On 7/30/2017 3:39 PM, George Shirley wrote:
On 7/30/2017 3:01 PM, Muggles wrote:
On 7/29/2017 7:23 AM, Frank wrote:
On 7/29/2017 8:04 AM, Terry Coombs wrote:
On 7/29/2017 6:53 AM, George Shirley wrote:
According to the weather heads we're going to hit 100F late this day.
As it is we've been hitting around 90F or a little higher the last
few days.

Looks like we need to get out and water all the plants before the
high heat hits us. Might possibly save some of the more tender
plants. We have been watering routinely every other day and the
plants have been doing okay but the !00 plus just might do some
damage.

Our electric bill generally runs around US$51 every month, this
months is $111.00, due to the air conditioning. Without AC we
wouldn't survive at our age. We have ceiling fans in all the rooms
excepting the bathrooms and the kitchen but fans without AC just
means the fans just push the hot air around.

August is upon us and that month is usually our hottest month of the
year. I reckon this one is going to be the hottest in a good while.

Turned the hoses on already so we shall see.

George

Bummer for y'all , we're getting a bit of relief here . Today's
prediction is for the mid-80's , down from the last couple of weeks
that were in the mid to high 90's . Stay cool .

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Snag

Humidity with high temperature makes for high discomfort. I envy
George's electric bill as ours generally runs three times his.
Early this summer I bought a portable AC that I can run during power
failures with my generator or when power is on and AC has problem.


We've been accumulating about 3 gallons of water a day from our portable
(on wheels) AC unit. I've been using the free water to water my front
yard flowers.


It ain't actually free if it has electricity hooked up to it. Our latest
electric bill was a little over $111.00 when the average is $51.00. I'm
beginning to believe this house isn't very well insulated except where I
added another foot in the attic. Suspicion is no insulation in the walls
but the bricks seem to help.

The city charges for the water we use, plus, charges for the water that
runs off. So, I figure, even though we pay for the electricity to run
the AC, no one is actually charging for any of the water I collect from
the AC!

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Maggie