[Inyo-Mono]

Ha! There is no such place! Is there?

We get down into the low 50s almost every night here in Nor Cal and upper 90s to around a 100 or so during the day. Our humidity levels are very low, 2% to 10% every day. We don't have AC, just a swamp cooler and fans. Keeps the house at 72 during the day.

[Political Junkie Too]

I loved the weather when I lived in NorCal. I was at the top of a bowl facing due west. The East Bay hills were about four miles to the west, there was a golf course "lake" to the south at the bottom of the bowl, and a mountain to the north.

I kept a window open all the time to let the west-to-east breeze flow through the entire house. I only had to run the A/C during still days.

Now, in the Houston metro area, we're just coming out of a week-long 100+ heat wave. I can't live with the A/C above 70, just to filter out the humidity that seeps inside. If I were to set the A/C to 78, it would take a day just to cool the house down again.

Turning it up and down and up and down would be less efficient than just letting it keep a steady pace of coolness.

-PJ