How are you handling the Summer heat?

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(This of course only applies to people that are currently in Summer. Damn Aussies and their upside-down weather.)

I'm not handling it at all, besides frequent cold showers and an evaporative cooler that does not seem to work at all. Sometimes sit under a tree while hosing myself, but that does very little besides increase my water bill. Got no ideas for my pets besides windows and said cooler. Anyone want to share their experiences? Tips? Maybe send me an igloo?

 

[Lil devils x_v1legacy]

(This of course only applies to people that are currently in Summer. Damn Aussies and their upside-down weather.)

I'm not handling it at all, besides frequent cold showers and an evaporative cooler that does not seem to work at all. Sometimes sit under a tree while hosing myself, but that does very little besides increase my water bill. Got no ideas for my pets besides windows and said cooler. Anyone want to share their experiences? Tips? Maybe send me an igloo?

Due to being in Texas and after surviving a superbug that permanently damaged my lungs, I have to stay in air conditioning most all the time in the summer. I start to have difficulty breathing when the air temperature rises above 70F or 21.1C and considering it is already well above that by now, I am trapped indoors for the time being. I pretty much sprint from indoor air conditioning to car air conditioning back to indoor air conditioning and have to have my car cooled down before I can get in it. It sucks to have to go to those extremes, but at least it keeps me breathing. If the power goes out I have to evacuate until it is restored now just to stay alive.

 

[Squilookle]

Aww man- I was all ready to barge in here and be all like 'Did you just assume my Hemisphere!?'

But I see you've played Upsie-Downie before. Well played.

 

[ObsidianJones_v1legacy]

So, I recently moved to Western New York, near the Canadian Border heading up toward Toronto. I'm Twenty Minutes away from Lake Ontario.

I don't remember temperatures above 78. Which sucks, because I like the heat. It's constantly breezy, cool is the norm. But it's clean air, people are outside in their shorts (which I think is crazy because I'm freezing).

How am I dealing with the Summer Heat? I'm wishing for some.

For tips, I guess that depends on your housing situation, really. I would look for any East-facing windowed room and set up shop there. Keep the drapes drawn, cross ventilation if you can, but find an area where you live that you can focus cooling efforts.

Now to the pets, cooling pads seem to do well for most Pet families. This [https://www.amazon.com/Pet-Products-Coolin-Elevated-Large/dp/B01CHMGKHU/ref=sr_1_10?keywords=amazon+cooling+pads+for+pets&qid=1560388337&s=gateway&sr=8-10] has a decent review, but one person said it wasn't for chewing pets. But hopefully it will help.

 

[09philj]

Well there was some nice weather but now we're into some heavy rain but it should clear up by the weekend because this is the north of England.

 

[Marik2]

I just stay in my apartment, or wait till the sun goes down and have a night out in the city.

 

[Silentpony_v1legacy]

I'm actually so progressive I don't feel temperature. The arbitrary hot/cold binary is just so dated. Get with the program gramps! Its 2019, its not okay to feel too hot or too cold anymore.

 

[Lil devils x_v1legacy]

You could make a bubble fort with a fan and a duvet cover:

 

[Frezzato]

Several years back I bought some evaporative cooling towels [https://www.amazon.com/Original-Cooling-Towel-Extreme-Relief/dp/B00VSH7LEM/ref=asc_df_B00VSH7LEM/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=194838933099&hvpos=1o1&hvnetw=g&hvrand=3242858423112271258&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9011954&hvtargid=pla-312621469428&psc=1] for my parents. The idea being you soak them in ice water, ring out most of the excess, and hang it around your neck. The evaporating water, when in proximity to the major blood vessels in your neck, will supposedly cool you down. I don't know if they work, I never got to use them. I think my folks just threw them in a bucket thinking they were for washing cars.The containers they arrived in were really nice though. They came in handy for storing pencils of the Derwent and Strathmore variety.

One favorite thing in the summer is making my own, err, soda? Take a very large cup, like a ridiculous 'only in America' size cup and fill it entirely with ice. Then fill 70-75% to the top with club soda. It's just cheap, carbonated water, not tonic water, which contains quinine. Fill the remainder almost to the top with a strongly sweet juice like orange or pineapple, and mix loosely with a crude implement like a butter knife. The more crude the better. The super-sweet diabetes juice will dilute just enough to the point where you don't notice it's been watered down. And the ice helps immensely. Feel free to fill up on two.

 

[Lil devils x_v1legacy]

Several years back I bought some evaporative cooling towels [https://www.amazon.com/Original-Cooling-Towel-Extreme-Relief/dp/B00VSH7LEM/ref=asc_df_B00VSH7LEM/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=194838933099&hvpos=1o1&hvnetw=g&hvrand=3242858423112271258&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9011954&hvtargid=pla-312621469428&psc=1] for my parents. The idea being you soak them in ice water, ring out most of the excess, and hang it around your neck. The evaporating water, when in proximity to the major blood vessels in your neck, will supposedly cool you down. I don't know if they work, I never got to use them. I think my folks just threw them in a bucket thinking they were for washing cars.The containers they arrived in were really nice though. They came in handy for storing pencils of the Derwent and Strathmore variety.

