From: Mxsmanic on 27 Jul 2006 16:06 Dave Frightens Me writes: > No it is not. Hypothermia is a much greater risk that hyperthermia. Right now officials in California are complaining that they don't have enough space to contain all the dead bodies from the heat wave. You don't often hear that in winter, even when the cold is very extreme. -- Transpose mxsmanic and gmail to reach me by e-mail.
From: Mxsmanic on 27 Jul 2006 16:07 JohnT writes: > Everywhere else doesn't have air conditioning. It isn't necessary in > temperate climatic zones such as Europe. It wasn't, but it is now. -- Transpose mxsmanic and gmail to reach me by e-mail.
From: TOliver on 27 Jul 2006 16:58 "Mxsmanic" <mxsmanic(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:jt6ic21ht2u9lp7ju3om0qh07ht7aps1r8(a)4ax.com... > Miguel Cruz writes: > >> Tak province. It ain't like Bangkok. > > That's true in the U.S., too: places out in the boondocks are less > likely to have amenities like air conditioning. But the fact remains > that A/C is extremely widespread in hot climates. > Bullshit! The boon docks are not what they used to be, not that you've ever spent enough time in them to tell the difference between boondocks and boondoggles. Other than places favorably situated because of local climate, homes and businesses "out in the boondocks" are as likely to be ACed as those in the heart of the largest urban areas. The 'lectric line running along the road and Owner/renter/occupier income are the determining factors, and between old FDR bringing the REA to some boondockery parts of the boondocks and several generations of prosperity, Carrier, Lennox, Train et al will be happy to send the nearest dealer out with a system in the back of a truck. Just be ready with a check. Hell, I'm on the edge of the boondocks, and I've got three systems, all heat pumps, in a house designed to be zone cooled.... South of the Mason Dixon Line, and other than in the mountains or the NorthWest Coast, I can't iamgine a new US home being built without a modern HVAC system. Even "public housing", government susbsized and assisted housing for the elderly, handicapped and low income families built since 1938, has been largely retrofitted (at great cost) with AC systems, since in much of the country, even the "poor" now turn up their noses at unairconditioned dwellings. TMO
From: JohnT on 27 Jul 2006 17:33 "Mxsmanic" <mxsmanic(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:jt6ic21ht2u9lp7ju3om0qh07ht7aps1r8(a)4ax.com... > Miguel Cruz writes: > >> Tak province. It ain't like Bangkok. > > That's true in the U.S., too: places out in the boondocks are less > likely to have amenities like air conditioning. But the fact remains > that A/C is extremely widespread in hot climates. Please specify, in detail, in which Asian Countries you have travelled and your experience of air conditioning there or the lack of it thereof. I suspect none and that your total knowledge of the world is limited to Arizona and Northern France. JohnT
From: JohnT on 27 Jul 2006 17:35
"Mxsmanic" <mxsmanic(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:907ic2928akdg2epo5n0q2aji627hasgia(a)4ax.com... > Miguel Cruz writes: > >> This isn't what actually happens. I am sitting in front of the computer >> with one fan and my skin is dry to the touch. The humidity today is in >> the high 80s. > > Your skin is never dry. You're just losing water to evaporation > before you notice it accumulating on your skin. > >> Lose what? People here are happy and comfortable. > > Well, no, they aren't. In hot climates without air conditioning, it's > routine to complain continually about the heat. Miguel says not. Miguel is respected on travel ngs. Mixi is not. QED. JohnT |