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Oh man. It doesn't really get NEARLY as hot here as it does in other places (I don't think we ever hit ninety), but over the past few days it's been dreadful. Probably around the mid-eighties, but it's pretty humid, and our tradewinds are gone, so it just feels like there's no air. I definitely recommend cool showers, popsicles, loads of water and iced tea, and hanging out somewhere air conditioned, like the bookstore.

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I have a pool. It's a lifesaver.
You can't sleep in a pool.
Of course I can...I'm Aquaman.

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I have a pool. It's a lifesaver.
You can't sleep in a pool.
Of course I can...I'm Aquaman.
And I'm Kurt Angle, what the heck.

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i live in houston, it is at least 90 everyday, so my advise:
sit around naked in front of a fan...


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Yeah, in Monterey, 70 is as hot as it gets. Hah hah.

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Well it's just starting to get cool here in Australia. So ha ha ha. We susally have temperatues of 32 to 35, but very occasionally it got to 40, and we got to go home from school. That happened once. One of the coolest things ever.

And anyway, things to keep cool:
Get lots of things from the fridge and freezer, and spend five minutes doing it.

Or, get one or five of those icepacks they have for when you get a nasty hurt, and put them all over you.

Or, cut all your hair off, then have a hot bath, then drink a whole lot of water, and run around naked in your backyard with the sprinkler on. You should be very cool after that.
But uh, make sure you live in the middle of nowhere, or have REALLY high fences.

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Here's something that doesn't sound like it'd help, but it does. During the day, close your windows and your blinds/drapes, and have fans on (of course, this is only if it's not super humid as some people have mentioned). At night, open the windows and put the fans in the windows blowing in, to suck the cooler air in. My mom told me to do this as I live in a 4th-floor apartment that gets afternoon sun all day long. I didn't believe her, but it really works. The only problem is that I don't have any sort of window coverings in the kitchen or bathroom. But the bedroom and living room are significantly cooler than they were yesterday.

Another thing that'll work in the short term is to run either cold water or icecubes over the insides of your forearms. The veins/arteries there are close to your skin, so it actually cools your blood for a little bit. I don't know how safe this is to do ALL the time, but it works like a mini-cold shower, which is also AWESOME to beat the heat. Especially if you go hang out in front of the fan for a bit while you're still wet.

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i dont know why everybody says that fans dont work when it is humid, i live in houston tx,(extreamly humid place) and my parents dont want to pay out the nose for air conditioning bill so we have fans going, i have one going right behind me right now, it works great.


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I have one comment to make. You know it's hot when you are sweating bullets from walking out to get the mail.

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16. Lay naked on a tile surface.
Umm...No. I'm not doing that. I draw the line at that.


If you do it in a washroom it can help.

Another tip I recived today. Take freezes, open them and put them in a blender. Blend throughly. Put in ziplock bag. Seal ba, fold over top and seal again with a heavy dose of duck tape. Freeze again. When froozen put on you head. It cools you off. And then when its all melty you can drink it.

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Very resourceful,
Want to make your own paper fan but don't know how?
Accordian fold my friend

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I'm curious how many people have a broadband internet connection but no air conditioning, we have central air and dial-up since internet is a secondary priority (for obvious reasons seeing as how internet is easily the biggest waste of time ever invented, but dang is it ever fun).

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I'm curious how many people have a broadband internet connection but no air conditioning, we have central air and dial-up since internet is a secondary priority (for obvious reasons seeing as how internet is easily the biggest waste of time ever invented, but dang is it ever fun).


Well, I make my living online, so a decent internet connection is vital to my very livelihood. I have an air conditioner (the box kind), but it's still in the closet 'cause I'm lazy and don't feel like paying for the electricity it'll eat up.

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Our hydro cost is included in our rent, so our landlord won't let us install an air conditioner. Just as well, I guess, since they're expensive. I just got out of the cold shower, and I'm not looking forward to going to my non-AC school. Yugh.

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Now that we have moved to Texas, we have been trying to save money on A/C by making a few small changes around the house. We bought a few ceiling fans (the designers at Trading Spaces would kill me), open windows a lot more often, hibernate the compy as often as we think about it, and keep the thermostat up higher than ideal (it's at 78, so in places like the kitchen the temp is usually around 82). It's nice that our computer is a laptop, because LCD monitors use less electricity, and produce less heat. Switching to the fancy dancy lightbulbs also produces much less heat. Turning off unnecessary lights means your house will heat up less as well.

It's still nice to have a/c, but it gets turned off much less often now that we've tried to do some of these things. Our electricty bill dropped by around $100 since we started doing all these things. (It was that monster bill after the first hot month here that made us re-examine our habits.)

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I'm curious how many people have a broadband internet connection but no air conditioning, we have central air and dial-up since internet is a secondary priority (for obvious reasons seeing as how internet is easily the biggest waste of time ever invented, but dang is it ever fun).
Well, our Dad gave us a choice : Either the pool or AC. We choose the pool. Although it's a pain to get the thing cleaned and running.

