Cold Enough?
It was quite the week in North Texas last week. Two snow falls, temperatures well below freezing, power outages and burst pipes. We hearing about the "historic" nature of the weather last week. Anyone familiar with the North Texas climate would consider this picture as "unseasonable". We were lucky. Our power did not fail. Our old house did reveal some serious drafts especially when the temperature dropped below 0 degrees F. With closed doors we were able to keep a few rooms relatively comfortable. Overall the house was warm enough to avoid frozen and burst pipes. The week was still very stressful. You could not let your guard down, constantly checking pipes to make sure they were dripping to keep them from freezing. Always remembering to keep the cupboard doors open under sinks to let warm air in and around pipes. We did lose internet access for about 20 hours. I did get out and shovel the snow a couple of da...