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How Do People Survive The Summer Without Air Conditioning?

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best they can for years i never had one. used fans . heat is extremely hard on the elder;y how did they survive 75 years ago ? you learn to adjust..btw i have A.C now
 
Before AC was as common, we used several fans around the house to move the air during the day, and leave the windows closed during the day. As well as open the windows at night with our house fan on to blow all the hot air out for the cooler air outside to come in.

With AC becoming more common I don't see as many house fans being built into the homes. (Nor house humidifiers for that matter, but those were more expensive anyways I think).
 
I remember ''no air conditioning days'' .. There's a saying ''cool as the other side of the pillow'' , my grandmother had goose down pillows and mattresses .. You get hot then flip your pillow over and it's like 10 degrees cooler it seemed .

Here's an old church air conditioner lol
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I believe people's bodies can acclimate better than we realize. The problem today is that we have found ways to not need to do so with our AC units and heaters.

Consider what it must have been like 150 years ago before electricity, fans, AC units, and central heating. How did they survive so well? Maybe some didn't but I suspect they had less trouble because their bodies acclimated. In some cases on the midwestern prairies for example, they built their homes out of sod or dug out and that can be quite a bit cooler than a wood frame construction.

Here where we have extreme winters and somewhat uncomfortable summers sometimes, it's amazing how differently we feel at various temperatures. Back in March when daytime highs started getting up into the 40s after living through our winter with temps in the -20 to -30 degree range, it was like summer for us. No longer needed a jacket when venturing outside and even in some cases motorcyclists start to show up on our streets and highways. However, in October when the temps start dropping into the 40s or even the 60s, we throw on a coat after enjoying the warmth of summer in the 80s and lower 90s.

Indigenous people of the arctic are comfortable in much lower temperatures than we are. Likewise, I suspect typical people in South America or southern Asia are probably much more comfortable in hot, humid conditions than I am.

I'll never forget the time I was installing a machine in Gaffney, SC one summer during the months of July and August. The temperatures hovered in the upper 90s most of the time and barely cooled at night and I think the relative humidity had to be in the 90s as well. One day the girls that I was training to run the machine asked me how we are able to stand the winter cold in MN. Here's what I said.

"During the winter I can dress up for the weather and as long as I remain busy I can stay comfortably warm. Here (in Gaffney) on the other hand, I got up this morning, looked out the door of the motel, and saw a beautiful sunny morning with a light breeze fluttering through the trees. When I opened the door I just about passed out from the blast furnace of heat that hit me in the face. The worst part is that there is no escape from it. Even in the shade because the humidity was so high, you get no relief. The only possible relief for me is to seek an air conditioned building. No thank you! I much prefer the cold."
 
You guys make really good points. I guess I'm just so spoiled with air conditioning that the idea of a fan (although it still does its job of keeping you cool) seems foreign to me. :lol
 
I believe people's bodies can acclimate better than we realize. The problem today is that we have found ways to not need to do so with our AC units and heaters.

Consider what it must have been like 150 years ago before electricity, fans, AC units, and central heating. How did they survive so well? Maybe some didn't but I suspect they had less trouble because their bodies acclimated. In some cases on the midwestern prairies for example, they built their homes out of sod or dug out and that can be quite a bit cooler than a wood frame construction.

Here where we have extreme winters and somewhat uncomfortable summers sometimes, it's amazing how differently we feel at various temperatures. Back in March when daytime highs started getting up into the 40s after living through our winter with temps in the -20 to -30 degree range, it was like summer for us. No longer needed a jacket when venturing outside and even in some cases motorcyclists start to show up on our streets and highways. However, in October when the temps start dropping into the 40s or even the 60s, we throw on a coat after enjoying the warmth of summer in the 80s and lower 90s.

Indigenous people of the arctic are comfortable in much lower temperatures than we are. Likewise, I suspect typical people in South America or southern Asia are probably much more comfortable in hot, humid conditions than I am.

I'll never forget the time I was installing a machine in Gaffney, SC one summer during the months of July and August. The temperatures hovered in the upper 90s most of the time and barely cooled at night and I think the relative humidity had to be in the 90s as well. One day the girls that I was training to run the machine asked me how we are able to stand the winter cold in MN. Here's what I said.

