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[–] Anivia@feddit.org 5 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I grew up with one and really liked that we could still cook when the power was out

Is this a north america joke I'm too European to understand? I heard America gets power outages but surely they are not frequent enough this would be something influencing what stove you buy

[–] JcbAzPx@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Summer thunderstorms will knock out power, especially in the Midwest where tornadoes are common.

[–] Anivia@feddit.org 1 points 2 days ago

Fascinating, where I'm from power outages are a once in a lifetime occurrence. I've never experienced one

[–] RheumatoidArthritis@mander.xyz 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

It's called disaster preparedness