W. Baker wrote:
> Orlando Enrique Fiol > wrote:
>
> : How ever do people sleep in hot climates?
>
> : Orlando
>
> I found a kind of system this June when we had a heat wae during my
> husband's last illness and I had no airconditioner. (remember we spent
> our summer upstate). I found that taking a shower and then sitiing under
> the ceiling fan cooled me down enough to get to sleep(with the fan still
> going) and in the morning another shower with a similar sit, got me red to
> get dressed adn go get a nice COLD breakfast ready.
>
> I now have a small air conditioner in the bedroom and it is gret on the
> very hot nights. I still prefer fresh air if it is not crazy hot.
>
> Wendy in NYC havign had a very hot June and July.

Wendy, we have no air conditioning (ok, we have a window unit, but for
as little as we need it, it often doesn't get put into place)

i LOVE my window fans (we have double hung windows, so we can do this
easier than with sliders or the ones that 'scroll' outwards) and turning
them on gives enough air movement that i'm not too hot at night

of course, there are additional room fans (pedestal or floor or........
you choose) that also help

when i was in Cuba, we had those slatted wood venting systems that
allowed air-flow at night......... we used that! LOL