2nd March 2006, 1:29 PM
Why not just use a room? What's the big deal about a basement, aside from the fact that Tornado Alley, where GR and myself FIND OURSELVES, would actually benefit the MOST from such a room considering it is the best place to hide from the most powerful winds on the PLANET (though fortunatly they don't occupy nearly as much space as a hurricane, so the odds are in my favor...).
And actually ABF, I believe that's the reason I've heard. As far as a bilge pump, that's really not a very feasible option. Further, all that moss and stuff can get dangerous, not to mention whatever the pump can't get to will damage the flooring, which is now above a giant hole in the ground to collapse into. And if not the flooring, the water will eventually cause even cement walls in a basement to collapse.
For most people here, it simply isn't an option, even though we would benefit far more.
Oh and, coolest place in the house? I guess when those places up there all seem to lack basic airconditioning, that might be important. Here, relying on some aspect of nature to save us from the heat just isn't an option. People still die of heat stroke by large numbers here every summer.
There's a reason not many people lived here before trains could transport giant blocks of ice for the local houses, and even after it only really picked up when air conditioning became affordable. This isn't exactly a hospitable climate to live in without some sort of technology.
And actually ABF, I believe that's the reason I've heard. As far as a bilge pump, that's really not a very feasible option. Further, all that moss and stuff can get dangerous, not to mention whatever the pump can't get to will damage the flooring, which is now above a giant hole in the ground to collapse into. And if not the flooring, the water will eventually cause even cement walls in a basement to collapse.
For most people here, it simply isn't an option, even though we would benefit far more.
Oh and, coolest place in the house? I guess when those places up there all seem to lack basic airconditioning, that might be important. Here, relying on some aspect of nature to save us from the heat just isn't an option. People still die of heat stroke by large numbers here every summer.
There's a reason not many people lived here before trains could transport giant blocks of ice for the local houses, and even after it only really picked up when air conditioning became affordable. This isn't exactly a hospitable climate to live in without some sort of technology.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)