"Tiger Lily" > wrote in message
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> 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

My bedroom has this stupidly high window in it. It's up so high that to see
out of it, I have to stand on my toes. There is another such window in this
room. I don't feel bad leaving those windows open. Yes, a burglar could
get in if he/she really wanted to climb up there, but I guess it's better
than having no window.