Brrrrr...

We've had a bit of a cold stretch in San Diego with the temperature approaching freezing overnight (and getting below freezing in the mountain regions). Last night we woke up with the temperature at 25 degrees! The added suprise was discovering that there was no hot water. Troubleshooting things a bit, the cold water was fine, we had heat, power, etc. It appears that something in the two solar water heater units on the roof had frozen up, preventing any water from getting to the water heater in the house. By the time we left for church (~9:00am) the outdoor temp had warmed up to around 32 degrees and we were getting trickle of water from the faucet. As the sun warmed things up further on the roof we eventually got full hot water flowing again.

Yet another thing to keep in mind with a 40-year old house...I'll add the disclaimer that I'm writing this sort of "tongue in cheek" after having grown up in the midwest. The blood thins out pretty quick!