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Originally Posted by GH85Carrera
We had flurries for several hours. A bit of white in the borders between grass and sidewalks. Nothing showing up on the streets. It is 18 degrees, and wind chill of 9 outside. Toasty inside. I am very glad to live in the 21st century and have central heat and air. Just poke a button and tun the heat up if I wanted to. I just leave the thermostat in automatic mode. And it is NOT connected to the internet. Hackers will have the same luck hacking it as hacking my 911 or El Camino.
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We're, fortunately, much warmer down here in central Texas. Our home is a wood frame pier and beam home made by the original inhabitants in either 1920 or 1924 with no insulation. Some insulation has been added over the years, but it's still not fully insulated. Central HVAC (heat pump) was added in 1991, and we're still running that same system. Tomorrow morning when we wake up it'll be at least 74° upstairs, maybe a bit more. Downstairs will be somewhere in the 60-65° range because we aren't insulated will enough.
What gets me is what they did before 1991, especially in the first 20, 30, 40 years.