I hate living in a region that gets blasted with rain and thunderstorms almost constantly throughout the summer months.
It’s strange because we get blue skies and sunshine throughout the remainder of the year. We’re even lucky enough to get mild winters where the lows do not drop below 40 degrees except in the rarest of circumstances. I guess I should be thankful for this region’s advantages, but I still can’t get past the intimidating amount of rainfall in July, August, and September. Worse yet, I live in the southeast where atlantic hurricanes are a real danger during the same time of the year, while extending through late October and early November. It’s terrifying when you see a category 5 hurricane on doppler radar with reports of an imminent landfall in your area. But whether it’s a hurricane, tropical storm, or just a light drizzle and thunder in the distance, I constantly fear losing my electricity. I can’t go too long in this region without air conditioning my house. Whenever it goes several days without cool and dry air, the bathroom starts to smell considerably, even after several deep cleans with bleach. Even if it’s just a power flicker, I still worry about the air conditioner. A month ago a power flicker caused the compressor to misfire in the a/c condenser outside. If I had not been standing on the other side of the wall where the condenser sits, I might not have heard the grinding noise it was making right after the power flicker. All I had to do was shutdown the system entirely and wait a few minutes before turning it back on. It was an easy enough fix, but it could have been disastrous if I hadn’t found it right away.