Basements are generally cool and dry. If storing vegetables in basements, provide your vegetables with some ventilation. Harvested vegetables are not dead, but still breathe and require oxygen to maintain their high quality. Also, be sure they are protected from rodents. Home refrigerators are generally cold and dry (40Â°F and 50-60% relative humidity).
Nielsen also says gaming consoles are becoming a bigger video medium, though the numbers remain small. As in years past, we watch more TV as we get older. Children 2-11 watch an average of 24 hours of TV a week, or 31/2 hours a day. That number dips to 22 hours for teens, ages 12-17, then goes back up to 25 for 18-24s. After that it rises steadily until people over 65 average 48 hours a week, or nearly seven hours a day.
People between ages 65 and 74 spend nearly four hours watching TV each day. And those ages 75 and older get four and a half hours of screen time. That's over an hour more than the 2.6 hours the overall population uses to view shows and movies.