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Pennsylvania: The State of Perpetual Freezing
Okay, so maybe Pennsylvania isn’t the state of perpetual freezing; it’s just my house and not just this one, but every place I have lived in the past five years cannot stand up against the winters of Pennsylvania. As soon as the freezing temperatures and snow hit, it’s as if houses decide it would be a lot easier on them to just stop performing a vital duty.
The view from my window on October 16th–The first snow fall.
Around three years ago, as soon as it got really cold outside, the apartment we were living in lost hot water for three days. Three days of no hot water whatsoever; dishes couldn’t be done and above all, no showers could be had. That right there is enough to make me want to pull my hair out and I didn’t even mention the fact that the entire place was heated by nothing but brick heaters–little heaters attached to the wall that let out as little heat as possible to the point where you would have to stand in front of it to thaw out your frozen, icicle toes and fingers and nose. Yes, it was bad. So when the roof started leaking because of the amount of snow on the roof one winter and our slumlord landlord told us to wait four month for him to come and fix the roof because as we know, it was the middle of winter and well, how could we expect our landlord to actually fix things in the middle of winter? Were we on crack? Apparently, because we moved in the middle of an ice storm in February!
And that’s what brings us to this house. Things were fine at first–It actually had good heaters which I must admit was a selling point. I’m not that hard to please–House must have heat. See, not too bad a demand at all. Last winter, as luck would have it, our pipes froze and we had to go three days without hot water–again. Luckily, our new landlord was not a typical slumlord that we were used to, so he had the front sidewalks dug up to get the pipes fixed and it worked, although the no hot water flashbacks were running rampant. Three days without a shower is something that makes me incredibly grossed out, so that is pretty much the worst thing that can happen in the middle of winter. The past two days haven’t been fun, though. Winter has yet again brought on problems that mess with our comfort levels. The living room heater decided it took too much effort on its part to bring the heat up into the room. The same room that my computer is in, that I sit at all day working and for the past two days, have froze in front of.
You know how when it’s too humid outside your body just shuts down because you’ve been out in the sun and you just get tired? Well, I can now say from experience that the same thing happens when you’re freezing. Maybe not just overwhelming tired from humidity, but you do get to your own level of “Screw this, I’m going to crawl into my bed that has a heating blanket on it and forget that my living room has been put in the middle of the Arctic.”
So these past two days have given me wonderful words of advice for anyone else that lives in an area with a fluctuating climate: Space heaters. They will save your sanity.
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About the Author: Holly Ord
In addition to being the Founder and Editor of Woman Tribune, Holly Ord is a freelance writer, web designer and developer, feminist activist and blogger, and hopeless video game addict. She lives in Northeastern Pennsylvania and has been blogging on liberal politics and gender equality on her personal website, Menstrual Poetry since 2007.
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2 Comments on Pennsylvania: The State of Perpetual Freezing / Add Your Comment
It shouldn\’t be so difficult to get landlords to follow the law. We need a web of interconnecting sites that could tell people who to avoid as a landlord prior to the huge expense and hassle of moving. The worst are the ones with many properties.
Last landlord I had wasbreaking every single rule and codebut no one took it seriously. No one thought it was illegal.
It turns out, though, according to the IRS landlords MUST keep properties habitable, and they must do all they can not only to find tenants but to KEEP them. That includes fixing the heat, hot water, leaking, flooding, and vermin.
In fact, failure to maintain a property is cheating the IRS.
If a town is forced to condemn and destroy, who pays? Taxpayers. Every slumlord cheats honest citizens, and all of the towns residents.
Even if the town officials blow you off, the government is going to want their cut. Report slumlords.
Even if you leave, save the next tenant from the misery.
Renters: know your rights.
Mayb
Oh no on such snowy day if the heater is not working what will be the condition…