WE are under an extreme heat advisory today, they are saying at least 107 with the heat index of 110 or higher. My challenge has been keeping dogs cool. I have a Portacool water cooler on several of the dogs ( thanks to a wonderful lady this was actually donated to us) I have misting systems on everyone else and fans mounted behind the misting systems. We have discovered that our 3 year old central system is junk, so we have purchased a window unit as an additional source to cool the main living areas of the house. We will be installing a new central unit this winter, but until then we are going to have to do whatever we can to stay cool. Tomorrow will again be at least 107 then we get a cooling trend, 102.
Nicholas, Piglets dad has a wonderful outside enclosure/run of about 1/8th of an acre with a dog house, complete with a porch that measures about 15 feet by 8 feet. He doesnt like change or water. When I first hooked up the misting system by hanging it from the roof on the inside of the porch, he flew out of the dog house like an animal possessed when I turned it on, same reaction when I hooked up the fan. I was worried that it wasnt working right so I crawled in the dog house myself, and guess what, it was actually cool in there on a 100 degree day.
Nick is now enjoying the cooler climate even though he is having to deal with excess water. Not sure what to expect on the water bill, should be interesting- but they have to stay cool... I am sooo ready for October.
