W2R
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It has been in the 80's all week here (definitely shorts weather). Today it might rain, or not. This weather is NOT awful!!!
Wow, I've never noticed actually seeing pollen in the air or in the house. My daughter has allergies, maybe I should pay more attention to the color of my house dust. I don't have the windows open much tho.
Neither did I until we moved to the south. There is a yellow pollen season here every spring. I believe it is actually from pine trees (someone can correct me if I am wrong). When we first moved here, I walked out to my car and saw a yellow film covering it entirely. I didn't know what it was at first - thought someone had thrown some kind of crud all over my car...but then I saw it was EVERYWHERE!
This is what my front yard looked like two years ago following a wet winter:
This is what my front yard looks like today:
Crappy weather here today. Tornado watch out for most of the day. Looks like tornado weather too.
Same for us. Looks like Meridian is getting hit with some pretty bad stuff right now. Stay safe!!!
Yes, we had some nasty stuff around that time. The local weather guy said a tornado was on the ground headed for my side of the city. And boy, it got black outside and very still and then the wind came. Fortunately, didn't touch down in my neighborhood. They are saying some damage on the outskirts of town. But we did get some much needed rain. Weather ok now. But another storm headed late this afternoon.
You be safe too.
Yikes...I thought we were toasty at 88...96 degrees. And so it begins...
Yuck! Sounds like a nicer day here -- only 22% humidity, dew point is 50.We were 90 and very humid yesterday, but just in the upper 80's today. Feels like the upper 90's. Hot.
Yuck! Sounds like a nicer day here -- only 22% humidity, dew point is 50.
Early indications are promising on the metal roof we threw up last October. Our thermostat is set to 78 for cooling (that cheapskate gene), and the AC has barely kicked on at all today and the temp inside has been steady at 78 for the last three hours or so. Last summer our electric bills were close to $200. It'll be interesting to see how it compares this year, knowing that last summer was the worst here in a long time.My A/C is set for 75 and running full blast, and it is 83 in here right now. A few months ago the A/C guy said the A/C is fine, and that the problem is due to the sensor in the fan in the attic. I'm not sure which is worse - - a house that isn't cool, or having workmen inside my house again to fix the sensor. For now I think I'll turn on the ceiling fan - - that should help,
What you mean "cheapskate"? That's all I can afford to cool to, and I still paid $418.55 for Aug last year, burning a total of 3894 KWh that month. The bill would have been higher, had 3/4 of that usage not been during off-peak hours. Yeah, the lowest daily temp right before sunrise may still be in the high 80s.Our thermostat is set to 78 for cooling (that cheapskate gene)...
What you mean "cheapskate"? That's all I can afford to cool to, and I still paid $418.55 for Aug last year, burning a total of 3894 KWh that month. The bill would have been higher, had 3/4 of that usage not been during off-peak hours. Yeah, the lowest daily temp right before sunrise may still be in the high 80s.
A lower thermostat setting would simply mean a larger shock when you need to get out in the 118F outdoor, with an SPF1000 sun shine. You would then have to stay indoors all summer, and have to call for grocery deliveries. And then, if the power is out, you are toastally dead.
It is not just LBYM to set the thermostat higher, but also to retain some "heat resitance". When I was younger (and thinner), I used to set it at 80F.