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YIKES! HOT SAT.

SharkE — Sat, 20 Jul 2019 01:27:19 GMT

103' in Amarillo, TX dropping to 80's , though , come Mon.

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Kachina624 — Sat, 20 Jul 2019 01:33:04 GMT

@SharkE. Can you believe it? A cold front is due to pass our way Monday. We'll be in 80s next week with good chances for rain. We hit 100° today for the first time this year.

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texassunflower — Sat, 20 Jul 2019 01:37:08 GMT

@SharkE I am in Texas also. I lived about 2 and a half hours from you. Home of the Red Raiders. This week has been miserable. A 100 degrees almost every day and it doesn't cool down at night. 80 degrees at 3:00 a.m. this morning. Next week, it looks to be 80 something all week. I dread my electric bill this month!

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SharkE — Sat, 20 Jul 2019 02:08:20 GMT

Wow! your closer then Kachinea she's in Alburq, New Mexico.

I got pen pals all over seems like !

Our bill was 255 this month and that is with thermostat set on 77 it was 78

but, he broke down and let me move it down one degree.

JUly's bill will be every bit 400 I have no doubt, but, you have to live.

I turn off at night and sleep with fans on and don't turn it back on till noon next day.

Just had new roof put on Tues and poor men up there , roofing, Yikes !

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Kachina624 — Sat, 20 Jul 2019 02:43:01 GMT

@texassunflower. I lived 7 years in Midland and left West Texas because the summers were so brutal. My first year there it got up to 120° one fine June day.

Now I'm in the Albuquerque area and it's a lot more pleasant due to the altitude and dryness. I've been wrapped in a fleece throw all day because my evaporative cooler keeps my house so cold.....and it costs pennies to run.

I've got grandchildren in Lubbock.

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SharkE — Sat, 20 Jul 2019 03:35:15 GMT

Sounds good, but, I don't want no water above my head. We've had trouble with leaks all our lives. Have to have somebody else to turn on and off for you , etc.

after my ceiling in living room caved in about a 3x3 ft section at one a.m. from a humidifier connected to the furnace that pipe burst. No more water for us. Then, we've had trouble with leaking sky lights, you name it. That was up in Ind. no water to leak from rains down here. LOL

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Jaspersmom — Sat, 20 Jul 2019 14:09:08 GMT

@SharkE, do you live in Amarillo? One of my best friends of forty years moved there a few years ago. Her daughter is a doctor in one of the hospitals, so the family followed her from LI to Amarillo. Big change to say the least, but they love it and are doing well.

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SharkE — Sat, 20 Jul 2019 15:14:56 GMT

Yep, we need more places to shop. If Dillards goes out I'll be up the creek

Kohl's is ok, but, not as nice as Dillards. We got plenty of places to eat, but, half are Mexican fare. He won't touch. We stick with SaltGrass Steak house and few others that are for the delicate stomach folk.

We need a car Max place too. Nearest one is Ok I think. Gonna sell my Kia next yr and go to midsize van. DH has 6 more wks to work then he's falling back on SS LOL.

Gonna be a adjustment for both of us I have my escape plan mapped out

ROFL

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Kachina624 — Sun, 21 Jul 2019 05:31:00 GMT

@SharkE. My electric bill for June was $50.37. I've paid as much as $400.+ when I lived in Texas.

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Lilysmom — Sun, 21 Jul 2019 09:49:21 GMT

@SharkE , that’s hot!

In Nova Scotia, we are having our own heat wave. It was 93F here yesterday and it is going to be hotter today. We were in the lake swimming four times yesterday. So lucky to be able to do that! LM

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CalminHeart — Sun, 21 Jul 2019 11:33:10 GMT

The heat index here was 114 and the actual temp was 101.

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FlowerBear — Sun, 21 Jul 2019 14:08:49 GMT

Cooler air cannot get here fast enough

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SharkE — Sun, 21 Jul 2019 14:18:19 GMT

@Kachina624

You Win ! We're going to check into evaporative cooler and see the cost of installation, maintenance, etc.

Get couple of quotes this week.

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RetRN — Sun, 21 Jul 2019 14:38:35 GMT

@Lilysmom wrote:
@SharkE , that’s hot!

In Nova Scotia, we are having our own heat wave. It was 93F here yesterday and it is going to be hotter today. We were in the lake swimming four times yesterday. So lucky to be able to do that! LM

Wow, that had to be unusual weather for your area. Enjoy the lake.

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Kachina624 — Sun, 21 Jul 2019 21:29:24 GMT

@SharkE. Now that I've had the fun of convincing you, I must say that I'm not sure Amarillo is suited for swamp coolers as it may be too humid. You seem to get a lot more rain than we do. There's a noticable decrease in cooling during rainy periods which I expect will happen this coming week. I'm still comfortable but not freezing like I have been this past week. Refrigerated air like you have is considered superior, although more expensive to operate. Never heard of a person going from it to a swamp cooler, although many swamp cooler owners convert to refrigerated air.

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SharkE — Sun, 21 Jul 2019 23:25:00 GMT

Yep, got a call back today from a guy and he said he would do it , but, this area is not as dry as it should be. Suppose to , possibly, get rain tonight.

Think the EP's are more for New Mexico and Arizona where it's considered '

'desert' we're more 'semi-desert'

He said we are too humid still. Hard for me to believe, but, remember @Kachina624 I'm from Ind where it rains 5 days a week. LOL

Just have to pay those huge electric bills like 3 months a yr. July bill be a barn burner I'm sure. Hopefully, Aug. on will give us a break.

Enjoy those 50 a month bills ! LOL

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Kachina624 — Sun, 21 Jul 2019 23:55:47 GMT

@SharkE. I think you may be right. Are you on the "balanced billing" for your electric bills? It helps avoid those huge summer bills. I pay about $53/mo all year, every month.

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SharkE — Mon, 22 Jul 2019 01:06:39 GMT

No, DH doesn't believe in it. Think it's called 'budget pricing' it's about the same price monthly all yr. then you have a 'balloon' payment in Dec.

He bellows "I want to know what I'm paying not what they want me to think I'm paying". LOL

Can't win it seems. He'll be home starting mid Sept for the rest of his life if he gets hot enough he'll turn it on.