Enlighten Your Plight During The Ice Fall In Winter

Hi Sunkan

Your curosity immediately prompted me to try and answer your long list of Qs :queen

I live in Chicago Suberbs (USA) and this is supposed to be the windy city of the world!! temperatures go well beyond 0 degree celcius here which ofcourse means snow and frozen conditions.
Well, how we manage the cold - gas/electric heating is provided in homes/offices. This definitely pumps up the energy consumption bills.
Homes/Offices are carpetted (wall-to-wall) and with adequate heating mechanisms, the cold is absolutely manageable while at home. In fact, i roam around in my t-shirt and shorts at home.
But stepping out of the house is dreadful. We wear layers of clothing so we can cope up with the cold and the icy winds. High heel boots are thus the preferred choice for footwear during extreme weathers.
There are conditions when the car fuels etc. also freeze. So there are anti-freeze liquids available readily in the market to be mixed with fuel. To scrap off the snow from the car too, anti-freeze cleaners are needed coz the snow gets too thickly deposited at times. Defoggers and heaters become a neccessity to be used while driving.
Anti-freeze elements are used to keep the waters from freezing in pipes etc.. an example, automated sprinklers are dried and kept ready well in advance the snow forecasts to overcome any troubles. In fact, even fire brigades have anti-freeze mixtures handy always, or else it would be impossible to save any fire conditions!
Greatfully, the water arrangemnets in homes and offices - for drinking, sewage etc are well maintained - generally based in central heating provided in most apartments and office buildings.

Well, i tried summing up all the information i have. Hope this helps and melts your icy curosity :cheers

Cheers
charu..

 

Well, thats an interesting point Sunkan.
I have been in the US for close to 2 years and there have been only two power outages so far - not lasting more than a couple of hours! So, its kinda manageable coz the house is already warm.
Humans is the smartest race - they invent whatever they need :hatsoff

Have a nice day!
Charu..

 

From my side some points:

I am in the Eastern part of United States. This is called Mountain State. the winter will be very severe in the hills and as we are away some of the hills, we do experience cold weather and icy conditiions.
The weather forecasters usually warns us when the temperature drops below zero and ask us to open the water pipes a little bit to avoid burst of pipes.
Usually all the vegetables called the 'english veg' are available all year round.
We have 'centralised' heater to be used in winter and the same is used as an AC during the summer.
carpets are the best during winter.
The water in the tank doesn't freeze , no problem in flushing the toilet.
regarding the current-cut it will be back within hours otherwise if there is a major problem.

Excercise and diet, i think other ilites will clarify that doubt.

sriniketan