window and placed a metal object full of water on it with a tube from the metal object going through a partially open window and used duct tape and blankets to close off the area around the tube. Presto... instant steam heat. The increase in humidity would help the house feel warmer as well.

theredsea1: They could have kept the grill outside a window and placed a metal object full of water on it with a tube from the metal object going through a partially open window and used duct tape and blankets to close off the area around the tube. Presto... instant steam heat. The increase in humidity would help the house feel warmer as well.

Bad idea, because the vast majority of the energy will be spent in the latent heat of the steam, rather than thermal energy. Then, as it mixes with the cold room air, if the mix's RH exceeds the dewpoint for the new mixture, it'll condense out.

Even if that doesn't happen, the house's RH will continue to increase without limit as water mass is added and only the heat is leaked out through the walls and windows. The water will condense on colder windows and walls and start "bleeding" on everything.

My work sells electric heaters so I'm getting a kick out of these replies.

(yes, I read that their electricity was out)

/just another reason to have a gas oven!

ericbo84: My work sells electric heaters so I'm getting a kick out of these replies.

(yes, I read that their electricity was out)

/just another reason to have a gas oven!

Must... not... godwin....

Why didn't they just use the fireplace?

DarWIN near miss. Not to worry, they'll be back.

Glad they all didn't die, I think

This happens all the time. Last year during the big icestorm that covered the central US most people were without power for a long time so they thought a gas heater would be a good idea and of course people died or got really sick. They just don't think about the dangers of gas exhaust with no venhilation

shamp: And nobody is mentioning the Scientology add next to the story? You have let me down, Fark.

what ads? I don't see no ads. Perhaps there is a bug in Firefox blocking my ads? Will have to look into that.

/adblock plus and noscript = best thing ever for your web surfing experience

Renowned transvestite sexologist:

Oh, never mind, these people are tards. They just need to move down to Miami, where 60 F is blindingly cold.

So that's why there's not splashing in the pool--icebergs may form.

Darwin: 1
Keystone light: 0

is not impressed.

StreetlightInTheGhetto: Renowned transvestite sexologist: I understand that if you live in St Pete, you may not want to spend the money on a heater because of those 5 days a year it may get below freezing at night. There is this invention called a "blanket". It won't kill you, unless your a tard.

Oh, never mind, these people are tards. They just need to move down to Miami, where 60 F is blindingly cold.

Or get a space heater. You can get relatively inexpensive ones. If they don't sell them in FL, well, that's what the internet is for. Blankets are fine but my nose and ears get painfully cold before the rest of me, and I kind of need my nose uncovered to breathe.

Of course, I live in the Midwest, so that 'so cold a blanket won't help unless I'm covering myself completely and not getting out of bed' point for me is somewhere around the single digits, probably, not 10-32 F.

Won't help if they don't have electricity. You DRTFA did ya

King Something: Renowned transvestite sexologist: At 47F, it's merely chilly outside

THIS!!!!1! (although I would use the term "brisk")

Miami locals start saying it's really cold outside when it gets below 60 F and begin piling on the jackets.

Long pants and a t-shirt for me. Light jacket if it's windy, but otherwise I like this winter weather.

In all fairness, I will say that the higher humidity in FL makes the 47 feel colder than it does in a drier northern state. The dampness just sucks the heat right out of you.

/humiditychill factor?
//hate cold and wet
///wearing 3 layers and wishing they had heard of hats & gloves down here

Ill be honest I can't stand being cold anything less than 65° and I'm bundled up. But I would have gone and bought a kerosene heater, used one growing up, they suck but they work if the powers out.


//Don't let them burn out
///Or they'll leave black stains on everthing.

theredsea1: They could have kept the grill outside a window and placed a metal object full of water on it with a tube from the metal object going through a partially open window and used duct tape and blankets to close off the area around the tube. Presto... instant steam heat. The increase in humidity would help the house feel warmer as well.

No it doesn't. Humidity makes it feel colder. Cold and clammy.

/Dry cold is better.
//Dry heat is even better.
///BBQ grills, not so much.

Up here in Ontario we are experiencing a relatively mild winter. Well, relatively mild for Ontario!

Remember....

50°F - New Yorkers try to turn on the heat. Canadians plant gardens.

40°F - Californians shiver uncontrollably. Canadians sunbathe.

