Christa, good point about the inverters (too bad you didn't also put it as a comment on the blog -- why is everybody shy about using the comment button?) Guess we'll should tackle that aspect too. Any volunteers to help an already overworked Team leader?
Wish we could draft Mr Mike into doing it...
I do plan to tackle fans as well, albeit briefly, as part of the cooling piece. We managed to surive four years in SD with no AC and only fans, but I will admit I was not happy about it. My wife, who was raised in that environment, was not bothered; I was constructed for different climes, and did not tolerate it well, although tolerate it I did.
I note, though, that when we visited this past August we stayed with a cousin in her 4th floor apt in Gascue, and between the breeze she often got at that height and the ceiling fans, we were fairly comfortable.