Well the weather has really taken a turn for the worse here in Boerne like most of the US. The thermometer finally bottomed out at 13 on both Tuesday and Wednesday nights. The temperature in Madison on Wednesday morning was warmer by two degrees than what we had here. Of course, they also had almost 20 inches of fresh snow. We have barely made it to the low 20s the last 2 days. But we have also had very significant winds all week. Wind chills have been continually near zero or below.
Because of the cold, we have been forced to run our furnace 24 hours per day. Our 2 little electric heaters haven't been able to keep up. So we have been burning propane. The furnace and electric heaters together do a good job. However, Texas has a power shortage and there have been running blackouts throughout the state over the last two days. We lost power yesterday for about 45 minutes. It gave us a good excuse to fire up the generator and put a good load on it. Everything worked fine.
Because of our heat-taped water hose, we suffered no freeze up. However, that was not the case for others in the park. Our neighbors were aqffecte3d as well as others. Most people here are using garden hoses for fresh water without any insulation apparent. They are asking for trouble.
On Friday, the forecast is for snow (2 inches or so) but with temperatures climbing into the upper 30s to low 40s. The weekend looks nice with forecasted temperatures in the upper 50s. We are looking forward to that.
Texas is under an electrical supply problem. They report 50 power plants are down due to the weather. One is reported to have frozen pipes , but there has been no mention of what the problem is with the other 49. Texas has been forced to import power from Mexico to cover the lack of internal supply. Texas will take their power, apparently, but not their people.
The new slow cooker has been getting a work out lately.
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