joel_maxwell
Permanent Resident of EPCOT
You are right. These heaters are incredible. I walked to close to one once and it seriously singed my leg hairs. I bet in the canopy of trees of AK, I would imagine it helped a lot and obviously saved then trees.Where the heaters were placed is a sorta tight area because of the enclosing foliage. Wind doesn't disturb the area as much. Those heaters are like jet engines on a stand. They throw a tremendous amount of heat. When walking past the heated area (we were directed to walk around behind the heaters without being close to them & mindful of the cords on the ground) it was quite a bit warmer than the open, non-heated area. It was pretty loud...but definitely warmer. We wanted to go wrap ourselves around the heaters. Lol!