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There is never a good time to be without air conditioning, but this is a really bad time to be without it. The actual temperature inside of Sandra Sistrunk's Fairfield apartment was 90 degrees when WVTM 13 stopped by around lunch time on Friday. We interviewed Sistrunk outside of her apartment where there was a breeze. "It started on June 8th," Sistrunk recalls. "They sent someone out to check the system. He put Freon in it."Sistrunk says it wasn't long before the system was putting out hot air again. She says she reached back out to her landlord's office, but has had difficulty getting the matter addressed. "She told me that the guy that does the repairs said that he had done all he could do for the unit," Sistrunk adds. Next door at Patricia Lewis' apartment, she has her thermostat set on 64. The actual indoor temperature was 80 degrees during our midday visit on Friday. "And it just doesn't make sense," Lewis says. "No way! You wouldn't treat an animal in the heat like this."WVTM 13 reached out to Phil Dorn with Jemison Reality in Birmingham. The residents say he's their landlord. "Yes, we have talked with the tenants," Dorn says. "Our AC tech guy has been out there checking on the units. He checked the Freon and tried to explain to the tenants that they will need to keep the thermostat turned on 24/7 during extreme heat. It takes a long time to cool down if they turn off the units when they are not at home. The AC tech is going back out there tomorrow. Please make sure that the tenants that you were talking with all be available."Sistrunk says she's been staying with her kids at night, unable to tolerate the heat while trying to sleep. "I have a few health issues as well that I need to be cool," Sistrunk explains. Lewis says sleeping in her apartment has been nothing short of challenging as well. "Got up hot, sweaty to go to the bathroom," Lewis remembers. "Got a little dizzy in the head and bumped there (shoulder)."Lewis says she plans to spend the holiday weekend in a hotel, unless her air is fixed.
FAIRFIELD, Ala. —
There is never a good time to be without air conditioning, but this is a really bad time to be without it.
The actual temperature inside of Sandra Sistrunk's Fairfield apartment was 90 degrees when WVTM 13 stopped by around lunch time on Friday. We interviewed Sistrunk outside of her apartment where there was a breeze.
"It started on June 8th," Sistrunk recalls. "They sent someone out to check the system. He put Freon in it."
Sistrunk says it wasn't long before the system was putting out hot air again. She says she reached back out to her landlord's office, but has had difficulty getting the matter addressed.
"She told me that the guy that does the repairs said that he had done all he could do for the unit," Sistrunk adds.
Next door at Patricia Lewis' apartment, she has her thermostat set on 64. The actual indoor temperature was 80 degrees during our midday visit on Friday.
"And it just doesn't make sense," Lewis says. "No way! You wouldn't treat an animal in the heat like this."
WVTM 13 reached out to Phil Dorn with Jemison Reality in Birmingham. The residents say he's their landlord.
"Yes, we have talked with the tenants," Dorn says. "Our AC tech guy has been out there checking on the units. He checked the Freon and tried to explain to the tenants that they will need to keep the thermostat turned on 24/7 during extreme heat. It takes a long time to cool down if they turn off the units when they are not at home. The AC tech is going back out there tomorrow. Please make sure that the tenants that you were talking with all be available."
Sistrunk says she's been staying with her kids at night, unable to tolerate the heat while trying to sleep.
"I have a few health issues as well that I need to be cool," Sistrunk explains.
Lewis says sleeping in her apartment has been nothing short of challenging as well.
"Got up hot, sweaty to go to the bathroom," Lewis remembers. "Got a little dizzy in the head and bumped there (shoulder)."
Lewis says she plans to spend the holiday weekend in a hotel, unless her air is fixed.
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