On 7/23/2016 7:01 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>
> "dsi1" > 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.

Moisture is not refreshing when it's 100 degrees in the house.

Jill