On Wed, 11 Dec 2013 08:00:17 -0500, Stormin Mormon wrote:

How are you heating, now, with the furnace broken?

California weather is so moderate that you can live the entire year
sans hear or air conditioning ...

It's only around 32 degrees for a very short while, just a few hours
in the early morning; and then it's back up to 50 or 60 during the day.

We don't even drain the garden hoses ...