Kelley, looks like your area of the state really got slammed! Are you and your family getting along OK?
We are doing just fine, Kathy. Thank you for asking! We only got a couple of inches of snow, but the wind and, of course, the cold, were rough. The wind blew out the pilot light on the hot water tank several times, and Kevin discovered that the vent wasn’t working properly. The boiler vented out of the same pipe, and I guess we would have eventually developed a carbon monoxide issue. The heat was off for several hours, but we were okay. These old radiators remain hot for a long time. We’ve been planning to replace the natural gas water tank with an electric one, and the guys made it to Home Depot just before they closed. They spent Christmas Eve changing the boiler vent, running electrical wire, and installing the new tank. After that, I finished all the dishes I was
trying to do as the hot water ran out! But this was nothing compared to what the folks in Buffalo are enduring. We’ve watched that area rebound from many big storms before, but this one is different.