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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sharissa S'ssthylhas" data-source="post: 1066049" data-attributes="member: 13472">Uhm - how do I take that? Of course "we guys" know how to build effective air conditioning - but due to our usually rather cold winters and humid below average spring- and autumclimates the homes are usually more insulated against cold than prepared to cool inside using AC. Of course - good insulation works well enough for keeping the temperature at an rough average of night- and daytimes, thus helping to "stay cool". Air conditioning is just not a usual thing over here, it is not really needed except in areas where artificially controlled climates are necessary (e.g. hospitals) or complimentary (larger stores, modern malls, financial buildings, ...).It's not that You can't sell a fridge to an Inuit - but keep in mind that several months of the year he might not need it.back to topic:it seems the heatwave (at least concerning the Northwest of Germany) is finally coming to an end - since I live in the country of Schleswig-Holstein (the region south of Denmark) which is located between the Baltic Sea to the east and the Northsea to the west we don't have the major problems they face in the south-european states (Portugal, Spain, south of France, Italy, Greece) where the forest fires are more than unusually strong, with nearly a dozen people dead in each of the aforementioned states due to the fires or smoke.Seems "we Germans" have been lucky so far... - though f.e. the Elbe - river (the one connecting f.e. Hamburg to the Northsea) is dangerously low, ships with more than 90cm (~ 3') below waterline aren't allowed to pass to the shallow upper parts of the river. The recorded all time-low was about 70cm (~2' 3") in 1947 - and it MIGHT be that this year will be that low again, though it's currently at 107cm (~ 3' 5") at the aforementioned part of the river.All rivers here are running low on water - not really near their all-time lows but low.Small forestfires and cropfires are still uncommon but not unheard of - more than last year, though.Personally I'd say it's far too warm for me - 32°C during the day and last night 21°C - in the shade, outside.btw.: who would be so daft as to leave the fridge open to cool a room (or a house)? I prefer cool and iced drinks (my current favourite is Bitter Lemon - followed by slightly lemon-flavoured mineral water). <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

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