Oh boy! You can tell from that last post that it's been too hot to blog. At a certain point, one's proteins begin to denature and the brain stops functioning and nothing of value is produced. Our computer is upstairs, in one of the hotter rooms in the house. I am therefore behind in emails as well as ideas! Don't make me do anything! And I usually pride myself on taking the heat better than some people...
We came back from work yesterday to discover the clock in our bedroom read 92 degrees. We spent the last two nights sleeping on the floor of my studio. A bit hard but lots cooler. There is a sliding door that allowed as much cool air in as was possible. Jules approved of our low lying attitude.
Here's a picture of the fan that Bob constructed from an old fan housed in an air compressor (another piece of equipment that coame wiith the house). It fit into our extremely narrow (only 15") windows which will not accommodate air conditioners... and it worked famously! The temperature in the bedroom was significantly lowered after the fan was turned on. Unfortunately, not much worked after two straight weeks of extraordinary temperatures. Bob has faith in this gigantic whole house fan mounted on the roof. I think it makes and impressive ammount of noise and fury, but signifies- and cools off- nothing!
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