Winter in this part of the country is always the worst time of the year.
It is absolutely cold and frigid with temperatures in the single digits and lots of snow and frozen precipitation.
My family and I have lived in this region for a hundred years. We know that winter means being prepared for that cold. Preparing for the winter weather is something that every person takes seriously in this region. I contacted the heating company for a full system scan in September. The furnace was ready to go when it got cold. In October, I always have extra gas for the furnace as well as plenty of wood for the fireplace. My family and I use the fireplace and the furnace together to heat our home. It’s really nice to have different ways to keep the house warm. The fireplace adds a certain amount of cozy warmth to the house, but the furnace is actually responsible for the major part of heating the house. The snow didn’t fall until November this year and that is quite strange and odd. We’ve received snow in October for the last 10 years in a row. The first snowfall in November made up for the missing month. We had 31 inches of snow in less than 12 hours. Those are blizzard conditions when you consider the amount of snow falling in such a short time. When the snow began to fall, I adjusted the temperature on the furnace. I wanted to get ahead of the cold air, so the house didn’t have a chance to get cold at all.