For the first time in a long time, a sports event had to be canceled due to extremely cold temperatures in our town.
I live in a state that rarely has snow in the winter. We might see an inch or two overnight, but it usually melts before lunch time. I have a heat pump for winter heating, but it has trouble keeping up when the cold temperatures stay freezing for multiple hours at a time. I keep a space heater beside the bed when it gets really cold and frigid. The space heater warms the floorboards and keeps the room comfy and cozy. A couple of weeks ago, we had an unusually fierce winter storm that dumped 18 inches of snow on the city. It was cold for days and days and the temperatures never reached above freezing. Lots of people in town didn’t have power or water due to the storm. It was a total disaster and the city wasn’t ready or prepared for that kind of chaos. I had tickets to go to a hockey game, but it was canceled due to the extremely cold temperatures. I was a little bummed out, but I watched the game on TV. When the game was canceled, they refunded the cost of the tickets and I used that money to buy pizza and wings on game day. It wasn’t nearly as nice as going to the game, but it was a close second. I don’t know if we should expect more winter storms in the future, but I will certainly be more prepared next winter.