The Last Person.....

[Jade Tigress]

We need rain...desperately.

We've had plenty. So glad the sun is shining today.

 

[Shodan]

Blah!! It's supposed to be 108 here today.......and the most miserable day of this current heat wave......

 

[Kacey]

We need rain...desperately.

Us too... we've had less than half the precipitation we should have had this year.

 

[Ping898]

Us too...too damn hot and humid...

 

[Andy Moynihan]

Take ours. Please.

 

[Kacey]

Take ours. Please.

If you can figure out how to get it here - we'll take it, with thanks. It's the transportation that causes problems.

 

[Ping898]

If you can figure out how to get it here - we'll take it, with thanks. It's the transportation that causes problems.

anyone around here a weather witch?

 

[John Brewer]

anyone around here a weather witch?

Not me but I hear Toto is available, or Gary Coleman if he's busy.

 

[Lisa]

With our heat and lack of precipitation these past few weeks I have been very thankful for my central air conditioning.

 

[Kacey]

I wish I had AC... instead, I just retreat to the basement as necessary.

 

[Lisa]

I wish I had AC... instead, I just retreat to the basement as necessary.

We had to close all the vents in the basement as my daughter was freezing down there!

 

[Kacey]

I wish I had such problems... it's 72 even in the basement!

 

[Lisa]

I wish I had such problems... it's 72 even in the basement!

We keep the house at about 75, which cool enough to notice the difference from the outside when you come in. I know people that keep their house in the summer below 70, which I find way too cool and uses a lot of energy!

So, Kacey, you been sleeping in the basement too?

 

[Kacey]

So, Kacey, you been sleeping in the basement too?

Some nights, yeah... due to friends who've moved and given me furniture, there's a queen size bed down there, and a TV. But then I can't leave windows open upstairs to cool the house off, so it's a toss up.

I've heard it said that you shouldn't set your AC below 78, for conservation reasons, and so the contrast isn't too high - so how did you pick 75?

 

[Lisa]

Some nights, yeah... due to friends who've moved and given me furniture, there's a queen size bed down there, and a TV. But then I can't leave windows open upstairs to cool the house off, so it's a toss up.

I've heard it said that you shouldn't set your AC below 78, for conservation reasons, and so the contrast isn't too high - so how did you pick 75?

Well 75 is the conversion number from 24 in celcius. Found if we set it at 23 or 73 it was hard on the air conditioner and it didn't turn off during the day. The energy consumption was huge. So at 24/75 it usually doesn't turn on until after lunch time. We also have it programmed that at night it waits until it gets over 27/80 before it kicks in.

 

[Kacey]

Well 75 is the conversion number from 24 in celcius. Found if we set it at 23 or 73 it was hard on the air conditioner and it didn't turn off during the day. The energy consumption was huge. So at 24/75 it usually doesn't turn on until after lunch time. We also have it programmed that at night it waits until it gets over 27/80 before it kicks in.

Makes sense... I'm somewhere between getting AC and new windows, as the ones I have are original equipment from 1957 - steel casement, with cranks, and they don't seal well. It looks like AC is somewhat cheaper, even given the current high demand, but I'm still leaning toward windows, as they'll help with the heating bill too - more signicant in Colorado that AC, if we ever get back to our normal temps, with average highs in the upper 80s and lows in the low 60s... at which point I don't need AC.

 

[Ping898]

So, Kacey, you been sleeping in the basement too?

Course when you live on the 3rd floor of a condo building, you don't get to sleep in the basement to avoid the heat....personally i just have a high electric bill and try to restrain myself from turning on my a/c much before bed.

 

[Sam]

Just got back from a tournament and after party!

Today was a good day.

 

[Lisa]

Glad to hear it Sam!

I went grocery shopping. I hate shopping.

 

[Henderson]

I'm back. :ultracool