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    12 Easy Ways to Survive the Heat Without Air Conditioning

    Summer is in full force here at 7300 feet. And that means it’s hot. Almost 90°F in the shade hot. Now I realize, that if you live in a place where it regularly gets to 100°F or more that 90° is nothing. You’re probably asking, “So what? Just stay inside with the AC.” However, when you live at 7300 feet, especially in an older house, you don’t have AC. It used to be that we didn’t really need or want it except for a week or two in August each year. However, summers have been getting hotter, and we are seeing more and more days above 85° where we live.…