Please use these things with great caution. .Set them at the lowest number about 600W and let them heat your space slowly. Do not leave them unsupervised and DO NOT SLEEP IN THE SAME ROOM WHEN THEY ARE ON. KEEP THEM AWAY FROM FLAMABLE MATERIAL. And for heavens sake do not use a BBQ to heat an indoor space. You can die from the gases and in many cases people do. Best wishes.

and I am snug as a bug. Why? Because our houses are build to withstand the cold weather along with the heavy snows and rains. We have building codes and they are followed. Our housing stock is fairly old but the houses for the most part save for industrial, public spaces and high rises are made out of wood. You live in stone boxes, The houses don't burn but the chinese made junk therein burn like torches. It may keep you cool in the summer, but in the winter you freeze. Please use extreme caution when trying to heat these stone houses.

I mean, let's not talk about the elephant in the room...

elderly!

Globally the climate is changing and overall getting warmer. Locally, this means more severe weather in both summer and winter!

While the snow kept on falling they were doing NOTHING to STOP IT! They probably even tried to escape the rain and the cold: fat, egoistic, right-wing bastards they are. Oy, no fairness in this Life... :-(

Of course electricity is not digital stuff, it still needs old-fashioned cables for transport...

Israeli homes are designed to keep cool because 99% of the year its sunny so if your a developer building a home are you going to build them to keep cool because the sun is out and its hot 99% of the year or are you going to be building them so you can keep warm for that 1% of the time. What I have is an oil radiator and greenhouse heater which is a blow heater but its designed to be left on for long periods of time and is not expensive to run. I also have s small flashlight in every room along with some battery powered lantern and of course tinned food. Bought of course for emergencies of a military kind but just as useful for a situation like this. Have plenty of warm clothes as well because in a country where the buildings are designed to keep cool best and cheapest way to keep warm is clothing rather than eating you have to pay for. Of course you are lucky in the sense you get all that snow. Snow is always fun no matter what your age.

Despite all that hi tech, the country is not prepared for all situations. They need to have those power cables and batteries underground. And it‘s time to get rid of coal and oil as an energy source (which pollutes the air) and start using free clean solar energy for all of our needs.

As one of the many thousands in Jerusalem that was without power for over 32 hours I can say that the city was well prepared. I am an older woman living alone. On Friday I called the "moked" (Municipal help line) and asked for help to be dug out of my house which was closed off due to the snow. They sent a volunteer within a couple of hours that dug me a pathway out. They also sent a large amount of cooked foods that I had not requested, but were helpful since there was no electricity for the weekend. Other wise I was quite comfortable bundled up with warm clothing, a blanket, "a book and a candle". On Saturday night, after power was restored they called me to ask if I was all right! Many thanks to the Municipal help line and all their workers/volunteers!

especially the old and the frail. They are in real danger due to the very damp chilly air in their apartments.. You people are not used to cold weather. I am used to it and so my body can withstand it easily. Keep moving. Cover your feet and especially your heads. The heads must be kept warm.