On Mon, 30 Jun 2003 00:02:19 -0700, "gregpresley"
wrote:


"Frogleg" wrote
My expensive A/C needs
expensive work, and is used very sparingly. If
you've never lived in a humid climate, you might not be aware that
"the cool of the evening" is a very elusive phenomenon. If the
temperature is in the 90s during the day, it often may not drop much
below 80 by 5-6am, which is the *coolest* time of day.

LOL - I spent 12 years in Tallahassee, 4 of those without any AC in my
house, so I've spent many a night swimming around in my bed looking for a
dry (sweat-free) spot........However, in my last house there, I had whole
house fans, and since I kept my AC at 79, there were times when the outside
air was cooler - albeit MUCH moister. Definitely not a climate for the
faint-of-heart in mid-summer (June - September in Tallahassee - April-May
being early summer, and October being late summer).

^_^ OK -- you understand. Right now (6:30am) it's 'only' 73F with
94% humidity, making the dewpoint 72, with a forecast for the low 90s
later. One thing that (unhappily) surprised me when I moved here was
that rain could actually *raise* the discomfort level. I remember
growing up in Albuq. without A/C where one could do pretty well by
taking advantage of the 30-degree difference between day and nighttime
temperatures. And shade *meant* something. :-)