No furnace since the first of the year.

[Rick Potter]

A true life California survival tale.

I am sure glad we had a real mild winter here. My furnace repair man has been waiting for parts since January. We have an enclosed patio with a heater, and for about a week, we used a fan to get the heat in the family room, when the temp inside got down to 61 degrees. It was terrible, I actually had to put a sweater on, inside the house. My wife used a snuggy and a blanket. Then again, she also uses a snuggy in August.

[Dave Anderson NH]

No sympathy here Rick. Here in NH we had 3 days in the month of February where the temperature got above 32F and even then, the highest was 35F. Yesterday we had a hot one when the temp got all the way up to 45F.

[Phil Thien]

That's fine, the ground here in Wisconsin doesn't shake.

[Anthony Whitesell]

Don't forget the 9 feet of snow we got to shovel as well.

[Lee Reep]

A true life California survival tale.

[...]

Rick, thanks for the comic relief. With the bitter cold, piles of snow, grim news I read ever day, or hear on radio or TV, this was much appreciated ...

[Jerome Stanek]

And you said Gas prices are what ther in CA

[Myk Rian]

61º ? Oh geeze. I feel sorry for you.
It hasn't gotten up to 30º here since January.
We keep the house at 64º. Nice and comfy.

[Bruce Page]

Some good friends of ours moved to Pittsburgh 18 months ago to be near to their daughter & grandkids. They're moving back to ABQ this summer, if not sooner.

[Brian Henderson]

That's fine, the ground here in Wisconsin doesn't shake.

We get a noticeable shaker once every couple of decades, you get snowed in every single year. I'll take the earthquakes any time.

[Kent A Bathurst]

That's fine, the ground here in Wisconsin doesn't shake.

Or slide down the hill after a rain. Or burn.

[John Coloccia]

No sympathy here Rick. Here in NH we had 3 days in the month of February where the temperature got above 32F and even then, the highest was 35F. Yesterday we had a hot one when the temp got all the way up to 45F.

I went outside a couple of weeks ago. It was 12 degrees. I KNOW it was 12 degrees because I was in such disbelief I looked it up. I swear, it felt like the first day of spring. I was shoveling with nothing but fleece. It's amazing what you'll get used to!

[Chris Padilla]

Each to their own. I'm from Colorado...grew up with skis on my feet. California is all right but I do miss snow and cold and 4 seasons quite a bit. Unfortunately, LOML does NOT miss such things and so here we stay....

[Eduard Nemirovsky]

Not for me, move away from LA as soon as I can. Shaking is not for me.
Ed. But I love snow

We get a noticeable shaker once every couple of decades, you get snowed in every single year. I'll take the earthquakes any time.

[Leo Graywacz]

A true life California survival tale.

I am sure glad we had a real mild winter here. My furnace repair man has been waiting for parts since January. We have an enclosed patio with a heater, and for about a week, we used a fan to get the heat in the family room, when the temp inside got down to 61 degrees. It was terrible, I actually had to put a sweater on, inside the house. My wife used a snuggy and a blanket. Then again, she also uses a snuggy in August.

My heart bleeds for you. Tonight it's going to be 5F and tomorrow night it's going to be 8F. At least during the day it'll be in the 20s

[Rod Sheridan]

A true life California survival tale.

I am sure glad we had a real mild winter here. My furnace repair man has been waiting for parts since January. We have an enclosed patio with a heater, and for about a week, we used a fan to get the heat in the family room, when the temp inside got down to 61 degrees. It was terrible, I actually had to put a sweater on, inside the house. My wife used a snuggy and a blanket. Then again, she also uses a snuggy in August.

Gee, that's terrible!

There must be some sort of Federal Emergency relief fund available for disasters like this?

It was -25 this morning while I was scraping the car windshield, almost brok out into a sweat :-)