Hell on earth - AKA North Texas

[Jesse Cloud]

Here's a link worth a read How to Keep Cool Without Air Conditioning..  Mostly common sense, but a few clever ideas worth a try.

 

[Jesse Cloud]

My dad who lives in texas was telling me in the summer, roofers start very early in the morning and stop working at noon or so???

Doh!    Why didn't we think of that?  We worked till dark, but I'll have to confess the pace slows down mid day.  Sure couldn't do it now.

 

[Brice Burrell]

......Brice, Do you live on Mount Washington, what a great view?  I lived in Pittsburgh for 2 years while I went to college.  I live in crafton which is not to far from downtown.

No, I can't afford to live there. My avatar pic is from one of the townhouses I worked on in Mt. Washington. I've worked on maybe 5 of the 8 units in that complex, I believe they range from 1.5-3.5 million. That's pretty steep for Pittsburgh.

 

[Dan Uhlir]

seventy five in Wisconsin tomorrow not much traffic either

 

[ForumMFG]

71 in Columbus, Ohio for the high tomorrow.

 

[HowardH]

71 in Columbus, Ohio for the high tomorrow.

 

That's right... rub it in  ;D ;D  Going to be 101 again today but the trust ole weatherman says it may not get out of the low 90's the weekend.  Woo Hoo!  Get the jackets out!  Better put the freeze guards on the faucets.  We lived in the Bay Area for a couple of years back in the late 80's and it can certainly spoil you.  They have all these micro climates  - The high in Pacifica on the coast can be in the 50's in July and it can be in the 100's just 30 miles inland.  SF is generally perfect weather wise, fifties at night and mid 70's during the day.  That, my friends, is perfect woodworking weather. 

 

[erikfsn]

The part of the Bay Area I live in is Piedmont (next to Oakland) known as the East Bay. We are just across the bay from San Francisco. The temperatures here are generally around 10-15 degrees warmer than San Francisco which is fine with me.

Mark Twain once said the coldest winter he ever spent was a summer in San Francisco. When the fog is covering the city in the summer and it's 60 degrees but feels barely 50 with the wind coming off that cold North Pacific, the sun is usually out in the East Bay and it's in the 70s with a lovely cool breeze.

The micro climates here are unreal. I've driven in the to Bay Area from the East and watched the thermostat on the outside of the car go from over 100 down to 65 degrees in 30 minutes of driving. I guess the coastal hills keep the cooling sea breeze from the inland areas.