Two tornados showed up. The second hit a major power distribution transformer and knocked out the power grid in my area for 48 hours. At one point there were 200,000 or so out of power.
Like most cooking shows, I made one previously. This is my emergency bootle with matches, candle, and a dry pack.
The lid is a candle stove. I let it burnt a bit to melt the wax to soak the cardboard and tried to shape the wax a bit so that it would fit the bottle.
The cross is made out of thin corrugated cardboard that had slots cut in them.
It light up very easily. It turns out the cardboard and pieces of wax would just light up easily.
There is a lot of carbon soot in the flame and it is very messy.
That amount of wax is sufficient to make a pot of instant noodles.
or reheat a pot of homemade soup.
Advantage: Simple to build, high energy density, not having to deal with storing liquid fuel.
Disadvantage: very dirty flame, lots of carbon soot coating the cookware, low temperature.
Next time I'll see if I can improve the fame by having the wax vapor premixed air before combustion like my kerosene burner.
Links:
- https://preparednessadvice.com/survival/cardboard-wax-stoves-can-provide-heat-cooking-comfort/
- http://imaginativeworlds.com/forum/showthread.php?25004-Paraffin-Wax-and-Oil-Burning-Stoves
- https://selfreliantschool.com/make-altoids-candle-stove/
- Commercial wax stove: http://zenstoves.net/G-Micro.htm This mix in enough air for a full combustion. It was last seen at $100 and their facebook page is no longer active.
Backout:
Here is a picture of my city in the backout. It kinds of looks like some rural area or North Korea.
As of this morning, they have restored the power for all but one city block by using the redundancy in the grid. They are going to rebuild the substation in the next coming months.