->    I don't know how much air conditioners were 30 years ago (and I still
-> find
-> some that are that old here, still running - mostly old Chrysler Air 
emps)
-> but it's one of those things we become accustomed to.  Myself, I grew up 
n
-> a home without air conditioning - we had an evaporative cooler that works
-> just fine MOST of the summer - 'til the wet bulb goes over 54 degrees.  We
-> have an evaporative cooler on the house here and use it till the monsoons
-> move in - lots nicer electric bill, one motor for the blower that is about
-> 1/2 HP and a tiny little water pump, maybe 1/100 HP.  More comfortable, to
-> my way of thinking - it can keep the house in the 70's much of the summer
-> and if you don't put the coolers on thermostats, the house gets so cold 
ou
-> have to get up in the middle of the night to shut them off!   Guess your
-> humidity is too high to use these much, though.
I would guess they wouldn't work to well here.  Our humidity is right up 
here
most of the time.
->    Nope, I just hear a LOT about people freezing to death in the news and
-> presume it is a common thing where it gets so cold.
Well I would guess that dieing from the cold is about as common as dieing 
rom
the heat is down there.
->   'Cept the only people dying of the heat are one or two people a year who
-> go
-> out and get drunk, then go jogging in the sun for ten miles or so!  Or
-> people who go out in the desert, generally elderly people from out of 
state,
-> without water and then are in trouble if their car breaks down.  We get, 
t
-> seems, a couple of tourists a year who go in search of the Lost Dutchman's
-> Gold, up in Apache Junction, in old cars in bad repair and don't take the
-> precaution of telling anyone where they are or even carry a gallon of 
ater
-> in their trunk. Then the idiots leave their cars to hike out in the middle
-> of the day in 110 degree heat!  I'm sermonizing, but it seems that it's
-> common sense to not leave the vehicle if you are 75 years old and broke 
down
-> in the desert!
Sounds like the same stupes that drive around here without a shovel or a pair
of boots.  In the winter time I normally put a sleeping bag in the back of 
he
pickup.  I can at least keep warm that way if I am stranded in a storm.  It 
s
normally the stupid ones that die in the cold just as they do in the heat.
->    Only 30% of the state is desert, the rest is more like my mom's place.
-> And up in Flagstaff, where Northern Arizona University is, it can still be
-> in the 40's at night in the summertime!  Too cold for me, I won't live any
-> place I can't ride my horse 365 days a year.
I can't really remember a day that Niki didn't ride because of the weather 
here
either.
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