Have no air cond.
How do you survive 6 days in a row around 40 C?
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The same way everyone did fifty years ago. It is possible you know.
Why is it these days when someone has to suffer the slightest hardship or be subject to the slightest risk, it's seen as an insurmountable obstacle which has to be dealt with by 'experts', and usually 'government 'experts' . The ordinary folk who have dealt with these things for years are now seen as totally incompetent to deal with anything unless directed by the all knowing bureaucrats on high, some of whom appear to have not the slightest understanding of the real situation on the ground.
In answer to your question Macpweet33, when you get really hot, you dampen down your hat and shirt and get out there and do the job which has to be done, while those in charge sit in their air conditioned offices and berate the so called 'armchair generals' who have actually dealt with these situations before on a regular basis, and survived, with a better result.
1. Get time machine.
2. Go back in time 5 years.
3. Buy sh!t buckets of silver.
4. Come back to now.
5. Buy air con 
Buy a fan. They make heaps of difference as the air blowing over you evaporates moisture and cools you down.
Wet your clothes, wring them out, then sit in front of the fan. When you get tired of that, head to Margs and get properly wet and windy.
I am wondering why the warnings, hype and talk of a heatwave?
It is only 40 and we have had almost a week of 40 before.
It is bloody Feb in Perth, we get 40 degrees!
Anyway Pete as to how to survive, build ghetto aircon, works good in my shed. Styrofoam box from grocery store (free) with a fan blowing air into it and a hole to let air out (not in line with fan, needs to be turbulent inside). Place frozen waterbottles inside box.
Nice.
Select to expand quotepetermac33 said"Have no air cond. How do you survive 6 days in a row around 40 C?"
Petie dump the full steamer and take to the water. . . . . or you could be like me an head over to Tasmania for the first three months of every year. Left the west 2nd week of January, it was 25 here today and the locals were complaining how hot it was.
Old school technique.
Open manhole cover at nite and lift a few tiles (hot air rises)
EDIT : It also creates a breeze if there is none
Select to expand quoteMark _australia said..
build ghetto aircon, works good in my shed. Styrofoam box from grocery store (free) with a fan blowing air into it and a hole to let air out (not in line with fan, needs to be turbulent inside). Place frozen waterbottles inside box.
Nice.
I have been looking into this doing this in a car, what kind of fan do you use?
Bought three two dollar fifty tinfoil tubes. Going to tape over my bedroom window.
Should stop the heat getting thru a bit cooling the place by one or two degrees.
Might try the fan / Ice bottles thing.
If I ever come into an inheritance-- then might fork out my hard earned for an air cond.
^^ Stu, 240V desk fan about 20-30cm dia
of course u will need 12V so I reckon all sorts of options, esp as you don't need as much airflow.
But really, a way to drop a freezer brick into the factory fan blower and a drain hole for water could be enough (so as not to build a box that take up half the back seat...?0
Select to expand quotepetermac33 said..
How do you survive 6 days in a row around 40 C?
I know I'll survive at Rottnest. Planned 4 months ago for February holiday..... Sorry Peetie, I'mm outa here..!
Select to expand quotepetermac33 said...
If I ever come into an inheritance-- then might fork out my hard earned for an air cond.
I'm certainly not in a position to criticise someone's financial position but if you can't justify spending 1k-2k on a wall unit, why not get a cheap portable unit for the bedroom so at least u get a decent sleep in summer? We have one in the office and lunchroom at work and whilst the cheap ones won't chill the room to 16, it certainly makes a very hot workplace bearable. I think about $300 each
Select to expand quotepetermac33 said..
Bought three two dollar fifty tinfoil tubes. Going to tape over my bedroom window.
Should stop the heat getting thru a bit cooling the place by one or two degrees.
Might try the fan / Ice bottles thing.
If I ever come into an inheritance-- then might fork out my hard earned for an air cond.
Really? is that all they are keeping out??? 
Marks idea sounds great. You could also be fully clothed and hose yourself down every hour. But as Mark said is only 40. Come to work with me and i'll introduce you to 50 with 30 lows and no windsurfing Fun times
Select to expand quoteVince68 said..
i'll introduce you to 50 with 30 lows and no windsurfing Fun times
50's.........is that all
We had times we dreamed of 50's.......and swimming in Wodgina's pit full of toxic orangy-red corrosive goop wasnt a good idea according to the OH&S spoilsports.
