tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post6180299630033730822..comments2024-03-28T11:00:59.091-05:00Comments on Bayou Renaissance Man: Steam heating systems to combat a pandemic? I didn't know thatPeterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10595089829300831372noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-84212185311592557882020-08-09T22:13:00.770-05:002020-08-09T22:13:00.770-05:00In Alaska where I was raised they use Steam Heat i...In Alaska where I was raised they use Steam Heat in the downtown area because the Town "Grew up around the Power plant and a by-product of electrical generation is steam ( or more properly Very Hot Water . So they pump it to area homes to get rid of this as other wise they would Vent it to the river ,lake or Marsh.<br />WildAkBillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11493840872901332536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-23163422570352886742020-08-08T01:18:55.476-05:002020-08-08T01:18:55.476-05:00The dorms I lived in at UF, Gainesville were some ...The dorms I lived in at UF, Gainesville were some of the original buildings from the founding of the university. There was no A/C, the wiring dated from the 1930s and couldn't handle much of a load, and had steam heat from a central plant. There wasn't much insulation, and the heat gradient in winter between the first floor to the fourth was truly astonishing. On the first floor it was always chilly while the fourth floor was like the boiler room of a battleship. They always had open windows and often fans to get more air in. But they were cheap. Astoundingly so compared to the extortionate rates charged now. The figure of $352 per semester 40 years ago sticks in my mind, nut couldn't swear to that.Larryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13296988746956477216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-36977173866601033182020-08-07T19:38:50.413-05:002020-08-07T19:38:50.413-05:00Very interesting, thanks!Very interesting, thanks!Old NFOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404197287935017147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-55511837270084830042020-08-07T18:16:07.348-05:002020-08-07T18:16:07.348-05:00Good stuff and a good read. Thank you.Good stuff and a good read. Thank you.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06203709938003689049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-6309164242141250112020-08-07T17:55:34.292-05:002020-08-07T17:55:34.292-05:00The funny thing is, the theory of bad air is comin...The funny thing is, the theory of bad air is coming back. There was a study I saw not long ago that proved that pathogens can indeed hitch a ride on fog particles. So a fog arising from an area contaminated with something could potentially lead to infections in another area as the fog moved. Now, the origin of keeping the night air out was a bit bigger - mosquitoes! Cedarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06335404569894164715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-15048547450467418802020-08-07T16:02:47.453-05:002020-08-07T16:02:47.453-05:00I grew up in NYC and remember the steam radiators....I grew up in NYC and remember the steam radiators.<br /><br />One thing not widely known is that many office buildings in NYC did not have furnaces but relied on steam piped from power plants to heat the buildings. This accounted for the wisps of steam that could be seen drifting up from vents in the sidewalks and streets of NYC.suburbanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12954860802604513538noreply@blogger.com