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With the oppressive heat looking to last through next week, I got to thinking how best to deal with this weather without power. Some choices are easy like not using the stove or oven, hanging out the clothes instead of using the dryer, keeping the curtains pulled. However, if the power went out things could get ugly really fast. What mid-westerners understand that the rest of the country does not is when we get the heat; there is no relief at night. Night time lows are in the 80’s with comparable dew points, this is way different than a hot day in the 90’s or 100’s but your night time lows dip into the 60’s and you don’t have the high dew points/humidity or you get a nice off shore breeze. If we have a grid down situation how are we going to keep cool and in some cases alive. Without the air-conditioning temps in the house would climb fairly quickly, and stay hot. This got me thinking about a hot weather plan, short of bugging out to the mountains which would be my first choice!
What I am thinking is to have a cooler packed with a screen tent (see below), an inflatable bed, high thread count sheets, battery powered fans, extra batteries, bug spray and lantern. My rational is a regular tent does not have enough air circulation, air mattresses spontaneously leak-it would be good to have a backup, my houses sheets never seem to fit the air mattresses-higher thread counts are always cooler and fans make everything better, even a small battery powered fan would move the air. Sleeping outside when it gets hot is one of my mother’s fondest memories. I am sure it was fun for the kids but as an adult the heat just makes me unhappy. It would still be uncomfortable, but more bearable than in the house. It would also be better than the basement (I have a hundred year-old creepy, spider infested basement). Everything could be stored in the cooler which would then be empty to store ice; extra coolers on hand would also be a prudent thing to have.
Any suggestions or thoughts?
The air is running constantly, but at least I can sit here at type in relative comfort, was I the one who was complaining about shoveling the snow last winter?
What I am thinking is to have a cooler packed with a screen tent (see below), an inflatable bed, high thread count sheets, battery powered fans, extra batteries, bug spray and lantern. My rational is a regular tent does not have enough air circulation, air mattresses spontaneously leak-it would be good to have a backup, my houses sheets never seem to fit the air mattresses-higher thread counts are always cooler and fans make everything better, even a small battery powered fan would move the air. Sleeping outside when it gets hot is one of my mother’s fondest memories. I am sure it was fun for the kids but as an adult the heat just makes me unhappy. It would still be uncomfortable, but more bearable than in the house. It would also be better than the basement (I have a hundred year-old creepy, spider infested basement). Everything could be stored in the cooler which would then be empty to store ice; extra coolers on hand would also be a prudent thing to have.
Any suggestions or thoughts?
The air is running constantly, but at least I can sit here at type in relative comfort, was I the one who was complaining about shoveling the snow last winter?
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