Same here, Meg. They are wonderful. That is exactly what kept our Nashville daughter going while her power was out for three days.
Of course you do have to have gas flowing. We learned something that many of you might already know, but we did not. Outside by your gas meter is a separate meter looking thing called a regulator. If snow/ice gets deep enough to cover it, or if it gets enough freezing rain to encase it…..it will stop the gas from flowing into your home. Your gas logs and other gas appliances will not work until it is cleared off. This did not happen to us during this recent storm but it did happen to us when we lived in OK. Several of our neighbors here found out the hard way three weeks ago. As long as the snow is fluffy, you can just brush it off with a broom. But if it is ICE….do not go out there and start trying to hack it off. You are dealing with part of a gas meter, so that’s a hard NO.
You can Google gas regulator to learn more and see what it looks like. But most of you might already know this; we learned the hard way. In the Deep South we didn’t have much experience with extreme winter storms until the last few years, so it never occurred to us.