Ah the sound of air-conditioners early in the morning...

[HereSince1628]

Til now Southeastern Wisconsin has had during 2004 perhaps a couple of days with overnight temperatures as warm as the 60's. Current temp at 4 am is 70 and the AC compressors are kicking on all around me...

We have so little heat tolerance, I imagine many folks woke in this stifling heat and desperately hit the panic button. Weather for today is forecast for a blistering mid-80's, yikes!

[ClintonTyree]

1. Daytime................

temps here (Clearwater, FL) have been in the mid-nineties everyday with the mercury plummeting to around 80 or so during the wee hours of the morning. I can't understand anyone who would set thier AC to kick on at 70. We'd kill for an overnight low of 70 around here.

[HereSince1628]

3. Open windows may be a lost technology...

It is like putting television into automobiles so the passengers don't need to look outside.

Even as I speak the neighbor's heat pump has tripped on again...I am guessing they have their thermostat set at about 58F...a good temp for sleeping in flannel.

[Systematic Chaos]

2. Here in Las Vegas at 2:39am it is STILL 89 degrees

and yes, my AC is running, but not often. It's set at 78 and because of our proximity to Nellis AFB (literally 2 blocks away) the walls are INCREDIBLY insulated. Thank goodness for that or our power bills would be atrocious.

[TexasMexican]

4. En Tejas...

we keep our ACs on almost 24/7/365

[HereSince1628]

5. And play softball at midnight to avoid the heat...

College station was the only place I ever wore driving gloves...actually oven mitts to keep from burning my hands on the steering wheel.

I am told the REAL Texans out in Levelland simply drink more sweet tea and SWEAT.

[texas1928]

8. Here in Lubbock we have already had 100 degree temps

It has been hot here since the first of May. My wife is very cold natured so ussually the A/C gets turned off at night so I roast. I am very warmed natured. I can sleep with a fan on in the winter. Plus she thinks it is perfectly normal to have a down comforter on the bed in summer. I just about die from heat prostration.

[demconfive]

6. Screw you....

...and your 70 degree weather! I had a weekend motorcycle trip planned up here in the northwest. 600 hundred miles of cold rain, so I don't want to hear about your poor 70 degree suffering.

[HereSince1628]

7. And good to meet you too dc5...

May I say ditto??????????????????????????/

Maybe if you stopped to think you'd realize I wasn't complaining about 70 degree weather but rather I was making a comment on the silliness of A/C when the outdoor ambient is only 70.

A bum's rush on a topic like this in the Lounge is a new experience. Thanks. Novelty is, well, something never experienced before.

[BiggJawn]

11. So when DOESN'T it rain in the Northwest?

It ain't "cold rain" until you notice the shell forming on your leathers.

I know.

[Lestat]

9. It's 88 degrees F right now here in Midwest MN.

It's hot! I have my AC on! :)

[BiggJawn]

10. It's not the HEAT, it's the Humidity...

Wake up and it's a pleasant 58 degrees....and 91% RH!

EVERYTHING is damp and clammy!
INCLUDING the toilet seat!

Fire up the chiller and start pulling that moisture out. It's a bummer to run the AC on a 68-degree day, but I like mildew even less....

[BigMcLargehuge]

12. all my relatives here in NH freak out when I mention no air conditioning

at my house. I don't need it or want it.