Personally, I, who heat with wood, thin air conditioners are a bigger threat to our health than any woodstove. If you cannot live on the north coast without air conditioning …

That’s great news!

Its hard to blame these young people for feeling disillusioned. I think to some extent, most of us are feeling that way about our government. But to not vote because …

Citizens United was just another blow dealt to the American People by the crooked SCOTUS, further insuring that our government will always be for sale to the highest bidder.

This poll kinda proves why we say Arcata City Hall is out of touch with their constituents. It is surely not the People’s Republic of Arcata anymore. It’s more like …

Yup, they stand by as loyal PG&E lovers even after they are found liable of burning human bodies alive through willful negligence in order to increase profits. Then they’re all …

Spiders. Spiders and snakes.Source: me, child responsible for the woodpile, Garberville, 1980s.

Your point about the environment is true and as someone with asthma, I agree.However.There is an insane amount of class privilege in your suggestion. Solar is prohibitively expensive to most …

Besides the fact that propane and electricity are too expensive, (no natural gas in many areas) furnaces require electricity to run and the power goes out frequently in the winter. …

There’s a variety of masks on the market to choose from…

Like Cranky Old Lady said, you can just wear a mask if someone’s heat source is bothersome to you.

You almost sound like a Republican 😅

They emit nasty smelling smoke, like out neighbors which tends to blow the smoke towards our house with winter south winds.

Arcata leads the way! Every one else kick back and watch the show.This is perfect. I cannot thank you enough. I say we don’t follow what they are doing entirely. …

I went with yes. Alternatively, install a catalytic combuster.

Catalytic stoves emit more chlorophenol and dioxins, and that’s assuming they’re properly maintained and the catalyst is replaced every few years.

Dementia is so much fun, too. https://uploads.disquscdn.c…

In confident you could survive a whole winter without any heating whatsoever. It would be uncomfortable, but so is asthma, COPD, dementia, etc. If you truly couldn’t afford to hear …

Not so fun for the neighborhood kid with asthma, or lead poisoning for that matter.

When I moved to a suburban part of McK, I realized that burning wood to heat my house in the daytime meant my neighbors couldn’t enjoy their yards without breathing …

MAGA poison is pervasive.

Or Katz can wear an N95 during the winter months.

We loved our woodstove but it was getting to the point that my Cranky Old Man couldn’t go out and bring back pickup loads of wood for the winter. Buying …

NO, no NO anytime, anywhere.Wood heat is a part of America, the warmth the sheerfun of both building a fire and enjoyed heat is part of it.If kept free and …

Well, we found kittens in our woodpile. We inherited the pile with the house, and it just slowly decomposed over the years; it’s lovely compost now. The kittens grew up, …

It doesn’t matter to me either way. I heat my house with the tailpipe of my truck.

Whew! I’m glad everyone is okay.

Houses are still close to one another. These are suburbs with people using wood stoves.

The existing wood burners would have to update their stoves as well.

You’ve really got an issue with people choosing their own method of heat, which seems to me to be a very personal choice. If you are very worried about small …