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In reply to the discussion: Wow, we just got a delivery of LP gas, which we use to heat with. [View all]KoKo
(84,711 posts)But...I'm here shivering in my Southern house heated by some kind of crap "Apollo Heat System" that uses water from water heater to go under our crawl space to heat our house.
I was used to regular Gas Heat when we moved here from N.J...but, here it's "Heat Pumps" or what we got with our house which is "Apollo Water Heat" which when the Temps did below around 45 Degrees we freeze.
This Winter for the Cold duration is very unusual here...so it's only January we usually have to drag our Northeast clothes out...but, this has been a Looooong stretch since December so was dragging stuff out I'd trunked since we lived in Connecticut...because the New Jersey stuff wasn't warm enough.
Good thing I didn't get rid of the Heavy Duty Winter Woolies (for sentimental reasons ...thinking we might move back there someday...and I'm frugal.
But, sheesh....motheaten wool socks and some old LL Bean Parka's are not looking so "With It" but, at least we are keeping warm with our electric cook stove turned on and the door open.
What a Winter! I can't imagine what the rest of you all are going through in the MidWest...
Plus...we are seeing nothing but Grey Skies week after week...which I associate with my days in New England. It's not like anything I've ever seen since we moved South. (in my wildest CT times....I think it might be an "experiment." ...but, then I realize it's the change of the Jet Stream due to the Arctic Melting changing the wind currents/jet stream...and I figure...it's what we will have to live with.
I hate to think of of Heating Bill and Water usage since our system is just off the hot water heater. And those who just can't afford to pay and live in rural areas...with different problems.
TOUGH TIMES...in this unusual Winter for us all.