Netta - It's been in the 40's but we received 8 inches of snow last night.  Very unusual for this time of year.  So much for the idea of global warming!  Anyway, at least we are heading towards summer instead of going into winter.  We have daylight almost until 9PM now and in a few months it won't get dark hardly at all.  In the winter, it's cold, dark and windy and this woulld be life threatening.  That would be awful.  The elderly are concerned about money.  People are doing all they can to conserve.  Hopefullyl they will get a shipment of diesel in really soon.  I don't think anybody's going to freeze, but we certainly will be broke!

Ernie & Barb - It's hard to say which heating method we will look at in the future.  Oil furnaces were the way to go forever, but as prices reach $4 per gallong that isn't going to be effective.  Propane isn't the most energy efficient.  Electric always seemed high but our usual 11 cents per kw hour is starting to look pretty good.  Some people have wood stoves but then others complain about air quality.  Many people also have wood pellet stoves.

The scariest part of this is that as fuel prices get higher, freight costs will increase.  This will affect the cost of just about everything.  At this time there are no roads into Juneau and we are far away from any major city.

So, for now, we put on a sweater and some wood sock, and spend more time reading instead of watching TV.