Hi. I've been dreading the summer weather. My room has already hit over 90 degrees. It, unfortunately, faces the setting sun and gets all the terribly hot heat of the sun all afternoon.
I put up UV-blocking film, but I don't know how much that's helped. I have 4 fans in my bedroom + a window box fan. They help a lot unless the temp is too high.
Last summer, on a day when the temp was over 100 and probably still in the 90s outside at night, there was a brownout late at night due to everyone using electricity to stay cool.
My room became unbearably hot and was over 100 degrees. It was already barely tolerable with the fans on and A/C before the brownout. I was so worried about my cat getting heatstroke. She wasn't drinking water and I didn't know what to do except keep hoping the power would come back on. As for me, I kept tossing and turning and was suffering myself. I hate hot weather.
The brownout lasted for 2 hours, but felt like 4 hrs. It was such a huge relief when the fans turned back on.
It suddenly hit me recently that if there is another brownout this summer, I'm going to grab my cat and throw her into her carrier. Hopefully, not needing to try to chase her or get her out from under my bed. I'm going to put her carrier in my car and drive us both around with the A/C on so we can stay cool until the power comes back on.i thought I'd share in case this helps anyone else during a summer brownout.
I put up UV-blocking film, but I don't know how much that's helped. I have 4 fans in my bedroom + a window box fan. They help a lot unless the temp is too high.
Last summer, on a day when the temp was over 100 and probably still in the 90s outside at night, there was a brownout late at night due to everyone using electricity to stay cool.
My room became unbearably hot and was over 100 degrees. It was already barely tolerable with the fans on and A/C before the brownout. I was so worried about my cat getting heatstroke. She wasn't drinking water and I didn't know what to do except keep hoping the power would come back on. As for me, I kept tossing and turning and was suffering myself. I hate hot weather.
The brownout lasted for 2 hours, but felt like 4 hrs. It was such a huge relief when the fans turned back on.
It suddenly hit me recently that if there is another brownout this summer, I'm going to grab my cat and throw her into her carrier. Hopefully, not needing to try to chase her or get her out from under my bed. I'm going to put her carrier in my car and drive us both around with the A/C on so we can stay cool until the power comes back on.i thought I'd share in case this helps anyone else during a summer brownout.
