[Godebert]

It is elderly people such as Rosalyn Jones, who owns her own home but has to spread out paying utilities through the year so she can afford heat in the winter....."

Heat in the winter? Isn't Long Beach in Southern California?

[goldstategop]

I live here. During the winter, at night, temperatures drop to the mid-40s.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." -Manuel II Paleologus

[Coldwater Creek]

It does occasionally freeze in So. Calif.

There are ways to keep warm, even for the poor.

Put all of your clothes on in layers, all pile into the same bed, just suck it up.

We lived in So. Calif. for 26 years, and I would give just about anything to have one of those winters here in West Tenn.