tpter1

hmmm...memory is trying to serve me here... that much ice usually results in power loss due to downed lines. If you have a gas generator, you should be ok with the hair dryer trick. Otherwise, warming some water (presuming you have a gas stove or gas grill with a side burner) will loosen the ice around the car door. It doesn;t have to be boiling, just warmer than freezing to melt it. Then, you canstart the car and let it run with the de-froster going at full bore. Should take about 15-20 minutes or so until the ice is melted unrerneath, and then the fun part...the ice should come off, as it's melted on the bottom, in sheets. I use the corner of my scraper to make grids.

On second thought...after looking closer at those photos Toots put up...a torch around the doors. Then just let the sucker run for about an hour or so.

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