Heat and the City

Every year it hits NYC about this time:  heat, humidity, and the wondrous smells rising off the sidewalk, out of the sewers and from the subways.  You can play a game of name that smell with your friends!) New Yorkers are never prepared for the summer despite its recurrence every year.  There is a huge rush to any store that sells air conditioners as so many find out the hard way that their old air conditioner now heats more than it conditions.

Try walking past the new home depot in Chelsea.  You will spot a long line of people with newly purchased air conditioners sweating while the wait for a taxi.  The same scene is repeated at Best Buy, P.C. Richards, and many other stores.

And what about me... did I avoid it this year.  Nope.  After 5 years my AC died.  It still makes a lot of noise, but no cool air comes out.  So I purchased a new one, only to find out it has issues.  As soon as any water builds up in the water tank, it begins to make a grinding noise ever minute or so.  The helpful woman on Whirlpool's customer service line has me all set up for an appointment to have someone fix it. 

In the meantime, I face the question, "Is the heat or the grinding noise worse?" 

Definitely the heat.