i have no air conditioning and i live in california..please help me!!?
This post was written by admin on January 13, 2012
Posted Under: Heating
Posted Under: Heating
its 105 degrees outside and its like sooooo hot at my house. im dying!! its been 2 weeks without air conditioning and im already going crazy!! i cant stand being at home. i cant hardy breathe!! and its even harder to sleep at night. what should i do?!?!? we have fans but it doesnt really work and i took cold showers but that only kept me cool for a little while. please help me!!
i live in southern califoria in the high desert.













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Get a window a/c unit
Go to the beach
move to alaska.
go stay with a friend until you get the air fixed
Move in with a Friend. (temporally)
thats what you get for haven all that good wheather all the time
It’s just the humidity. Get a dehumidifier or a/c.
I am so sorry to hear that. Try putting an ice pack down your shirt for awhile.
get a/c!
lol, smae here i’m in cali too and its hot over here. i went for a swim but it didn’t really help much
You can get a fan that plugs in to the wall, and u should take cold showers and drinnk cold water
Go stay at a friends house, that’s what I did when we were a week without air conditioning in Virginia during the summer.
Buy an air conditioner?
Get a handheld fan until u get it fixed.
go to the beach and jump in the water
Sleep with an ice pack behind your neck, that helps me!
In the morning, keep your drapes/curtains closed. Close all doors to avoid hot air from diffusing into your house. This should minimize the discomfort of the heat.
open the windows confront someone eat ice take shower drinks lots of water stay hydrated i would hate to be you.. go to a friends house who has air conditioner?// i am sry
Maybe put like a bowl of ice water in front if the fans? Sorry there’s really nothing else to do. Unless you sleep at a friends house.
pick one up in Craigslist!!!
its worth the trip and $200.00
Buy a new one!
I know it’s bad. I live in Anaheim and its like 100 here! But thank God I have AC!
That sucks. Get a window a/c unit. Also in the morning before its hot open all your windows to cool it down and then like at 10 am or so close them all and also close all of your blinds and then have the fans running. It should help a little bit.
I’d go for a drive if you have a car with A/C. Go to the library! Go to the book store, see a movie, go walk around Target. Soak up the free A/C!
Sleep naked, or very lightly clothed. I’d try not to go to bed with wet hair, that always makes me warmer. Get an ice pack and put it in bed with you, one of the gel ones you can refreeze, might help….
Good luck, I got outta there!
(Although tornadoes, earthquakes, hail and thunderstorms have all happened here in the past 2 months… Hmm..)
for the rest of your life, the only thing you can do to stay cool is go swimming and go shopping-because strores have a.c.
sleep in walmart or meijer-they are open 24/7
* Open windows and use portable or ceiling fans instead of operating your air conditioner. Even mild air movement of 1 mph can make you feel three or four degrees cooler. Make sure your ceiling fan is turned for summer — you should feel the air blown downward. If you live in a relatively dry climate, a bowl or tray of ice in front of a box fan can cool you as it evaporates.
* Use a fan with your window air conditioner to spread the cool air through your home.
* Without blocking air flow, shade your outside compressor. Change air filters monthly during the summer.
* Use a programmable thermostat with your air conditioner to adjust the setting at night or when no one is home.
* Don’t place lamps or TVs near your air conditioning thermostat. The heat from these appliances will cause the air conditioner to run longer.
* Consider installing a whole house fan or evaporative cooler (a “swamp cooler”) if appropriate for your climate. Attics trap fierce amounts of heat; a well-placed and -sized whole-house fan pulls air through open windows on the bottom floors and exhausts it through the roof, lowering the inside temperature and reducing energy use by as much as third compared with an air conditioner. Cost is between $200 and $400 if you install it yourself. An evaporative cooler pulls air over pads soaked in cold water and uses a quarter the energy of refrigerated air, but they’re useful only in low-humidity areas. Cost is $200 to $600. (See “Keep cool without pricey AC.”)
* Install white window shades, drapes, or blinds to reflect heat away from the house. Close curtains on south- and west-facing windows during the day.
* Install awnings on south-facing windows. Because of the angle of the sun, trees, a trellis, or a fence will best shade west-facing windows. Apply sun-control or other reflective films on south-facing windows.
