Artemis Windsong
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Post by Artemis Windsong on Jul 28, 2022 19:56:22 GMT -5
My state is getting cool wind from the rains in the west. 75F Saturday that will change to 90s. Loads of rain in SW. Maybe those lakes will get some filling. One video on weather channel showed rain in Utah so bad it was like dumping a bucket of water in large scale.
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Post by Tennesseer on Jul 31, 2022 12:27:31 GMT -5
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Post by bookkeeper on Jul 31, 2022 15:01:05 GMT -5
@pinkcshmere is it possible that you've got a damper that got turned the wrong way? Just a random thought since you said it was okay at first. Summer weather definitely took a long time to get here. I didn't think it was ever coming. Usually it is not that cold in May and even early June. The other thing that occurred to me was this: does the return air register in your bedroom have free air flow, or is there furniture parked in front of it? We moved our dresser over a couple feet to completely expose the return air register and it seemed to help even out the temp in the house. The house we just bought in Nebraska was from the 1970's. It has return air vents at both the top and bottom of the wall in each room. DH said the thinking was to close the top vents during heating season and close the bottom vents during air conditioning season. I just left them all open, more airflow is better. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 31, 2022 16:30:10 GMT -5
@pinkcshmere is it possible that you've got a damper that got turned the wrong way? Just a random thought since you said it was okay at first. Summer weather definitely took a long time to get here. I didn't think it was ever coming. Usually it is not that cold in May and even early June. I don’t know. Mister has half heartedly looked for the problem, and I think he did try to see if that was it. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 31, 2022 16:32:17 GMT -5
@pinkcshmere is it possible that you've got a damper that got turned the wrong way? Just a random thought since you said it was okay at first. Summer weather definitely took a long time to get here. I didn't think it was ever coming. Usually it is not that cold in May and even early June. The other thing that occurred to me was this: does the return air register in your bedroom have free air flow, or is there furniture parked in front of it? We moved our dresser over a couple feet to completely expose the return air register and it seemed to help even out the temp in the house. The house we just bought in Nebraska was from the 1970's. It has return air vents at both the top and bottom of the wall in each room. DH said the thinking was to close the top vents during heating season and close the bottom vents during air conditioning season. I just left them all open, more airflow is better. The return air register is high on the wall, and it isn’t blocked. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 31, 2022 16:33:56 GMT -5
I'm near Paris and we had our SECOND heat wave last week (maybe the week before?) with temps of over 105°F. The first one was in June. Both only lasted 3 days. My son who lives in central Paris came home to escape it (to have access to the garden and a nearby friend's pool). My kids in London had a hard time too. Plus, they closed the schools in London a week early because of it, so my DIL had to take 3 days off work. We were on vacation, so we didn't have to suffer through it. (Ironically, we were in Iceland LOL.) We do not have AC here. (I mean people don't have it at home, because these episodes USED TO be so rare.) I'm pretty sure the Airbnb where I stayed in Munich in May didn't have A/C. I didn't need it but I'm glad I'm not there now. Back when I was working for a company that had offices in London and Brussels I had favorite hotels that were old and full of character but no A/C. I didn't care but my boss always stayed elsewhere. One, it turned out, the Metropole in Brussels, had a large photo in their lobby of the attendees of the Solvay Conference, which took place there. Wow- I never stayed anywhere else after that. Who needs A/C when you can ride the birdcage elevator that Marie Curie probably shared with Albert Einstein? More info here. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solvay_ConferenceI've still got the A/C off here in KC but may need to crank it up tonight since it's 90 outside. I'd kept it turned off for over a week after it rained, cooling things down, and I left town for 4 days. |
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