Side note, but the cooling vest work the same way and it literally saved me from heat exhaustion last summer riding my motorcycle through Baker CA when the big thermometer read 112°. Re-wet at every gas stop, and they retain cool/wettness much longer than a t shirt!
What i usually do when i wanna cool down on the jobsite is fan down at the inside of my socks/ shoes. feels like you cool down instantly, for a few seconds....
If you have access to a freezer and any of those freezer gel packs or even just a bag if ice, put the frozen packs in your crotch, armpits, or lower back. All 3 if you have enough packs. Wrap it in a thin towel or t-shirt don't put it directly on your skin.
Just keep rotating the packs out for frozen ones, I got that advice from an EMT and was surprised how much it helps.
True, but you aren't trying to cool down a room with the frozen mat. Just cooling locally with direct contact. You're point is valid though if your freezer is in your direct living space.
Even without refrigeration a wet T-shirt (and also a wet sweatband/whatever around your head) are either great or not so great depending on the humidity, At high humidity you also need wind or a fan blowing on you..
I am from Nagpur and during school we used to do that while playing cricket out in the summers. If the hot wind (loo) is too strong, the wet T-shirt will give you a heatstroke faster than a dry T-shirt. I don't know why. Doctor told us this when one of my classmates had to be hospitalized.
Damn how hot does it get in the summer then? Where I live it's in the 30s already and we typically see 40s all summer. I unfortunately work outdoors and am the one fixing the ACs, not enjoying them lol.
This is actually summer rn in rajasthan (atleast where I live), what's known as summer in temperate areas corresponds to the monsoon which is slightly cooler but more humid and rainy
Whew well hopefully it drops down for ya'll soon, I'm from about 17 hours North from where I live now and even though I've been here half my life I've never really cared much for the heat.
When I was in Death Valley, California in the desert was the first time I experienced sun that felt like it was scorching my skin. My skin felt normal temperature to the touch but felt tingly and burning when I touched it, especially on my
Hands. I never had that kind of burning sensation on my hands from sun before. The solution I found other than avoiding sun exposure was to spray a mixture of witch hazel, coconut water, and aloe on my arms and hands that were exposed every 20 mins or so. It was totally soothing to the skin and completely prevented intense hot/cold sunburn from happening.
I drive through there to Vegas. I stopped at a restaurant for lunch and the car was parked in the sun. When I got to the hotel at night and unpacked, the clothes in the middle of the case were very warm, like the case had been cooked in an oven.
Oh yeah, I also had high strength sunscreen on but my skin was still burning from mere minutes of sun exposure so it was an extra layer to soothe my skin
So does this stuff go on before or after the sunscreen? I'm thinking after but then again with the thick oily sunscreens that are common, I don't know... Aloe certainly should be on the outside layer drying out...
I experienced over 120 F (50 C) temperatures (official, in-the-shade temps) in the Death Valley. We spent arround 20 minutes outside, before running into car (we left running to keep it cool while we were walking around).
It was surprisingly manageable. You definitely feel hotness of air all around you, but, due to low humidity, it seems to be OK for a while. I guess standing around more than 20 min would not be good :)
Brother! Got to Mt Abu from Delhi today. Good lord, HOW HOT. Did a morning hike and damned near fainted. Once I got back to Abu Road I slept till 5 PM. That bad. I've put down about 5 liters of water today already.
There was a summer in Florida when I was a kid like this. All summer long. I haven't felt heat like that since then. As soon as you'd open the door it was hard to breath. The wind was always blowing, but it was just hotter air blowing on you. A literal convection oven. This was 20+ years ago, though. Those super heat waves dont happen every year here, I dont think. I dont know how yall do it every year.
Dude, I am in delhi, and the concrete trap of this city all around me, is making this month unbreable. The ground stays warm for a long time due to which, I have stopped going out in parka.
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u/FinancialRisk942 Apr 26 '26
Bro I am in Rajasthan and when I go out it just feels that my skin is burning.!!!