35°F - Italian cars won't start. Canadians drive with the windows down.

32°F - Distilled water freezes. Canadian water just gets thicker.

20°F - Floridians wear coats, gloves & wool hats. Canadians throw on a t-shirt.

15°F - Californians begin to evacuate the state. Canadians go swimming.

0°F - New York landlords finally turn up the heat. Canadians have the last cook-out before it gets cold.

-10°F - People in Miami cease to exist. Canadians lick flag poles to see if their tongue will stick.

-20°F - Californians fly away to Mexico. Canadians throw on a light jacket.

-40°F - Hollywood disintegrates. Canadians rent some videos.

-60°F - Mt. St. Helens freezes. Canadian Girl Guides begin selling cookies door to door.

-80°F - Polar bears begin to evacuate Antarctica. Canadian Boy Scouts postpone "Winter Survival" classes until it gets cold enough.

-100°F - Santa Claus abandons the North Pole. Canadians pull down their ear flaps.

-173°F - Ethyl alcohol freezes. Canadians get frustrated when they can't thaw the keg.

-297°F - Microbial life survives on dairy products. Canadian cows complain of farmers with cold hands.

-460°F - ALL atomic motion stops. Canadians start saying "Cold 'nuff for ya?"

-500°F - Hell freezes over. The Toronto Maple Leafs win the Stanley Cup.

StrikitRich: Can't believe only one other person has mentioned that the power was out in this home. Heat pumps, electric blankets and space heaters are not really effective when this happens.

Was out in Sarasota yesterday in a hoodie and shorts while it was in the 40s. No big deal.


I enjoy how people rush into a thread to comment, and don't read the article, or worse did and apparently have the reading comprehension of a a retarded 5 year old.

Well done.

They should sue the charcoal company!


Kingsford charcoal has a big bold lettered warning on their bags of charcoal, I would imagine others do too.

Day_Old_Dutchie: Up here in Ontario we are experiencing a relatively mild winter. Well, relatively mild for Ontario!

Remember....

50°F - New Yorkers try to turn on the heat. Canadians plant gardens.

40°F - Californians shiver uncontrollably. Canadians sunbathe.

35°F - Italian cars won't start. Canadians drive with the windows down.

32°F - Distilled water freezes. Canadian water just gets thicker.

20°F - Floridians wear coats, gloves & wool hats. Canadians throw on a t-shirt.

15°F - Californians begin to evacuate the state. Canadians go swimming.

0°F - New York landlords finally turn up the heat. Canadians have the last cook-out before it gets cold.

-10°F - People in Miami cease to exist. Canadians lick flag poles to see if their tongue will stick.

-20°F - Californians fly away to Mexico. Canadians throw on a light jacket.

-40°F - Hollywood disintegrates. Canadians rent some videos.

-60°F - Mt. St. Helens freezes. Canadian Girl Guides begin selling cookies door to door.

-80°F - Polar bears begin to evacuate Antarctica. Canadian Boy Scouts postpone "Winter Survival" classes until it gets cold enough.

-100°F - Santa Claus abandons the North Pole. Canadians pull down their ear flaps.

-173°F - Ethyl alcohol freezes. Canadians get frustrated when they can't thaw the keg.

-297°F - Microbial life survives on dairy products. Canadian cows complain of farmers with cold hands.

-460°F - ALL atomic motion stops. Canadians start saying "Cold 'nuff for ya?"

-500°F - Hell freezes over. The Toronto Maple Leafs win the Stanley Cup.

Well done sir, well done. Love the ending.

The pond behind my place froze over this morning: link

Sure, it didn't freeze hard enough to walk on or anything, but people around here are freaked out.

/Can't wait to leave.

Day_Old_Dutchie: Up here in Ontario we are experiencing a relatively mild winter. Well, relatively mild for Ontario!

Remember....

50°F - New Yorkers try to turn on the heat. Canadians plant gardens.

40°F - Californians shiver uncontrollably. Canadians sunbathe.

35°F - Italian cars won't start. Canadians drive with the windows down.

32°F - Distilled water freezes. Canadian water just gets thicker.

20°F - Floridians wear coats, gloves & wool hats. Canadians throw on a t-shirt.

15°F - Californians begin to evacuate the state. Canadians go swimming.

