[entropy12]

Here north of Seattle, it was a pleasant 70 deg high today. We do not even have a air conditioner, very little need for it...may be 5 days above 90 during summer.

But last winter our electricity went out during a ice storm. So no heat or cooking for 36 straight hours. We could not even leave the house because roads were iced up.

[Bronzy]

It is 99 degrees F on enclosed front porch now. The inside house feels cool - built in 1899. We have kept the windows closed today. The humidity low which helped.

We keep a kerosene heater for times when the power goes out.