I'm glad you're ok and the power is back on. As for 'how did people manage'...
- Cities weren't as hot as they are now. We're doing a lot of things that will heat them up (tarmac, airconditioning) and nothing that cools them down.
- You can get three or four degrees by running water through open channels; I've been to a city where that works.
- I've never had airconditioning in my life. The warmest place I've lived in had highs of 32 or 33 C - and that was perfectly acceptable, as it would happen only occasionally, and I know people in places like Darwin (where it gets up to 36 and humid) who cope. Fans, draughts, and lots of water are the key.
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Date: 2007-08-03 06:59 pm (UTC)- Cities weren't as hot as they are now. We're doing a lot of things that will heat them up (tarmac, airconditioning) and nothing that cools them down.
- You can get three or four degrees by running water through open channels; I've been to a city where that works.
- I've never had airconditioning in my life. The warmest place I've lived in had highs of 32 or 33 C - and that was perfectly acceptable, as it would happen only occasionally, and I know people in places like Darwin (where it gets up to 36 and humid) who cope. Fans, draughts, and lots of water are the key.