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Well our house just went through a power outtage 2 days ago, and my frd's house has been out in Rosemead from yesterday until now. With the heat wave ,the power crisis (I think we're still in stage I, correct me if i'm wrong), and rolling blackouts forcast in the near future. I've decided to do something about it and bought an evaporative fan (since my a/c sucks anyways). These things are like fans w/ cold water, so it can supposed to lower your room temperature from 12 to 15 degrees F. with a power consumption equivalent to a light bulb. Hopefully this would help.
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i had a blackout yesterday too. what i dont get is why people are actually using that much energy. i mean when i look at myself... sure my computer is on alot of the day... and the lights are on only in the room im in it... and the AC is actually never on... we use fans... or i use 1 fan... and yet my house gets blacked out and im forced to sleep in the hot air... actually i end up sleeping on the ground cause i dont want my bed to be sweaty... god damn it... my neighbor had electricity too... i was hella pissed off...
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Ya with all these hurricanes in florida and the poweroutages that occur from them, usually anywhere from 3-12 days, my parents invested in our 4th car, a whole house generator. It literally cost as much as a car and basically is a car, its a thing of beauty.
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I wonder if other places in the midwest and mideast are attempting to conserve power because I know all of those folks out there are burning much more electricity than us Californians - it's pathetic how California is always in an energy crisis (barring all political debacles).
People in Texas and Arizona run their A/C ALL DAY for crying out loud. Otherwise their dogs living at home would die. I don't even have A/C in La Jolla and they are STILL doing a rolling blackout in my area? Absolutely pathetic.
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Hahahah - I visited my woman's cousin in Galveston TX last summer and IT WAS HOT! I can stand high heat as I've done in Vegas many times but man, the humidity was the deal-breaker.
I found it amazing how the A/C was on 24/7 in the car, the house, and at work. That's unheard of here in CA! The heartbreaker is that their energy bills are barely higher than mines at home!!! :
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wow thats disgusting, i hope those people go to jail for animal cruelty
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I seriously can not stand hearing stories like that.
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If you're looking for Superco, they have one in Cerritos near the Cerritos mall. I don't think Home depot/Lowe's have those eva fan
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as for the fan with water, i heard they don't do much and just make the room more humid.
as for the people who let their dog die, that story is so sickening.
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