Trying to conceive of a summer here without HVAC

Trying to conceive of a summer here without HVAC

Nick December 28, 2021

It’s really easy this time of year to fall completely and madly in love with this region.

That’s why so many people target the area as a place to vacation during the winter. I can open my door right now and won’t hear one heat pump working at heating a home and it’s almost Christmas. So yea, it’s pretty epic when it comes to blue skies, sunshine and great temperatures this time of year. And believe me, I love it too. Actually, I sort of live for this time of year because there is a balance due later in the year. Of course, the tourists don’t trample each other to get down here during the summer. That’s because it’s a sweltering oven down here and anyone not from here is inside the HVAC cooling. I’ve lived here all my life so I know how to acclimate my body to the heat of summer. But even then, I count on the air conditioning to manage that four months plus of oppressive heat and humidity. However, I think about the generations before me that lived in this region without the benefit of residential HVAC. HVAC cooling as we know it today really wasn’t introduced until the 1950’s. I can’t imagine what it was like living through the peak heating hours of summer days without HVAC cooling. According to my grandparents, when they were alive, they got as much work done before lunchtime. Then it was simply find the best shady spot, not move much and hope for a breeze.

 

Trying to conceive of a summer here without HVAC