Air conditioning in Seattle houses? How common? (Bremerton: find a job, to live in)

[tada]

Originally Posted by obsidian97

Here's an analogy to explain my point.

Let's say you are from Siberia, and you were looking to move to Sixtydegreeville. It's always 60F in Sixtydegreeville. It would seem silly to expect, as a Siberian, that you wouldn't need a heater in Sixtydegreeville because you were used to it being -6000F in Siberia even though you're always in a heated location there where it's 72F inside.

You're not going from living in a house that is -6000F to one that's 60F. You're going from one that is 72F to 60F if you don't have a heater. So, although it's a huge improvement if you're outside a lot, it's worse inside than where you started from.

I don't know which is more physically impossible; temperatures below absolute zero (which is -459F in Fahrenheit) or a climate that is always the same temperature to within one degree.

[mayfair]

Originally Posted by argo69

An apartment like mine, on the second floor, with minimal western exposure and shady trees outside, never gets really unmanageably hot but an upper level apartment with western exposure could easily get horribly hot during the hottest days of the year.

We're in the trees, too and our house never gets very hot. Exposure and shade make a huge difference. Some places in Seattle you absolutely cook during heat waves and others are no problem.

[obsidian97]

Originally Posted by tada

I don't know which is more physically impossible; temperatures below absolute zero (which is -459F in Fahrenheit) or a climate that is always the same temperature to within one degree.

Yes, I know about Lord Kelvin, and hyperbole.

However, I was measuring temperature in "Frigs", not "Fahrenheit".

A Frig (F) is a specific unit of measurement that describes the relative temperature comfort level of the observer.

For example, "it's FRIGGIN' cold outside," or "it's really FRIGGIN' hot in Phoenix right now."

[tada]

Originally Posted by obsidian97

Yes, I know about Lord Kelvin, and hyperbole.

However, I was measuring temperature in "Frigs", not "Fahrenheit".

A Frig (F) is a specific unit of measurement that describes the relative temperature comfort level of the observer.

For example, "it's FRIGGIN' cold outside," or "it's really FRIGGIN' hot in Phoenix right now."

Frigs would be relative based on both the person's tolerance for temperature, and how well they control their anger. Not a very scientific measurement.

[obsidian97]

Originally Posted by tada

Frigs would be relative based on both the person's tolerance for temperature, and how well they control their anger. Not a very scientific measurement.

Have a beer.

BTW- It's -459.67F. Your rounding was off.

[tada]

Originally Posted by obsidian97

Have a beer.

BTW- It's -459.67F. Your rounding was off.

If you use only three sig figs of absolute zero (i.e. -273K), and follow the rules of sig figs when multiplying and adding, then -459F is correct to three sig figs.

[jenlion]

How many frigs
would a sig fig frig
if a sig fig rigged big frigs?

[obsidian97]

Originally Posted by tada

If you use only three sig figs of absolute zero (i.e. -273K), and follow the rules of sig figs when multiplying and adding, then -459F is correct to three sig figs.

If you're going to nerd-out, nerd-out all the way.

Significant figures - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

(See rounding).

/end.

[tada]

Oops, I meant -273C in that post.

But C to F is a multiplication by exactly 1.80 (as many zeroes as needed). That comes out to -491.4, which should round to -491. Add 32 and that's -459.

[mrman78]

So how in the world do you survive the 90+ days? I noticed it is going to be 90 both tomorrow and Saturday. I guess it's more of a dry heat up there? But still, I would think inside would get pretty hot. I would be worried about my cat, lol...