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On Wed, 19 Jul 2006 08:45:44 -0500 jmcquown wrote:
Bags of ice keep in an ice chest for quite a while and a big bag of ice costs $1 around here. I hardly think that's making anyone "rich". Better than dying of heatstroke, IMHO. Jill Yes, of course I fully agree with that. Squarely Yours Michael -- Square Dance is friendship put to music Andrea and Michael with tomcat-cats Blacky and Merlin More detailed info: http://www.curschmann-sachsen.de |
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MaryL wrote:
One thing I learned for my *own* comfort during Hurricane Rita is that the battery-powered fans helped tremendously. I was without power for 7 days, so I was really grateful to have those fans. I now keep several of them on hand (with a *big* supply of batteries for fans, flashlights, etc.) to use in the event of an emergency. So know we're wondering what the etc. is. ;-) I think we might have another Dave on our hands. Joyce |
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"MaryL" -OUT-THE-LITTER wrote in message newsUpvg.30825$8q.8227@dukeread08... "Adrian A" wrote in message ... So know we're wondering what the etc. is. ;-) -- Adrian (Owned by Snoopy and Bagheera) Cats leave pawprints on your heart. http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk Oh, yes, in addition to the items I listed in my first reply, I also used a portable CD player to listen to books on audio disk. I already had lots of audio CDs because my sister and I listen to them when we travel. They were *great* to have during the extended power outage because I couldn't see to do anything else. MaryL My nieces neighborhood took up cards and board games big time after Rita. They turned the whole thing into one very long extended block party. Jo |
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wrote in message ... MaryL wrote: One thing I learned for my *own* comfort during Hurricane Rita is that the battery-powered fans helped tremendously. I was without power for 7 days, so I was really grateful to have those fans. I now keep several of them on hand (with a *big* supply of batteries for fans, flashlights, etc.) to use in the event of an emergency. So know we're wondering what the etc. is. ;-) I think we might have another Dave on our hands. Joyce Meaning??? MaryL |
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MaryL -out-the-litter wrote:
wrote in message ... MaryL wrote: One thing I learned for my *own* comfort during Hurricane Rita is that the battery-powered fans helped tremendously. I was without power for 7 days, so I was really grateful to have those fans. I now keep several of them on hand (with a *big* supply of batteries for fans, flashlights, etc.) to use in the event of an emergency. So know we're wondering what the etc. is. ;-) I think we might have another Dave on our hands. Joyce Meaning??? Dave - I mean, Adrian - want to explain? Joyce |
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"Micha" wrote in message
... On 19 Jul 2006 07:14:20 -0700 wrote: That's an interesting idea. At the shelter, the do put out pans of cold water so that the big fans blow across them and the air seems a lot cooler. How long does one bag of ice last in this heat though? Block ice would probably last longer than bagged ice. This is because transferring water from liquid state to vapor state takes up a lot of thermal energy. I have read (don't remember where), that in arabian countries they use huge(1) earthenware jugs, which let water diffuse through their walls. On their large surface the hot air can vaporize the water and so they provide a decent cooling device and moisten the air, too. Squarely Yours Michael (1) IIRC they must have been about almost a man's height and might hold 100 gallons of water or more. Maybe you can get some smaller ones which are more easily to handle. Do you know a potter you can ask? Here in Arizona many of us use evaporative coolers--a fan drawing air through a wet pad. They work incredibly well when humidity is low (below 15 percent), as it is for several months of our hot season. When the humidity is REALLY low, an evaporative cooler can take air that is over 100 degrees F. and cool our house to about 75 degrees. When the summer rains move in, the air-conditioning comes on, though--significantly more expensive to operate than the cooler. What do the cats think? They still turn into inert blobs during the day.... David |
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Micha wrote:
But then instead of having to pay the A/C bill you end up with exploding cost for operating the freezer or you make the local grocery rich beyond belief... ;-) I agree with the principles behind your reasoning. The ice would have needed to have been refrigerated in the first place in order to become ice, so it's economically unlikely that using ice to cool a room would have a lower incremental per-BTU monetary cost than running an AC unit. It's probably even more inefficient if you use your own refrigerator to make the ice, since refrigerators actually heat the house. I've actually used a USB enabled thermometer to record and plot temperature changes in my house, and I've been surprised at how appliance activity in one room can affect another room far away. |
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"Takayuki" wrote in message ... Micha wrote: But then instead of having to pay the A/C bill you end up with exploding cost for operating the freezer or you make the local grocery rich beyond belief... ;-) I agree with the principles behind your reasoning. The ice would have needed to have been refrigerated in the first place in order to become ice, so it's economically unlikely that using ice to cool a room would have a lower incremental per-BTU monetary cost than running an AC unit. It's probably even more inefficient if you use your own refrigerator to make the ice, since refrigerators actually heat the house. I've actually used a USB enabled thermometer to record and plot temperature changes in my house, and I've been surprised at how appliance activity in one room can affect another room far away. Or as I try to tell Charlie nicely, in the summer "turn off the damn TV in the bedroom if no one is going to be in there." I'm also more careful not to leave the computer and printers on when its really hot out. Jo |
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