0°F - New York landlords finally turn up the heat. Canadians have the last cook-out before it gets cold.

-10°F - People in Miami cease to exist. Canadians lick flag poles to see if their tongue will stick.

-20°F - Californians fly away to Mexico. Canadians throw on a light jacket.

-40°F - Hollywood disintegrates. Canadians rent some videos.

-60°F - Mt. St. Helens freezes. Canadian Girl Guides begin selling cookies door to door.

-80°F - Polar bears begin to evacuate Antarctica. Canadian Boy Scouts postpone "Winter Survival" classes until it gets cold enough.

-100°F - Santa Claus abandons the North Pole. Canadians pull down their ear flaps.

-173°F - Ethyl alcohol freezes. Canadians get frustrated when they can't thaw the keg.

-297°F - Microbial life survives on dairy products. Canadian cows complain of farmers with cold hands.

-460°F - ALL atomic motion stops. Canadians start saying "Cold 'nuff for ya?"

-500°F - Hell freezes over. The Toronto Maple Leafs win the Stanley Cup.

I'm half Canadian, and prefer Florida to Ontario because down here my nipples can't be used to cut glass. At least, not most weeks. The last two have been really pretty cold here in Tallahassee, much like the average Toronto December.

GoSurfing: Day_Old_Dutchie: -10°F - People in Miami cease to exist. Canadians lick flag poles to see if their tongue will stick.

Every year you post this same stupid shiat.

And every year, I'm here to tell you that it hasn't been -10°F in Miami since probably the cold age.

So you're wrong. Also, Canadians talk like a fag, and your shiat is all farked up.

And there are people there, so you have added support to the point rather than disproving it.

Lighten up jackhole.

UsikFark: Death by Hibachi.

Yeah, I guess they never read how this is one of the more popular methods for purposeful suicide in Japan.

Bodine Wilson: House did not burn. Carbon monoxide poisoning. Using a charcoal grill indoors is a popular suicide method in Japan. It wont get your family fined for delaying the train.

'Xactly.

Not to mention it's a HELL of a lot safer than H2S (another popular method) for the people who find your corpse.

What's all that white stuff?

I had a tenant do something similar once: Her hydro was cut off due to non-payment so she used the kitchen sink as a barbecue. She also used the unit's trim as fuel. Of course in her case mental health issues were a factor....

/cue the Cool Story Bro

GoSurfing: Every year you post this same stupid shiat.

"I've seen the Exorcist 167 times, and it keeps getting funnier every time I see it..."

Take Sgt. Hulka's advice. ;)

If Canadians are so tough why is every license plate I see in La Quinta from British Columbia and Alberta???

My news station here in Arizona has covered this same kind of story twice in the past 2 weeks. People are STUPID.

finest application of Florida tag i've seen in a while

This happens more often than you'd think. Don't know what the particulars are in this case, but often times people with no money for heat will often do whatever is necessary to keep from freezing to death. I'm not justifying their stupidity, merely providing some background for it. I guess they figured suffocating to death was better then freezing to death *dunno*

As a vollie firefighter I've seen many cases like that. There was an incident in SC last year where a woman built a fire pit on her living room floor and burnder her single-wide up along with herself and two kids.

In Seattle a few years back when we had that big windstorm and a lot of people lost power for a week we had a staggering number of tragic stories with whole families Darwinating themselves this way. Scary shiat. People are farking clueless.

Bathia_Mapes: FTA...A 77-year-old man, his 72-year-old wife and their 41-year-old daughter were treated by St. Petersburg Fire Rescue paramedics, then taken to St. Petersburg General Hospital.


You would think that people that age would know better than to use a charcoal grill inside. Of course, this happened in Florida, so maybe that explains their ignorance.

Came in here to say this also.

JerseyMutt: burnder her single-wide up along with herself and two kids.

Typing pwns me today.

Renowned transvestite sexologist: I understand that if you live in St Pete, you may not want to spend the money on a heater because of those 5 days a year it may get below freezing at night. There is this invention called a "blanket". It won't kill you, unless your a tard.

I can't believe they didn't have some of these.



Also, I heard that Miami broke an 80-year-old low temperature record last night, so it is a little cool down there.

It does suck that most electric companies do not take credit cards. Gotta pay caish to stay warm.