Do you think its worth owning A/C in a home in Washington state?

[lyssword]

get ac

 

[Vic]

Originally posted by: jagec

Originally posted by: Vic
If you're referring to global warming, projections are an increase of 1C year-round average in the next 100 years. OMG he better get A/C!! And lots and lots of tinfoil!!!

OK...point #1. Global average != local average. Considering them anywhere near the same is just stupid.
Point #2. Year-round != summer max. Once again...averaging an entire planet is a laughable way to do statistics.

What I'm referring to is the fact that, with an exception every 4 years or so, summers have been getting warmer in Washington since the early 90's. 2005 wasn't bad, 2001 wasn't bad, but the data doesn't lie.

Next time why don't you make you know what you're arguing about before you start throwing around the insults?

And cherrypicking data is a good way to do statistics?

Nor did I throw around a single insult. You might want to read it over again. I was laughing at you because you think that Seattle actually gets hot summers. Hot enough to require cold showers and tinfoil on the windows. It doesn't. With average high temps in the 70s and the occasional "heat wave" in the 80s, a "hot" summer in Seattle would be considered spring weather in most of the rest of the country. It's called a marine climate.

 

[PrinceofWands]

I would refuse to live ANYWHERE that didn't have AC or some method of keeping the house at or below 70, 24/7/365.

 

[PrinceofWands]

Originally posted by: Vic

Originally posted by: jagec

Originally posted by: Vic
If you're referring to global warming, projections are an increase of 1C year-round average in the next 100 years. OMG he better get A/C!! And lots and lots of tinfoil!!!

OK...point #1. Global average != local average. Considering them anywhere near the same is just stupid.
Point #2. Year-round != summer max. Once again...averaging an entire planet is a laughable way to do statistics.

What I'm referring to is the fact that, with an exception every 4 years or so, summers have been getting warmer in Washington since the early 90's. 2005 wasn't bad, 2001 wasn't bad, but the data doesn't lie.

Next time why don't you make you know what you're arguing about before you start throwing around the insults?

And cherrypicking data is a good way to do statistics?

Nor did I throw around a single insult. You might want to read it over again. I was laughing at you because you think that Seattle actually gets hot summers. Hot enough to require cold showers and tinfoil on the windows. It doesn't. With average high temps in the 70s and the occasional "heat wave" in the 80s, a "hot" summer in Seattle would be considered spring weather in most of the rest of the country. It's called a marine climate.

Yes, but it doesn't matter a diddler's damn what others consider hot, it matters what the person in question considers hot. I consider 80 scorching, so for me it requires those measures. Just because you're different doesn't make you right and me wrong. Subjectivity is where it's at.

 

[imported_Stewy]

Originally posted by: Vic

Originally posted by: Stewy
I live in Oregon, and I just purchased a single-room AC unit today. For the last few weeks, the temperature in my room has been 80+ until 10 at night, with yesterday being a high of 95 in my room. I can deal with anything <= 77 for sleeping temperatures, but 80 and above is just miserable.

Wow, Stewy, days must seem like weeks to you. A week ago it was raining and highs were in the 60s.

Since May has started, we've had quite a few 73+ days in Corvallis. Outside temperature is irrelavant in my case, however. The abnormally high temperatures in my room as caused by my large north-facing window which has sun beating into it from 4pm until around 7pm. This causes my room to get very warm, even when it's 65 out. 80+ is common on a 70 degree day. Opening the window, closing the blinds, or closing the windows has no effect. I have only one window in my place, and almost every weekday it has been over 78 when I come home at 8:30pm.

Originally posted by: miri

Originally posted by: Stewy
I live in Oregon, and I just purchased a single-room AC unit today. For the last few weeks, the temperature in my room has been 80+ until 10 at night, with yesterday being a high of 95 in my room. I can deal with anything <= 77 for sleeping temperatures, but 80 and above is just miserable.

do you have a regular monitor or a flat panel?

Dell 2005FPW, but I turn it off during the day.

 

[The Batt?sai]

Originally posted by: jagec
Well, as the years go by it will only get hotter...so at some point, AC makes sense. The question is how long you're willing to put it off by covering south-facing windows with aluminum foil, using fans, and taking cold showers.

with those hot computers u definitely do need one. 65F

 

[Kalvin00]

We use a swamp cooler here....heat + low humidity FTW!

 

[skyking]

We have two of the 99.00 costco specials, one for the bedroom and one for the "place of many computers". I have not installed them yet for the season, but it is getting close.