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On 7/20/2025 at 2:05 PM, espo said:

Some of our for fathers used their heads and would build something with this type of thought prosses knowing how different materials would react to weather and other influences. Now we just through something up with no consideration to the effects of our surroundings. 

"Thermal mass" like that stone wall, and other "passive" heat managing techniques (like light-colored roofs) could have easily been applied to any house ever built, and could have already saved millions of barrels of oil, millions of tons of coal, and millions of tons of CO2 dumped into the atmosphere...not to mention probably trillions of dollars paid out for stupidly wasted energy.

But no. Why? Because humans really aren't too bright as a whole, and rarely think very far ahead.

 

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It's sunny 75F and 46% humidity, with a slight breeze.  Feels warmer.  Went out at 4 to run an errand.  A black car w/ black leather interior gets really warm sitting outside on such a day...

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65 F and muggy. AND my big 18k AC unit bit the big one yesterday. I'm putting a window unit in until I find a replacement.

Still almost zero rain, we had 20 minutes last evening.

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After 2 days of cooler and wetter weather than forecast, well on the way to forecast high temps. probably similar to what most of the country is getting.  Just one day with humidity under 50% would let me get a final color coat on a kit.

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Oh wait.... what thread is this? 🤪
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We are all praying for the "Monsoon" rains to start.  Several layers of clouds today, these Cirrus lit off tonight.  The prediction was for a wet season, totally wrong.

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Just looked at thee NWS radar.

Kinda unusual that the precip is moving in from the east rather than the typical west-to-east movement.

Looks like we'll get some sprinklege early, high only around 90F.

So it'll be cooler in the shops. Whoopee !!!!!!!

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8 hours ago, 89AKurt said:

Oh wait.... what thread is this? 🤪
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We are all praying for the "Monsoon" rains to start.  Several layers of clouds today, these Cirrus lit off tonight.  The prediction was for a wet season, totally wrong.

New Mexico, I getting the monsoons rains ..

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I must be getting used to the hotter temps, as today's 90' F felt pretty good with the breeze that we had......... Me and Emmett pretty much stay in the shade, too, so that helps.

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We had a couple of days with low humidity, a nice break. Still no real rain that we really need.

Besides the dead AC unit, we lost power yesterday for a few hours. I came inside for a beer... thought the 'fridge light burned out. Outside it was better than inside.

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7 pm local time, 54 degrees F, 98% humidity on the Sonoma County, CA coast. Highs have been around 60 degrees F since we have been here.

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On 7/23/2025 at 6:13 PM, JollySipper said:

I must be getting used to the hotter temps, as today's 90' F felt pretty good with the breeze that we had......... Me and Emmett pretty much stay in the shade, too, so that helps.

Dogs and cats and even cows figured out it's cooler in the shade.

But humans continue to cut down every tree in sight, and cover their roofs with black stuff.

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30 minutes ago, Ace-Garageguy said:

Dogs and cats and even cows figured out it's cooler in the shade.

But humans continue to cut down every tree in sight, and cover their roofs with black stuff.

Here in the complex, there's a Bunch of nice trees that provide us shade...... The Bradfords are my favorite, but we have Dogwoods, Pecan trees, Live Oaks and the like! The Magnolias are especially nice when they are blooming.......

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No rain, we are about 80% below a "normal" Monsoon by this time.  The half inch I got cools it down at night, it's 71ºF now.  Almost missed this sunset.
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76 and still sticky out there. We went to the ocean yesterday for a few hours, a nice 10 minute ride. The water is warm and a tropical color.

Back home we hit the pool and had some drinks.

They been saying rain for days, and nothing. 

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