It's not surprising that so many places are sold out on alternative heating devices. The way natural gas prices have been going, I think a lot of folks are realizing they will want to have some alternatives if natural gas prices spike upwards again the way they did in the previous couple months.

I guess the good news is that the current spot market price on natural gas is showing as $9.25/mBTU versus $15/mBTU back in September and October, but that's still well above the $6-7/mBTU that it was all last winter.