Texas Heat!

[pacerron]

Yeah, Jim, I don't really know just how much difference it makes, but I used to like to keep the temperature at 72 or less, and now we keep the thermostat on 76. I have ceiling fans running all the time and Margaret either wears a heavy bathrobe or is sitting under a blanket watching TV.:laughing: And I know even 30 years ago the pool we had cost us.

It all adds up. It is amazing how many electric things we have grown so used to and now feel they are necessities. We become complacent about turning things off until these big bills show up. The attached talks about how much you can save by just putting your computers to sleep, among other things.
You can actually save much more by having them "hibernate".
http://michaelbluejay.com/electricity/howmuch.html

Ron

 

[Bartcephus]

Ouch.... after months of a water bill only about $50-$55 my last one was $191. Electric hit $264 last month. Usually runs about $220. This is absolutely the hotest driest summer I remember... ever. Truck said it was 120 degrees outside when I started my trip home. Truck was in the shade. When I got home, a marquee said it was 113 degrees. No rain since . . . whenever. . . I can't remember. Worst thing is, they say it is going to continue..... ARGH!!!!!

Has Armegedon hit? Did I miss the rapture? Boys (and girls) it is HOT in TEXAS.

 

[Bird]

Boys (and girls) it is HOT in TEXAS

Well, it's 9:45 p.m. and it's finally cooled down to 99.

 

[Western]

My thermometer read 112*, I thought maybe mine was on the fritz, called my neighbor, he had 113*. That's to D%$m hot no matter where you are. I need to post a picture of the surrounding countryside, outside of the green on the trees, it's brown like winter time.

I lost 35 trees I planted last year, don't know why I've been watering then 2 times a week. This country isn't "built" for this, Arizona, the Sahara and the middle East sure..:laughing:

Ants are starting to "storm" the house, I guess they are looking for moisture or food, so I put out 14# of ant killer around the house and watered in. I worry about my dogs too, I water their yard daily, so now they have dug holes probably 2' deep!

 

[NativeSon]

Good morning.......5:30am it's 85. Yesterday it was 109 here. Son called on his way home yesterday in Richardson it was 111. I'm just trying to keep the horses and the dogs cooled down and I'm about to give up on watering the garden, it's almost completely gone. After about 11:30 Cabin Fever starts setting in.

Charlie

 

[jinman]

Good morning.......5:30am it's 85.

Just before 9 AM here and already 90 degrees. I've been out spot watering my yard and the garden. I also rinsed the dust off of my car and my wife's van. Our cars don't get wet dirt, only dust. It's easy to rinse off. Of course you have to work a little harder on bird poo. Just another day in paradise.

 

[mjarrels]

Last time I was in Barain, it was about 110 degrees at 4 am in the morning.

mark

 

[joemd11]

The heat and humidity in Bahrain is the worst I have ever experienced. Step out of the airplane and it will make you wilt right there. Dubai and Delhi are right up there too. You guys in Texas have my sympathy and my prayers for relief (rain) soon.

 

[xtn]

Anybody know the melting temperature of a New Holland? I can't move it to the shade because I'm afraid it will fall into one of the cracks in the dirt. But I'm also afraid to leave it out as I might just find a bubbling blue puddle where it was parked.

xtn

 

[Bird]

Bird, I just can't imagine what people's electric and water bills are going to be for the next month.:shocked: My daughter has a 2400 sq ft 2-story house in Hurst with a pool. Her electric bill last month was $695 and the water/sewer/garbage bill was $200. No telling what it will be for Jul-Aug when she gets her bill. She only has a postage stamp yard in front and a tiny yard around the pool in back, so watering the grass should not be that much.

My electric bill last month was $314 with all my watering and running the pump for 7-8 hours every other day. My aerobic septic system runs continually and my house is smidge over 2000 sq ft of living area. Our coop electric is similarly priced to electricity in town, so I don't know what makes my daughter's bill so high.

Jim, I got an e-mail from our son-in-law with a month by month list of what they paid for electricity this year. While our 1295 sq. ft. house and one A/C unit made my last electric bill $263.19, their 2947 sq. ft. 2-story house and 2 A/C units made their last electric bill $265.85.:shocked: I can't imagine what makes your daughter's bill so high.