RRTom
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I agree that A/C is invaluable. And we have used ours when the electricity went out. But I have always been curious about how people lived before A/C. It's hard to imagine.
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rgatijnet1
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We made it through the year of five hurricanes in Florida, with no power loss. Since then, we have had to use the coach twice for extended power outages caused by an auto accident that disrupted power to the neighborhood and by a falling tree limb that kept power off for 6 hours. Both times, it was not during storms and it was during the hottest part of the Summer. High temps and high humidity is not comfortable and when we fire up the generator, a few neighbors always come over to sit in the coach with us and we catch up on what is going on in everyone's lives.
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ryanallie1
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Hi All.
Motorhomes are not just life savers, in that sense of the word. But they sure do come in handy for many many reasons.
For us a few years ago, we had one of the worst Forest Fires in California's History. At that time, we didn't have our Motorhome, But rather a small 5er and a 97 F-250 HD PSD Truck. We have always keep all of our past and present RV's very well stocked, for just in case of.
Not only that, but we use our Motorhome On/Off all year long. So we like to be able to leave wihtin a few minutes notice.
Its also good for a Guest House also. Its also my Man cave, as I am in and out of it almost daily.
I'm also a "Real Nut Case", when it comes to "proveentive Maintance Programs". maybe thats part of the reason that we have never had a "Flat Tire, or a "Blow-Oyt, or have every Broken-Down" in the 45+ years as RVe'rs.
I have alwasy done all of my own work on everything we have ever owned. I love to Tinker, the more the better. I also, always eem to find just one more Mod to to do, to make our lives even more "Enjoyable" and even more "Comfortable".
We treat pour Motorhome just as we do our real House. Our House is fully Furnished and Stoced with everything it needs. so is our Motorhome also. The only thing we ever need to grab on the way out, is our Meds and our Yorkies.
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weathershak
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Dale.Traveling wrote:Multitasker. My coach doubles as a life boat. Last year when the hurricane Irene came thru power was out for three days in late August. South eastern Virginia in late August is not the most comfortable place without AC.
We moved into ours for a while during that storm. Fired up the genny, the AC, the boob tube to watch the weather, and watched the trees sway thru the big windshield. Having a backup is GREAT...and the beers were cold 
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deandec
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Hmmmm.....our house AC is set for 78 in summer and 68 in winter.
Just a matter of shedding or adding more clothing. 
PG&E gets too much of our money otherwise.
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If 82 is life threatening I would have two systems installed.
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Raccoonman
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first twenty-one years of my life in Virginia, we did without A/C... only a few of our family and friends had even a window unit. six years in the Navy, most of THAT without A/C.... except on board ship.
then, six years in a 100yr old frame house in Lynchburg, one window unit.... sixteen years in Charleston SC with window units in two bedrooms. i've gotten where i can't sleep in the heat, but i can work in it. i can't get where i can't go outside; the risk of losing power here due to storms is too great. the rig gennie could power the house until SCE&G gets things straightened out....
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fla-gypsy
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I grew up in North Florida with no A/C. It's not that big of a deal when your home is constructed for it and you are not acclimated to air conditioning. Now of course I couldn't live without it. I have always been impressed with the guys down here working on the roads and roofs in the summer. Talk about endurance and conditioning! What really scares me is temps in the 40's and below. Brrrrrrr!
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wa_desert_rat
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RRTom wrote:I agree that A/C is invaluable. And we have used ours when the electricity went out. But I have always been curious about how people lived before A/C. It's hard to imagine.
Cars are no longer set up to be cooled by anything other than an A/C now. We used to open the "wind wings" wide so they'd scoop air onto us. Sometimes we'd wet down a rag and wipe our hair and necks with the water and let it evaporate off to cool us.
Houses, likewise. Our old farmhouse had 6' overhangs that blocked the sun in the summer and let it in during the winter. We would open the windows all night and as soon as we got up we'd close them and let the house retain that cool air until it heated up; usually good up to about 3pm. Then we'd open them all up again.
Fans were placed to suck hot air out of the house.
We had one house (in Spokane, WA) that had a cool basement. That's where I slept. In the summer the furnace had a "fan" setting and since it was in the basement it wouild blow cool air into the rest of the house.
I often slept outside in the middle of summer... on an old army cot on a patio. That was actually very comfortable.
We walked (or rode our bikes) on the shady side of the street! We went swimming wherever there was clean water. I can remember one year all the swimming pools were shut down because they thought the polio virus was spread in them. We begged our fathers for a ride to a lake or creek that summer.
Craig
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mlts22
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Before A/C, buildings were engineered to maximize breezes going through (the adobe style architecture in the Southwest pre-1940 is an example.), as well as using thick stone and having part of the structure underground.
Cars similar -- Older pickup trucks had a back window and the corner window that could open to get air in without deafening you with wind noise.
Now, A/Cs are reliable enough that we take them for granted, but if/when the fuel trucks and the electrical grid stop working, we are in a world of hurt -- new buildings have no opening windows, cars have openable windows, but not as economical and quiet as older ones, etc.
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