Duluth Asks Residents to Turn Thermostats Down to 62 – IOTW Report

Duluth Asks Residents to Turn Thermostats Down to 62

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On Friday, the city of Duluth asked thousands of residents to turn down their thermostats potentially through Saturday in hopes of avoiding a shutdown of heat during bitterly cold air, after a massive gas pipe break within the can of worms project in Lincoln park.

City officials say Thursday afternoon a contractor drove through a piling, hitting the city’s main gas line within the can of worms construction going on near Michigan Street and 19th Avenue West. More

29 Comments on Duluth Asks Residents to Turn Thermostats Down to 62

  1. This same thing happened on the SW side of Atlanta 285/85 junction. The contractor stated to the TV reporter that he wasn’t aware of any pipelines, he was propped up on one of our pipeline signs while on tv.

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  2. Now imagine 10 years into the future where everyone has a NEST or Smart Thermostat.

    They will not ask you to turn down to 62F

    They WILL automatically turn you down to 52 deg F because they can & will.

    Currently they must keep the request reasonable, the future will not be.

    My 34th year of HVAC service.

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  3. Not only is biden a reminder of how bad jimmy carter was as a president, we’re being reminded of carters energy policies too. Next they’ll be asking us to wear sweaters.

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  4. Anonymous JANUARY 29, 2022 AT 6:40 PM
    Don’t they mean UP to 62?
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    No. They want you to set it no higher than 62. It assumes, correctly, that normal settings are above 62 in the winter. So “down” is correct.

    Unless you personally set your thermostat lower than 62 and 62 would be up for you.

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  5. Dumb democRATz at work! First they actually called it the
    “Can Of Worms” project. Then they really thought this thru to do construction near a major gas artery in the middle of winter!! Why not do this work in the middle of June or July? Then how do you rupture a major gas supply line and call it a “very significant gas leak” that is not dangerous? WTF?!?!?!?

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  6. Twenty degrees and the hockey games on
    Nobody cares; they are way too far gone
    Screamin’ “Boat drinks!”, something to keep them all warm

    This morning,
    I shot six holes in my freezer
    I think I got cabin fever. Somebody sound the alarm!

  7. Reminds me of bumper stickers many of us had in Alaska in 77-80. “Let the Bastards Freeze in the Dark”. We had unusually warm winters then, plus the climate warriors were getting fired up then.

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