The "Snow in Colorado" thread.

[A Black Falcon]

I doubt that the number of days in the high '90s is a double digit number... and if it is, its a low one...

Also. In the south, central aircon is not a luxury. Without it the heat could be unbearable.

But in the northern and most of the central parts of the country? Its a totally different story... it IS a luxury here. Only rich people, or people who are REALLY sensitive to heat, would even consider getting aircon... as I said, no one I know has any more air conditioning than a small window box air conditioner, and those are rare... usually fans can do well enough.

Also, heat. The heat is on essentially every day from November to April... and sometimes Sepetmber to May... I'm sure we haven't had a day with the heat off since last fall...

When there is a big storm in winter and power goes out, if you don't have a woodstove (we have one, but a lot of people don't...) or a furnace that doesn't run only when the electricity is on, you can't live in your house... I remember during the huge icestorm of 1998 a lot of people had to move out for a week or two (or more in places) until power was restored.... its just WAY too cold otherwise.