Feeling the heat

[GP33]

change the jugs,freeze three and trade them out,you can also make the holes in different directions to shoot the air in different directions, in Hawaii it doesn't have to work 24/7 just the hot part of the day, they work great camping to cool the tent...

[leilanidude]

All it would do is pump out cool, humid air. An air conditioner removes the moisture, which we have an abundance of.

[The_Saints]

Grumpy (my wife) and I use these to stay cool. It is a towel that uses some sort of hydrophobic/hydrophilic blend of fabric. You get it wet, and the evaporative cooling effect causes it to cool down. I wear one draped over my neck. A bit of air movement, like driving with the windows down, or having a fan blow on you, supercharges the effect. We are in Colorado for the next few months, and are suffering in the 95-105 degree Denver heat. These don't make the room any cooler, however, it certainly makes it more bearable for the wearer. We use these when in Hawaii too. Despite the higher humidity, they still work pretty good. And, with no energy penalty!

http://www.amazon.com/Mission-Athletecare-Enduracool-Instant-Cooling/dp/B00BP570ZM/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1406569952&sr=8-2&keywords=mission+towel

[fishenjim]

To never have to go through another P.A. ice box winter. I will gladly suffer the Hawaiian heat.

[robguz]

Each summer gets a little bit hotter, with fewer days of trade winds, and more humidity. We used to remove our winter bedspread in May, then last year April, and this year February! August and September seem the worst, and is yet to come. We hit 93 last week, which is the hottest in my nearly 7 years here.

We have a portable roll in AC unit. It seems running it in a closed bedroom for 1 night adds $10 to our HELCO bill. We finally brought it inside last night because it was 85 in the room, making sleep extremely difficult.

[bananahead]

the highest temp recorded in historic time in all of Hawaii is 100 (Pahala in Ka'u 4/27/1931)

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[bananahead]

one advantage to living above 1,000' elevation is its easy to sleep at night...

the highest its been here (in last couple weeks) at 1,200' was 84.9 .... and the lowest 62.6

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[GP33]

Hot and humid, yesterday it was 50% humidity at 108,...90? haha..last week we hit 114, yes we know about hot and humid...

[missydog1]

Years ago when I visited Kyoto temples at just this time of year, I noticed the Japanese sightseers mostly walked with damp towels draped around their necks. This was before the special towels were invented, but looks like they knew something about keeping cool. Kyoto was even more hot and humid as a typhoon went through while I was there. It was such a sight with hundreds of walkers draped in white neck towels.

Tom, yes it gets to me. I tend to stay up in the night hours because the temp is so pleasant then, but I would rather have more light.

[csgray]

Every year at this time I wish we lived at a higher elevation. But I would really miss the distance crashing wave I hear at night in the winter.

Carol