Third extended heat wave within 6 weeks.

The previous one exceeded 40°C, and the buildings not yet had time to completely cool down from that one before the third wave hit.

I was considering putting up a tent in my garden myself, but as I own a ground floor flat, the indoor temperatures did, with the help of some additional cooling measures, thankfully not exceeded 27°C.

  • Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.deOP
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    22 hours ago

    Maybe just save up $200 and buy a portable AC unit instead of a ten

    I own one. The portable ones have a rather limited efficiency. Ours brought the air temperature down to 23-24°C in the sleeping areas during the daytime.
    After switching it off for the night (the things are incredibly noisy…), temperatures quickly rose to 26-27°C again (at least at reduced humidity due to the AC).
    And that was in a ground floor apartment…

    And opening windows doesn’t really help any more if the minimum outside temp still is >20°C during the night and the air is basically motionless.

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        19 hours ago

        I also have pot smoking neighbours. But at least they are really nice!
        (I get to eat all the crazy excess foodstuff they buy while getting the munchies… 😁 )

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          15 hours ago

          This lady (and I use the term loosely) smokes so much pot that she’s become paranoid as hell. She doesn’t eat. She only drinks vegetable smoothies.