Nothing really earth shaking, I guess. Cleveland is known for its variable weather. Last night it was 45 F until about 10 PM. This morning it was -1 F.
When I installed my furnace 25 years ago I designed it for -20 F, the coldest temp ever around here. I also allowed for the addition I planned on building which I did in 2006. The latest ASHRAE specs call for +5 F design temperature.
It’s been --15 /20 several times since then and no problem. Zero is a walk in the park. Walking my dog in the park is not a walk in the park. Fortunately he is a cold baby. Today he made record time for his morning pee and poo and shot back on the porch. He prefers papa’s warm world. Good boy!
My dog is a cold-weather dog. I used to think she would love running the Iditarod, because she also has ADHD levels of energy. She’ll go out in a foot of snow and 20 degree weather, sniffing around leisurely for the perfect pee spot, while I’m going nuts.
However, I had to run to the dumpster today, in -8F temperature, and took her with me for a widdle. On the way back, she clearly had very cold toes. As soon as we were in sight of the front door, she wanted to run at full speed, and I couldn’t open our door fast enough.
My 10-year-old Russell Terrier is double-coated and does fine anywhere above 10 degrees F, but it’s been below -10 degrees the past few days and now he refuses to leave the house. I force him to go outside a few times a day, but he’s had it with winter and it’s not even Christmas yet.
I think we were pretty similar here in SE Wisconsin. I believe it was above freezing yesterday (almost felt like spring) and last I checked it was -7 with a windchill about 20f colder than that.
At my work, you have to walk about 50 feet outside to an unheated building to get to our walk-in freezer. It’s currently 10 degrees warmer inside the freezer than outside.
My parents’ furnace went out. The igniter I think, as my dad is able to light it manually. Furnace company won’t be around Monday but I might convince them to call around. Obviously everyone is booked right now with this huge swing in temps.
My parents have a furnace in their addition which is where they spend 99% of their waking time. So I guess they’re not too worried. They could always come sleep here.
I had my igniter replaced at my furnace checkup in November.
Our internet is down. That is putting a damper on a lot of people’s Netflix and Chill plans for today!
My dogs have a yard to go out in but so far I’ve only convinced them to potty once today. They have no interest otherwise. I think it’s the wind.
It was so “warm” last night. Everyone spent all day talking about preparing for the coming storm. It was weird to stand outside at 2 am in a warm drizzle. And now this!
Piedmont of North Carolina. 44F yesterday morning, 7F this morning…when the electric power went out as I was getting a drink of water. Well before my normal wake-up time anyway and so I was content to just roll over and catch some more Zs.
I thought to myself, “could be worse…I’d be sweltering without A/C with an outage in the summer, whereas now I’ll just add layers” but what really bummed me out was knowing no wake-up coffee, and no internet. Power came back about 3 hours later, and I am grateful power failed 30 minutes before sunrise in a warm house, rather than at 2 or 3 AM.
