Posted on 07/31/2015 9:50:34 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
It was so hot Wednesday that City Hall issued a 24-hour heat advisory warning people to stay indoors but officials also cautioned against blasting the A/C.
New Yorkers should keep their air conditioners at 78 degrees to help reduce the risk of blackouts, Mayor de Blasio said.
If the air conditioning is set at 78 degrees, people are safe and they will be able to deal with the hot temperatures, he said.
A 75-degree setting uses 18% more electricity, and a 72-degree setting uses 39% more, he said.
The citys fragile power grid was already showing signs of strain with over 1,000 blackouts in Brooklyn. Most had power restored within a few hours.
(Excerpt) Read more at nydailynews.com ...
Meanwhile DeCommio and his family, being members of the ruling Politboro, stay cool at 68, no doubt.
Is deBloviator going to be performing personal inspections?
I have some choice words for the mayor, but I’m trying to keep my cussing to a minimum.
“New Yorkers should keep their air conditioners at 78 degrees to help reduce the risk of blackouts, Mayor de Blasio said.”
Hmm...I seem to remember a certain ah, fellow traveler once telling us we couldn’t heat our homes at 72 degrees during the winter anymore, and then promptly kept his taxpayer-funded digs at 76.
Methinks DeBlabbio will stay nice and cool in his office and taxpayer-funded home.
Who writes these headlines?
But they want me, living in the only property I own, in a house less than 1/3 of theirs, they want me to sweat in my house.
Got it.
will all the govt offices also be a 78?....will Warren turn his own AC up to 78?......
Obama got a pass for that. Obama’s shill at the time, Robert Gibbs, explained that Obama is from Hawaii and likes it warm. So then that story of the White House being hested to such a high tempersture went awway with no liberal outrage expressed.
Every step we take to reduce coal use helps Americans breathe easier, and the 200th coal plant to announce its retirement since the launch of the Beyond Coal Campaign is a great milestone for public health and for the environment, Michael Bloomberg said ...
Socialism is rationing scarcity.
Thank you mayor for proving the case.
Apartment 5-G, thermostat at 75 degrees....Get 'em, boys!
NYC’s new dictator pronounces.
I’m a gonna have to keep that pic...
“The A/C is Too Damn High!”
I’d run mime at 50 and put on a sweater just to spite Big Bird.
What about D/C?
This is going to be a great thread bookmark.
I wish he did and if i were there when he does that, this jackhole will be in a world of hurt.
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