Go to a pool, drink cold beverages, go visit a friend who has working air conditioning until you can repair your’s, there are plenty of options. Get a ice pack and put it on your head, stock up on popicles, soak your feet in cold water.
lol i live in cali 2
in san diego its killing me
all you gotta do is go to the store stay there
i perfer costco
get free lunch ( eat samples )
get a spray bottle fill with cool water,cool you down for about 10 min,I used it in the car ,really works,fine spray,cool you 20 about degrees
DURING DA DAY GO TO ANY STORE LIKE WALMART OR TARGET OR EVEN DA MALL SO AT LEAST YOU HAVE FUN DURING DA NIGHT I WOULD OPEN DA WINDOWS AND TRY NOT TO SLEEP WITH TO MANNY SHEETS. I PERSONALLY SLEEP WITH MA MUSCLE SHIRT LOL AND MA EXTRA P.E. SHORTS.
Take a cool bubble bath, wet a washcloth, buy a fan. what you could do is wet yourself and aim a fan at yourself because when you are wet the air seems cooler. Have a air conditioning system put in although i know its expensive hmm im thinking for you??? stay hydrated and just keep downing really cold liquids and buy some popsicles oh they really cool me down, buy a pool with a pump, use the hose.
I would drive around in an air conditioned car, go to the grocery store or go to the movies. Or you could think about how people got along before air-conditioning.
Come On, people lived for centuries, without AC, and survived OK….!!
Do what i do fill the bathtub with cold water(the coldest it can be)and dunk and i mean DUNK your entire head in then get some ice and rub it over your body not frozen veggies as they tend to get hot to fast.
im in fresno and i got the ac cranked come on over were having a A/C party and bbq
Get a window unit…you may have to stay in that room because it will be the only cool room in your house. My central A/C went out and i got it fixed. Is your A/C not fixable? If its too much to get it fixed get a window unit but be careful as you have to put it in a window and it might attract thieves so place it where it’s hard to see (if possible).
Girl i have been there… I live in Oklahoma so it is not as hot here… but either way it sucks!!! I dont know that there is much you can do! It got so bad one night that i seriously went and slept in my car with the AC on!!! I had to be to work the next day and there was no way i was going to go to sleep in a hot house! The only thing i can suggest is to sleep with a sheet instead of a blaket and maybe naked… Also you might into buying a used “or new” window AC unit… They wont cool off the whole house but you could just stay in the room that has the AC!!! So sorry you are going through this!! Good Luck on getting the AC back!
Get an a/c and in until you don’t, try wearing a t shirt that is wet with cold water.
P.S. Sorry to hear that
Drink a TON of ice water, like more ice than water. Keep some bottles of water in the fridge and drink them when they’re cold.
Getting cool on the inside will help you feel cool on the outside.
Cold showers
It’s really not healthy to be in the heat so much, it thins your blood out. But see about getting a window swamp cooler, look at Home Depot or Lowe’s or something and get a smaller one (if you are short on cash), cause they are pretty powerful and work wonders and dont take much electricity. I also live in Southern Cali and am in the high desert in the 105 degree weather. We have a swamp cooler and it cools the whole house. Just leave it on continuously through the day and make sure you turn it on early in the morn so that the house doesnt have a chance to warm up before you turn it on.
Ugh….I know the feeling …..Im sitting in front of the fan and refuse to move
do you have a pool? you could hang out in during the day
ice water & a cold face cloth. keep it on your neck. sorry to hear of the heat there.
same with me. exactly the same situation. no A/C, california, and 105 degrees! seriously y do ppl wanna come to CA in the summer? its freaking hot!!! i only got 2 hours of sleep last night! now im sooo tired, and when i tried taking a nap, like an hour ago, i was sweating WAY too much to sleep.
well we have like 6 or 7 fans running, and almost all the windows open! i know were wasting electricity but we gots ta do what we gots ta do! lol. i have some ice wrapped in a thin towel around my neck right now! it helps a lot! try that! lol.
yum,maybe some ice cream will help. frozon yougurt maybe? mmmmmmmm. last night i put a whole bunch of BARE ice on my stomach, it was sooo cold, but it felt soooo good!
=^) Well have a happy (h0t) summer! haha.
Btw, i live near San Francisco. You?
well, i think you should buy one of the handheld fans so you can have cool air blowing on you. put a wet papertowel or washcloth on your neck. lots of water.
GET A REPLACEMENT! i live in arizona, imagine what its like for me just to take one step outside.
Get a/c, it’s only going to get hotter here in Cali. You can always get out of the house during the day, go to the mall, movie theaters, restaurants, etc.
Check Craigslist to see if anyone has a free or cheap one. Check Ebay or other sites to see if you can get a dirt cheap or free one.
If i were u i would just go to hte super market and stay there 4 2 hours just to get out of the hottness n if u can’t do that then go to 1 of ur friends house that has ac
~~Amber~~
Keep your hair wet. It cools down your entire head. Let yourself sweat, it’ll help cool you down as well. And drink a LOT of water!