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<blockquote data-quote="NightShade" data-source="post: 2229114" data-attributes="member: 29706"><p>They survived pretty much the way everyone does in hot climates without AC. When it gets hot you sit in the shade and do pretty much nothing. . . maybe even get some sleep. Had a farm house that had been in the family for quite a while that had 12 foot ceilings on the main floor. This was another way to help keep the house cool. Heat rises so it will stay cooler down where your body occupies the space. You will even see some houses with tall ceilings and some small windows up near the ceiling that can be opened. This lets the heat vent out naturally and the cooler air come inside.</p><p></p><p>Our society wants to move and do things all day long so when it's hot out we either have to really suffer or turn on the AC. It's also different working outside in the heat compared to being indoors. I worked on a concrete paving crew operating steel inserters on the paver. I had to walkabout 10 steps on a steel beam on the machine to insert a piece of rebar and hit a switch to have it rammed into the slab then go to the next one. Ran three inserters in 100 degree heat for about 10 hours a day three days in one week and logged about 75 hours on a five and a half day work week. By Saturday afternoon I was dunking my head in cool water to just stay upright. Job site was about a two hour drive from home and the whole way I wished I had AC in my car.</p><p></p><p>On another note, seem my neighbors can't handle the heat. . . lol.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH]30617[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="NightShade, post: 2229114, member: 29706"] They survived pretty much the way everyone does in hot climates without AC. When it gets hot you sit in the shade and do pretty much nothing. . . maybe even get some sleep. Had a farm house that had been in the family for quite a while that had 12 foot ceilings on the main floor. This was another way to help keep the house cool. Heat rises so it will stay cooler down where your body occupies the space. You will even see some houses with tall ceilings and some small windows up near the ceiling that can be opened. This lets the heat vent out naturally and the cooler air come inside. Our society wants to move and do things all day long so when it's hot out we either have to really suffer or turn on the AC. It's also different working outside in the heat compared to being indoors. I worked on a concrete paving crew operating steel inserters on the paver. I had to walkabout 10 steps on a steel beam on the machine to insert a piece of rebar and hit a switch to have it rammed into the slab then go to the next one. Ran three inserters in 100 degree heat for about 10 hours a day three days in one week and logged about 75 hours on a five and a half day work week. By Saturday afternoon I was dunking my head in cool water to just stay upright. Job site was about a two hour drive from home and the whole way I wished I had AC in my car. On another note, seem my neighbors can't handle the heat. . . lol. [ATTACH=CONFIG]30617[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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