I hate my room sometimes.

[conuly]

When the weather is relatively nice, the radiator works. Okay, this is good, it's nice to have heat. Now that it's 10F out there, my radiator stops working. And almost every one in the house, but *not* the one in the living room, so I know we have oil.

I am not happy.

Comments

[adiva_calandia]

My sympathies, and the fact that two people are dead is terrible. But (you knew there was a but coming) as an Alaskan, I find the phrase, "The deep freeze continues tonight with a low of 11" mildly ludicrous when it's -7 out right now and it's been 9 or 10 all day. And is there some kind of power shortage or something, that the Red Cross is recommending people inside to wrap up in blankets?

Hope your heat comes back. I truly do sympathize.

[conuly]

And is there some kind of power shortage or something, that the Red Cross is recommending people inside to wrap up in blankets?

The law says that your landlord is supposed to provide heat (oil heat, usually, never electric) no matter what. Many landlords don't, or they don't reliably. You can sue, but that just causes problems a lot of people don't need. So they freeze, or they turn on the ovens and bring in outdoor heaters, putting themselves at risk of carbon monoxide poisoning.

[adiva_calandia]

Hmm. Mkay. Makes sense. Is *your* heat back yet?

[conuly]

The heat in my room? The radiator's busted. I usually *prefer* it cold, so I usually don't care, but not while typing!