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Larry Jaques fired this volley in news: snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com:

Yes. Aqua Ivy.

Lloyd

-- In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer. -- Albert Camus

LOL! Good luck with that here.

Michael Koblic, Campbell River, BC

It will not*generate* moisture but warm air will *absorb* moisture. This will then precipitate on anything colder than the said air, etc. etc.

Michael Koblic, Campbell River, BC

Larry Jaques fired this volley in news: snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com:

Yeah, that's probably when they came out. I remember them on the shelves until the early 80s.

LLoyd

We have dew points above 70F in the summer here when the wind comes from the Gulf of Mexico. My air conditioner can barely control the humidity. Then the jet stream shifts and a much nicer breeze comes in from Hudson's Bay.

Tomorrow we are due for that shift, which is considerably less pleasant in winter.

jsw

Here's an abstract of a 1959 article on the testing of Aqua Ivy, with the conclusion that it was quite effective:

Bob

Got Snowsuits?

-- In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer. -- Albert Camus

Why do all the good things that we grew up with (DDT, Aqua Ivy, REAL roman candles, freedom, honest politicians) go away and all the crap (rust, Thompson's Waterseal, Minwhacked finishes, AIDS, dishonest politicians, Rap, Myron Florin music) stay with us forEVER?

-- In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer. -- Albert Camus