>
> -> Of course. There are palm trees and a pine tree that
> is at least 30 feet
> -> tall in the front yard that sold me on the place. The
> back yard has two
> -> enormous mulberry trees and a Chinese elm or something
> like that. Tree
> -> shade is COOLER than manmade shades.
>
> Oh really? Now why is tree shade cooler than man made shade?
> Or is that
> "Cooler" not a reference to temperature? ;-)
Man made shade often interferes too much with air circulation. Tree shade
blocks out the direct heat of the sun, but lets the breeze flow around more
readily.
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* Origin: Sci-Fido II, World's Oldest SF BBS, Berkeley, CA (1:161/84.0)
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