Louisville recently got hit by a major snowstorm (major for here, a 'light dusting' for most other places I've lived) and the temperature dropped substantially. As the temperature dropped, people got cold - so they turned on the electric heat.
As a result, the power went out last night. The hallway lights were still on; but the apartments in multiple floors were out. Too many electric heaters were on, and the mainline breaker downstairs tripped. After about an hour, the power came back on.
Half an hour later, it went out again.
An hour later, it came back on. Half an hour later, ... you probably get the idea at this point.
Some time around midnight, it came on for good, though what they had to do to manage it is unclear to me.
This afternoon, maintenance was going around to each apartment to clean the filters in the hot water radiator headers. The plan is to improve the hot water heat, so that there's less load on the electric heaters. So far, it seems to be working, in that my apartment is a good 2-3 degrees warmer than it used to be.
None of this takes into account that the patio door is drafty as hell, and sheets of ice cold air slough off the windows to practically cover the floor in a layer of ice. While improving the heaters will help, the core problem of the windows being insufficient remains unaddressed.
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