Admittedly, in 100+ degree weather, a cold shower is pretty darn nice. But in the morning, when you just want to get clean (at least for me - maybe this is a personal preference) nothing beats a hot shower + soap + shampoo.
The advantage of the gas powered shower, of course, is that you can use a lot more water than you can fit in a solar shower bag. The _downside_ of those gas showers (I have a coleman one) is the zillion warnings telling you not to use them indoors. Maybe if you had really good ventilation (or could run the water hose from the outside?) then you could use your internal shower stall + Hot water from outside?
This is where all the people who have Solar Powered Hot water heaters must be chuckling - though, in a broad power outage, I don't know if they have pressurized water in all locations right away. And definitely not always water that you can trust without boiling.
That's the other thing that almost _no_ people are prepared for - Day 3+ without water for hygiene (A lot of people have their emergency drinking supplies, but never even think about what they would do if they can't flush/shower - things get grim pretty quickly)
When camping, I usually bring a Solar Shower (http://campingsurvival.com/casoshbag.html) - left out in direct sun for a couple hours, that things gets _hot_.
The advantage of the gas powered shower, of course, is that you can use a lot more water than you can fit in a solar shower bag. The _downside_ of those gas showers (I have a coleman one) is the zillion warnings telling you not to use them indoors. Maybe if you had really good ventilation (or could run the water hose from the outside?) then you could use your internal shower stall + Hot water from outside?
This is where all the people who have Solar Powered Hot water heaters must be chuckling - though, in a broad power outage, I don't know if they have pressurized water in all locations right away. And definitely not always water that you can trust without boiling.
That's the other thing that almost _no_ people are prepared for - Day 3+ without water for hygiene (A lot of people have their emergency drinking supplies, but never even think about what they would do if they can't flush/shower - things get grim pretty quickly)