Everyone I know right now is sick, and the reason is clear. It’s not that there’s some horrible superbug going around, infecting the entire population. Instead, I’m pretty positive that the cause is completely environmental. You see, our outdoor air temperature has been all over the place for a few weeks now, and I’m certain it can’t be good for anyone. One week it was 30 degrees and rainy each day. The next week our cloudy skies spontaneously cleared up and the temperature rose back into the 40s for a while. Without warning, the temperature then skyrocketed back into the 70s without a single apology for the rollercoaster. As such, everybody switched back and forth between putting on heavy layers to compensate for the low air temperature and donning summery tank tops when the sun was shining. It’s been a wild ride and I doubt it’s good for anyone’s immune system. I know it hasn’t been good for my HVAC system! During all of these climate changes our thermostat has seen a lot of activity. We were actually using the central heat on a daily basis until the the outdoor temperature spiked again. Suddenly, we were shutting off the furnace and asking the AC unit to show up for work once more… the problem is, our AC unit apparently was ready for a long winter hibernation. The cooling system definitely did not appreciate a sudden call to duty, and instead of powering back up to provide fresh, cool indoor air, the whole AC unit went down in a steaming heap. By the time we had a professional HVAC technician inspect and repair the central cooling system our temperature had shifted again and we were back to using the furnace.
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