2006-07-21 04:29:20 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Other - General Health Care
leave the room doors open so it can circulate. open the shades on windows so you use natural light and keep the house cooler.
2006-07-21 04:32:52 · answer #1 · answered by scrdudie7 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ok, here's a tip.
First of all, the temperature outside will start rising real fast when
the forecast is for let's say a 100 degree day.
The best thing you can do, short of buying an air conditioner is
to open ALL your windows and let the morning air (say around 5-8 a.m.) cool your place down as much as it can.
Then, around 8-9 a.m., close ALL the windows and "trap" the cool
morning air and let the fan circulate this around your home. Close all blinds and shades to keep any sunlight from shining in.
It will still warm up quite a bit in the afternoon but, you will still be
cooler than the air temperature outside.
DO NOT open any windows all day otherwise the inside temp
will rise significantly. Try and close doors as soon as you can
after opening them.
Take a nice cool shower or bath sometime mid-afternoon or even
more frequently if you feel any heat exhaustion.
2006-07-21 04:38:04 · answer #2 · answered by GeneL 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Keep the windows open at night, but close them up as soon as it starts to get warmer outside. Close all of your blinds and shudders during the day, but keep the fans going. If you have any windows that face the afternoon sun, invest in some window coverings that reflect the sunlight away from the window. (or in a pinch, you can use aluminum foil if you have to.) For the future, plant shade trees that will grow in between the sun and your house. A good tree can lower the temperature of your house by several degrees. When the evening air starts to get cooler than the inside of your house (if it does where you live), open up the shades and windows. You can put fans up into the windows to draw the outside air in. If the air inside is very hot, you can point the fans outward for about a half an hour to draw the hot air out.
If you can afford to, install a "whole house fan" up in the attic of your home. It will draw the hot air out and keep the house much cooler and is very inexpensive to use.
2006-07-21 06:02:55 · answer #3 · answered by happygirl 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This method has actually been practiced for thousands of years, and I picked up on it when I visited the Holy Land last year, from a very kind and generous family of nomads. Obviously, living in a tent and constantly on the move, it gets quite warm; I noticed numerous bowls of water near the enterances to the tent, including the window-like holes. I dipped my fingers in, to find that the water was freezing. When I asked the family, they said it had been a method passed down for generations; that water would be left out at night, as it gets freezing on desert nights, and that it would be left near tent openings, where, sure enough, wind would blow over the cool liquid, in fact cooling the tent significantly.
Since then, (I live in New York) I have refrained from using air conditioning when it wasn't absolutely necessary, instead cooling a bowl of water in my freezer, adding ice, and leaving it by an open window. It sounds foolish, but I must say that it works just as well as air conditioning does, and it costs almost nothing.
I hope I was of some help, keep cool, now.
2006-07-21 04:43:01 · answer #4 · answered by Dan 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I soak a towel with cold water and wrap and pin it around my neck. This serves to at least keep the blood going to the head cool - which is important. You could also pin or tie a cold, wet rag around your forehead. Drink a lot of water. Soda and alcohol only increase the heat. If you don't have air-conditioning, you probably don't have a pool either. Do you have a large pan you could fill with cool water - put your feet in it, get something to read and relax.
2006-07-21 04:37:14 · answer #5 · answered by TheHumbleOne 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Take a trip to the frozen foods section of your local grocery store. Or at home, use ice! You can chew or suck on some ice. You can also put a block of ice in front of the fan, that helps. And use a spray bottle to mist yourself with water. Or just hop in the tub for a quick, cool bath or shower.
2006-07-21 04:34:42 · answer #6 · answered by askme 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A small fan placed in the window to help suck out the hot air while cooling the room works pretty well.........better the smaller the room is.
2006-07-21 04:33:31 · answer #7 · answered by msblueroses 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wear a wet teeshirt.
2006-07-21 04:49:24 · answer #8 · answered by Lake Lover 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
keep everything closed so the hot air doesnt get in
2006-07-21 04:34:08 · answer #9 · answered by LL Cool J 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why don't you go to the nearest mall and just sit there and chill in the AC?
2006-07-21 04:32:48 · answer #10 · answered by royalty-xox 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