Someone, who normally has moderate winters, sent me a text asking me why their (warm) house isn't reaching the (hot) temperature set on the thermostat

Simply, put, it is getting battered by 20 mph winds with minus 30-degree windchills

Safety mechanisms on newer furnaces won't allow the furnace to run open any longer to reach what you have it set to be when it is under so much pressure outside. #elliot #ArcticBlast

My recommendation, go outside and come back in to appreciate your warm house

@paul Maybe it's just because the deep south is a deep freezer today, but that last sentence reads like the key to life. Bookmarked. Thank you.
@paul Just had geothermal installed this Sept, it's keeping up beautifully. So glad we did it.