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by myroon5 1143 days ago
Most of Washington State lives around Seattle, which has never recorded subzero fahrenheit temperatures:

https://www.currentresults.com/Yearly-Weather/USA/WA/Seattle...

https://patch.com/washington/seattle/monday-was-seattles-col...

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Which should lead you to conclude that I, in fact, don't live in or around Seattle? Contrary to what our governor would have you believe, there's a lot more to WA state than King county.

Not that any of this matters to the conversation about gas, my points still stand. Last winter we hit -10F, and there were power outages, so having gas meant having heat when it was extremely cold.

What about if the gas lines have cold-related outages ?

Ultimately you need to be ready to be self-sufficient. I live in a cold climate and run my house on a heat pump, with an oil furnace backup, AND a wood stove with plenty of wood as a third layer.