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One thing this heat reminds me of is that in the days before air conditioning, people knew enough to build their homes in the shade of deciduous trees, so they’d give shade in the Summer, but allow solar heating in the Winter.
If the temperature is 100F without shade, it could be 80-85F with shade, which is the difference between borderline uncomfortable and who-the-heck-chose-to-live-here.
These days, insurance companies forbid this because of the chance that an unmaintained tree will drop branches through your roof. Maybe we need to take that decision out of their hands. (There’s also the chance that a large regional fire will spread to the tree and from the tree to the house, but in all honesty, if you’re that close to a fire, there’s a good chance your home will go anyway. Have a cleared area around your property and just have a few trees near the house or something.)
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@geniusmusing The landlord replaced the roof here with a light-colored roof in early 2020, right before the lockdowns started. Now I’m wondering what indoor temperatures would have been like with the older, darker roof. It is 92F in my room right now.