Leaving the house in cold weather with nothing more than a hoodie for a jacket, shorts and tennis shoes may be fashionable, but not the dress you need if stranded alongside the road.
The latter part of the story calls attention to some of the measures people revert to add heat to their homes when it becomes bitterly cold, or for those living on the margins of life with no central heat for a house or apartment.
As for the teenagers, I always made sure there was a car blanket in the trunk and maybe a stocking cap and extra pair of gloves. Sometimes, those disappeared during the year!
