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Kalt in Europa

Posted by Nick B. on 2012-02-07 11:29:31

As of this morning's TV news, "hundreds" of people in Eastern Europe have died from the cold, and six in this country. Our heat and hot water was out yesterday morning (Fernwärme -- not sure how to translate that exactly: 80°C water piped from the city to our radiators & flooring and to a heat exchanger to heat our water to 60°C so it was a cold shower before work). Haven't got an answer as to what went wrong, except that there were reports of lots of heating system failures on the radio. Was -6°F, colder than I've had to deal with since escaping Minnesconsin in 1993, and I've had a "nose-full" of it now. The long-term forecast is not promising. We didn't move here for the weather, nor for the beer. WTH am I doing here? Coincidentally, we're planning our first trip to the US (Oregon) since 2006 for early April.

Followups:

Kalt in Europa by barry on  2012-02-08 01:51:05

Kalt in Europa by Uncle Jimbo on  2012-02-08 01:56:59

Kalt in Europa by barry on  2012-02-09 01:17:14