Posted on 02/15/2015 3:19:51 PM PST by Kid Shelleen
Here in MA with the thermostat at 63 or lower, the NG bill for this 3 bedroom.6 room apt was 209.00 last month for 152 therms. The landlady paid around 500 as she is on the top floor (more wind) and keeps it at 75.00
My old bones would freeze at 63 degrees.
My electricity and NG bill comes on one bill. all I have that’s NG is furnace and kitchen stove. Winter time, NG is higher, summer it’s the electric. Clothes dryer is electric and with two teens it’s in use a lot.
I save atleast 1/3 gas consumption by replacing My original thermostat with a programable one.
Set the day time temp at 62 when no one is home, heats back up at 5 pm and also lowering it from 11pm to 6 am.
Cold enough here I can feel it come through the walls! I actually have a metal Door I covered with an Insulated drape because the thing is like an ice-cube! First time I’ve done that!
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST MONDAY...
* WIND CHILL...AS LOW AS 20 BELOW DUE TO TEMPERATURES 8 BELOW TO
1 ABOVE ZERO...AND WINDS NORTH 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20
MPH.
* IMPACTS...FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA ARE POSSIBLE IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN
Well that’s interesting!
I have to say I love my oil fueled electric radiator. Worth every bit the $50 I paid for it. No more huge baseboard electric heat bills! And I never have to turn it up...I just leave it as is and it takes care of the rooms temperature beautifully. And the heat is sooo warm.
I loved it so much i bought one for the bedroom....and even my son got one for his bathroom in his home, which was difficult to heat.......they’re wonderful!
My brother lives in Florida....woke up to a frozen birdbath over the last couple days!
That’s my reason for keeping a stock of 28-hour candles in my apartment to use in the event of a power failure. They’re for the heat, not the light; a few of them burning can save your life.
Christians here must be the Frozen Chosen!
We have one, but use a radiant heater for quick spot heat.
I use to have a spot heater but found just leaving the radiant heaters on at the same temperature was more cost effective and definately warmer.
I didn’t realize, until someone shared with me that it’s more costly turning your heat up and down then if you leave it the same setting 24/7 . I tested this and they were right. My bill went down and I never had to wait for things to warm up after that.
A few years back I saw a projection of where the US population would be concentrated, and most big northern cities were expected to drop from the “big city” list. If this works out this way, I’d expect it to be caused by a combination of 1) those high heating bills, 2) the inability to do business X number of days due to winter weather, and 3) the fact that many of the replacement Americans are completely unaccustomed to severe cold.
Here in NJ many of our replacement Americans are Latino and Asian; few of them are accustomed to this.
I’m skeptical of any forecast coming out of the NWS.
They were predicting a major wind event in the Philadelphia area from winter storm Neptune this past weekend, with sustained winds around 40 mph and gusts 50-60.
It didn’t happen.
It was windy, but only a few gusts topped 30 mph.
But the commercial weather sites love those forecasts.
For them, panic = webhits, and ad money.
Makes sense. Thanks.
That it does. And “The County” phrase means you know that of which you speak!
Sure do know of which I speak. Ever been to Moosetown?
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