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In Eastern Europe pillows, bedsheets and blankets are put on the windowsill every morning for airing. It is also a customary thing to keep windows open for a co

In Eastern Europe pillows, bedsheets and blankets are put on the windowsill every morning for airing. It is also a customary thing to keep windows open for a couple of hours at least, every day. I was surprised that is not the norm in the US for example. It's the AC that is always blasting instead

aclave1 8y ago
It's very hot in the US. Today at 2pm the temperature where I live will be around 29 degrees celcius. I googled ukraine's weather right now and it's 14C over there.
- Grazester 8y ago
  I thought you were going to say 35 degrees(Arizona, Nevada, Texas?) but you said 29? Where I am from that's a nice to normal day.
  - aclave1 8y ago
    I live in louisiana, it's actually really nice today compared to most days since we're in that nice 3 days of fall season. I was just giving an example of why AC is always blasting here. Your comment backs up my point that it's HOT in the USA
    - fhood 8y ago
      Not going to argue with you about using AC in Louisiana. I think a lot of people just don't understand how fucking hot and unpleasant it gets in the southern states during summer.
      - selimthegrim 8y ago
        I invite all these guys to live in a shotgun in Algiers (NOLA) without central air or window units for the summer and see how long they last.
      - crankylinuxuser 8y ago
        If it was just heat, it wouldn't be as bad. But a good chunk of the "South" in the US is swampland. And that means 95-100% humidity. That means that when you sweat, it doesn't evaporate. And it doesnt make you cooler. And the sweat then warms up to the air/body temperature, and further blankets you in hot... And you sweat more. Some scarier numbers, mammals die without shelter in around 8 hours if the temp is 35°C (95 °F) in saturated (100% humidity) air.
  - Alupis 8y ago
    Here in California, 35 is a nice day... in the summer, we get over 40C, sometimes over 45C! Although, it's a dry heat - I pity our east-coast and southern friends... the humidity makes it feel a whole lot worse!
- jimmy1 8y ago
  And also so very, very muggy where I live. I would love to open the windows but If i kept my windows open that long I am pretty sure the condenser in my refrigerator would break down.
chimeracoder 8y ago
> I was surprised that is not the norm in the US for example. It's the AC that is always blasting instead Most of the US is hot and humid enough for most of the year that this would just end up creating damp, musty-smelling sheets. If Eastern Europe had the same climate as most of the US, AC would be more common there too. In the parts of the US that have a milder climate, AC is much less common.
josefresco 8y ago
I live in the northeast US, we use the AC maybe 2 months out of the year, and only in select rooms (window units). Airing out our bedroom/house is quite common.
- H1Supreme 8y ago
  We (Eastern Ohio) went from 85f (+ humidity) to 45f this month. No joke. I didn't even get a chance to have the windows open at all this Fall. A/C straight into the furnace.
noisy_boy 8y ago
Same in India. This also has the side effect of the cotton filling puffing up - sleeping on a freshly "sunned" fluffier pillow is a very nice feeling. Pity we don't have this option anymore where I live due to the apartment living conditions - my kids would never know this.
jaclaz 8y ago
The same is done traditionally in Italy and Spain, at least where and when the weather allows it (more in the south than in the north). In any case having the windows open for some time daily allows to change the air and it prevents moulds and similar, particularly in modern homes where windows and doors (and the actual building envelope) are airtight. Living in a recently built home with a good energy rating (please read as insulated and airtight) but without a mechanical ventilation system is - as I see it - a health risk, unless you adopt this traditional routine daily.

aclave1 8y ago

It's very hot in the US. Today at 2pm the temperature where I live will be around 29 degrees celcius. I googled ukraine's weather right now and it's 14C over there.

Grazester 8y ago
I thought you were going to say 35 degrees(Arizona, Nevada, Texas?) but you said 29? Where I am from that's a nice to normal day.
- aclave1 8y ago
  I live in louisiana, it's actually really nice today compared to most days since we're in that nice 3 days of fall season. I was just giving an example of why AC is always blasting here. Your comment backs up my point that it's HOT in the USA
  - fhood 8y ago
    Not going to argue with you about using AC in Louisiana. I think a lot of people just don't understand how fucking hot and unpleasant it gets in the southern states during summer.
    - selimthegrim 8y ago
      I invite all these guys to live in a shotgun in Algiers (NOLA) without central air or window units for the summer and see how long they last.
    - crankylinuxuser 8y ago
      If it was just heat, it wouldn't be as bad. But a good chunk of the "South" in the US is swampland. And that means 95-100% humidity. That means that when you sweat, it doesn't evaporate. And it doesnt make you cooler. And the sweat then warms up to the air/body temperature, and further blankets you in hot... And you sweat more. Some scarier numbers, mammals die without shelter in around 8 hours if the temp is 35°C (95 °F) in saturated (100% humidity) air.
- Alupis 8y ago
  Here in California, 35 is a nice day... in the summer, we get over 40C, sometimes over 45C! Although, it's a dry heat - I pity our east-coast and southern friends... the humidity makes it feel a whole lot worse!
jimmy1 8y ago
And also so very, very muggy where I live. I would love to open the windows but If i kept my windows open that long I am pretty sure the condenser in my refrigerator would break down.

chimeracoder 8y ago

> I was surprised that is not the norm in the US for example. It's the AC that is always blasting instead Most of the US is hot and humid enough for most of the year that this would just end up creating damp, musty-smelling sheets. If Eastern Europe had the same climate as most of the US, AC would be more common there too. In the parts of the US that have a milder climate, AC is much less common.

josefresco 8y ago

I live in the northeast US, we use the AC maybe 2 months out of the year, and only in select rooms (window units). Airing out our bedroom/house is quite common.

H1Supreme 8y ago
We (Eastern Ohio) went from 85f (+ humidity) to 45f this month. No joke. I didn't even get a chance to have the windows open at all this Fall. A/C straight into the furnace.

noisy_boy 8y ago

Same in India. This also has the side effect of the cotton filling puffing up - sleeping on a freshly "sunned" fluffier pillow is a very nice feeling. Pity we don't have this option anymore where I live due to the apartment living conditions - my kids would never know this.

jaclaz 8y ago

The same is done traditionally in Italy and Spain, at least where and when the weather allows it (more in the south than in the north). In any case having the windows open for some time daily allows to change the air and it prevents moulds and similar, particularly in modern homes where windows and doors (and the actual building envelope) are airtight. Living in a recently built home with a good energy rating (please read as insulated and airtight) but without a mechanical ventilation system is - as I see it - a health risk, unless you adopt this traditional routine daily.