Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Jefferson County Excessive Heat Warning
On 07/19/2011 06:42 AM, authfriend wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitunoozguru@... wrote: On 07/18/2011 10:11 AM, authfriend wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Mike Dixonmdixon.6569@ wrote: Haven't you guys ever heard of AC? Didn't you read the last two paragaphs? And BTW, there are many poor/elderly people who can't afford AC. Some can't even afford *fans*; local governments often have programs to distribute free fans to those who don't own one. The mid-west normally has heat waves during the summer. Mike was kidding. Probably most homes there do have some form of AC. FWIW: Persistent high temperatures were particularly dangerous to residents not accustomed to the combination of heat and humidityAir-conditioning may be the rule in southern states, but many homes in the northern Plains and Midwest do not have it. http://news.yahoo.com/heat-wave-bakes-central-united-states-150949129.html http://tinyurl.com/3ummr5c And about every summer I read of heat waves in the midwest. Are you sure the author knows what they are talking about? Like I said they may not have AC (usually a reference to refrigerated air conditioning). I grew up in eastern Washington which is part of the great desert. Summer could get hot. As a kid we had a swamp cooler which is water cooled air conditioner. Those are still sold too. So they may have that or fans. And nobody in the Fairfield area on FFL disputed my claim.
RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: Jefferson County Excessive Heat Warning
Heat index is 110 here at the moment, and climbing.
RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: Jefferson County Excessive Heat Warning
Heat index is 115 now, but of course global warming is a hoax.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Jefferson County Excessive Heat Warning
On 07/18/2011 10:11 AM, authfriend wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Mike Dixonmdixon.6569@... wrote: Haven't you guys ever heard of AC? Didn't you read the last two paragaphs? And BTW, there are many poor/elderly people who can't afford AC. Some can't even afford *fans*; local governments often have programs to distribute free fans to those who don't own one. The mid-west normally has heat waves during the summer. Mike was kidding. Probably most homes there do have some form of AC. OTOH, the Jet Stream has shifted further north and they may be getting the weather we usually get in the Bay Area. Right now it's in the 70s here and will probably top out in the mid-80s today. For me that is not even enough to turn on ceiling fans. So far this summer I have run my AC only about 3 times. The house is prepped for central air but it would have cost me $5000 due to a needed electrical upgrade to have it installed. So I passed. And a new roof helped. The previous owner spared no money on improvements and if it was hot enough to have central air she would have. The day of the open house I asked her about that and she told me there just weren't that many hot days to justify it. Currently I'm running probably a 26 year old GE through the wall in the living room. I wanted to replace it with a new Fedders with a remote. For the computer room I got a Soleus portable which keeps the room cool on hot days. I live inland from the Bay and San Francisco folks are usually rejoicing when we have heat waves because that's mean shirt sleeve weather there while we inland folks are sweltering. Sometimes we want to reach into the radio and strangle the weather reporter who is so gleeful about the heat because they are in SF. :-D
RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: Jefferson County Excessive Heat Warning
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of curtisdeltablues Sent: Monday, July 18, 2011 2:58 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Jefferson County Excessive Heat Warning --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com , Rick Archer rick@... wrote: Heat index is 115 now, but of course global warming is a hoax. Does that mean big snowstorms this Winter will disprove it? The macro/micro trend distinction. Nope. They'll further prove it. The ones last winter did, according to climatologists.
RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: Jefferson County Excessive Heat Warning
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of curtisdeltablues Sent: Monday, July 18, 2011 4:23 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Jefferson County Excessive Heat Warning --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com , Rick Archer rick@... wrote: From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com [mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com ] On Behalf Of curtisdeltablues Sent: Monday, July 18, 2011 2:58 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Jefferson County Excessive Heat Warning --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com , Rick Archer rick@ wrote: Heat index is 115 now, but of course global warming is a hoax. Does that mean big snowstorms this Winter will disprove it? The macro/micro trend distinction. Nope. They'll further prove it. The ones last winter did, according to climatologists. I thought their point was that it could be consistent with the theory in response to idiots on Fox news who claimed it proved the opposite. But these small trends in weather are not the proof on either end. The difference between weather and climate is a measure of time. Weather is what conditions of the atmosphere are over a short period of time, and climate is how the atmosphere behaves over relatively long periods of time. (taken from some sciency looking site.) I realize that I may be preaching to the choir here, and you may know much more about the science supporting climate change than I do. But I believe this distinction is important because weather variations don't prove or disprove of climate change. I read an article a while back stating that climatologists are agreeing more and more that all the weird weather we've been having is indeed linked to global warming. Here's a good link: http://energy.nationaljournal.com/2011/07/extreme-weather-and-climate-ch.php
