flitterbit wrote:
> Christine Dabney wrote:

>> Mine too. An old man just died somewhere in NYC or NJ cause his
>> house was barely heated, if that.

> If you're referring to the one I'm thinking of, the electric company
> put some kind of current-restricting device on his meter because he
> was apparently about $1,000 in arrears in paying his electrical bill.
> The article I read alleges that no one at the utility explained to
> him how this works, with the result that he continued to use
> electricity as he always had, reached the limit, and the whole works
> shut down, leaving
> him without heat. The poor guy was found wearing multiple layers of
> clothing and covered in as many blankets as he owned, but it wasn't
> enough.

That was in Michigan. Poor guy. That was a sad story.

nancy