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Post by Ronv69 on Mar 10, 2023 1:01:10 GMT -5
Rained last night and tonight. One more day of rain and then nice weather again.
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Post by dervis on Mar 10, 2023 9:00:26 GMT -5
Gave up AC 6 years ago. Middle TN weather being mostly temperate. First year felt crazy, the ones after seemed easy. You get used to it. Not in Texas. I think people lived in Texas before AC was invented. |
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Post by toshtego on Mar 10, 2023 11:38:21 GMT -5
Gave up AC 6 years ago. Middle TN weather being mostly temperate. First year felt crazy, the ones after seemed easy. You get used to it. Not in Texas. Hard to imagine life without AC in much of the country. |
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Post by Plainsman on Mar 10, 2023 11:41:49 GMT -5
“The South Shall Rise Again” didn’t happen ‘til A/C.
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Post by Ronv69 on Mar 10, 2023 14:06:08 GMT -5
I think people lived in Texas before AC was invented. I did. It was miserable. Trust me. I was born in one of the coolest areas in Texas. Lying on the hardwood floor with the attic fan going full blast and not willing to move. Trying to write in school and sweat dripping on your work. Schools weren't air conditioned until I was in my last week of senior year. Not going back. We were in main in August one year at a friend's cottage on lake Sebago. We had to buy a window unit for the bedroom to be able to sleep. It's not just the heat, it's the humidity. |
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Post by Ronv69 on Mar 10, 2023 14:07:49 GMT -5
“The South Shall Rise Again” didn’t happen ‘til A/C. Amen! I guarantee that no Californians would be moving here without AC. The first neighborhood of air conditioned homes was in Austin. |
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Post by urbino on Mar 10, 2023 18:14:41 GMT -5
Memphis was heavily depopulated multiple times by Yellow Fever, before the advent of A/C.
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Post by Ronv69 on Mar 10, 2023 23:26:50 GMT -5
Memphis was heavily depopulated multiple times by Yellow Fever, before the advent of A/C. And Louisiana and Texas. I lost a couple of great grandparents to yellow fever. |
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Post by toshtego on Mar 10, 2023 23:45:45 GMT -5
I think people lived in Texas before AC was invented. Not that one would call it "living". Try Washington D.C. before AC if you want misery. I admit to living that way for a while. Certainly, ones diet changes. I lived on cold Gazpacho soup. Drank Diet Cola instead of coffee in the mornings. The body adjusts. |
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Post by Ronv69 on Mar 10, 2023 23:49:18 GMT -5
I think people lived in Texas before AC was invented. Not that one would call it "living". Try Washington D.C. before AC if you want misery. I admit to living that way for a while. Certainly, ones diet changes. I lived on cold Gazpacho soup. Drank Diet Cola instead of coffee in the mornings. The body adjusts. I grant that you can get used to it and function, but I swear that if it wasn't for AC, I would have moved to Denver or Kalifornia at age 21. My first visit to the mountains in Mexico, and the summer in Mexico City convinced me that life would be better. |
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Post by urbino on Mar 11, 2023 0:02:29 GMT -5
A well-placed window fan can help a good bit, especially at night. I've sweltered through many a night in a closed up house. OTOH, I've sweltered through many a night in a cabin with nothing but screens for windows. Sometimes, it's just too dang hot and humid for a cross-breeze to help.
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Post by trailboss on Mar 11, 2023 12:22:16 GMT -5
In my high school years we had A/C in Kansas, but my dad would not run it… “It cost’s too much”.
Which was codespeak for “ it cuts into my drinking funds”.
A/C took much of Arizona out of the barely habitable ranking.
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Post by toshtego on Mar 11, 2023 12:37:08 GMT -5
A well-placed window fan can help a good bit, especially at night. I've sweltered through many a night in a closed up house. OTOH, I've sweltered through many a night in a cabin with nothing but screens for windows. Sometimes, it's just too dang hot and humid for a cross-breeze to help. I use a window fan at night as it cools down nicely here. one of the reasons I live here. Daytime, I use a portable evaporative cooler. Only problem is constant filling of the reservoir. Way too far from a water line. |
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