"During the winter I can dress up for the weather and as long as I remain busy I can stay comfortably warm. Here (in Gaffney) on the other hand, I got up this morning, looked out the door of the motel, and saw a beautiful sunny morning with a light breeze fluttering through the trees. When I opened the door I just about passed out from the blast furnace of heat that hit me in the face. The worst part is that there is no escape from it. Even in the shade because the humidity was so high, you get no relief. The only possible relief for me is to seek an air conditioned building. No thank you! I much prefer the cold."
You ain't wrong.
I used to live in Idaho...home of Hell's Canyon and Sun Valley ski resort. Stanley ID is usually the home of the coldest day of the year in the winter.
Because of the wide range of temperatures roads don't last. And as a young man I was usually outside year round.
As a result...my blood pressure changed from the effects of the seasons. (What a nurse told me)
How exactly it changed I'm not exactly sure. But it had something to do with the bottom number.
 
You guys make really good points. I guess I'm just so spoiled with air conditioning that the idea of a fan (although it still does its job of keeping you cool) seems foreign to me. :lol
One misconception that I've experienced with many people is the belief that a fan will cool a room. This is not true. A fan only circulates the existing air. The reason you feel cool is because that moving air across your body creates a wind-chill effect resulting from the sweat evaporating off your body. This is how our bodies regulate our body temperature. Evaporation expends energy through evaporation and that cools the body. So, in order for a fan to be effective, you need to be positioned to feel the moving air, even if only subtle.
 
One misconception that I've experienced with many people is the belief that a fan will cool a room. This is not true. A fan only circulates the existing air. The reason you feel cool is because that moving air across your body creates a wind-chill effect resulting from the sweat evaporating off your body. This is how our bodies regulate our body temperature. Evaporation expends energy through evaporation and that cools the body. So, in order for a fan to be effective, you need to be positioned to feel the moving air, even if only subtle.



How do you know so much about science? Are/were you a scientist or something?
 
How do you know so much about science? Are/were you a scientist or something?
I don't know if I know so much but certain topics interest me and sometimes I will do my own studying. In the case of heating and cooling a home and ourselves, I did some research to find out ways to accomplish the task without always relying on heating and AC systems. At the time my goal was to save cost because our income was rather tight. In the process I believe I have learned a few things.

My education in electrical design included studies in instrumentation, HVAC, and other related things so some of my knowledge comes from schooling too but I'm only at a very elementary level and I hope that if I have err'd that someone with more knowledge will make the corrections.
 
I believe people's bodies can acclimate better than we realize. The problem today is that we have found ways to not need to do so with our AC units and heaters.

Consider what it must have been like 150 years ago before electricity, fans, AC units, and central heating. How did they survive so well? Maybe some didn't but I suspect they had less trouble because their bodies acclimated. In some cases on the midwestern prairies for example, they built their homes out of sod or dug out and that can be quite a bit cooler than a wood frame construction.

Here where we have extreme winters and somewhat uncomfortable summers sometimes, it's amazing how differently we feel at various temperatures. Back in March when daytime highs started getting up into the 40s after living through our winter with temps in the -20 to -30 degree range, it was like summer for us. No longer needed a jacket when venturing outside and even in some cases motorcyclists start to show up on our streets and highways. However, in October when the temps start dropping into the 40s or even the 60s, we throw on a coat after enjoying the warmth of summer in the 80s and lower 90s.

Indigenous people of the arctic are comfortable in much lower temperatures than we are. Likewise, I suspect typical people in South America or southern Asia are probably much more comfortable in hot, humid conditions than I am.

I'll never forget the time I was installing a machine in Gaffney, SC one summer during the months of July and August. The temperatures hovered in the upper 90s most of the time and barely cooled at night and I think the relative humidity had to be in the 90s as well. One day the girls that I was training to run the machine asked me how we are able to stand the winter cold in MN. Here's what I said.

"During the winter I can dress up for the weather and as long as I remain busy I can stay comfortably warm. Here (in Gaffney) on the other hand, I got up this morning, looked out the door of the motel, and saw a beautiful sunny morning with a light breeze fluttering through the trees. When I opened the door I just about passed out from the blast furnace of heat that hit me in the face. The worst part is that there is no escape from it. Even in the shade because the humidity was so high, you get no relief. The only possible relief for me is to seek an air conditioned building. No thank you! I much prefer the cold."
Off topic but where did you work in Gaffney WIP ?
 
At that time it was the Stouffer packaging facility. Today it is owned by Nestle.
 
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