ITS HOT
Like much of the world, this week we are going to be experiencing an intense heat wave.
If you dont have access to strong enough AC, please find your local cooling centers! Many libraries double as cooling centers, but not all of them.
Here's a WWLP article that lists some cooling centers open during this particular heat wave, and heres 413Cares a website thats been collecting cooling and warming centers for years. Use another resource to make sure those locations are acting as cooling centers for this particular heat wave.
Museums also tend to have very, very good AC to keep their items safe, and all the five colleges' museums are free and open to the public.
Grocery stores are typically kept extra cold to make you hungry so you buy more.
For many of us, the water out of our tap comes out very cold. Hold your wrists veins-side-up under the water for a while to cool down your entire body.
Personal fans, ice water wraps around your neck, and sticking your feet in ice water can go a long way for beating the heat.
Swamp coolers/evaporative coolers work well in lower levels of humidity, but can be dangerous at higher levels of humidity. They raise the humidity in your own space, which makes your sweat significantly less effective. They are easy to DIY with a fan and materials you probably already have. Check your local humidity forecast daily before using them, and just use a fan when its too humid. I wouldnt use a swamp cooler in any of the orange temperatures on this chart, and I'd be really careful about using one in any of the yellow parts of the chart.
THIS POST CONTAINS INFORMATION FOR THE WESTERN THIRD OF THE USA STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS. WHILE ITS CONTENTS MAY BE APPLICABLE ELSEWHERE, THEY ARE NOT APPLICABLE EVERYWHERE. LOOK FOR LOCAL GUIDANCE.
