legsdiamond Member since May 05th 2011 79616 posts
Fri Jun-23-17 07:48 PM
3. "Cold showers and little movement" In response to Reply # 0
**************** TBH the fact that you're even a mod here fits squarely within Jag's narrative of OK-sanctioned aggression, bullying, and toxicity. *shrug*
**************** TBH the fact that you're even a mod here fits squarely within Jag's narrative of OK-sanctioned aggression, bullying, and toxicity. *shrug*
15. "My bad, the "lol" was in reference to how dependent we've become..." In response to Reply # 13 Tue Jun-27-17 09:57 AM by flipnile
Not about your question. Seems like folks turned the A/Cs on as soon as it hit 75f outside.
My answer to the question is always "drink a lot of water, find some shade and get used to being hot and sweating" but that's not a real popular answer.
I love the heat tho. I'm tall & lanky and basically built like a giant radiator.
legsdiamond Member since May 05th 2011 79616 posts
Tue Jun-27-17 09:59 AM
17. "My boy from the Burgh refused to turn the AC on in Charlotte" In response to Reply # 15
and he lived in an apt where the utilities were included.
Just cause we grew up without it doesnt mean we have to live like this.
**************** TBH the fact that you're even a mod here fits squarely within Jag's narrative of OK-sanctioned aggression, bullying, and toxicity. *shrug*
19. "My wife had a similar argument. " In response to Reply # 15
My counter point was that we're experiencing historically extreme temperatures. People would've died just the same as before ac with this. Add onto the fact that housing is manufactured differently than before with less ventilation and the amount of exhausts put into the air is stifling The human body isn't cut to surviv this without help.
------ “There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn.” -Albert Camus
ice pops on fleek (are the kids still saying that?)
get some of them Jamaican shirts with the holes in em..
find a pool...
there are a lot of countries that just dont have a/c and they survive..
You take the blue pill, the story ends. You wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. You take the red pill, you stay in Wonderland, and I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes.
23. "4 days sleeping on a cot in an unfinished basement wife 7 months pregnan..." In response to Reply # 0
It was rough But we some G's so.... we did it.
This was after the big hurricane or duracio in 2012 that left most of the DMV without power for a week. Hotels that had power were booked up. She was in no condition for us to hit the highway looking for a hotel. So we hunkered down in the basement. Underground temps usually hover between upper 60's and lower 70's. It was still hot...but better than the main level of the house.
32. "Not everyone will survive" In response to Reply # 0
"According to the Agency for Health care Research and Quality, about 6,200 Americans are hospitalized each summer due to excessive heat, and those at highest risk are poor, uninsured or elderly."
1)Cold water to cool you (pool, or jsut on cloth) 2)Drink to avoid deydration 3)Go into the basement (heat rises) 4)Block sunlight into house with drapes, or the odl Aluminum foil on the glass. 5)If you have a car with air condition - go sit in it when possible. 6)Don't drink alcohol. 7)Stay away from blacktops, roofs, meatal/etc. (Or go to grassly area with trees and shade.)
Move to someplace where you won't die because of weather. San Diego rarely gets this hot, and when it does we can head for the ocean and jump in.
36. "A lot of people will not make through a long power failure" In response to Reply # 32
Many don't even have a week or two of food in their residences, don't know to store water BEFORE shit hits the fan, don't basic first-aid supplies, depend too much on driving and shopping, etc.
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