'It's inhumane.' Despite how hot it is, Tennessee renters don't have a right to air conditioning
'It's inhumane.' Despite how hot it is, Tennessee renters don't have a right to air conditioning
Unless it's in the lease, nothing in Tennessee's Landlord-Tenant Act gives renters the right to air conditioning.
Despite how hot it is, landlords in Tennessee are not required to keep the air conditioning running.
In our changing climate, that probably comes as a surprise.
However, unless it's in the lease, nothing in Tennessee's Landlord-Tenant Act gives renters the right to air conditioning.
"I think it's unfair. It's inhumane to me because without air we can't live and breathe," said Anita Brown.
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AC is not going to change the presence of air, so I am not sure what the last quote is supposed to mean.
Most people at least in the South just say, "Turn on the air," when talking about the AC.
Interesting. Never heard this, at least explains part of that quote.
But I get downvoted for asking, while the US people (as is usual) expect people to know some regional slang. Reminds me of this: TO: "someone was gassed" P1: "Gassed, what kind of gas?" -250 P2: "They were physically tapped, like a car without gas" +170
Since P1 still did not understand it, people got pissed, even mocking for asking, while the explanation of P2 actually contradicts the real meaning but gets massive upvotes (relative to usual numbers in that sub). You do not need to take my word for it, this is where it starts (who I call TO): link here
Excessive heat and related stress has unpleasant and sometimes deadly effects on human physiology.
Even affecting brain function.
Panting is one way of shedding excess heat, but if it's so hot that even panting doesn't work...
Yes, sure. Nobody says otherwise. But air for breathing is there regardless of AC, so I did not see how that is connected. Someone else said they just call AC "air" there, which explains it partly, but obviously you still do not need AC for breathing. That is in no way connected. You can breath super cold and super hot air without a problem.
With as high as the humidity is in the south, it can feel really hard to breathe sometimes when it’s that hot - a friend of mine once described it as trying to breathe through a hot wet towel. Since she’s got breathing problems, that’s likely what she means.
People with breathing problems have problems breathing, how could I disagree?
Breathing air that is so wet it even condenses inside my nose (dew point above 37 °C) feels good. I have not heard people complain about too humid air (for breathing, not buildings etc.) so far. Only the other way around: Breathing air that has a dew point below something like -10 °C can be a really unpleasant if the air itself is warm.
Ok