We don’t get a ton of freezing weather in this section of the country, but my associate and I are more prone to hurricanes and heat waves.
Never once in my life have I seen snow on the ground! When my pal and I do get a freezing snap, usually it comes out of nowhere.
This happened a few weeks ago, as one afternoon it was a comfy 73 degrees outside, and later that night the temps plummeted to below freezing! I lost most of the plants in my yard from the cold, however there was a larger complication I had to face. The central heating device would not turn on… I have no idea in the least when it broke, because it had been a few months since the last time I needed the heater. Now that I was in harsh need of the heater, it would not respond. The weather report said that the freezing snap would last for 3 or 4 days, and then temps would eventually go back to normal. I called my regular Heating and Air Conditioning service provider, however this freezing snap had them overbooked, and they couldn’t help me until the following week. Thank goodness for Walmart, because I was able to purchase an excellent space furnace for a fraction of the cost I would have paid for repairs. The math was pretty straight-forward, and I made the choice that it wasn’t worth the investment to get the central heating device fixed when I wouldn’t need it for too long. The space furnace only heats up one room at a time, but I live alone so what more do I actually need?
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