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Re:Thousands trapped on Pine Ridge burn clothes for warmth i... by karmelapple on Monday December 26, 2022 @11:53AM (#34139354)
I grew up in North Dakota, and the place in this news story is in South Dakota. I knew plenty of folks in rural areas with enough resources for weeks, not days. Running water might be the exception, but many farmers I know had well water.
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Re:Thousands trapped on Pine Ridge burn clothes for warmth i... by kwhitefoot on Monday December 26, 2022 @12:48PM (#34139919)
If you have enough fuel then water is not a problem in the snow. I've been in a cabin in Norway when the well which was about 70 metres away was buried in snow but we just took a bucket full of snow in an put it on top of the wood burner to thaw.
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Re:Thousands trapped on Pine Ridge burn clothes for warmth i... by msrenee on Monday December 26, 2022 @04:23PM (#34142034)
Running on a well only gets you so far in the running water game when the power goes out.
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