Scorching temperatures and high humidity—especially together—can pose serious health risks. Here’s how to protect yourself.

  • shanghaibebop@beehaw.org
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    1 year ago

    If people need real advice, cool your neck as your carotid artery is a great way to cool yourself off.

    Wrap a damp paper towel or cloth around your neck, and use the evaporative cooling to help you keep cool. Try not to “fold” the towel, just get a thin layer wet. The goal is to use evaporative cooling to cool the blood going to and from the brain.

    • SkepticElliptic@beehaw.org
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      1 year ago

      You can also run cold water over your wrists. There’s a lot of blood circulation through there so you’re liquid cooling your body by doing that.

  • TQuid@beehaw.org
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    1 year ago

    “Be where air conditioning is.”

    Thanks, very useful for the vast portion of the population that has no meaningful access to it.

    Sigh I know Consumer Reports is not an environmental advocacy periodical, but these “handy tips” that are just absolutely soaking in privilege are pretty hard to read. I live in the very wealthy city of Vancouver, and a couple of years ago a heat wave killed over six hundred people. We need legislative action.

    • unce@beehaw.org
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      1 year ago

      Are window units available there? I found them to be great when I lived in a house without central AC. Just pop open a window and slide it in. Can get a basic one for less than $100 at walmart or lowes.

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        1 year ago

        None of the windows here work with window units, they all cant outwards rather than sliding. Well, not all but they’re rare.

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          1 year ago

          Oh yeah that would be tricky with a standard window unit. Maybe a floor unit with some type of triangle casing for the exhaust hose would work with those windows.

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            1 year ago

            Yup, these exist, where you end up covering the awkwardly shaped opening in fabric and attaching the house to that shroud. Unfortunately, floor units are hideously inefficient. Better than nothing though.

  • hedge@beehaw.orgOP
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    1 year ago

    Feel embarrassed and ashamed for posting all this stuff about Threads while the world is burning and people are dying. Everyone wherever you are, please stay cool and safe!