I spend most of my time in my living room, where I have a big honkin' through-the-wall electric heater and A/C unit, so as long as we have power and the heater doesn't give up the ghost, I'm fine.
My sister's seven years younger, but I worry about her up there in Vermont because she's way out in the sticks living in an old farmhouse. She uses a wood stove (one of the new ones designed not to pollute) for most of her heating because it's cheaper than using the oil boiler in the basement. But my God, it takes a lot of work to keep it going. It was so cold she had to use the boiler last night, and she'd almost rather be cold than spend the extra money on oil. Thing is, the older you get, the more likely hypothermia can creep up on you. So I have my fingers crossed that her frugality doesn't overcome her good sense. << Thanks. I find it "interesting" to find out what people are doing with climate disruption. Keep warm. Us old sods don't do well with home temperatures under 68 degrees. I have taken to using my heater tower as electricity is cheaper than gas and besides I'm only in one room at a time. >> On 01/03/2014 10:04 AM, authfriend@... mailto:authfriend@... wrote: Just after midnight, it was -8 degrees where my sister lives in Vermont. It's -3 there now, the high for the day. Predicted to go down to -15 tonight. Around 8 inches of snow, but that's piddling for Vermont. Ten inches of snow where I am on the Jersey shore (the snowfall has stopped), temp 18 degrees and sunny, going down to zero tonight, warming up to the high 20s-low 30s tomorrow, 40s on Sunday and Monday, then down again to the 10s and low teens on Tuesday, warming again to 40s (with rain) Wednesday through the weekend. The ups and downs keep you on your toes. Anything else you want to know? Did you find that fascinating? (We weren't really talking much about whether Jesus was "real"; that's a complicated topic. We were discussing what the Bible says about his resurrection, which is pretty simple if you can read. Barry made the same mistake.) << For the moment at least that gorilla should be the winter weather the US is having. I haven't seen much mention of it here. Nah, let's waste our time talking about whether Jayzuz was real or not. So how are folks doing with "climate disruption?" Even here in the SF Bay Area we've had a long month or more of 30 degree temperatures in the morning then sometimes reaching the 70s in the afternoon. Usually such weather is delegated for a couple weeks in late January. We also have had very dry weather though it wouldn't surprise me to see rain from mid January through March. I love when it rains on the water Nazis parade. >>
