To what I am referring is the percent relative humidity (%RH) in the homes in my area and I am sure in thousands of other homes in the southern states. I am a Yankee by birth and a Texan by choice. I have been raised since birth in a business called Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning. (HVAC) I am, as they say on Myth Busters, “Don’t try this yourself, we are experts!”, an expert in...
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February White-out
This is the weekend of the Superbowl AKA “The Big Game”. Here is what Ma Nature dished out today as a welcome to the tens of thousands who will travel to the game. It is keeping the locals home but just for today. It will be much warmer by “game day” which is Sunday. This is 5 inches of new snow on top of several inches of ice that was created the last few days....
Continue reading...Big Game Freeze and Power Play
This is Super Bowl week and there has been some frigid weather here in Frisco, Texas. (Suburb of Dallas.) That is also true for a large swath through the center of the USA. The problem here though is we are not well prepared for solid ice road coverings. We have roads like very high in the sky bridge overpasses. They are ice magnets. The “big game” players were bused to the stadium with a convoy...
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Every three years I get a notice. It seems to be automatic. I must be an easy target. I have only served (been picked) on two cases. I just missed getting picked yesterday. It was to be a civil case, my first one if I had been selected. The others were criminal cases. I showed up at the Collin County, TX court house 45 minutes early at 7:45 AM. That’s not an early hour for...
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