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forest444

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27. I hear you.

Sat Jul 23, 2016, 06:59 PM

Jul 2016

Nothing works like central air, which practically didn't exist until the late 1960s and took a couple of decades to be installed in the majority of U.S. homes (as well as in most other developed countries, I'm sure).

Jimmy Carter, famously, promoted central air by way of tax incentives since, square foot for square foot, they consume a lot less energy than window units. Window units, moreover, are ineffective against humidity.

And having lived in Southern California as well as in several states east of the Mississippi, I can confidently say that it's indeed not the heat that gets you, but the humidity.

The worst part, I think, is the heat of the night. Mercy!

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Lawd have mercy! forest444 Jul 2016 #12

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