scgargoyle
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I had to go up in the attic for a quick repair yesterday, so I brought my digital thermometer- 130.2 degrees! Lucky I was only up there a few minutes. Outside was a downright nippy 94.
Hot temps, don't know how southerners do it
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czechsonofagun
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Yeah, changing attic fan in July was one of the hardest jobs I ever done
Now I grew up in central Europe and all I have to say about the summer there - I could never imagine humidity could be a problem. When you go out in August in Prague and plan to be late, it is good to have a sweatshirt with you or you will be cold in small hours outside.
Virginia is not that far south, we hit 100s few times a year only and I adjusted to the weather fairly well. I bike 50+ miles in 90+ weather and enjoy myself, I work outside with axe and shovel or in the shop just drenched with sweat and it is still ok, just life, right?
But I will not entertain outside in the summer - I mean what is the need to sit around a grill and sweat when I can be inside? No sir, summer hiking, biking, game of volleyball is perfectly fine, but no picnics for me
Now I grew up in central Europe and all I have to say about the summer there - I could never imagine humidity could be a problem. When you go out in August in Prague and plan to be late, it is good to have a sweatshirt with you or you will be cold in small hours outside.
Virginia is not that far south, we hit 100s few times a year only and I adjusted to the weather fairly well. I bike 50+ miles in 90+ weather and enjoy myself, I work outside with axe and shovel or in the shop just drenched with sweat and it is still ok, just life, right?
But I will not entertain outside in the summer - I mean what is the need to sit around a grill and sweat when I can be inside? No sir, summer hiking, biking, game of volleyball is perfectly fine, but no picnics for me
Yikes.
You are certainly make me realize we don't really get very hot here. So the real keys seem to be liquids and behaviour modification (don't work in the middle of the day).
The difference for me is that I can dress for colder weather, but hot is hot!
I dress the same if it's 110 in the shade or 50 in the sun.
I would rather work in 90* than 40*.
Light weight long sleeve shirt, light weight pants, six inch leather boots and a hat, sunglasses .
In low to medium humidity I find I stay comfortable dressed as above.
In high humidity once my closes are soaked , I start feeling the heat because there is no longer any evaporative cooling taking place. So it's either start shedding clothes or head for the shade.
stay cool
QRTRHRS
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There is an answer to all of this. You Texas folks know that term "Snowbirds" do you not. Play you hand right, retire, buy a big RV and winter in south Texas, summer up along the St. Lawerence once the black flies and no-see-ums settle down.
Bird
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My parents did that for 4 years, I did it for 6 years, and I have a brother still doing it. And I frequently wish I still was.
Egon
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As long as you are moving all is good. Soon as you stop or hit a hill and need the granny gear betcha you were dripping in sweat.
I had real problems with the sweat running over my glasses.
dmccarty
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When I moved from FLA to NC it was at the end of summer. The people in NC where wimps! Complaining about it being 85 degrees. I thought it was nice out!
Course they would also leave the windows rolled down in their car while they went into the store! Try that in south FLA and it won't be pretty.
Then winter came. Now winter in my area of NC is not really bad but for three years this FLA boy all but froze to death. I would wear heaving long john tops and bottoms to work. Along with jeans, HEAVY flannel shirts, AND heavy, thick wool sweaters. I was freezing. I remember wearing my jacket to meeting's because I was shivering!
Now when I go back to FLA in the summer it sure is hot down there!
Keeping the sun off your head and neck is important. If that sun hits the back of your neck you can overheat very quickly. If it is really hot out I will take an old towel or maybe an old tshirt and fold it up so it fits under the hat and down my neck. Like an French Foreign Legion Kepi. Keep the tshirt/towel wet and you are good to go.
Sports drinks have too much sugar for me. The make me sick. Years ago on the early days of TBN we had a doc who used to post frequently. Not CowBoyDoc but another guy. He posted a recipe for a "sport" drink. It was water salt substitue and baking soda if I remember correctly. The salt substitute was used to supply pottasium. I will make up a quart of this if its really hot and humid. I'll take a quart of the sport drink and a quart of water out to work.
Banannas work well as do the energy bars. Before we got our house built I would spend almost every Saturday at the place working for 10-12 hours during the summer. I would take a couple gallons of water and a bunch of energy bars. I would force myself to eat just to keep the minerals in my system. And take breaks every hour or so to sit in the shade.
Later,
Dan
Complaining about it being 85 degrees. I thought it was nice out! Course they would also leave the windows rolled down in their car while they went into the store!
Try that in south FLA and it won't be pretty. Then winter came. Now winter in my area of NC is not really bad but for three years this FLA boy all but froze to death. I would wear heaving long john tops and bottoms to work. Along with jeans, HEAVY flannel shirts, AND heavy, thick wool sweaters. I was freezing. I remember wearing my jacket to meeting's because I was shivering!
Now when I go back to FLA in the summer it sure is hot down there!
