𝓣𝓱𝓮 𝓞𝓯𝓯𝓲𝓬𝓲𝓪𝓵 𝓕𝓡 𝓦𝓪𝔂-𝓣𝓸𝓸-𝓒𝓸𝓵𝓭 𝓣𝓱𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓭

12/24/2022 | By Laz A. Mataz

[Lazamataz]

I live in an early-60's-build house. For the most part, it's wonderful, but it has very little insulation. I've been meaning to rectify that, but didn't yet.

So, after spending a warm night buried under blankets, I wake up to a shivering-cold set of rooms, all under 60 degrees F.... even though me and the missus set all the baseboard heating to max and left both space heaters going.

So, I decide to go to Walmart. I find two pallets of space heaters, one of them Infra-red, and one of them Oil-radiant. Both are electric.

I go ahead and put one of each in my cart, get a few food items, then decide to pick up one more Infra-red heater.... maybe 5 minutes later.

BOTH PALLETS ARE CLEANED OUT... when I get to the register, everyone had a pair of those heaters in their cart.

[Mr.Unique]

I rent a farmhouse built in 1920....no insulation. Heat is set at 64.

My house was built in 1930. Same situation with the insulation and thermostat setting--64.

But I'm near San Diego. It's 61 here, going up to 66. 72 projected for Christmas Day.

[conservativeimage]

My boss purchased a retired snow plow from DOT. We use it as a dump truck in construction. He asked me what I thought about how it was running. I said it was fine but there was no air conditioner. jkjk

[Tennessee Nana]

Well its still changing

Now I put the temp down to 70 and its nice

Its warming up here 14F

Im looking for my swimsuit

Yesterday it was 8F

Tomorrow the beach !!!

[Disambiguator]

It’s 25 degrees on my back porch here in Boise, Idaho.

Of course, that’s about what we expect this time of year.

Winter is great because we use our deck and garage as giant walk-in (or walk-out) freezers and refrigerators. Leftovers? They’re outside.

[Tennessee Nana]

Yes I spelt it wrong but in the 30 years Ive lived here its never kicked on so I didnt even know I had it !!!

LOL

[jmacusa]

As of 11:49 EST it’s 12 degrees on The Jersey Shore, wind is 22 knots out of the northeast.

Colder ‘n’ a well diggers butt!.

Kinda makes you appreciate July.

[mass55th]

"It was a big job keeping that furnace going..."

We had a coal, forced air furnace at our house too. We used to like to watch the coal bouncing down the shuttle to the basement when the coal delivery truck came. My Dad was the only one who knew how to get the coal burning. He worked on the NY Central Railroad, so he was out inspecting, and repairing tracks all day with his crew. I remember my mother telling the story of the one time the furnace went out, and my Dad had to come home from work so he could re-light it.

[Be Free]

Woke at 7am today to 11 degrees F here in Charlotte, NC. Within minutes, our power went out. We set our thermostats back at night to mid-50s, and the heat had been only on minutes at that time, so the chill was still in the air indoors. It was not quite light yet, so I had to fumble about getting the gas logs going, and putting on a kettle of water on the gas stove top. Had to find a working butane lighter to get that lit, and also to get the gas logs going in the family room. Our Husky pup is well trained, and wanted her daily walk too. Nothing doing! She is just going to have to wait, or go out in the yard on her own!

We got our power back just about 10, and things are heating up again indoors, and up to a balmy 18F now outside.

Cause of the outage, per Duke Energy, is too much power demand and their resultant grid management program (aka rolling blackouts(. Of course, they will never admit the energy shortfall comes from the coal, oil and gas fired plants taken offline to appease the environmental gods, or the solar generation not working in the dark. Nor will they admit the extra demand comes from charging electric vehicles and switching home heating sources from oil & natgas to electric heat pumps. Nope - just suck in up buttercup.

[Delta 21]

[M-cubed]

you think you got it rough.....lol ..I have oil baseboard here on the coast of Maine and I use wood to save on oil and for back up when the power goes out..

Yesterday I had to let the fire go out because it was 50 degrees outside and 80 degrees in this large old house ...the problem I have is my beer bill goes way up to keep me hydrated in this blistering heat.....Merry Christmas Laz! .../s

[TangoLimaSierra]

We bottomed out at 5 degrees here in North Georgia.

I'm in NE Georgia. See my post above.

[wyokostur]

It was -28 at our place here in Wyoming. Without the windchill. Thankfully we have to wood stove my grandpa built and lots of firewood to keep us toasty.

[Tennessee Nana]

I put my extra Christmas food etc out in my back sunroom

Its not heated so it acts like an extra fridge...

[beethovenfan]

Better hurry up before the greaser bans them.

[Sacajaweau]

My dad built a bin for the coal. He later expanded it, added shelves and turned it into a fruit cellar. Mom canned so it was great.

[Bon of Babble]

Last neighbor that fled was bound for Corpus Cristi - he took down his Trump banner when he left.

It is productive citizens, taxpayers and businesses that are fleeing this state.

Some, like conservative columnist Jon Coupal, say it is this demographic that is helping to keep Texas red:

The migration of businesses from California to Texas is well-documented. Big names, like Charles Schwab, Campbell’s Soup, Burger King, Waste Management and other billion-dollar businesses severed their California connections for Lone Star liberty (I'd like to add Elon Musk as well)...Turns out that ex-pats living in—and voting in—Texas supported Senator Ted Cruz in his high-profile reelection bid by a 15 percent margin, with an older poll of Californians in Texas suggesting that by more than 2 to 1, they’re conservative vs. liberal.

http://www.metnews.com/articles/2018/inmyopinion111418.htm

[caww]

All my SUV Doors are frozen solid....can’t even nudge the handles. We’re still bitterly cold and wind continues to howl. Last I looked we were minus 5 degrees....wind chill wll below that.

Have no idea how to unthaw those doors.

[DC Packfan]

In the General/Chat forum, on a thread titled 𝓣𝓱𝓮 𝓞𝓯𝓯𝓲𝓬𝓲𝓪𝓵 𝓕𝓡 𝓦𝓪𝔂-𝓣𝓸𝓸-𝓒𝓸𝓵𝓭 𝓣𝓱𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓭, central_va wrote:
Poor baby. 47 deg F. How did you survive?

I wear a sweatshirt on days like today. Heck, I wear long-sleeves when it’s 80!

[who knows what evil?]

Both of my cats are sleeping in the downdraft below the ceiling fan next to the wood stove...

[mass55th]

"I keep our temp at 77 normally, last night it got down to 73, it was 47 outside this morning, brrrr!"

77??? Jeez, I'd be sweating. I live in a two bedroom apartment in Central New York State, about an hour east of Syracuse. There's a small gas furnace in my bedroom closet. The thermostat is one of the old mercury Honeywell type. It's never been accurate, so I figure it's about 2-4 degrees off either way. It's 12 degrees here at the moment. My thermostat is set at about 66. If I start feeling cold, I throw on a sweatshirt jacket. During the day if I'm sitting on the sofa with my feet up, they are the first thing to get cold. I used to use my heating pad during the winter to warm them up, but I got smart, and bought myself an electric blanket for my sofa, so I've put my heating pad away.

I don't mind the cooler temps, especially if I'm cooking, or cleaning house. We're having our Christmas dinner today, so the oven will be on in a little while, and I'll be running around getting things prepared...and I'll be sweating, despite the temperature being down here.