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Someone put up a tent on their balcony to escape their heat-trapping apartment during the night. (discuss.tchncs.de)
submitted 1 week ago* by to c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world
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Third extended heat wave within 6 weeks.

The previous one exceeded 40°C, and the buildings not yet had time to completely cool down from that one before the third wave hit.

I was considering putting up a tent in my garden myself, but as I own a ground floor flat, the indoor temperatures did, with the help of some additional cooling measures, thankfully not exceeded 27°C.

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[–] [S] 5 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Maybe just save up $200 and buy a portable AC unit instead of a ten

I own one. The portable ones have a rather limited efficiency. Ours brought the air temperature down to 23-24°C in the sleeping areas during the daytime.
After switching it off for the night (the things are incredibly noisy...), temperatures quickly rose to 26-27°C again (at least at reduced humidity due to the AC).
And that was in a ground floor apartment...

And opening windows doesn't really help any more if the minimum outside temp still is >20°C during the night and the air is basically motionless.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 week ago (1 child)

    I have a split one. And an obnoxious neighbour who smokes pot and complains a lot.

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 child)

    I also have pot smoking neighbours. But at least they are really nice!
    (I get to eat all the crazy excess foodstuff they buy while getting the munchies... 😁 )

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