Hardship in Lebo

Carl Howe spent last week's cold snap on his couch, huddled under two blankets with his winter coat on and a space heater aimed at him.

He left the water running so it did not freeze. His feet were red from the cold. He has not bathed because to do so would mean stripping down in his house where the temperature is below freezing and washing with cold water because his water heater runs on gas.

Mr. Howe, 59, of Mt. Lebanon, had his gas shut off this fall.

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