Keeping cool without AC: Our readers share their tips

We asked our readers to tell us how they've fended off heat without the refrigerant blasts of an air conditioner. Here's what they shared.

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We asked our readers to tell us how they've fended off heat without the refrigerant blasts of an air conditioner. In a summer of extreme heat, we asked our NPR readers to share the ways they keep cool without relying on air conditioning. "Combined with a fan, this keeps me cool," she writes. "When I get out of the bathtub, I can feel the air is hot, but not me." The inspiration? "In summer, if there is a tree and some water in their field, you will find them in the shadow of that tree, frequently going to bathe in that water," he says. Growing up in Syria, Amber Thompson remembers cooling off with well-timed showers. "In extreme heat, I used to take a cool shower in the middle of the night before going back to sleep," she says.

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