This European heatwave has been going on for weeks and shows no signs of abating. It’s really wearing me down. Any tips for staying cool when you don’t have air conditioning? I’ve tried the whole shutting the windows and blinds thing they recommend but that just makes it worse. I already feel uncomfortably hot at the best of times as a side effect of my medication. So an actual heatwave on top is literal torture. It’s so bad in the UK that supermarket refrigerators have stopped working due to the heat, and the news says its going to be the longest heatwave in 50 years.
a follow up to this, use a salt water mix. frozen salt water will hold a cooler temp for a longer time. plus, with a couple of zip ties or a length of small rope, you can affix them to a box fan or oscillating fan to create an “ac” similar to the bucket version posted in this thread (and you don’t need any extra equipment or tools).
just be careful to not cover too much of the fan face so it doesn’t restrict airflow to the point of burning out the motor, plug it into a surge protector or gfci plug, and place a towel beneath it to absorb the exterior humidity as the bottles sweat.
stay safe!
I’ve sort of done this one summer by putting those ice box freezable blocks (no idea what these are in English) in a small plastic box just in front of the fan and then pointing it at the bed, it did cool us down pretty well until the ice blocks melted.