So, in our quest to seriously attempt to live without air conditioning (at home) in Baltimore’s nasty summer, we bought some cool fans last week. Checked out the website and realized that they indeed make bigger ones. Gonna return the medium ones. Was gonna get those big suckers. Ordered them on Amazon yesterday, and they showed up today with free shipping (sweet!). We got back from The Evergreen, and there was this huge box on our doorstep. Just in time for the back-end of this current — but short — heatwave. It’s a code red day in the city today, for serious, dude.
And I have to watch V for Vendetta on the computer with headphones to catch the tasty dialog for an end-ish chapter of the diss. (So being not-sweaty would be nice.) How to properly hate, unlike the sissy-ish new Batman who won’t kill anyone and doesn’t get much done at all… Of course, I’m not sure how much I believe any of this now, but I just want to get this over with. It’s not like anyone will read it.
Back to fans. It’s like a breezy day in here now. We might wind up breaking down and putting our window AC units in later. But at least we can say we really really tried. It’s not just an environmental/energy matter, either. It’s a Johnny’s a brat matter. If I can stand the summer in Baltimore without AC at home, that’s a good step — for me.
It’s really about as hot as it gets without a deadly heatwave today, and I can dig it.
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June 19, 2007 at 11:09 pm
Johnny
You know what? I’m disappointed with what these $100 a piece fans do. I took a walk after dinner when it cooled off and came home to a sweltering apartment. Some circulation. My sexy tiny turbos work better at bringing in outside air. Looks like these suckers might go back…
July 17, 2007 at 7:45 pm
Ahniwa
And here I was thinking about buying one. Shucks, guess I have to be all self-educated-consumer-guy again.
Maybe Michael Graves has a line of fans ….
July 17, 2007 at 10:43 pm
Johnny
THAT would be a pretty fan:)
We’ve been having luck with Holmes window fans that do exhaust and intake and a big BIG BIG commercial grade Holmes fan. I have to do a post about our fans:) It’s the hottest time of year in Baltimore, and we’re faring Okay with our AC units in their boxes;)
July 18, 2007 at 12:29 pm
Ahniwa
Did you know that I work in a Michael Graves (designed) library? It’s true. It’s a pretty library, but I can’t help thinking, every time I walk into Target, that they might have a little model of it on the shelf with a sign saying “Build yours now!”
As for fans, we can’t do window fans because, unfortunately, we only have one window that opens and it’s right at the head of the bed (i.e. not a great place for a fan). The fan we have right now is a large, floor-standing Holmes, but it just doesn’t push out much air, and it’s awfully loud.
July 19, 2007 at 8:46 am
Johnny
You HAVE to post photos of your library! :^) I’ll thinking of those cool kettles and Target and wondering what it looks like:)
A fan that can blow in and out might be perfect for only one window. You can pull the hot air out and blow the cool night air in — on some, both at the same time. We’ve been working on that, and it makes a big difference and keeps the AC away:)