[John Rogers]

I grew up in the mid Atlantic states and we would have snow and enough freesing so we could ice skate on the lake. When I got stationed at the atomic power site north of Schenectday NY the winters up there in the "snow belt" were just brutal. I used a block heater that went in the dip stick tube and still would get up every 3 hours or so or the transmission lube would get solid. Later when I had a Dodge Van all customized I would use a Colman camp heater that burned white gas and I would pull the engine cover so every thing stayed about 40 degrees! At the atomic power site we would have the students go out hourly to start the cars and cycle through them. Then two hours later do it all over again! Sometimes we would come out after midnight shift and it had snowed and everything was covered except the front of my Dodge van! I imagine heated garages are nice but I never knew anyone who had one.