How are you dealing with this heatwave?

[Sweetdeath]

It's 102° in NYC, with a heat index of   115°. Pretty aweful. I don't own an a/c, so i've just been laying still with a slight breeze from outdoors. Probably drank my body weight in water. Also, i've been taking cold showers every two hours.

So sad, because last week for Harry potter, the whole week was 80°, breezy, and beautifully comfortable!

Where do you live?
How hot is it?
And how are you dealing with the heat?

[roy1967]

Kansas has been over 100 for more than two weeks. We set a daily record a few days ago at 111
. They say tomorrow could reach 110. Western Kansas is in a severe drought. We just stay inside, and water plants after 8pm. Oh, and August is usually hotter than July here. 

[MariaEvri]

we have a heatwave here too (not very serious yet) ALthough I ahve an a/c, I try not to use it much (because of a recent... "Accident" here in our power station)
I have all the windows open (hello roaches!!!), have bought a fan, feet in cold water, in my pajamas and drinking water all the time

[Tank]

11⁰C here in the UK. It's been showers for the last week and cool. Got to love the English Summer  

[Medusa]

In Los Angeles (hence used to heat waves in  July)
It's noon and currently a cool 74.
But I live with my a/c in my room on all the time! It's like my own personal igloo.

[Stevil]

Been a pretty mild winter this year, around 15C, but very wet.

[Sweetdeath]

In Los Angeles (hence used to heat waves in  July)
It's noon and currently a cool 74.
But I live with my a/c in my room on all the time! It's like my own personal igloo.

I envy your 74°! ;__;

[Sweetdeath]

Kansas has been over 100 for more than two weeks. We set a daily record a few days ago at 111
. They say tomorrow could reach 110. Western Kansas is in a severe drought. We just stay inside, and water plants after 8pm. Oh, and August is usually hotter than July here. 

Yeah, I heard the mid west was in severe drought warning. It's really scary!  It's so hot here that the pools are closed, because the water temp is about 85°.

[hismikeness]

Out here in Oregon, it's flirting with being full blown summer. We had 2 1/2 weeks of 80-85 degrees and sunny, but then all last week it was overcast and raining a little. We haven't had any t-storms yet, but those are always once it's been dry enough so the forest goes up in flame.

Currently, its about 75, really humid. Forecast has 90 coming up.

[Tank]

I love the gulf stream 

[fester30]

In Arkansas it's been 90+ with dewpoints in the 70s pretty much since the beginning of June.  Add to that the fact that most weather patterns have gone north of the state, and most of the air mass thunderstorm activity has been south of the state, and there hasn't been relief for almost two months.  Just like Kansas, Arkansas isn't done yet, as August will be just as bad.

EDIT: I didn't answer the question.  I'm acclimated, so I'm not really doing anything different, other than drinking more water.

[Sweetdeath]

D: @  fester.
I am really welcoming thunder storms. We need the rain.  Poor trees.

[AnimatedDirt]

Also, i've been taking cold showers every two hours.

Where do you live?
How hot is it?
And how are you dealing with the heat?

That is one mistake people make.  A cool/cold shower feels real good, no doubt, however the only thing you do by taking a cold shower (other than the short relief) is lower your body temperature (or simply the feeling of) thus making it hotter feel hotter when you get out.  Certainly take a cold shower to cool off, but gradually make the water hot again.  When you step out of the shower (especially in 100+ temperatures) you'll feel cooler longer as you've raised your body/skin temp and it is closer or higher than the outside air.

I live in So. Cal. where today's temp is is in the high 70's to low 80's.  Quite nice.

When it's hot like that here, I simply jump in the pool for a while. 

[Will]

I love insulating! I'm a big believer that thick walls and foam and reflecting away heat are superior to running a ton of electricity into an air conditioning unit or central a/c. The problem is that my house, which I love, gets a ton of sunlight during the summer from noon until about 6-7 p.m. While opening up in the morning to let in the cool, shaded air in is great, the walls and windows get very hot during the day and into the evening.

I started by pulling all of the insulation in my attic, which was a lot of fun. After one of the hottest and most physically demanding weekends of my life, I had a completely clean attic with absolutely no insulation whatsoever. I went through like 3 filters on my gas mask and had to hire a special company for waste. I went through about a dozen options for insulation before finally deciding that recycled paper was the best option for me. It fit my price range, it's green, and apparently it's just as flame-retardant as fiber-based insulation. My house's temperature dropped 10-20 degrees overnight during high heat. It was GLORIOUS. I'm slowly replacing my windows with the double or triple pane kind as I can afford it, too, which is helping quite a bit. I've also noticed that the insulation and windows reduce outside noise considerably. For the windows I've not yet converted, I went to Home Depot and picked up this insulating material that's similar to the kind they use for window visors for cars, reflective surfaces with insulating plastic inside, and I've covered my back and side-yard windows, and that helps a great deal, too.

It's around 82 degrees F (or about 27.7C), but it's about 72 degrees F (22C) inside.

[Sweetdeath]

Also, i've been taking cold showers every two hours.

Where do you live?
How hot is it?
And how are you dealing with the heat?

That is one mistake people make.  A cool/cold shower feels real good, no doubt, however the only thing you do by taking a cold shower (other than the short relief) is lower your body temperature (or simply the feeling of) thus making it hotter feel hotter when you get out.  Certainly take a cold shower to cool off, but gradually make the water hot again.  When you step out of the shower (especially in 100+ temperatures) you'll feel cooler longer as you've raised your body/skin temp and it is closer or higher than the outside air.

I live in So. Cal. where today's temp is is in the high 70's to low 80's.  Quite nice.

When it's hot like that here, I simply jump in the pool for a while. 

Really?  This is a very interesting fact. I will heed your words and do this for my next shower. Thanks, Dr. House.