Which is why I started building my first landyacht at Wodgina 
Mind you - the fresh water spring in the pit at Sinclair was lovely for a dip [when the boss wasnt around]
musta been safe - it was home to a gazillion frogs! and the "creek" and its pond at Wodgina were healthy enough to have fish in them [and was a pretty pleasant spot when the diesel pumps were out of juice]
As for the temp's - we knew it was getting warmish at Wodgina and Sinclair when the TNT boosters started melting before we could bait up the blast holes.
stephen
MarbleBar cops frequently 40+ and even 45+.
If anyone thinks they should hit that start button on the air conditioner, just imagine what the pioneers did in those hot days, when all they had was a tin roof and walls made of tree bark! Water? They had to buy the damn thing. I saw a photo of a gold miner carried a small billy can of water, a very precious commodity those days, on a bicycle. It is my understanding that he paid a fortune for that tiny can too.
I do have an air conditioner, but I chose not to use it. I reckon sometimes we need to learn to toughen up a bit. I have a large clump of trees which provide good shade. I plonk myself down on a director's chair, with a fly swat to keep the flies away. I wet my dog to keep him cool, and he lazily sits next to me. Together we watch the thirsty birds having a good drink out of the 2 bird baths. A couple of the cheeky ones even ventured into the water to have a bath! Quite amusing.
I believe you can train your body to better accustom to the extremes of temperature. But you need to have a healthy body to begin with though. Windsurfing helps.
With that mentality i assume your car doesn't have seatbelts, power steering and electric windows 
If you really want to show your toughness, you should also throw your fridge out and go back the wooden iceboxes that they used 100 years ago
42 forecast for both Monday and Tuesday... don't think I'll be riding to work those days (I will however get up early to walk the dog instead)...
I think the building site across from our office will be very quiet this week...
Select to expand quoteMDSXR6T said..
With that mentality i assume your car doesn't have seatbelts, power steering and electric windows
If you really want to show your toughness, you should also throw your fridge out and go back the wooden iceboxes that they used 100 years ago
That, MDSXR6T, is the dumbest reply I ever read ! Seat-belts are safety devices and are proven to save life, including yours. Power steering ? It depends on whether you have a big car or not. Electric windows? I have manual-wind windows.
My fridge? It keeps my food safe for eating, so it is also a safety device. So what is your argument? MDSXR6T ?
Go ahead and turn on every devices at the slightest sign of discomfort. Who is stopping you. But please don't come attacking me for my choice, my lifestyle choice !
By the way, those air conditioners do need power, lots of it to turn them over. Are you aware that some of the power blackouts were caused by excessive use of them? No? You don't care? Because electricity is cheap? What about the amount of coal/gas burnt? None of your business ?
Whats the humidity like though? The other day we had 100% humidity if thats even possible at about 35 c. Had to hack your way through with a machete. They two different beasts. Never had ac either.
We used to have dinner at the beach or Matilda bay.
Slept many nights on mattress outside under mosquito net supported by clothes line.
Close house fully during day and open to cool at night time.
Go to air-conditioning at shops pubs and cinemas.
Good times
Select to expand quoteRadmac said..
Slept many nights on mattress outside under mosquito net supported by clothes line.
Close house fully during day and open to cool at night time.
Good times
yeah - sleeping on the lino or tile floor as it was cooler - but waking up branded with the pattern of the tiles / lino,
As a kid, our olde schoole house, with wide verandahs, high ceilings and sash windows, seemed much easier to keep cool than modern brick-n-glass boxes.
stephen
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Bought three two dollar fifty tinfoil tubes. Going to tape over my bedroom window.
and do you think that will achieve much apart from creating a dungeon suited for rent for vampires? If you are going to tape sh!t over windows at least put up something that will insulate a little, like ghetto double glazing (AKA bubble wrap), this will insulate and you will get some light coming through as well. Even then I'd be dubious if it's worth the effort.
Personally I'll be turning the AC on in 3,2,1 ....
I don't use the spare bedroom much,this is the one i put the foil on.
it faces east so it warms up in the morning.
The foil has stopped a lot of the heat coming through. Surprised by how much cooler actually.
Guessing around 1-2 degrees C. I can feel a clear difference.
Problem now is trying to open it at night to cool,as the foil keeps coming off when I slide half the sliding door window past the other half.
Living a few hundred Kms south around Bunbury or even further south certainly takes the edge off the intense heat.
Perth unlike other Capital cities can easily get on a run of 10 or more days of intense heat,sometimes a lot more.
Answer is i should buy an air-cond but then my electric bill....
Bunbury a lot cooler.
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