The big cold plan and the Alliance Evangélique week of prayer
The big cold plan has been put in action, to get the SDFs (sans domicile fixe - homeless) off the streets and into shelters.
Meanwhile today is forecast to the the coldest day - temperatures should rise from tomorrow. Hoorah.
EDF the electricity company have asked people to have a sense of civic responsibility and not to use too much electricity because the demand has broken all records over the past two days and they are not entirely sure of being able to meet the demand. Imagine power cuts !
Many homes here are heated by electricity because although the winter can be cold, it is really quite short - normally people here begin to heat their homes in November and by March it is pretty warm. So lots of homes have panel electric convector heaters or oil filled radiators installed - not even storage heaters. This means lots of demand for electricity to heat homes in the evenings, of course. Currently the fasionable mode of heating is reversible air-conditioning (heat-pumps). This is supposed to be more economical to run but it's still using electricity.
Pity the poor students who have come here from Africa or the Caribbean.
Meanwhile this week is the Alliance Evangélique's week of prayer. Monday I was engaged in solving equations for maths homework for a lesson that eventually did not take place. Yesterday was the English Class. Today the meeting is at our church. I also expect to be able to go on Friday.
Meanwhile today is forecast to the the coldest day - temperatures should rise from tomorrow. Hoorah.
EDF the electricity company have asked people to have a sense of civic responsibility and not to use too much electricity because the demand has broken all records over the past two days and they are not entirely sure of being able to meet the demand. Imagine power cuts !
Many homes here are heated by electricity because although the winter can be cold, it is really quite short - normally people here begin to heat their homes in November and by March it is pretty warm. So lots of homes have panel electric convector heaters or oil filled radiators installed - not even storage heaters. This means lots of demand for electricity to heat homes in the evenings, of course. Currently the fasionable mode of heating is reversible air-conditioning (heat-pumps). This is supposed to be more economical to run but it's still using electricity.
Pity the poor students who have come here from Africa or the Caribbean.
Meanwhile this week is the Alliance Evangélique's week of prayer. Monday I was engaged in solving equations for maths homework for a lesson that eventually did not take place. Yesterday was the English Class. Today the meeting is at our church. I also expect to be able to go on Friday.
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