Subj : Re: Keep cool USA and European folks
To   : esc
From : Adept
Date : Tue Jul 18 2023 15:45:31

 es>  Ad> Yeah, that sounds rough. Was the art show still well-attended, despit
 es>  Ad> the heat?
 es> 
 es> Sadly no, but it's all good :)

I guess people were being sensible. Darn them!

 es> at my place. The Bay Area is kinda weird, though, due to the mountains
 es> and valley and stuff.

San Francisco is super odd. The west side might be nice and cloudy, with Karl (the fog) keeping things cool, and the east side is sunny and getting somewhat hot. And it'll be like that for days in a row.

It's a great place for looking at microclimates. But go over to, oh, Wisconsin, and, sure, heat islands in cities or whatever, but you travel some distance, and the weather will generally be _almost_ the same, or just kinda random on where the exact storm path goes.

 es> One thing I never understood about Germany is why there is no air
 es> conditioner, so you have to keep the windows open, but there is no
 es> screen in the window so bugs can get in!

I have also found that odd, though it _is_ possible to get screens, though they're more the type you shove in the window every time you open it, than something permanent.

That said, in Wisconsin, a lack of screens means you _will_ be eaten alive by mosquitos. In Germany, yeah, things fly in occasionally, there _are_ some insects around, and getting the occasional stinging insect in the house is a definite risk, but the level of annoyance is significantly lower.

 es> Yeah, I'd be curious to see how solar would work in other places.
 es> Nevertheless, reducing reliance on the power grid feels like a win-win.

Yeah. And I think most of us have some level of fantasy about at least kinda-sorta living off the grid. (But with good internet and/or a link to BBSs)

I'd experiment with solar, but I have a room with a North-facing window, so the concept seems largely wasted on me, as tempted as I am to pick up portable solar panels.

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