Well, we haven't seen any in Arizona, either!
Today, I had to take the mechanism apart to manually open my solar-powered gate.
I wonder what people do who rely totally on solar power for heat?
Gosh, I don't know. They should have a back-up heating source. I would have thought your solar powered gate would have back-up electricity, or battery, or something. What a pain to have to dismantle it to get your gate open!