# My second annual "it's hot" thread
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-second-annual-its-hot-thread/442111
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [March 20, 2008, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-second-annual-its-hot-thread/442111 "2008-03-20T18:43:44Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@even\_sven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/even_sven)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2008, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-second-annual-its-hot-thread/442111/1 "2008-03-20T18:43:44Z")
It’s hot.
It’s been above 105 every day for weeks. I live in a city with no air-conditioning.
I sleep outside on a bed made of sticks to catch the breeze. I sleep in wet sheets. The fan no longer helps, the hot air it blows hurts me. I took five showers today. Sometimes, the first thing I do when I get home is take a shower, without even bothering to take my clothes off. I sleep almost continually, but never deeply. I drink a couple gallons of water daily, and am still always on the brink of dehydration. Cold drinks get tea-hot in minutes. I sweat from every part, constantly. Except when it’s so hot the sweat evaporates immediately and leaves a while crust. I wake up with my hair wet, like I just showered, from the sweat. Every conversation I have with anyone is about the heat. I can only eat cold food, and even then I have to force it down. The air outside smells like things are burning, even when nothing is.
Only a few more weeks to go, and then it should rain. Havn’t seen rain since October. Wish me luck!
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### Author:  [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2008, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-second-annual-its-hot-thread/442111/2 "2008-03-20T18:46:25Z")
Jesus. I feel for ya. That doesn’t sound healthy.
Does the heat affect everyone the same? Has anyone figured out ways to be comfortable? Would salt tablets help?
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### Author:  [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2008, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-second-annual-its-hot-thread/442111/3 "2008-03-20T18:48:56Z")
Are you a native Cameroonian? Are you just living there for work?
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### Author:  [@pbbth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pbbth)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2008, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-second-annual-its-hot-thread/442111/4 "2008-03-20T18:50:04Z")
Is there no way to get to a department store of some sort that would sell a window air conditioner unit? Or set up fans with bowls of ice in front of them?
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### Author:  [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2008, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-second-annual-its-hot-thread/442111/5 "2008-03-20T19:04:01Z")
I leave the white crust stains on baseball hats but I just sweat like a pig. (do pigs really sweat a lot?)
Take it easy.
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### Author:  [@ForumBot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ForumBot)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2008, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-second-annual-its-hot-thread/442111/6 "2008-03-20T19:31:31Z")
Yeah, but it’s a dry hot.
Just teasin 😃
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### Author:  [@Mosier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mosier)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2008, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-second-annual-its-hot-thread/442111/7 "2008-03-20T19:37:46Z")
I remember when my air conditioner broke in July here in Vegas. I can’t imagine living like that permanently. We evacuated the house and stayed with my parents over the holiday weekend until the repair man could come fix it, but I had to be at the house when he got there, so I had to spend an afternoon in there.
I ran the shower and completely drenched the shirt I was wearing, but it wasn’t nearly enough. I just sat there in a daze, like I’d been punched or something. It was really bad.