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Any tips for coping in a heatwave?
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This is unironically how they cooled homes before AC: ice and fans.
I came here to also suggest swamp coolers.
You can turn this into an evaporative cooler/swamp cooler (great if it's not too humid out) with a couple of cloths in front of the vent holes as wicks and a bit of water in the bottom of the bucket. Evaporative cooling works better until it gets too humid then you can throw the ice in there.
Quicker/dirtier/easier solution is to wet down a cloth and stick it on the back of a box fan. This only works if it's not too humid.