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BettyBlueDot

(41 posts)
12. Tough one
Sun Jun 28, 2026, 11:30 PM
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That's a conundrum. I grew up in 60s, New Orleans, subtropical. We didn't have AC.. not in home, school, auto. We also didn't hv Asian Tiger mosquito, imported in 1980. Things change. Last time was w/o power was Hurricane Ida, almost a week. My house is slab and hv ceramic tile kitchen floor. I slept on that floor for that week, just to stay cool enough to survive. As an older person, heat/humidity is mighty debilitating. I go out at 6am, dawn, with an ice cap, to mow grass. And thank the AC when I get back inside, dripping wet with sweat. Our body has natural cooling-- sweat is supposed to evaporate, thus cooling. However when humidity is 95 &abv, that doesn't happen. So, I get your point, in a perfect world, yes, we shouldn't need that devil AC. I wish I didn't.

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This message was self-deleted by its author wcmagumba Sunday #1
My flat on the 7th floor róisín_dubh Yesterday #14
AC in Europe? 🙄 ColoringFool Yesterday #17
some people really don't know Skittles Yesterday #21
Holy Moses. mahina Sunday #2
Europe is heating up TWICE as fast as other regions SamuelTheThird Sunday #3
When the AMOC collapses soon chernabogg Sunday #5
IF it does, then yes SamuelTheThird Sunday #6
Thankfully I'll be dead róisín_dubh Yesterday #15
Global warming is a hoax. Rush Limbaugh told me so and used scientifical figures to prove it (SARCASM). /nt artemisia1 Yesterday #27
There was a brief period in the late 1990's (if I recall) when global temperatures were fairly stable. dedl67 Yesterday #29
Well you can't prepare... róisín_dubh Yesterday #16
Kind of not relevant. ColoringFool Yesterday #18
huh? Skittles Yesterday #22
Erm, I live here. róisín_dubh Yesterday #25
And it isn't August yet . . . . no_hypocrisy Sunday #4
Heat is the number one weather killer. More than all others combined n/t Cheezoholic Sunday #7
A small change in average temperatures dramatically increases the number of days with extreme temperatures progree Sunday #8
Figures and stats that mean nothing, really, to the humans in danger now. ColoringFool Yesterday #19
No, but it means a large increase in the number of people suffering now and in the future. And why. progree Yesterday #23
Shouldn't we be doing here what Europe has always been doing? Seeking Serenity Sunday #9
Tough one BettyBlueDot Sunday #12
Um.....Whut?? You first. In D.C. On the 4th. ColoringFool Yesterday #20
No, Europe is not eliminating air conditioning, au contraire progree Yesterday #24
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