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I think we can just regard this as emergency thread, I don't know about you guys but hot weather has hit my state.
basically just suggest things to keep cool.
My suggestion:
Try fanning yourself with a cd case, it's actually quite refreshing, right density

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If I had posted during the time of COVID, COLA woulda called me worse than the virus.

Ice in your trousers! It worked for me!

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Drop a giant ice cube into the ocean? Move the Earth farther from the sun?

Ah, Futurama.

Its hot here too...Michigan anyone?

well, I just drink energy drinks, eat ice cream, and occasionally sick my face in the freezer. Open windows or AC works, too.

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I rode home in a convertible STOP That cooled me off, but it also messed up my hair STOP

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Step 1. Fill bathroom or kitchen sink with icy water
Step 2. dunk your face in it

Alternate method
Step 1. Turn on fan
Step 2. Sit in front of it

Another Alternate method
Step 1. Move to antarctica
Step 2. Jump in a lake
Step 3. Try to keep from getting hypothermia

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A fan doesn't always cool you off. Trust me. All fans do here in the south is move hot, humid air. That's not much help at all.

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If you can't fix it with a hammer, you have an electrical problem.

It's the humidity. Fans normally work by circulating dry air and evaporating moisture from the skin (i.e., sweat). However, in the South, the humidity means that basically you're just blowing moist air that doesn't evaporate much of anything. You really have to have Air Conditioning in the South.

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I learned that within about a week of moving to Alabama, Dids.

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If you can't fix it with a hammer, you have an electrical problem.

Buy an air conditioner or go swimming.

I don't know what else you should do, but I know what you shouldn't do.

1. DON'T wear an extra shirt under your scout uniform and walk in a Memorial day parade that is about a mile and a half long.

2. When you get to the end of the parade and go watch the ceremony, DON'T stand in the sun. Go find shade.

3. DON'T pass out from being overheated if you didn't follow "don't's number 1 and 2."

4 DON'T say I didn't warn you. When you hit your face on the ground when you fall down, don't complain to me.

5. DON'T be an idiot. That's my job.

I have a pool. It's a lifesaver.

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1. Drink lots of REALLY cold drinks.

2. Wear minimal (yet appropriate) and brightly-colored clothing.

3. If all else fails, steal dormar's pool.

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Hot weather is here in my town, too, but I have ways of dealing with it.

1. Turn the fans on.
2. Open the windows.
3. If neither of the above works, turn on the AC.
4. Or, just take a cold bath/shower.

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I basically say keep yourself well-hydrated. Next time you reach for a soda, get some ice water instead; it's better for your system. Having thrown up once from heat exhaustion at a summer Boy Scout camp leaves me with the experience to know that much water=very good. *sips his Dr Pepper while typing this, ironically enough* Also, I've been a fan of sticking my face in the freezer when I come in from the heat outside and need a quick cool-down.

I recall once I had to walk home after school in intense heat and humidity (living in southeast Texas), whereas it was normally a bus route. I had to stay after for about 5 minutes or something and missed my bus...and both my parents worked so I couldn't get someone to pick me up. The heat index must have been above 110F. Being overweight and pasty-white really didn't help, either, so after hiking home over a mile, I literally stripped entirely naked and layed on my bed, holding a small fan over different parts of my body to cool off.

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The meaning of life is 'bucket.'

FOR PONY!!!

It's not terribly hot in Kentucky, just really humid. The only way to keep cool here is dunking your head in 32 degree water. Don't listen to that.

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Most of that stuff you've said is good, but that face in the freezer is kinda dangerous. I know people who've passed out doing that. I think it's the shock of going from being hot to cold.

The hydration thing is REALLY important. When I work band camps, I pretty much force fluids into the kids. I've been on the wrong end of dehydration, and it ain't fun.

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If you can't fix it with a hammer, you have an electrical problem.

23 Steps To Staying Cool

1. Eat lots of Ice Cream.
2. Drink lots of lemonade.
3. Lift shirt in front of AC.
4. Stick face in freezer.
5. Swim.
6. When inside stay as low to the outside ground as possible, heat rises.
7. Wear shorts or light fitting material. (I dont.... I dont look good in shorts)
8. Were grey or white, most reflective colors.
9.Suck on an ice cube.
10. Sleep regularly. That way you dont deal with the heat.
11. Sleep in basement or first floor as I will be tonight.
12. Keep drinking water at the ready.
13. Keep head dumping water at the ready.
14. Have nice cold showers. (once I was stupid enough to have a hot one and I collapsed)
15. Move slowly, saves energy used by body to reduce body tempurature.
16. Lay naked on a tile surface.
17. Eat healthier. Gives energy for your body to do the cool off deal.
18. Live with others who have to deal with it to. Makes your life easier knowing others are suffering too.
19. Buy a de-humidifier. (still need one, we dont have money right now)
20. Do not cook on the stove or near extreme heat.
21. Do not dry off after a shower or bath, keeps you cooler longer.
22. Open Windows.
23. Turn on fans.

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Fanta?

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I'm glad to see that I'm not the only one to do that tonight.


Umm...No. I'm not doing that. I draw the line at that.

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This sounds alot like an autobiographical anecdote

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If I had posted during the time of COVID, COLA woulda called me worse than the virus.

What a coincidence. I just got out of a very nice, very cool shower. It's about 85 degrees in my apartment, so staying cool has been on my mind a lot this past week.

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You can't sleep in a pool.

I have Central Air so I am all set.

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Says you.

I fell asleep floating on my back once, then promptly woke up when I started to sink.

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If you can't fix it with a hammer, you have an electrical problem.

85 degrees is hot? Wimp.

Here where I live 85 degrees is downright cool. The hottest it gets is 110. Get down into the 60's and we're all wearing sweaters.

So yeah, Arizona is creepy and weird.

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So, so you think you can tell Heaven from Hell, blue skies from pain. Can you tell a green field from a cold steel rail? A smile from a veil? Do you think you can tell?

Jones' 85 is a very different from your Arizona 85. Deal with a little bit of humidity and see how you feel.
I've been in 100 heat in Arizona and it felt great. Your sweat actually evaporates and cools you.

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If you can't fix it with a hammer, you have an electrical problem.

Tee hee...

I'm just going to stay inside my house.

I plan to wear long pants and shirts all summer long.

True.

But I never recall feeling very hot when I went to Florida. Which is extremely humid. Of course, that was when I was eight.


But I still just got PWNed.

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So, so you think you can tell Heaven from Hell, blue skies from pain. Can you tell a green field from a cold steel rail? A smile from a veil? Do you think you can tell?

Work in a place that has a walk-in fridge. Mmmmm, cold yogurt.

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Ugh... yeah... the temperature hit 41 today. Fortunately (somewhat), that's after the inclusion of the humidity.

And yes, I'm in Canada, which means two things:

a) That 41 is not astronomically cool. That's 105.8 Fahrenheit for you Fahrenheit users.

and

b) Yes. It's sweltering in Canada. The world is doomed.

Myself? I like replacing my shirt with a wet towel. That doesn't work in public, sadly, unless you're at a water park, or a beach, or something like that. If you're at home, though, it's no problem, and it works quite nicely. I'm sleeping in my basement, too. And drinking lots of water... well, I'm actually rarely dehydrated as it is, so summer's no challenge in that respect.

And just how hot does the room that you sleep in get, Einoo? I don't mind hot weather, but I don't want it inside my apartment.

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