denise ra wrote:Rebecca Norman, if you can find something that is reflective like a silver emergency blanket and put that under the heating pad also the maybe won't lose so much heat. Of course it might sound a little crinkly at first.
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Trace Oswald wrote:One experiment I want to try is building an insulated box around my bed with just enough room to sit up in. I think body heat alone would keep it comfortable.
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r ranson wrote:Winter is supposed to arrive here next week. Getting the house and humans ready today.
I wonder if cloaks would help make a little human microclimate inside.
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K Rawlings wrote:... the box around the bed idea is not dissimilar to the medieval technique of installing drapery around the bed and closing it once inside. Worked for them.
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r ranson wrote:Winter is supposed to arrive here next week. Getting the house and humans ready today.
I wonder if cloaks would help make a little human microclimate inside.
Douglas Alpenstock wrote:
r ranson wrote:Winter is supposed to arrive here next week. Getting the house and humans ready today.
I wonder if cloaks would help make a little human microclimate inside.
I recall that early European mountain climbers used a weather resistant garment called a cagoule (sp?) as an emergency shelter to survive storms. They could cover themselves fully and even light a candle at their feet and the cagoule would act as a chimney, drying their clothing and preventing hypothermia. Sounds like a pretty hardcore cloak to me.
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Rebecca Norman wrote:
denise ra wrote:Rebecca Norman, if you can find something that is reflective like a silver emergency blanket and put that under the heating pad also the maybe won't lose so much heat. Of course it might sound a little crinkly at first.
Good idea! I actually have one of those silver emergency blankets, that somebody gave me and I've never used. Gotta try that!
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