On Saturday, July 23, 2016 at 4:34:50 PM UTC-10, Julie Bove wrote:
> "dsi1" <dsi10yahoo.com> wrote in message
> ...
> > On Saturday, July 23, 2016 at 8:33:20 AM UTC-10, Roy wrote:
> >> On Saturday, July 23, 2016 at 11:49:15 AM UTC-6, KenK wrote:
> >> > "Julie Bove" > wrote in news:nmup2g$jrc$1@dont-
> >> > email.me:
> >> >
> >> > > Apparently Washington state is the only state that escaped the high
> >> > heat
> >> > > today.
> >> >
> >> > I'm having my own private high heat this past month. About 6/15 The
> >> > 100K+
> >> > AZ town in live near had a week-long heat wave, around 115. Then it
> >> > returned to normal - high 90s, low 100s, once in a while low teens. Out
> >> > here in the farmland where I live, about 2 miles west of town, it's
> >> > consistently been around 15 degrees above theirs since then. They
> >> > report
> >> > 100 on the radio weather report, 1 get 115. Yesterday it was 113 there,
> >> > 132 here. I'm afraid this is going to last all summer. This has never
> >> > happened before - the temperature in both places was always close to
> >> > the
> >> > same. Must be a very local phenomena, I've seen no mention in the
> >> > newspaper. My usual source of cooling, evaporative cooler, just blows
> >> > hot
> >> > air - the water in it nust be too hot to cool the air. Very strange,
> >> > Very
> >> > miserable.
> >> >
> >> > No, it's not a defective thermometer, all three of my outside
> >> > thermometers agree.
> >> >
> >> Evaporator coolers compound the problem by releasing even more moisture
> >> into the air. If you had a proper air conditioner you would experience
> >> less discomfort.
> >> ====
> >
> > It depends. My in-law's cooler works swell in Oroville CA. That place is a
> > tinderbox on the verge of exploding i.e., very dry. For them, the summer
> > will probably be a long one.
>
> Works well here too. The added moisture in the air is refreshing.

I'll take your word for it.