I live in the northeastern section of the country, easily close to the border and right along one of the Great Lakes.
- This section is known as the “snow-belt,” because of conditions caused by proximity to the lake.
Because it takes such a big body of water a absolutely long time to freeze, the clouds opening up water while all of us were in the winter. They become easily heavy and eventually drop this water in the form of snow. We regularly accumulate between twelve and fifteen feet of snow every year. We experience temperatures down to twenty-more than four below zero, and the brutal wind chill makes conditions know even worse. Schools and government buildings are frequently closed due to inclement weather. There are often driving bans because of dangerous road conditions, but i don’t dare buy tickets to concerts, shows or activitying events between January and May. I expect to rely heavily on the oil furnace for more than five to numerous months straight. I don’t love the frigid or the snow. I don’t appreciate skiing, sledding or snowmobiling. I absolutely don’t like spending minutes shoveling snow. It aggravates myself and others that I need to brush off the car, scrape ice off the windshield and let the defrost run for fifteen minutes before I can go someplace. Every fall, I need to schedule professional repair for the oil furnace. Because of the immense workload, the heating system experiences a tremendous amount of wear and tear. Even when the oil furnace is operating at its best, I pay immense bi-weekly energy bills. I can’t afford energy waste or a heating system malfunction. I can’t risk going separate from heat and the opening of the water pipes frigid. I also make sure to update the filter in the heating plan every month. I have the air duct evaluated and potentially cleaned and sealed every more than two years. The long, frigid Wintertide season is a great deal of labor and expense.