It's another hundred degree weekend here in summer-sunny Auburn, with a forecast for a “cooling trend” down to ninety four by mid-week. Don't put away your summer wardrobe just yet though.. because things are gonna heat right back up to 103 by next weekend. And didn't we just go through all of this over the past couple of weeks?
A quick survey of the National Weather Service's temperatures (recorded for posterity at the Auburn Municipal Airport) show an all-star lineup of above average daytime highs beginning in the middle of June. There were a total of six or seven days at or below the historic average in that span, but the other nineteen days have been, well... pretty damn hot.
I'm not complaining, mind you... I'm just sayin'. “Yep. We gittin' some pretty warm days lately. October's lookin' a fair ways off.”
This is the one season of the year that many of my customers are truly appreciative of the work I do. Not all, but many. Couple of weeks ago, one gal called me “the A/C whisperer” for resuscitating her aging system. Another lady convinced me to work an after-hours job at her house, buttering me up with, “Please, oh god of Cooling, come out here tonight!” How do you turn down that sort of request? And most of my customers are simply relieved to hear my comforting words, “Naw, I don't think it's a goner. Lemme go grab a flux capacitor outta the van and give 'er a kick in the ass.” Because who among us looks happily at the prospect of an HVAC system replacement, or more accurately, at the number of dollars necessary to perform that job?
Well it's getting after 5pm here in Bowman Acres. The phone's been relatively quiet all day which suits me just fine, 'cuz it'll be off the hook tomorrow. The chores around the house that have been piling up... got a couple of 'em knocked out before I decided to just take it easy for the rest of the day. It's an even 100 out in the shade of the big redwoods in the front yard, and I think the ol' Weber grill is ready to do up a big sockeye salmon fillet. I might just do 'er without even sparkin' up the burners!
You be cool out there. Call me if you're not.
Chris
A quick survey of the National Weather Service's temperatures (recorded for posterity at the Auburn Municipal Airport) show an all-star lineup of above average daytime highs beginning in the middle of June. There were a total of six or seven days at or below the historic average in that span, but the other nineteen days have been, well... pretty damn hot.
I'm not complaining, mind you... I'm just sayin'. “Yep. We gittin' some pretty warm days lately. October's lookin' a fair ways off.”
This is the one season of the year that many of my customers are truly appreciative of the work I do. Not all, but many. Couple of weeks ago, one gal called me “the A/C whisperer” for resuscitating her aging system. Another lady convinced me to work an after-hours job at her house, buttering me up with, “Please, oh god of Cooling, come out here tonight!” How do you turn down that sort of request? And most of my customers are simply relieved to hear my comforting words, “Naw, I don't think it's a goner. Lemme go grab a flux capacitor outta the van and give 'er a kick in the ass.” Because who among us looks happily at the prospect of an HVAC system replacement, or more accurately, at the number of dollars necessary to perform that job?
Well it's getting after 5pm here in Bowman Acres. The phone's been relatively quiet all day which suits me just fine, 'cuz it'll be off the hook tomorrow. The chores around the house that have been piling up... got a couple of 'em knocked out before I decided to just take it easy for the rest of the day. It's an even 100 out in the shade of the big redwoods in the front yard, and I think the ol' Weber grill is ready to do up a big sockeye salmon fillet. I might just do 'er without even sparkin' up the burners!
You be cool out there. Call me if you're not.
Chris