It’s nearing the end of summer.
My buddy and I were recently visited by a tropical storm. It surprised us, because this little rural southern neighborhood rarely gets poor weather. This neighborhood is also not prepared for poor weather. The electric company has few employees., and my superb friend and I don’t even have a local road crew to remove debris… Luckily, I was rather well prepared when our power went out. I had stocked up on candles, flashlights, batteries, canned food, water and ice, then what I couldn’t do anything about was the discomfort from the unbearable humidity. I don’t like being tepid as it is, and my cooling system is my best friend. The uneven temperatures weren’t absolutely bad, in the low eighties, but, one hundred percent humidity is unbearable to me. It could be seventy degrees outside, but, if it’s absolutely humid, I will run my air conditioner. I’m a truly active person, always cooking and cleaning, and high humidity keeps perspiration from evaporating off of skin. I will get hot in seventy degrees if the humidity is too high. I live in a rental home that does not have central air conditioner. My buddy and I depend on window cooling systems to keep cool in summer time months. Unfortunately, I have yet to find a window cooling system that also has a dehumidifier. When I buy my own home, I will honestly have a dehumidifier installed on my Heating and Air Conditioning unit. Fortunately, the power was back on the next day, and the humming of my cooling system was a blessing I was worried to hear.