In a lot of places in Switzerland it is going to be hot this weekend, what are your ‘tricks’ to keep cool?

  • LotteryDiscountz@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    I’m not in Switzerland right now, but I open all the windows when/ if it gets cooler at night, and then close them and the shades in the morning.

    Anything to keep the heat of the day outside where it belongs.

  • Encryption@feddit.ch
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    1 year ago

    Swim in the Aare and, hear me out, hot tea.

    I saw it in hot dry countries, there they drink tea and since I started to do the same, I can tackle the heat way better.

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    1 year ago

    If it gets too hot, take a fan put your drying rack for clothes in front of it and hang some damp towels from it in front of the fan. It’s basically a homemade AC.

  • HenriVolney@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    Stop using a car, stop eating meat, stop buying new clothes and useless crap, stop flying to vacation places far away That’s not enough but I’m doing my part

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    Ventilate in the night then close everything in the morning and roll the shades down wherever I can.

    If it get’s too hot despite this open the windows back up and get a light draft going.

    Most recent addition is a small swamp cooler.

    If I don’t have to be home then a trip to the water or the mountains helps a lot too.

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    1 year ago

    It really depends on what you’re used to. You look like having around 35c this weekend, that’s just normal summer weather for Australia.

    I’d use the aircon or if you don’t have that, a fan. Make sure you stay hydrated. If it’s too hot, go to a shopping center or a movie which is most likely going to have aircon.

    35 is nice, I’d have more trouble coping with your winters I think.

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        1 year ago

        I thought that might be the case, not even at the shops? Everyone has it in Australia.

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          1 year ago

          There is bunch of regulations that makes it hard to get permission to install it. People rarely have it in their homes. At commercial buidlings its more common.

          Also it was not really neccessary in the past.

    • slurpy@feddit.chOP
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      1 year ago

      Adapting to the the heat is probably the main reason. I’m just not used to the hot weather.

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    1 year ago

    My current living situation has a bathtub, so when I returned from work yesterday I plugged it, lay down in it, put the shower head on my chest and let cold water dribble out of the shower head while browsing the kbinverse.