i was just working my way down today's posts and i see that a kero heater is also mentioned as a heat source for a winter power loss.
once again not a bad idea but i think i would need two,one in the basement to keep the pipes from freezing and another in the "warm room" where we would live and sleep until the power came up.
again it's the storage of kerosene and i assume i would need lots of it and just not couple of the five gallon plastic jugs i see in the big box hardware stores.