It's Hot Outside
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This should be in one of the "Nope" threads.
I really don't do (humid) heat well.
I grew up before central air conditioning was common. I hated summer and trying to sleep.
This thread reminds me of why I am grateful.
@George-K said in It's Hot Outside:
This should be in one of the "Nope" threads.
I really don't do (humid) heat well.
I grew up before central air conditioning was common. I hated summer and trying to sleep.
This thread reminds me of why I am grateful.
That's why folks had "sleeping porches". Y'all didn't have those?
How about attic fans?
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Wow a dewpoint of 78.... yuck. I'll take heat all day, but I watch the dew point like a hawk. Usually they go hand in hand, but still...
Reminds me of when I was a golf cart attendance one summer. The car "garage" (about 100 golf carts) was the basement of the club house. Except there was a ramp down to the basement on each side (think of driving a golf cart in one side, and driving back out the other, with room for parking within). That lower level, double-side-open, was a nice breezeway with low temps no matter how hot it was outside.
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Modern houses down here are usually built on a slab. Most have eight foot ceilings in most rooms. Many have dark roofs. Without A/C in the summer, they are practically unlivable.
The old folks had better sense. High ceilings, more windows placed to catch prevailing breezes, wide porches. Houses built on piers and painted white.
They might be a little colder in winter, but we have a lot more summer than winter down here.
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Modern houses down here are usually built on a slab. Most have eight foot ceilings in most rooms. Many have dark roofs. Without A/C in the summer, they are practically unlivable.
The old folks had better sense. High ceilings, more windows placed to catch prevailing breezes, wide porches. Houses built on piers and painted white.
They might be a little colder in winter, but we have a lot more summer than winter down here.
@Jolly said in It's Hot Outside:
Modern houses down here are usually built on a slab. Most have eight foot ceilings in most rooms. Many have dark roofs. Without A/C in the summer, they are practically unlivable.
The old folks had better sense. High ceilings, more windows placed to catch prevailing breezes, wide porches. Houses built on piers and painted white.
They might be a little colder in winter, but we have a lot more summer than winter down here.
Glad my 20' ceiling in the living area will come in handy for heat dissipation. I can't stand heat indoors.
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Wow a dewpoint of 78.... yuck. I'll take heat all day, but I watch the dew point like a hawk. Usually they go hand in hand, but still...
Reminds me of when I was a golf cart attendance one summer. The car "garage" (about 100 golf carts) was the basement of the club house. Except there was a ramp down to the basement on each side (think of driving a golf cart in one side, and driving back out the other, with room for parking within). That lower level, double-side-open, was a nice breezeway with low temps no matter how hot it was outside.
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@taiwan_girl said in It's Hot Outside:
@89th said in It's Hot Outside:
Wow a dewpoint of 78.... yuck. I'll take heat all day, but I watch the dew point like a hawk. Usually they go hand in hand, but still...
Chart of dew points in Bangkok throughout the year and the % of each day that it is in that range. There are a couple of hours in December when it is actually comfortable. 555
blue = <55
green = 55-60 dew point
yellow = 60-65
beige = 65-70
purple = 70-75
orange = >75But like anything, you learn to live with it and adjust. Realistically, not as bad as it seems.
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@taiwan_girl said in It's Hot Outside:
@89th said in It's Hot Outside:
Wow a dewpoint of 78.... yuck. I'll take heat all day, but I watch the dew point like a hawk. Usually they go hand in hand, but still...
Chart of dew points in Bangkok throughout the year and the % of each day that it is in that range. There are a couple of hours in December when it is actually comfortable. 555
blue = <55
green = 55-60 dew point
yellow = 60-65
beige = 65-70
purple = 70-75
orange = >75But like anything, you learn to live with it and adjust. Realistically, not as bad as it seems.
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@taiwan_girl said in It's Hot Outside:
@89th said in It's Hot Outside:
Wow a dewpoint of 78.... yuck. I'll take heat all day, but I watch the dew point like a hawk. Usually they go hand in hand, but still...
Chart of dew points in Bangkok throughout the year and the % of each day that it is in that range. There are a couple of hours in December when it is actually comfortable. 555
blue = <55
green = 55-60 dew point
yellow = 60-65
beige = 65-70
purple = 70-75
orange = >75But like anything, you learn to live with it and adjust. Realistically, not as bad as it seems.
@taiwan_girl Wow what a chart. I sweat easily so maybe if it was culturally acceptable to be drenched in sweat I wouldn't mind as much, 555
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@taiwan_girl how much air conditioning is available in Thailand?
@George-K said in It's Hot Outside:
@taiwan_girl how much air conditioning is available in Thailand?
If I were guessing, maybe 60%-70% in the city. In the rural areas, maybe a bit less.
All the main shopping malls, etc and the more expensive apartments have it.
For a non-AC studio apartment with a ceiling fan in an outlying area of the city, probably about USD$150/month.
