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The heat wave is almost over. Current L.A. temp 89 degrees F.
Wearing wet clothing really helps! Check out this AWESOME wikihow list of ways to keep cool without air conditioning. I particularly like these tips:
Take a glass and fill it almost to the brim with ice cubes. Then hold it up to your mouth and blow gently into the cup. The ice causes the air you are blowing into the cup to cool down drastically, and since the air only has one way out of the cup (the hole which should now be aiming right at your face) the cold air is forced out over your skin. This is a great alternative to air conditioning and is very simple.
Completely wet a synthetic or partially synthetic T-shirt in warm water and wear it (using warm water keeps the shirt from feeling shockingly cold when you first put it on). The synthetic will ensure no "wet T-shirt" look and the evaporation will keep you wonderfully cool for a couple of hours or more. This works even in public, as the shirt doesn’t look wet.
Wet your wrists and other pulse points with cold water. Use a piece of ice wrapped in a face cloth, to continue after the coolness wears off. Constantly cooling off the wrists will also cool off the body. Never use just ice; make sure it is wrapped in a towel or something similar. Studies show that this will reduce your core body temperature by as much as 3 °F (1.5 ºC). The relief is almost immediate, and will last for up to one hour!
I am actually kind of cold right now. Daytime productivity here I come! I’m taking back my UnHip LA days!
Also check out the wikihow on how to sleep comfortably on a hot night. No more misery for us Angelenos!
As I am without air conditioning, this is great and I”m printing it out.
Should be cooling down this week btw.
Comment by AP — September 4, 2007 @ 11:46 pm
Glad my post could help! I hope you saw the whole wikihow on cooling off; it’s really long. Right now I am wearing wet sweatbands and it really helps!
Comment by UnHip LA — September 5, 2007 @ 3:46 am
Glad to hear that I’d still be sweating myself to death if I were in LA…hehehe.
Comment by Jayna — September 5, 2007 @ 1:46 pm