There was a museum in a small town I used to live in. On a brutally hot summer day I decided to finally visit it. It was so nice and cool inside and had no ac. The design was a shotgun home, popular in the south in the 19th century. Front and back doors aligned, all other doors closed and one long hallway from front to back. Remember when people were smarter because I certainly do.
We save water. We take a good shower in the morning, with shampoo and all, then rinse. Then wash the bath tube and rinse. Then plug the bath tube and fill it half with 28 celsius water. each time we need in the day or night, we go in the bath tube. that to keep our body temperature low enough to keep focus. Then on the following day, we empty the bath tub with buckets, for gardening, and repeat all the process again.
This is all such great advice. Last summer, we moved to mid-Missouri and were without AC for a couple of months in July and August. We were up to 88 degrees inside the house. Obviously we survived, and we used a number of these tips, but I wish we'd known all of them!
Reluctantly, I have to concur with your conclusion that we shouldn't assume in the future there will sufficient AC or the power to generate it. Many of us will need to use and learn these skills and knowledge to survive.
I’ve got a good and simple way for you to cool down your body when the heat gets too much.
Since I live in Texas, I’ve used this working outside on boats , in the garden, out in the desert, working outside to cool my body down when temperatures are getting too too much to function.
It’s simple. You get a bandanna and fill the center with ice or a cold object. This presumes you do have ice close by. Roll up the bandanna diagonally into a sausage and tie it with the ice roll resting on the back of the neck around and tie a knot in the neck front. You don’t need much ice either.
You want the ice roll to rest on the joint between the bottom of your neck and the top of your spine. This is a spot on the body where the nervous system is very close to the surface of the skin.
Apparently, this is how you warm my baby up blowing heat on the back of its neck there. Same principal with adults.
You’ll feel your body temperature drop & stay cool, and so you can function in extreme heat. It literally cools, lowers and relaxes the nervous system throughout the body.
A side benefit is you’ll get cold water going down your back and soaking your shirt which is not so bad.
Works like a charm.
Used for years.
If you don’t have ice or a cool pack, handy, a wet cloth on the back of the neck will do.
Also, if you’re an extreme cold weather, the reverse works too with heat.
Most of us probably have a “portable” generator parked in a garage or driveway. A simple converter can leverage a car engine’s electric generation. You’d need a long extension cord, of course. And yes, I’m well aware of the environmental impact, but we’re talking about the immediate need to survive extreme heat….
If I can chime in…anecdotally, it’s worked well and made a difference in a south facing room. Even better when paired with a curtain or blackout curtain. (It’s been enough on its own most days up to the 80s, but during temps over that, will double up with closed curtains.) One word of caution - cover the entire window, otherwise the temp difference in the glass can cause cracking.
There was a museum in a small town I used to live in. On a brutally hot summer day I decided to finally visit it. It was so nice and cool inside and had no ac. The design was a shotgun home, popular in the south in the 19th century. Front and back doors aligned, all other doors closed and one long hallway from front to back. Remember when people were smarter because I certainly do.
We save water. We take a good shower in the morning, with shampoo and all, then rinse. Then wash the bath tube and rinse. Then plug the bath tube and fill it half with 28 celsius water. each time we need in the day or night, we go in the bath tube. that to keep our body temperature low enough to keep focus. Then on the following day, we empty the bath tub with buckets, for gardening, and repeat all the process again.
This is all such great advice. Last summer, we moved to mid-Missouri and were without AC for a couple of months in July and August. We were up to 88 degrees inside the house. Obviously we survived, and we used a number of these tips, but I wish we'd known all of them!
Reluctantly, I have to concur with your conclusion that we shouldn't assume in the future there will sufficient AC or the power to generate it. Many of us will need to use and learn these skills and knowledge to survive.
Meant thank you, dear Jessica instead of what AutoCorrect decided to say❣️
Just read this and passed it on before your incredibly useful poignant Substack came in
Thank you, dear dear Sarah, and take good care of yourself
https://sentinelintelligence.substack.com/p/how-to-survive-the-hottest-summers-566?r=3zl38&utm_medium=ios
I’ve got a good and simple way for you to cool down your body when the heat gets too much.
Since I live in Texas, I’ve used this working outside on boats , in the garden, out in the desert, working outside to cool my body down when temperatures are getting too too much to function.
It’s simple. You get a bandanna and fill the center with ice or a cold object. This presumes you do have ice close by. Roll up the bandanna diagonally into a sausage and tie it with the ice roll resting on the back of the neck around and tie a knot in the neck front. You don’t need much ice either.
You want the ice roll to rest on the joint between the bottom of your neck and the top of your spine. This is a spot on the body where the nervous system is very close to the surface of the skin.
Apparently, this is how you warm my baby up blowing heat on the back of its neck there. Same principal with adults.
You’ll feel your body temperature drop & stay cool, and so you can function in extreme heat. It literally cools, lowers and relaxes the nervous system throughout the body.
A side benefit is you’ll get cold water going down your back and soaking your shirt which is not so bad.
Works like a charm.
Used for years.
If you don’t have ice or a cool pack, handy, a wet cloth on the back of the neck will do.
Also, if you’re an extreme cold weather, the reverse works too with heat.
Thank you for this. Sharing this one widely.
Most of us probably have a “portable” generator parked in a garage or driveway. A simple converter can leverage a car engine’s electric generation. You’d need a long extension cord, of course. And yes, I’m well aware of the environmental impact, but we’re talking about the immediate need to survive extreme heat….
what do you think of heat reduction window film?
If I can chime in…anecdotally, it’s worked well and made a difference in a south facing room. Even better when paired with a curtain or blackout curtain. (It’s been enough on its own most days up to the 80s, but during temps over that, will double up with closed curtains.) One word of caution - cover the entire window, otherwise the temp difference in the glass can cause cracking.