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I recall a time when two people on the crew team decided to see who could stand the longest having their entire arms submersed in a cooler of icewater. 45 minutes later, the coaches noticed and made them stop.

I've never seen bluer arms in all my life.

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I usually just stay inside. Hooray for central air!
But when I'm outside I tend to fill a bag with ice and put it inside of a knit cap and put that on. Or I will get my clothes slightly wet and put them in the freezer for about 2 hours before going on a walk in the hot weather.

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It's nice that our computer is a laptop, because LCD monitors use less electricity, and produce less heat. Switching to the fancy dancy lightbulbs also produces much less heat. Turning off unnecessary lights means your house will heat up less as well


Seems like nobody ever things of this, but it really does work! Turn off stuff like the compy, TV, and extra lights. All that stuff really does generate massive amounts of extra heat.

I think it was about 90 today, with wind. Which, considering where I live, was actually pretty nice. When it comes to sleeping, I'm most comfortable at around 78-82 degrees. 79-80 is ideal.

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i envy the northern hemisphere.
you don't know how cold nights are in my house.


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i envy the northern hemisphere.
you don't know how cold nights are in my house.


Just spend a winter in Indiana, you'll know cold, next to alaska we are probably the coldest U.S. State in the wintertime (maybe not but it sure feels like it sometimes).

Yay, it's cloudy right now so the temp is VERY pleasant. Although it might storm later... ah, well.

Have you tried putting a wet washrag/washcloth/towel on a fan? I think that helps if using a fan.

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i envy the northern hemisphere.
you don't know how cold nights are in my house.
Why, when you have summer, we're freezing are butts off.

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It sure is Florida here in Florida, and hurricane season is imminent. Hurricanes, being as they are massive rotating wind-and-rain-style storms, have this really annoying habit of making transformers explode. This causes power outages for entire counties, and FPL's illegal Mexican technicians can only get away with so much slacking off before they're made to get back to work on the power grid again. Unfortunately, that much slacking is too much slacking, resulting in weeks of lost power for some families (and days for most others). No power automatically means no air conditioning, unless you have a generator. But most people use their generators for the TV and/or fridge. Sooo, here's my small list of Things To Combat The Heat, gleaned from my experiences.

1. Spend lots of time on the porch. The way my house is set up traps heat like there's no tomorrow, so when our power was out, the coolest place was on the porch. The Biblical amount of rain deposited the night before helped drop the temperature a few degrees, too.
2. Standing in front of a door and swinging it back and forth makes a good fan.
3. Don't drink exceptionally cold things. Drinking ice water while you're out in the heat actually makes you hotter, because your body has to work harder to regulate your body temperature than it already is. If an average glass of ice water is around 40-45 degrees Fahrenheit or so, try drinking a liquid that's closer to around 60-70 something degrees. It's closer to the temperature your body should be, while still being cooler than your surroundings.
4. Wear as little as possible if you're stuck at home.
5. Take cool showers - not cold showers - often. See reasoning behind 3.
6. Light blue actually reflects the most heat. Dark green absorbs the most.

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Yay! it's sweltering enough today that our backyard pool is actually warm enough to swim in! Darn water and its poor conductive abilities... usually the darn thing's too cold to swim in. Though I did once go swimming in the middle of the winter in an unheated pool.

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If you have a nice, uncarpeted basement like me, just go chill out down there on the old concrete. I presume laying on it naked would work even better, but I've never tried it. :senor:

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If you go to a barbecue or you're having one in Summer.
one thing.
KEG FULL OF ICE, FILLED WITH COLD ONES.

Then, just sit back, make a challenge, and see who can dunk there face in for the longest time without getting brainfreeze or any other cold related things. It worked for me at my friends house once!
And if you're feeling more mature, get some of the ice. rub it in your hair and wait for it to melt.


Also, there is a way to cool down a fan in the south. Use your imagination, something will come up related to duct taping ice to a fan! :mrgreen:

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Also, there is a way to cool down a fan in the south. Use your imagination, something will come up related to duct taping ice to a fan! :mrgreen:


Knowing my luck, I'd just make the fan short circuit. Or drop it on my toe.

Last summer, my AC broke down. Oh it was murder. And then several summers ago, when it broke down right after we had the bee infestation... and all the honey melted... and gummed up our electrical cords.

Weirdest summer ever.

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Oooh, I have the secret. Discovered it today. Unfortunately, it'll probably only work for the ladies. Two words: halter top!

Oh man. I bought one yesterday, wore it to work today (to HECK with the uniform. To heck!) and I was cool and comfy all day. It wasn't breezy at all today either, so otherwise I would've died.

Hooray for fashion!

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The weather has been acting wierd where I am,
WHAT HAVE WE DONE TO OUR PLANET5!!!!!?????

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