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Fighting The Heat

Morcote Village - collage by LadyDuck - All rights reserved

@LadyDuck (458006)

Switzerland

August 8, 2018 8:11am CST

We had almost a full week with higher than average temperature. In this country we have not the habit to have the temperature over the 90 F (33 Celsius) and almost no house and apartment has air conditioning. Keeping the shutters and windows closed during the hot hours helped to keep the house cool enough to rest during the night. During the day, we became creative to keep cool doing something interesting. Some days, we spent the hottest hours inside the local mall, strolling the shops. Other days we drove to the lake to have a walk under the cool porches in old villages. I am sharing some photos taken at the small village of Morcote, we also had lunch by the lake and it surely was pleasant. What do you do to beat the heat?

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@jaboUK (64361)

• United Kingdom

8 Aug 18

Lovely pics. We too are having hot weather, too hot for gardening or anything out of doors really. We don't have AC either but fortunately our main room stays quite cool as long as we keep the windows closed.

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@LadyDuck (458006)

• Switzerland

8 Aug 18

I have heard that you had a serious heat wave. Our bedroom is never too hot, we only need to keep the windows closed during the day and only open during the night. I go in the garden early in the morning to check the plants.

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@LadyDuck (458006)

• Switzerland

9 Aug 18

@jaboUK The plants want water, I see how much they suffer during the heat waves. It rained during the night and it is still raining now. The temperature is fine today.

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@jaboUK (64361)

• United Kingdom

8 Aug 18

@Aquitaine24 We don't usually need it in England.

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@JohnRoberts (109857)

• Los Angeles, California

8 Aug 18

Run the air conditioning.

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@LadyDuck (458006)

• Switzerland

8 Aug 18

I think I wrote we do not have a/c and I have no intention to install a/c for 7 hot days a year. May be you mean that YOU run A/C, I know that in your state almost everybody has it.

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@LadyDuck (458006)

• Switzerland

8 Aug 18

@JohnRoberts I had the feeling I misinterpreted. I know it's very hot in Los Angeles, we lived there 9 months and visited many times.

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@JohnRoberts (109857)

• Los Angeles, California

8 Aug 18

@LadyDuck You asked how I beat the heat and that's was my answer. It's very hot here 2-3 months in the year.

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@vandana7 (98823)

• India

8 Aug 18

Drink plenty of fluids. I had similar suggestion for my father. I had told him, if we go and sit at the hospital lobby or eatery we could save on air conditioning bills. He said, as of now, we can manage. That is true.

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@vandana7 (98823)

• India

8 Aug 18

@LadyDuck In our city it can be really hot. Nights would be around 33 and day time can be 45. So that you know how tough it is in summers.

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@LadyDuck (458006)

• Switzerland

8 Aug 18

@vandana7 The hottest night we had we reached 22 degrees Celsius. You can sleep without even a fan with 22 Celsius.

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@LadyDuck (458006)

• Switzerland

8 Aug 18

The nights are not too hot. Yesterday night it rained and today is not as bad as the past days. We expect a thunderstorm for the night and it should bring cool air.

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@MALUSE (69413)

• Germany

8 Aug 18

Windows wide open at night, closed during the day.

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@LadyDuck (458006)

• Switzerland

8 Aug 18

Exactly, opening the windows during the day brings the heat inside. Hang a wet curtain during the night, it helps to cool the room faster.

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@ptrikha_2 (45467)

• India

9 Aug 18

@MALUSE but aren't open windows at night an invitation for thieves or other criminally minded persons?

@LadyDuck (458006)

• Switzerland

9 Aug 18

I close the shutters on the ground floor, not the windows, the air comes inside and nobody may get inside. Upstairs I feel fully safe.

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@sol_cee (38223)

• Philippines

9 Aug 18

Stay cool, Anna-san. Do you have a handheld mist fan?

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@LadyDuck (458006)

• Switzerland

9 Aug 18

No, I have a floor fan in the room where we work, I do not need a handheld mist fan that would create even more humidity.

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@LadyDuck (458006)

• Switzerland

9 Aug 18

@sol_cee Tourists from where? I have never seen those mist fans here and not even in Italy.

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@sol_cee (38223)

• Philippines

9 Aug 18

@LadyDuck many tourists here roam downtown with mist fans. Easy to spot them. Hehe

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@JustBhem (70555)

• Davao, Philippines

8 Aug 18

Sometimes I will have an ice cold water or ice candy while the electric fan is in front of me.

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@LadyDuck (458006)

• Switzerland

8 Aug 18

I use an electric fan where I work, it is enough to keep cool.

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@JustBhem (70555)

• Davao, Philippines

8 Aug 18

@LadyDuck Me too. I can stay the whole day without a fan working for me.

