"jmcquown" > wrote in message
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> 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.

Yes it is! I don't like dried out skin and eyes.