C'mon you knew this was coming

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Was talking to a business contact the other day...

...Well, she told me that they were in the twentieth day of +100 deg F temps. Continuous, night and day, never below +100 deg.

we haven't seen 100 deg yet this year. we are probably more than a month from getting that hot and we don't get to 20 + consecutive days like that until mid - late summer.

i know everyone has heard "but it's a dry heat", but there is some truth to it. i am from Rock Island, Illinois. @85 degrees with humidity in illinois is a lot more uncomfortable than 105 in the desert.

i don't really know how to compare energy costs other than to say that i have a 2300 sqft home with a pool (electric pumps) and my energy bill is $140/month.
my last house was 1300 sqft with no pool and my bill was $130.

both places i keep it at 76 deg in the summer and 72 deg in the winter.

is that expensive compared to back east?