This will leave you deflated

Brent Eldridge had heard that prices for natural gas were high this winter, but nothing prepared him for how bad it could be.

So dramatic. What was it? 50%? 75%? 100%?

When he opened the envelope from Long Beach's utility department, he couldn't believe the total: $907.13, nearly eight times higher than his bill at the same time last year.

Okay, that's bad. Almost 700% increase in the gas bill in just one year.