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@LadyDuck (458006)

• Switzerland

8 Aug 18

@JustBhem I will take a shower before going to sleep, so I will be cool enough to sleep better.

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@youless (112108)

• Guangzhou, China

8 Aug 18

The temperature in your side seems to be similar to my city. It is a normal temperature for us in summer. Perhaps you shall feel lucky as it is quite hot in Spain and Italy. In hot summer I like to drink something cool. Of course having a swimming will be very nice.

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@ptrikha_2 (45467)

• India

9 Aug 18

@LadyDuck in Lisbon, temperatures shot up to 45C.

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@ptrikha_2 (45467)

• India

10 Aug 18

@LadyDuck that is quite hot!

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@LadyDuck (458006)

• Switzerland

8 Aug 18

Italy was hotter the past few days, Portugal and Spain are the hottest places right now. For Switzerland this is not normal, but it seems that our heat wave is over. Right now it is very pleasant. It rained and fresh air is coming inside from the window.

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@1hopefulman (45123)

• Canada

8 Aug 18

We are also have similar temperatures. I have no AC or use fans. I keep the sun out during the day and open the window when the sun goes down. I drink my water and eat my fruits and vegetables. So far, so good!

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@LadyDuck (458006)

• Switzerland

9 Aug 18

I see we do the same. We have no AC, but for a few days a year I am not going to waste money. Today the heat has already gone. It is raining now.

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@1hopefulman (45123)

• Canada

9 Aug 18

@LadyDuck I have no AC because I don't like it. Thankfully, the way I do things allows me to get a good night's sleep most of the time. It's also raining here. I think we have very similar weather.

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@LadyDuck (458006)

• Switzerland

9 Aug 18

@1hopefulman I also dislike AC a lot, it often gives me headaches. For a few hot days a year, spending money in AC is wasted money.

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@crossbones27 (48417)

• Mojave, California

8 Aug 18

I eat ice cream, dunk my head under the water, but you have to know. 90 try 102 on average, but to be fair is a dry heat. The thing is its so heavy, it literally has a weight to it. What I call a lingering heat. Not leaving anytime soon sad to say.

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@crossbones27 (48417)

• Mojave, California

8 Aug 18

@LadyDuck No, I have swamp cooler, big difference. To poor for AC but does a pretty decent job with a fan on you. Humidity plays a huge factor and one of the reasons swamp cooler sucks, but think you guys never bought one because its never hot there. Not normally. World is changing and think might want to go invest in one miss lady. Crossbones always gives sound advce. Did I just refer to myself in third person. I blame it on Trump.

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@LadyDuck (458006)

• Switzerland

8 Aug 18

@crossbones27 It is never hot enough to justify to buy an A/C unit, also considering that our walls are not the thin walls you have in the united states and to pass the cable through a foot and half thick wall is not easy and expensive.

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@LadyDuck (458006)

• Switzerland

8 Aug 18

You have 102 and air conditioning, try 90 for a week without air conditioning. I have been in Las Vegas with 115 it was not as bad as here at 90.

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@jobelbojel (34729)

• Philippines

8 Aug 18

I go to the mall. Eat ice cream. Take a shower after.

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@jobelbojel (34729)

• Philippines

9 Aug 18

@LadyDuck That is a good way to beat the heat.

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@LadyDuck (458006)

• Switzerland

9 Aug 18

@jobelbojel I enjoy their air conditioning without spending a dime.

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@LadyDuck (458006)

• Switzerland

8 Aug 18

Going to the mall is the easiest solution, you can stay there all the day long. Sometimes I bring my laptop and I myLot from there.

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@marlina (154166)

• Canada

8 Aug 18

Thanks so much for those photos. I just stay indoor with the A/C on.

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@ptrikha_2 (45467)

• India

9 Aug 18

@LadyDuck is it a ceiling fan or a table fan? Here we are now having rains in between and that is helping even though some days it gets very hot and humid.

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@marlina (154166)

• Canada

8 Aug 18

@LadyDuck , That's good to read.

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@LadyDuck (458006)

• Switzerland

8 Aug 18

I had the fan running where we work and it was bearable. The nights are never hot, I open the windows in the bedroom during the night and we can sleep well.

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@moffittjc (118435)

• Gainesville, Florida

8 Aug 18

When I want to beat the heat, I daydream about snow-covered alps in Switzerland. But now that image has been shattered by your post about the heat! haha

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@LadyDuck (458006)

• Switzerland

9 Aug 18

The heat wave is already over, we had strong thunderstorms during the night and right now it is raining. Swiss weather is back.

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@LadyDuck (458006)

• Switzerland

15 Aug 18

@moffittjc I hope the place where you go swimming are safe. I had been warned never to swim in a Florida lake or river... you surely know why.