Keeping the sun off your head and neck is important. If that sun hits the back of your neck you can overheat very quickly. If it is really hot out I will take an old towel or maybe an old tshirt and fold it up so it fits under the hat and down my neck. Like an French Foreign Legion Kepi. Keep the tshirt/towel wet and you are good to go.
Sports drinks have too much sugar for me. The make me sick. Years ago on the early days of TBN we had a doc who used to post frequently. Not CowBoyDoc but another guy. He posted a recipe for a "sport" drink. It was water salt substitue and baking soda if I remember correctly. The salt substitute was used to supply pottasium. I will make up a quart of this if its really hot and humid. I'll take a quart of the sport drink and a quart of water out to work.
Banannas work well as do the energy bars. Before we got our house built I would spend almost every Saturday at the place working for 10-12 hours during the summer. I would take a couple gallons of water and a bunch of energy bars. I would force myself to eat just to keep the minerals in my system. And take breaks every hour or so to sit in the shade.
Later,
Dan
Uncle Doug
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The house we grew up in here on the gulf coast had an attic fan that we used a lot back in the 60's. It would draw a good breeze in through the windows. When I built our house 20 years ago I out one in and used it alot for about 5 years. After that we ran the AC a lot. When the electric rates went out the roof a few years ago we started using it in the spring and fall months. We were able to drop the bill over $100 a month 5-6 months a year.
When I built the new house last year I also had an attic fan put in. The house is very small and well insulated so once it is cool it stays that way. We ran the attic fan this year up until the 3rd week of May. When the temps start bumping 90F its time to turn on the AC.
Luckly I have a good indoor job but As a big guy I do sweat a lot outside.
This year to cool off we are heading to Colorado in July to chill out for 10 days or so.
When I built the new house last year I also had an attic fan put in. The house is very small and well insulated so once it is cool it stays that way. We ran the attic fan this year up until the 3rd week of May. When the temps start bumping 90F its time to turn on the AC.
Luckly I have a good indoor job but As a big guy I do sweat a lot outside.
This year to cool off we are heading to Colorado in July to chill out for 10 days or so.
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I'll second the attic fan comment as Uncle Doug did. On my previous post I failed to mention the attic fan we had in the old home place. I also installed one in my first home. Call us crazy but my wife and I just this past Monday turned on our A/C unit. The 95-100 deg forcast made our minds up for us. Usually here in central Oklahoma we can easily go up to the middle of May but this year we went for the record. It saves us around $50-$100/month on electric as well. I don't really miss the damp (humidity) sheets at night but all it takes is getting your mind right!
Kind of like 'ol Luke you just have to get your mind right! (Cool Hand Luke-another classic!)dmccarty
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Growing up in FLA I was well into my teens before some of my family had central AC. They/we just had window AC. When I visited one side of the family we would not run the AC during the day to save money. You just left the house during the day.
When I worked on a farm in KY the house had no AC just an big honking attic fan. My wifey's family farm house has a big old attic fan though they now have AC. As long as the humidity was not bad the attic fan works real well.
When we built our house we put in a smaller but quieter attic fan. We can open the windows and turn it on to cool down the house. While its quieter than the bigger older fans it still makes some noise. But if the humidity is low but the house gets hot we can turn on the fan for a while to suck the heat out of the house. Depending on humidity we just don't run the AC until the outside temps get in the mid 80s. Usually the house can go all day until the later afternoon or early evening before the AC is needed.
If its humid out then that is another story. We have not had a lot of hot weather this summer but we have had at least 3.5 inches of rain over the last month or so which has pushed the humidity way up there. Friday and Saturday will be 96-98! AC will be needed.
The house has 10 foot tall ceilings. We did this to get the tallest windows we could both for the view but for ventilation. The tall ceilings also allow the heat to rise away from us which keeps us cooler. We seriously thought about 12 foot tall ceilings. The old buildings in town most of which where built in the early 1900s have what looks to be 12-14 foot tall ceilings.
Later,
Dan
You just left the house during the day. When I worked on a farm in KY the house had no AC just an big honking attic fan. My wifey's family farm house has a big old attic fan though they now have AC. As long as the humidity was not bad the attic fan works real well.
When we built our house we put in a smaller but quieter attic fan. We can open the windows and turn it on to cool down the house. While its quieter than the bigger older fans it still makes some noise. But if the humidity is low but the house gets hot we can turn on the fan for a while to suck the heat out of the house. Depending on humidity we just don't run the AC until the outside temps get in the mid 80s. Usually the house can go all day until the later afternoon or early evening before the AC is needed.
If its humid out then that is another story. We have not had a lot of hot weather this summer but we have had at least 3.5 inches of rain over the last month or so which has pushed the humidity way up there. Friday and Saturday will be 96-98!
AC will be needed. The house has 10 foot tall ceilings. We did this to get the tallest windows we could both for the view but for ventilation. The tall ceilings also allow the heat to rise away from us which keeps us cooler. We seriously thought about 12 foot tall ceilings.
The old buildings in town most of which where built in the early 1900s have what looks to be 12-14 foot tall ceilings. Later,
Dan
