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If heat is getting into the house (and cool air is getting out) your a/c has to work harder. Check the weatherstripping around windows and doors and make sure your attic is insulated. Close doors ...
And installing it further from areas that receive cool or heat, like an AC unit or window that takes in sunlight, can help. Sweltering summer: Relentless heat wave threatens eastern US with record ...
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Scorching heat across the U.S. already has caused more than a dozen deaths in Texas alone and led to mounting misery for millions of people from the Pacific Northwest to the ...
A heat wave is on its way to South Jersey. Are you prepared to stay cool? Here are some tips.
Extreme heat can cause roof shingles to curl, crack, or even fall off, says Derek Perzylo, co-owner of Big 5 Exteriors Ltd., an exterior services contractor in Calgary. When it’s hot, the ...
A cooling center is an air-conditioned public or private space to temporarily deal with the adverse health effects of extreme heat weather conditions, like the ones caused by heat waves. [1] [2] Cooling centers are one of the possible mitigation strategies to prevent hyperthermia caused by heat, humidity, and poor air quality. [3]
A young woman cools down with cold water during the summer heat. Credit - Getty Images. T he first major heat wave of the season has brought scorching temperatures in the three-digit threshold ...
Heat exhaustion: A person who has heat exhaustion will sweat heavily, be tired, cool and clammy, have a weak, fast pulse, have muscle cramps, dizziness, nausea, headaches and may faint. Move the ...