Aarrgghh...

[stickmaker]

Just spoke with my Mother. One of the things she complained about was that her nose was so dry and uncomfortable, she'd had a nosebleed the night before. I asked her what the humidity in her house was.

"Well, I've got the humidifier turned on."

"What's it set on?"

"Twenty percent."

"That's too low, Mother."

"So I was telling... What?"

"That's too low."

"What?"

"THAT'S TOO LOW!"

"But it comes on every time the furnace comes on."

Facepalm.

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[kengr]

There are people who will tell you that's too *high*. Seriously.

A year or two back they started hitting us with these "mold prevention" thingies here.

One of the items was keeping the humidity under 20%. Since I have a weatherstation thingy, I knew that the outside humidity was always over that and the inside was usually 40% or more.

Since they wanted us to *sign* the silly thing I gathered up my courage and basicaly told the manager "no way". (this required courage because I might be risking eviction by doing so).

I also inquired if they were planning on buying me a dehumidifier.

They backed off with a "oh, that's just advice, not rules you have to follow"

Suuuurrre it was. That's why it was phrased as "you must" and required a signature.

But getting back on topic, what's "enough" varies a lot. When I was growing up the humidity inside the house was often 5%. We coped.

[stickmaker.livejournal.com]

Aaaannnnd she just called to ask what to do about a "really bad" nosebleed. When I learned she was already doing what I knew to do and it was "just running down my throat." I told her to call her doctor. She hung up.

I waited ten minutes and called back. She has a neighbor who used to be a nurse helping her, so that's a relief.