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@moffittjc (118435)

• Gainesville, Florida

15 Aug 18

@LadyDuck The other thing I forgot to mention is that we have a lot of springs in the area, and their temperature is a constant 72 F (22 C), so we swim a lot when it gets hot!

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@just4him (306113)

• Green Bay, Wisconsin

11 Aug 18

I'm glad you found ways to beat the heat. I have a/c, so if it's too hot, I turn it on for a short time.

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@LadyDuck (458006)

• Switzerland

11 Aug 18

We had thunderstorms and rain the past two days, the heat is gone.

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@LadyDuck (458006)

• Switzerland

12 Aug 18

@just4him I am glad too, the fan was enough to keep the room cool, but the humidity was pretty bad.

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@just4him (306113)

• Green Bay, Wisconsin

12 Aug 18

@LadyDuck I'm glad the heat is gone.

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@andriaperry (116860)

• Anniston, Alabama

9 Aug 18

Swimming, play in the water by hose pipe. Laying in the shade reading. Its hot here 8-9 months of the year so we all have a/c.

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@LadyDuck (458006)

• Switzerland

9 Aug 18

I know that you could not live without A/C units, here we have at most 7 really hot days and not always in a row. Right now it is raining and it's pretty cold.

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@maezee (41997)

• United States

8 Aug 18

Wow. Where abouts are you? Gorgeous photos.

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@LadyDuck (458006)

• Switzerland

9 Aug 18

The village in the picture is 20 minutes drive from home, I like to go there, there are many little restaurants.

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@allknowing (130066)

• India

9 Aug 18

I never go out in the sun and that is how I keep myself safe from getting affected when temperatures sore.

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@rsa101 (37952)

• Philippines

10 Aug 18

We somehow are in the same area. Sun can be so scorching hot and going out is not advisable anymore.

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@Shellyann36 (11385)

• United States

13 Aug 18

@LadyDuckI am glad that your hot weather did not last long.

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@LadyDuck (458006)

• Switzerland

9 Aug 18

I cannot say that I like the sun, I avoid to go out after 10 a.m. and I wait until the sun sets before going in the garden. I think that our heat wave is now over. The two past thunderstorms have cooled the air.

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@DeborahDiane (40054)

• Laguna Woods, California

1 Sep 18

@LadyDuck - We go walk near the ocean when we want to beat the heat. However, when it really gets hot, we have air conditioning!

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@LadyDuck (458006)

• Switzerland

1 Sep 18

The heat has gone, the only really hot days have been 4, by mid-August some thunderstorms have cooled down the air. Today (September 1st) it's pouring and we feel the Autumn, me feet are cold.

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@LadyDuck (458006)

• Switzerland

2 Sep 18

@DeborahDiane I had to wear a winter sweater to go out this morning. Now the sun is coming out, I think we will reach the 70s by noon.

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@DeborahDiane (40054)

• Laguna Woods, California

2 Sep 18

@LadyDuck I'm sorry to hear your feet are cold. It was slightly cooler here, but still in the 80s.

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@Shiva49 (26200)

• Singapore

8 Aug 18

I am used to the tropical heat and air conditioning is the norm here. Nights are cool enough to manage with fans - siva

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@LadyDuck (458006)

• Switzerland

8 Aug 18

We have only a few hot days during the year and the nights are always under 22 degrees Celsius. Not having the habit, you feel the heat more, but it's not as bad as in other countries.

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@MarymargII (12422)

• Toronto, Ontario

26 Aug 18

These pics are so lovely and give me such a peaceful feel - You are very good with managing photos on myLot. I would imagine that what you do does cool you down. It all seems so inviting and has such a European look to me. :)

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@LadyDuck (458006)

• Switzerland

26 Aug 18

The little villages around the lakes are all beautiful. The 3rd of September kids go back to school, with less tourists we will go around a little more.

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@LadyDuck (458006)

• Switzerland

27 Aug 18

@MarymargII I know that in North America the first Monday of September is Labor day, in Europe is the 1st of May.

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@MarymargII (12422)

• Toronto, Ontario

27 Aug 18

@LadyDuck Hes, that's the same as here.Kids go back to school after the long weekend which is called Labour Day weekend and everyone gets the Monday off. They will resume school on the 4th.

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@Kandae11 (53679)

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8 Aug 18

I like the lake scene - lovely place for lunch. At home during the day, I wear light summer clothes and all windows are open to let in whatever breeze there is. If necessary I turn on the fan.

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@LadyDuck (458006)

• Switzerland

9 Aug 18

I like this little village on the lake, it's one of my favorite. I open all the windows early in the morning and until noon the cool breeze comes inside. This morning it is raining, no heat.

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