John&Joey wrote:
My real concern would be the winds in Texas, and what they might do to a wide open vent. In that case the lack of rain could cause the vent cover to be torn off.
As a sidebar note, I use our fantastic fan a lot when it is raining (that vent has a Maxx cover.)
Very true. Right at this time of the year, the winds can gust to 50-70 miles/hour in some places. Come summer, things change to a virtually stationary high pressure system that gives calm winds for the most part, so the chance of a torn off vent cover is low (not impossible, but a calculated risk) during that time.
