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Old 02-14-2021, 01:05 PM
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Wow! 75 is a lot.
Last night I turned off the heat on a 1st floor for a night. It dropped from 69 to 59 in 10 hours.
My house is not super insulated. Sunday night probably will have to leave the heat on.

Yesterday I sprayed outdoor spigots with polyurethane foam in addition to the regular hard covers.
Usually i keep it at 72, but i do have an elderly person staying with me. You know how old people get when it comes to cold weather especially for this freeze. I'm hoping my pipes don't burst, but still concerned since we have never had it this cold for this long.(crossed fingers)

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Old 02-14-2021, 01:25 PM
 
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Usually i keep it at 72, but i do have an elderly person staying with me. You know how old people get when it comes to cold weather especially for this freeze. I'm hoping my pipes don't burst, but still concerned since we have never had it this cold for this long.(crossed fingers)

You want to be able to ride out a 24 hour power outage. This is looking like a wet freeze.
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Old 02-14-2021, 01:27 PM
 
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Wow! 75 is a lot.
Last night I turned off the heat on a 1st floor for a night. It dropped from 69 to 59 in 10 hours.
My house is not super insulated. Sunday night probably will have to leave the heat on.

Yesterday I sprayed outdoor spigots with polyurethane foam in addition to the regular hard covers.

It'll drop a lot faster with a much greater temperature differential. I'm cranking it to 72-74 in case there's a power outage. Of course, there's no telling if or how long one would last.
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Old 02-14-2021, 02:43 PM
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You want to be able to ride out a 24 hour power outage. This is looking like a wet freeze.
Yep. Good point. Want to keep the house as warm as possible in case a power outage occurs which could very well happen.
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Old 02-14-2021, 02:53 PM
 
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This winter is really kind of frustrating - so frigid for so long in the last month of true winter, for areas of the country that are as much as 50 degrees warmer than this, on average for this time. My Australian friend just moved from DC to Texas, this is her first winter here - how do I explain that this **** isn't normal! Perceptions completely skewed.

Even here in Chicago, the snowpack is obscene - I haven't seen the ground in a month. New snow just keeps piling on and piling on. The winter was extremely average until mid-January.
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Old 02-14-2021, 03:06 PM
 
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This winter is really kind of frustrating - so frigid for so long in the last month of true winter, for areas of the country that are as much as 50 degrees warmer than this, on average for this time. My Australian friend just moved from DC to Texas, this is her first winter here - how do I explain that this **** isn't normal! Perceptions completely skewed.

Even here in Chicago, the snowpack is obscene - I haven't seen the ground in a month. New snow just keeps piling on and piling on. The winter was extremely average until mid-January.
Well except the last week, this winter in Houston was pretty mild. This is an unexpected twist now..
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Old 02-14-2021, 03:08 PM
 
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Well except the last week, this winter in Houston was pretty mild. This is an unexpected twist now..
I mean, yeah, but a week of temperatures this low for Texas and parts of the US in general is extremely bizarre - parts of the south are setting centuries-old records

It's something weird with the northwestern hemisphere's arctic region - it extends to western Europe, too - Thames froze for the first time since the 1960s, tons of snow, and freezing temps
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Old 02-14-2021, 03:56 PM
 
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I see icicles on my house already...
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Old 02-14-2021, 04:16 PM
 
Location: Houston
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Yep. Good point. Want to keep the house as warm as possible in case a power outage occurs which could very well happen.
I’m lucky if my house will stay in the high 60s. Right now I have my thermostat set to 67. It is plenty warm enough.

Let’s pray there won’t be any power outages. That would be devastating for a lot of elderly people.
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Old 02-14-2021, 04:31 PM
 
Location: Willowbrook, Houston
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My home is staying at 80, tops. I feel for the pubic service workers who have to work in this weather. Best advice is to stay warm & minimize travel.
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