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Originally posted by b_a
My mother-in-law suffers from COPD and asthma and we're worried that her home in Mountain View may need remediation.
Nowhere is safe from mold in a tropical forest. Albeit living as close as possible down by the ocean can limit it as it rains less there. We rented and stayed in several places as my wife also has COPD and it was only close to the ocean where and when there's unobstructed ocean breezes she did not have problems.
Now where I'm living, in SW Florida, where mold growth is not as bad as east Big Island but growing on exterior walls and concrete; side walks driveways etc. I have expensive special filters and electronic media to kill mold and bacteria added to my A/C system and yet the last time I changed and serviced it, there was a small amount of mold growing within the coils. However I also use ultra violet light within my coils and above them and they had failed, needing annual change.
Regardless my favorite A/C man says that, 'it's going to grow in your A/C system no matter what you do unless you keep your thermostat', as he does, '@ 72'.
Alternately, the ultra violet light was preventing mold growth previously and friggen 72 degrees is to dang cold!. The light bulbs aint cheap too.
There's no way She could live in mountain view, nor Cary's, (we visited her place for a week). Not Nanawale (stayed 2 months in 2 different locations , aniloa (stayed 1 month), most of or more than 90% of Hawaiian beaches, (stayed 1 month on an M street and visited every potential location within ). Nor black sands etc, etc. etc. , anywhere in puna for that matter. Except, she had no problems residing close to the ocean, 6 block from in Hawaiian beaches in a location where air from ocean was not restricted by the forest, (actual although 'peek-a-boo' visible ocean views. And, we also stayed on the same street for 1 month, a few blocks north with forest/jungle restrictions and it was not good) No problems in Kapoho (we stayed there for 1 month 4 blocks from ocean yet with forest, jungle restrictions) ) Kalapana and potentially HHP bocks from ocean, wherever driest, near the ocean, unrestricted from and receiving clean ocean air flow.
COPD? I'd get her out of Mountain view, yesterday. (wink)
