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...
Continue reading...Rainy Days
The days roll by and it is already into the first week of September. One of the Gulf storms is making its way through Texas. Rain is always welcome but it does create temporary flooding. I have a lake in the back yard but that has not been a serious flood issue in the last 12 years. Not a very long time I admit. The lake is basically a dammed up storm water ditch about...
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