Versailles in California--If you go there, get the garlic chicken
Posted on 09/22/2014 3:19:42 PM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
Versailles in California--If you go there, get the garlic chicken
Oh well, another idea shot to hell.
Drought conditions and forecast.
http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/Drought/
VDH writes for the Hoover Institute, so I’m sure that he spends time in Palo Alto. I lived in Berkeley and Piedmont for many years and never had AC. Didn’t need it. But the Coast is NOTHING like the San Joaquin Valley where I was born, where the summer temps average 106 degrees. Summer starts in March and continues until November.
You're not on the coastal strip. Sorry. We live in San Mateo, don't have A/C and we really don't need the heater but for a month or two, and even then rarely all day. Older houses typically are more comfortable around here without much effort, except maybe a little insulation in the ceiling and a reflective roof positioned to deflect summer sun. Modern California houses are over-insulated and lack ventilation, as dictated per the nanny state. Thus making central air and heat absolutely necessary no matter what the outside climate is.
I was in Palo Alto--down the road from San Mateo--on September 6. That afternoon, it was pretty hot, and you might have benefited from air conditioning.
I think it might have hit close to 80 at home on the 6th. I recall taking a nap with a fan on and waking up needing a blanket about 10pm or so. I was in Arizona the two weeks previous so I had became used to cowering indoors with the AC on...There were at least 3-4 days this month where we thought it too hot to cook dinner so we fired up the barbeque or went out to eat.
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