Heat Hacks
By kay lar
@jaylar (4141)
Kingston, Jamaica
July 22, 2026 9:28am CST
Living in the tropics I am used to heat. These are a few simple ways to be cooler.
Damp Clothes
Wear damp clothes. They will keep you cool. They will dry as you walk outside.
Wet Kerchief
Wet a kerchief or handkerchief and put it on the back of your neck. It will keep you cooler and you can keep wetting it.
Eat Cold Food
Have a number of meals and snacks you don't have to heat up or cook.
These are a few suggestions of what we do when 90o is not unusual.
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4 responses
@celticeagle (192141)
• Boise, Idaho
22 Jul
If it gets real hot I will keep a wash rag wet and wash my face and arms with it. That will help keep me cool for a while. I couldn't live in the tropics. The heat would make me sick.
@luisadannointed (12229)
• Philippines
22 Jul
Damp Clothes? Oh Asian moms will surely scold theirkids when they saw them wearing damp clothes, why? because they will only get themselves sickness. Lol!
But seriously, it is not good to wear damp clothes, better to always have newspaper at your back that can absorb your sweat.
@Ineeddentures (42546)
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23 Jul
All very good tips and thankfully I will never really have to do the first two here in Scotland
Eat cold food is something we do in Scotland in the summer quite a lot
Saves gas by not cooking so much so lower gas bill
