A news story broke the other morning that has people talking everywhere in our area.
The local gas company had a concern with one of their supply lines and they were requesting that all residential and small businesses turn their control units down by five degrees to conserve resources.
That is all well and wonderful if you don’t have young children or elderly people residing in your home, we have both! As things would have it, my Mom was widowed last year and can no longer live on his own. He gets around ok, but, he tends to not take care of his health, finances, and upkeep on his surroundings anymore. He was particularly dependent upon our mom to do these things for him. Now, we have him, along with our three young children to care for. I can’t imagine turning the temperature down, one a cold winter time night, only to have many people end up complaining or sick. Mind you, it would be great for the utility bill as heating our home with our seasoned Heating and Air Conditioning system can be particularly extravagant, although I don’t recognize it is worth the health risk. Besides, who knows how long this maintenance will take and how many afternoons we would have to endure the lower temperature. I recognize if no one complies, we could have it go out all together, although I am willing to take that chance at this point. So far, it has been four afternoons! I hope that they announce everything is back to normal soon. They said it is the first time in their 44 year history that they have had to make such a request.