COLD!!! and ADT

Connie and I got calls from ADT this morning. The heat sensor in the basement was below the 40 degrees cold warning. Thanks Connie for calling me (from warmer Florida!): I missed the call from ADT on my phone. (I'm not sure who they called first, you/David or me) I called ADT, the power was still on, just the cold sensor in the basement set off, they said.  I bundled up and went down. Our thermometer in Glastonbury read 0 degrees this am, by the time I left the house at 9:00 it was 10. I'm sure it was at least that cold in the hollow that is Thicut! Anyway, all the internal alarms were singing when I went in. I disarmed the the noise and ventured down the basement. It was only 39 down there, but with a bit of hot breath on the sensor, the temperature went up to 40 and I was able to reset the system. I then turned up the heat to about 55, let the house warm up a bit, turned on a fan pointing towards the basement stairs, and played the piano for 20 minutes or so. The temperature was still only 40 in the basement. Then I remembered the hanging light that someone moved toward the utility box. I restrung it near the heat sensor, and left the light on. Maybe the little warmth from the light bulb will keep the temperature steady at 40? We'll see. I turned the thermostat back to 50. The forecast says it's supposed to get up to the 55 tomorrow (with snow, sleet and finally all rain between now and then)! I'll go down again later in the week to turn that light off.