Archive for December, 2008

Storm stories - The Landmark

Tuesday, December 30th, 2008
Storm stories
The Landmark, MA - 57 minutes ago
Included in those was a lesson in bearing misfortune from an elderly resident who was hunkered down with her wood stove, but told them cheerfully that there


Conflict victims get shelters - Georgian Messenger

Tuesday, December 30th, 2008

65 year old Lamara Tedliashvili sat near the wood stove in a 24 square metre cottage, looking at the ruins of what before the August war was her house. “Losing everything you have worked for all your life is as bitter as losing your own child …


Wood, stove sales are booming - Defiance Crescent News

Tuesday, December 30th, 2008
Wood, stove sales are booming
Defiance Crescent News, OH - 58 minutes ago
The snowy and icy weather has caused a boom in the sale of wood stoves and wood. Added to that are the numerous area power outages from the wind and ice


Wood, stove sales are booming - Crescent-News

Tuesday, December 30th, 2008

Just like the words from the Christmas song, “Baby, it’s cold outside,” weather in northwest Ohio has taken a cold and nasty turn. The snowy and icy weather has caused a boom in the sale of wood stoves and wood. Added to that are the numerous area …


This is not your grandma’s wood-burning stove - WTOP

Tuesday, December 30th, 2008
This is not your grandma’s wood-burning stove
WTOP, DC - 59 minutes ago
This undated photo provided by Lennox Hearth Products shows a wood stove. Wood stoves like this one can heat up to 2500 square feet.


Home Destroyed, Dogs Killed In Madison Fire - WMTW

Tuesday, December 30th, 2008

MADISON, Maine — A fire destroyed a home and left a family of three homeless Tuesday morning in Madison. No people were injured, but two dogs died in the blaze. Fire Chief Roger Lightbody said that a wood stove in the kitchen appears to have caused …


Exercise caution with chimney fires - Wayne Independent

Tuesday, December 30th, 2008
Exercise caution with chimney fires
Wayne Independent, PA - 41 minutes ago
They should not be burned in wood stoves or wood stove fireplace inserts. And check the Underwriters Laboratories “UL” Classification mark on the firelog


Inside Shackleton’s polar refuge - BBC Science/Nature

Tuesday, December 30th, 2008

Entering Sir Ernest Shackleton’s hut on the edge of the Antarctic is like travelling back in time 100 years and becoming part of the expedition that so nearly became the first to reach the South Pole. Iron pots stand on the wood stove, and bottles of …


“No burn” day means no fires in your fireplace - KJCT8.com

Tuesday, December 30th, 2008
“No burn” day means no fires in your fireplace
KJCT8.com, CO - 1 hour ago
Gas powered stoves are also ok to turn on. Cindie Baughm with Fireplace West in Grand Junction said, “With the wood stove you have to be very careful.


Crackle and pop: Warm sounds of fireplace easy to own with variety … - The Canadian Press

Tuesday, December 30th, 2008

The Canadian Press
Crackle and pop: Warm sounds of fireplace easy to own with variety
The Canadian Press - 45 minutes ago
“It’s not simple like it was 20 years ago,” when there were a couple of wood-and gas-burning fireplaces and wood stoves, says Bob Martin, owner of Monroe