There are many reasons that I appreciate living in a warmer climate. Keeping cool is easier than staying warm in extreme cold. I just don’t know how people up north do it. I would much rather deal with the heat than put up with cold that could be deadly! Recently however, I discovered there’s another way that living in a cold climate can be deadly. If you don’t maintain your furnace and pay attention to its age, it could make you sick or kill you! Let me explain. I have a friend way up north that I talk to on a regular basis. She was complaining of flu-like symptoms recently. She explained that it seemed to be going around her house that winter. Then the sickness got worse. At the same time her family was experiencing this sickness, they were having furnace problems. An HVAC technician eventually realized that there was a leak in the gas heater! My friend and her family were experiencing carbon monoxide poisoning! They had forgotten to install carbon monoxide detectors in their home. All of my appliances and my HVAC system are electric, for the express purpose that I never want to have to deal with gas anything, and this was one of the reasons! Needless to say, my friend replaced the old furnace entirely and made sure that carbon monoxide detectors were installed along with the new furnace she purchased. Again, the worst that can happen to me Is that my air conditioner stops working, but it would never harm me! Sheesh!