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From 4th grade until I left home at age 16, I lived in a single wide mobile home in lower Alabama. My mother had a window unit AC in her bedroom but other than
by hollywood_court 4y ago
From 4th grade until I left home at age 16, I lived in a single wide mobile home in lower Alabama. My mother had a window unit AC in her bedroom but other than that, there was no cooling.
Looking back now, I have no idea how I survived. My pet chinchilla died one summer because it was too hot in my bedroom.
I could never imagine allowing my own son to grow up on such conditions.
I suppose I have regressed and I am now weaker. But I couldn’t possibly live without AC now.
- selimthegrim 4y agoThe advent of termites put paid to traditional New Orleans house designs that would passively cool. It looks like we are all in the same boat.
- hollywood_court 4y agoIt's quite a coincidence that you mention passive cooling. I moved to the Caribbean after high school, and I never once had AC during the 10 years I spent there. But the windows were always open and the fans were always on. The Caribbean doesn't suffer from the humidity of the Deep South, and there was most always a breeze. It was much more bearable even though the temps were often just as high as those I experienced in Alabama.