Pat Shingleton for July 18, 2008
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After days of less humidity, we’ve back to our July weather scenario: hot, muggy and showers. As mentioned in previous Weather News articles, July 17 is an anniversary of importance to all of us. It’s the 106th anniversary of the invention of modern air conditioning. In the 1900s, a Brooklyn printing plant was the first building in the world to be air-conditioned by Dr. Willis H. Carrier. Older Baton Rouge homes still have a large attic fan that prior to air conditioning was used to move air from room to room. Carrier’s cooling plant divided the air into two streams, one heated and the other cooled. In each room, these two air streams are proportionately mixed to produce a desired temperature.
Fastcast: Hot, some showers.
Fastcast: Hot, some showers.
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