Not An Ordinary Day at the Beach
It’s summer and the living is easy. From Point No Point in Kingston, to Fort Worden State Park in Port Townsend, to Ruby Beach in the Olympic National Park, there are many ways to spend a sunny day among the surf and sand of our area beaches. While gravel beaches are the most common kind in Puget […]
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Are Home Generators Worth the Cost?
Before the Christmas power outage of 2021, investor-owned utility PSE had experienced 160 hours of service downtime across its Washington state service areas due to major weather disturbances that year. The total outage hours were almost three times more than the number of outage hours due to severe weather in 2020. Will that trend continue in 2022? Following […]
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How to Survive a Heat Wave: HEAT.gov is New National Heat Health Information System
With excessive heat warnings in effect across the United States this week, Americans are trying to find ways to cool off. One resource available is the new website, heat.gov, which aims to provide the public “clear, timely, and science-based information to understand and reduce the health risks of extreme heat.” here’s everything you need to […]
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Air Conditioning Myths and Cold Facts
An often-disparaged technology, air conditioning is a lifesaver, not a luxury. Public misconceptions about air conditioning are on a collision course with accelerating climate change. Gaining knowledge, in this case, is not only cool, it holds the key for contending with ever more frequent heat waves — like the devastating heat dome that is smothering major portions […]
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BREAKING NEWS: Global Heat Wave Strikes on Anniversary of Northwest Heat Dome
The extreme heat wave that has gripped the UK and the rest of Europe in sweltering, record-breaking temperatures is an urgent reminder of the heat dome that descended on our Pacific Northwest region only one year ago. In Britain and most of Europe today, few homes, apartments, schools or small businesses have air conditioning, making residents vulnerable. […]
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A Whale of a Summer: 2022 Whaling Days and Kitsap Fair & Stampede
Silverdale’s Biggest Summer Festivals are Back for the Summer of 2022 and Putting on a Whale of a Show! First, the annual Whaling Days Festival is on from Friday, July 29 (with Fireworks at dusk), to Sunday, July 31, when the Silverdale Rotary’s signature fundraising Duck Race will take place. Next, the 2022 Kitsap Fair and Rodeo will welcome back the best carnival […]
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Watch the Best in Rubber Ducky Racing on YouTube TV
For Silverdale’s annual Whaling Days and the always exciting Big Duck Race, our thoughts turn to the biggest “Whale” on the Internet. When it comes to surfing videos of every kind: how-to videos, music videos, comedy videos, sports videos, and yes, duck racing videos — that whale of a show is YouTube. Did you know that YouTube is the second largest “search engine” on the Web? With 3 […]
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Honoring America on July 4th — and National Air Conditioning Day on July 17th
America celebrates its independence as a nation every summer on July 4th, a momentous and historic day of patriotic celebration. Did you know that both the U.S.A. and the country of Australia (home to our friendly “Quality Koala”), declared their independence from Great Britain? Today all three countries proudly stand together as friendly allies that span three continents. Another historic day to celebrate in July is the 17th — National Air Conditioning Day. It was on this warm […]
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Is Sony’s Wearable Air Conditioner Part of a Cooling Trend?
The Reon Pocket air conditioner by Sony could be a sign of things to come. In fact, the portable device illustrates the concept of “decentralized air conditioning” in a highly personalized way. The palm-sized, plastic unit is placed against your skin aided by a silicone pad on the back, or used as a handheld. But the most widely promoted […]
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Honoring the Founding Fathers of HVAC
On this Father’s Day, 2022, the founding father of Quality Heating & Cooling, Mr. Scott Park, would like to recognize the Founding Fathers of HVAC, those who share in the invention and faithful performance of the HVAC technologies we enjoy today to heat and cool our homes across the Olympic Peninsula and around the world. […]
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