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Surviving without air conditioning

Submitted by Philip Brewer on July 21, 2007 - 03:48.

It's not so hard, once you accept the fact that you'll be hot and sweaty all the time. (My roommate and I turned off our air conditioning that year as well. We spent all day at an air conditioned office, so it wasn't a huge burden.)

One thing that helped in her case was that the building was old and had been designed without air conditioning in mind. It was just one story, built of concrete blocks, and had louvered windows that let the air flow through while still providing some security.

She (and the other people who lived in that building) all had ceiling fans in every room as well.

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