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Steam bath
Aug. 5th, 2007 06:36 pmIt rained about 1.5 in (4 cm) last night, then quit around sunrise. The humidity all day has been somewhere close to saturation, as temperatures crept into the 80s (high 20s for you Celsius folks.) Almost no breeze, lots of mosquitos, and the sky mostly gray. Forget Dante's imagery of people boiling in hot pitch or frozen forever while demons gnaw on their feet. This is my idea of hell.
While I was out finishing up chores for the evening, it looked as if the power had gone out in the house and I thought "Oh great, a night with no breeze, no air conditioning, and 100% humidity. Fortunately not. There just weren't any lights on in the house that I could see through the windows. We used to survive this stuff when we lived in the city. Our house had no air conditioning and really, it wasn't essential. Out of a year we used to really wish for it only four or five days. Things have changed, though.
Of course, this house does have A/C, and because I paid to replace it shortly after we moved in, it's an energy efficient system that uses geothermal cooling and heating. We don't usually hesitate to use it. Still, the cooling runs about 30 to 40 days a year now, and I can't imagine trying to live here without it. Mostly it's the humidity that matters. I can set the thermostat to 80 F. and as long as the thing runs once in a while, it's comfortable because it removes humidity.
Did stuff today: more spinning, weaving, knitting. Not done, but progressing.
While I was out finishing up chores for the evening, it looked as if the power had gone out in the house and I thought "Oh great, a night with no breeze, no air conditioning, and 100% humidity. Fortunately not. There just weren't any lights on in the house that I could see through the windows. We used to survive this stuff when we lived in the city. Our house had no air conditioning and really, it wasn't essential. Out of a year we used to really wish for it only four or five days. Things have changed, though.
Of course, this house does have A/C, and because I paid to replace it shortly after we moved in, it's an energy efficient system that uses geothermal cooling and heating. We don't usually hesitate to use it. Still, the cooling runs about 30 to 40 days a year now, and I can't imagine trying to live here without it. Mostly it's the humidity that matters. I can set the thermostat to 80 F. and as long as the thing runs once in a while, it's comfortable because it removes humidity.
Did stuff today: more spinning, weaving, knitting. Not done, but progressing.
