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Experiencing brutal cold for a period of time every year keeps you humble

That’s why Californians are like that

Time to plastic over the windows for the season.

????? Why??????????

You put the plastic on the windows to stop the heat from leaking out of your house from between the panes, through the glass itself, and where the window is attatched to the rest of the house.  This does make a drastic difference in the temeprature of your house and the amount of gas/electricity needed to keep it warm.

Some other Winter Things:

• If you think there’s going to be an exceptionally deep freeze, you open up all the cabinets in the house to warm the air in there and keep the pipes from freezing/bursting.
• If you’re going to be away for a while in winter, it’s adviseable to turn your water off to avoid the same.
• Putting an electric Blanket between your topcover and bedsheet and pre-heating your bed for half an hour so you don’t get a chill going to bed.
• Applying literal vasaline to your lips if you’re going to be in the cold for an extended time (more than 10-20 min, depending on latitude), becuase chapstick won’t cut it and your lips will split and bleed and HURT
• Doing the same to your nose
• Your tears go from liquid to gooey trying to produce a similar protection for your eyes.  You can also feel the water freeze on your eyes if you step directly out into the cold.
• Also since I know you’re a socal person- in the far north you can get as little as eight hours of daylight. 7AM to 3 PM.  You need to by the most obnoxiously bright light possible and sit beside it or you will actually literally develop psychosis in some cases.  It’s 4:30 and you need to take the dog out? it’s pitch black out.
• Everything is covered in ice, which will alternately cause you to slip and break something, burn, or actually tear off your skin.
• Christmas and the pressure to be jolly is much stronger in places with Winter. Get your Holly Jolly On In this Frozen Black Hellscape!!!  It’s why people go real bananas on the holiday lights.  they’re trying to stave off the void.

I used big sheets of felt from JoAnns. They usually got it on deep discount almost every other week now. Works the same as plastic, and it’s so lightweight, I just use thumbtacks to hang it. Then at the end of the cold, I can just fold it up and stow it away again. Also makes super-cheap warm interior for quilts. Just wash it first.