I close all the house up during the day, (looks like a cave it is that dark), then once it begins to cool in the evening I open it all up again.
There are a few things you can do to make sure you dont end up with heat stress:
> Drink plenty of water or other cool, non-alcoholic fluids. (Check with your doctor if you are on limited fluids or fluid pills.)
> Avoid drinking extremely cold liquids as they can cause stomach cramps in some people.
>Avoid heavy exertion.
>Reduce physical activity and avoid vigorous exercise in hot weather. If activity is unavoidable, try to schedule activity for the cooler part of the day and rest often. Whenever possible, stay indoors or in the shade.
>Stay cool and keep air circulating around you. Use air conditioning if possible. If you don’t have air conditioning, consider visiting an air-conditioned shopping centre or public library.
>Eat regular, light meals.
>Wear lightweight clothing that is also light in colour.
>Take a cool shower, bath or sponge bath.
>If the fan is just circulating hot air consider using a spray bottle with water in to spritz yourself
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Some good tips (esp visiting a shopping centre, we often for for a long drive in our air con car to the nearest air con shopping centre! Wasteful, but a good way to stay cool). At least you night time temps come back down, in QLD with the humidity we often only lose 5 degC overnight and then by 7am its hot again, urgh. We had that a couple of weeks ago, but its back to rain again now, thank goodness!
Send some of that rain our way please Liz, we could do with a good inch or so, everything is so very dry!
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