Summertime thoughts

[pomtzu]

Temp at noon: 94F
Heat index: 107F

[caseysmom]

We had a little heat wave a few weeks ago so I ran the A/C and got a bill for 300 dollars, so I try not to run it too much.

If I jump in the pool I am cooled off for hours after. Of course the dogs don't swim so when they start panting the air goes on.

[pomtzu]

We had a little heat wave a few weeks ago so I ran the A/C and got a bill for 300 dollars, so I try not to run it too much.

If I jump in the pool I am cooled off for hours after. Of course the dogs don't swim so when they start panting the air goes on.

Yikes - you must have some outrageous electric rates. This is an all electric house (about 2350 sq ft) and has a 3 ton central a.c. and a smaller heat pump/a.c. unit in the area of the 3 room addition. Total electric bill in the heat of summer never runs us that much. And that's just not the cooling - it includes hot water, clothes dryer, kitchen range, freezer that is in the hot garage - anything and everything that is electric.

[Karen]

It is about 2:30 p.m., I have not ventured outside today - I just looked and it is
Temp: 97° F
Humidity: 41%
Feel like: 103° F

I'll stay inside and cool for now, thanks!

One other summertime thought: I bought some popsicles - peach ones, real fruit - and when I finish one, it reminds me of Miss Hoppy - she enjoyed nibbling the wooden, fruit-soaked popsicle sticks. Now I just discard them, but think of her and feel a tad guilty for "wasting" them!

[pomtzu]

It is about 2:30 p.m., I have not ventured outside today - I just looked and it is
Temp: 97° F
Humidity: 41%
Feel like: 103° F

I'll stay inside and cool for now, thanks!

One other summertime thought: I bought some popsicles - peach ones, real fruit - and when I finish one, it reminds me of Miss Hoppy - she enjoyed nibbling the wooden, fruit-soaked popsicle sticks. Now I just discard them, but think of her and feel a tad guilty for "wasting" them!

We topped out at 96 / 110

It has now dropped to a cool 94 / 105


So Karen - did you finally have to break down and turn the a.c. on - or are you still cool enough without it?


Every time I have a freezer pop - and I go thru a lot in this weather - I think of how much Sparky loved them and how I always had to share mine with him. I miss that little fuzzbutt-fuzzmutt.....

[Karen]

We topped out at 96 / 110

It has now dropped to a cool 94 / 105


So Karen - did you finally have to break down and turn the a.c. on - or are you still cool enough without it?

Thankfully, as I said, this apartment gets very little sun, so as long as we are smart about it, it stay fairly cool. Right now, just looked, it is only 80° in here, which is fine! It rarely hit 80° inside, but that's way better than what's outside!

[pomtzu]

Thankfully, as I said, this apartment gets very little sun, so as long as we are smart about it, it stay fairly cool. Right now, just looked, it is only 80° in here, which is fine! It rarely hit 80° inside, but that's way better than what's outside!

You must have a lot of shade, and a very well insulated building if it's only 80 in spite of the outside temp. However - I still would never be able to stand even that "low" temp when the humidity is so high. That's the killer.....

[caseysmom]

Yikes - you must have some outrageous electric rates. This is an all electric house (about 2350 sq ft) and has a 3 ton central a.c. and a smaller heat pump/a.c. unit in the area of the 3 room addition. Total electric bill in the heat of summer never runs us that much. And that's just not the cooling - it includes hot water, clothes dryer, kitchen range, freezer that is in the hot garage - anything and everything that is electric.

Our house is 2750 sq feet, it has 3 zones for the a/c but if i don't turn them all on it doesn't work right. I think our rates are pretty high here.
We also run a pool pump but I don't think it costs too much to run that.