Written by S. Thompson | Posted in Shopping and Products |

If a big storm is to hit an area, chances are the lights are going to go out. If it happens to be a really big storm, like a hurricane or tropical storm then there is a chance that the lights could stay out for days or even weeks, like in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. In a time like this the presence of the smallest level of light will make a difference to your experience and could even save a life. Hurricane candle globes were invented hundreds of years ago for times just like this. This is essentially a gas lamp that has got a glass globe around the flame to shield it from the wind. Most hurricane candle globes you find will have one globe, but you will see some with two globes, pretty much all of them will have a porcelain base.

Hurricane candle globes have been used for hundreds of years, before electricity was invented, so that people could have light during storms while other sources of light would have been blown out. When we moved onto electricity the use of these candle holders decreased substantially, but there are still hundreds of homes based in storm prone areas who still keep these close by. There are many homes to have these stored away, so for this reason you see them pop up at yard sales quite often.

The original lamps would have been made out of metal like tin or brass, but the lamps today are a lot more ornate and will be made from porcelain or glass, but you will still find some made using metals like tin or brass. This means that the new hurricane candle globes are still functional, but they are also very decorative, so can be used for ornamentation when they are not in use.

Probably the best place to buy these hurricane candle holders is online. You are probably not going to see many of these in your local stores unless you live near the coast. When you shop online you shop all around the world, so you should have no problem at all finding these globes online.

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