23 Ways to Beat the Heat By Adam Bluestein and Allegra Muzzillo
Baby, it's hot outside―and inside, too. Here, no-sweat ways to cool off.
Put Up Sun Blockers
Try a desert trick. When the air outside is dry and cooler than the air inside, hang a damp sheet in an open window. "That's what we do here
in Death Valley," says Dale Housley, a ranger at Death Valley National Park. Incoming breezes are cooled by the evaporating
water.
Block the sun. Closing curtains and blinds (ideally with sun-deflecting white on the window side) can reduce the amount of heat that passes
into your home by as much as 45 percent, according to the U.S. Department of Energy.
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