One favorite thing in the summer is making my own, err, soda? Take a very large cup, like a ridiculous 'only in America' size cup and fill it entirely with ice. Then fill 70-75% to the top with club soda. It's just cheap, carbonated water, not tonic water, which contains quinine. Fill the remainder almost to the top with a strongly sweet juice like orange or pineapple, and mix loosely with a crude implement like a butter knife. The more crude the better. The super-sweet diabetes juice will dilute just enough to the point where you don't notice it's been watered down. And the ice helps immensely. Feel free to fill up on two.

That reminds me.. Summer is for making Margaritas! My friends always bring me back a good supply of El Jimador Tequila from Mexico since it can be difficult to find in some places. If you can't find that Don Eduardo Tequilla tastes similar but costs way more. Get a shaker with ice and add shot and half of El Jimador, 1/2 shot Cointreau, 1/2 shot lime juice, fill with sweet n sour then add a splash of guava juice. shake it and pour it into a chilled salted glass garnished with lime. If you can't find guava juice you can add a mix of pear, strawberry and orange to get a similar flavor to guava. It will likely make you sweat more, but at least you will be enjoying it while you do.

 

[Trunkage]

I'm actually so progressive I don't feel temperature. The arbitrary hot/cold binary is just so dated. Get with the program gramps! Its 2019, its not okay to feel too hot or too cold anymore.

Does that make you pan-tempertural?

 

[Silentpony_v1legacy]

I'm actually so progressive I don't feel temperature. The arbitrary hot/cold binary is just so dated. Get with the program gramps! Its 2019, its not okay to feel too hot or too cold anymore.

Does that make you pan-tempertural?

I prefer the term TransClimate

 

[Hawki]

[quoteDamn Aussies and their upside-down weather.)[/quote]

Shoe will be on the other foot in six months time. Ask me then.

I'm not handling it at all, besides frequent cold showers and an evaporative cooler that does not seem to work at all. Sometimes sit under a tree while hosing myself, but that does very little besides increase my water bill. Got no ideas for my pets besides windows and said cooler. Anyone want to share their experiences? Tips? Maybe send me an igloo?

Due to being in Texas and after surviving a superbug that permanently damaged my lungs, I have to stay in air conditioning most all the time in the summer. I start to have difficulty breathing when the air temperature rises above 70F or 21.1C and considering it is already well above that by now, I am trapped indoors for the time being. I pretty much sprint from indoor air conditioning to car air conditioning back to indoor air conditioning and have to have my car cooled down before I can get in it. It sucks to have to go to those extremes, but at least it keeps me breathing. If the power goes out I have to evacuate until it is restored now just to stay alive.[/quote]

Holy shit.

 

[Drathnoxis]

Fine. I have to wear coveralls and do manual labour in no air conditioning. It's hot and gross and it's going to be above 30 for another couple months, but whatever.

 

[Lil devils x_v1legacy]

Fine. I have to wear coveralls and do manual labour in no air conditioning. It's hot and gross and it's going to be above 30 for another couple months, but whatever.

Doing that here in coveralls when it is over 40C at times would likely kill you. sometimes it even gets up to 45C here in June.

 

[Satinavian]

Still living in a country where basically no home and barely a workplace have air conditioning. Because it would be seen as decadent and is not really needed.

Yes, a couple of the last summers were quite hot, but when climate change enters the equation, people are always reminded of how much energy air conditioning uses and how bad it is for the climate to use it. So many people see it as immoral now.

 

[Neurotic Void Melody]

by hiding behind the rain. I prefer it this way. heat is enemy. snow would be better. but very very wet everything will have to do. the heat is eyeing up my albino ghost skin, anticipating the clouds' next division, I can sense its deathly carcinogenic stare hungrily penetrating those beautiful sky fluffs

 

[Baffle]

Trying not to drown.

 

[Xprimentyl]

Due to being in Texas and after surviving a superbug that permanently damaged my lungs, I have to stay in air conditioning most all the time in the summer. I start to have difficulty breathing when the air temperature rises above 70F or 21.1C and considering it is already well above that by now, I am trapped indoors for the time being. I pretty much sprint from indoor air conditioning to car air conditioning back to indoor air conditioning and have to have my car cooled down before I can get in it. It sucks to have to go to those extremes, but at least it keeps me breathing. If the power goes out I have to evacuate until it is restored now just to stay alive.

Hey, I?m in Texas, too! DFW area here, still recovering from the recent rain bomb and an illness myself, but not nearly as badly as you. I?m sorry.

Anyway, we?ve not had any of our infamously brutal heat yet *knocking on wood so hard, my knuckles have ruptured*, so haven?t had to take drastic measures, but we do have a pool and can swim when it gets into the +100-degree temps. Otherwise, we stay indoors in the A/C or in a bar drinking cold booze.

 

[PsychedelicDiamond]

Southern Germany is surprisingly bearable so far. Not like last year. Last year was a fucking death march.