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Serious weather affects everyone!
Aging Well | Last Active: Jul 15, 2021 | Replies (14)Comment receiving replies
Great list already and I can only add a few things I learned in desert survival training.
Ration sweat not Water, all outside work early morning.
With that the test for the question are you drinking enough water? is are you urinating and the color should be almost clear. Drink a minimum of 5-6 1/2 liter bottles a day and more if working outside.
Here in AZ we do deal with humidity a couple of months of the year too. Right now until about September is our Monsoon season and it can get humid also. We usually prepare by cooking oven type meals in the winter/ spring time frame and freeze them. Even boiling water heats up the house but a quick defrost in the frig overnight and zap in the microwave keeps the heat inside down.
Dana
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Unfortunately, even us far US northerners are dealing with a good deal of heat and significant drought - extremely unusual! Also, we have had many poor air quality days due to fires in Canada and the Boundary Waters in MN. It always smells like we are at a campfire when outside and when dealing with lung issues, it taxes your system. For an area that rarely if ever puts on the air conditioning, we have had it on for most of the summer for heat and keeping the smoky air outside. I feel so badly for all of you who live in the western US, who deal with these fires so often.