No heat for the schools.

http://www.nineoclock.ro/79-killed-by-cold-and-blizzard-259-localities-still-isolated/

This is news link talking about the weather in Romania.  Many people have asked how we are holding up because of the news of cold weather here.   Our part of the country is not too bad and pretty typical for Nebraska weather.  Weather to the north of us is much worse; snow has covered entire homes.  To the south of us an hour there is lots of ice and snow.

The news link is a bit long but if you want a good idea of how Romania operates read it.  We don't have snow plows like Auburn does or the salt spreaders.  Salt spreaders here is a couple of guys shoveling out salt as they drive by. Basically our whole village is a sheet of ice.  Walking is difficult and driving for the last couple of weeks has been out of the question.

We have kept the wood soba running and I think it has a hard time keeping up because it is never really that warm.  A few days ago I wore 7 long sleeve shirts to keep comfortable.  To leave the warmth of the stove requires a jacket so to cook or use the bathroom or do anything away from the heated rooms we bundle up.  We are counting our blessings though at least we are not trapped in our house for days and days.  We have learned of people trapped in their houses' for ten days. The firemen bring bread to the people after the home owners are tunneled out.

Here in Babadag the schools have ran out of heat for the buildings.  At first I thought the furnace broke down but the truth is they don't have the money to heat the building.  The kids continue to go to school with winter jackets on.  One of our friends' daughter got frost bit toes at school.  Kind of crazy.  Sheena went to school with a woman getting a GED. She said it was COLD!