Love it, Alan! Thanks for posting. J
Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 13, 2017, at 11:01 PM, Brian Walters <[email protected]> wrote: > > Classic ingenuity! > > > Cheers > > Brian > >> On Tue, Feb 14, 2017, at 04:01 PM, Alan C wrote: >> Just for fun I've posted a scan of a crude evaporative fridge (called the >> Bullshitator) from my late Father's WWII snaps. This was taken in >> Abyssinia >> about 1940. All his war time images were taken with a black Brownie Box >> which I later used to begin my photographic distractions. >> >> https://www.flickr.com/photos/wisselstroom/32767741631/ >> >> Alan C >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Alan C >> Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2017 6:26 AM >> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> Subject: Re: Weather Out of Whack! >> >> Paul & PJ, thanks for that. >> >> I know about those & some people here have tried them. Unfortunately they >> are better suited to arid, hot areas like the Middle East where >> they are built into the flat roofed houses with a small air space above >> the >> ceiling. When used in high humidity , low rainfall places like here they >> do have some cooling effect but actually increase the humidity thereby >> reducing their own effectiveness. I have seen one here where the >> evaporative >> blinds were actually rotten with mildew. We have experimented with a >> towel >> (with its lower end in a basin of water) draped over a fan, a sort of >> home >> brew evaporative cooler with limited success. >> >> By the middle of March the worst should be over. >> >> Alan C >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: P. J. Alling >> Sent: Monday, February 13, 2017 9:47 PM >> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> Subject: Re: Weather Out of Whack! >> >> I've experienced swamp coolers in temperate climates, and they're what >> I'd call marginally ineffective. Better than nothing but not much. In >> a desert they work a bit better but mostly at hydrating the air. Unless >> you have cold water they don't really seem cool anything. >> >> >>> On 2/13/2017 10:28 AM, Paul in MKE wrote: >>> Alan - >>> >>> Would a swamp cooler work for you? Much less expensive to purchase and >>> operate compared to conventional A/C. >>> >>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evaporative_cooler >>> >>> -p >>> >>> >>>> On 2/13/2017 9:07 AM, Alan C wrote: >>>> 40°C+ is hardly exciting, in fact totally debilitating. At the moment our >>>> house doesn't even cool below 30°C at night. The pitched roof houses the >>>> mines built here are totally unsuited to the Lowveld climate with that >>>> huge mass of hot air above the ceiling (very nice in "winter", mind you). >>>> Flat roofed houses like those in the Middle East & Mexico would be much >>>> better. Unfortunately, Aircons are too expensive to run for hours on end >>>> so we have to make do with fans. It would probably be better to sleep >>>> outside under a mosquito net. A couple of good rain storms would help a >>>> lot but they never seem to get here. Just heard there is a cyclone in the >>>> Mozambique Channel so we may be lucky yet. >>>> >>>> Alan C >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- From: ann sanfedele >>>> Sent: Monday, February 13, 2017 3:42 PM >>>> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>>> Subject: Re: OT: Weather Out of Whack! >>>> >>>> New York is so boring - just normal winter temps - 35° F (for those of >>>> you who care I researched to find that ALT 248 = °. I love alt codes) >>>> However, the extra strong wind gusts predicted today may lift us out of >>>> the ordinary.. >>>> >>>> some scary stuff in California - >>>> >>>> ann >>>> >>>>> On 2/13/2017 2:16 AM, mike wilson wrote: >>>>> Someone I know from the Perth hills in Australia was going to go for a >>>>> ride the >>>>> other day but: >>>>> http://i978.photobucket.com/albums/ae266/GU221/fasdegsbn_1.jpg >>>>> >>>>> That's 55degrees Centigrade (131 in Funnymoney) so he decided to wait >>>>> until >>>>> evening. >>>>> >>>>> Here, it's dead normal February weather. ~0degrees, leaden skies (for >>>>> weeks, >>>>> seemingly) and perpetual drizzle/sleet. I think I need vitamin D >>>>> injections. >>>>> >>>>>> On 13 February 2017 at 02:45 John <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> It was 80 deg F here in Raleigh today. That's 5 deg higher than the old >>>>>> record. >>>>>> >>>>>> Normal High temperatures for February are around 54 deg F. >>>>>> >>>>>> Temps are falling off now. It should be 40 deg overnight. >>>>>> >>>>>> By Wednesday they're calling for a high of 52 deg F, more like regular >>>>>> temperatures, but they're also calling for it to be back up to 70 deg F >>>>>> by the weekend. >>>>>> >>>>>> I just don't know what to think. >>>> >>>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. >> >> >> --- >> This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. >> https://www.avast.com/antivirus >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > > -- > -- > > -- > http://www.fastmail.com - Accessible with your email software > or over the web > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
