The wind is varying between outright howl, moan, and whine. On this wind is wave after wave of snow. It’s moving pretty darn close to horizontal. We just did a cursory check for drafts, and determined that we *really* need weather stripping on the back door, and that the fan in the master bathroom may be installed backwards … since it seems to suck cold air *into* the house. May be. Might also just be the aforementioned howling wind. Don’t know for sure.
All the insulation work has backfired a little bit. The thermostat is located in the very core of the house, which at this point is quite cozy. It loses heat very slowly there, and that room stays almost perfectly even in temperature. It’s the first to heat and the last to freeze. Unfortunately this means that the rest of the house gets butt-cold before the thermostat decides to make a teensy adjustment. I find myself manually duty-cycling the temperature every couple of hours.
On the plus side, our heating bills will be lower this year, because we’re only heating one room, effectively.
And just as I was finishing this post, it became the perfect weather: THUNDERSNOW! With lightning and thunder, howling wind, and heavy snow … thundersnow is truly the perfect weather. Provided, of course, that you’re not out in it. I truly, honesly feel that thundersnow is my favorite sort of storm. Now the year is perfect, because it has contained that rare treasure: thundersnow.
–Update–
The power is fluctuating. On and off. On and off. The UPS is holding the internet connection stable, for the moment, but that only covers us for an hour or so. This could get ugly.
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