How to Survive a Polar Vortex with a Non-Functioning Fuel Oil Furnace
#1 Electricity
#2 Strategically-placed space heaters
#3 Layered clothing and fleece blankets
#4 Hot fluids (soup, coffee, tea, hot chocolate
#5 Remembering that we've done it before (2 years ago),
and that March is only 20 days away...
#6 ELECTRICITY
It could be worse. We could have carbon monoxide poisoning from faulty furnace fumes; we could have frozen pipes (again); we could have an electrical power outage. 3 out of the 4 adults in the household are currently employed, so while the cash flow might be a bit tight it's still flowing: we can buy food and pay bills.
Ironically, we still have half a tank of heating oil left.
#2 Strategically-placed space heaters
#3 Layered clothing and fleece blankets
#4 Hot fluids (soup, coffee, tea, hot chocolate
#5 Remembering that we've done it before (2 years ago),
and that March is only 20 days away...
#6 ELECTRICITY
It could be worse. We could have carbon monoxide poisoning from faulty furnace fumes; we could have frozen pipes (again); we could have an electrical power outage. 3 out of the 4 adults in the household are currently employed, so while the cash flow might be a bit tight it's still flowing: we can buy food and pay bills.
Ironically, we still have half a tank of heating oil left.