I love houses that trap heat! /s

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mech@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
When my wife and I were looking for a home, our main priority was actually that it’s “climate proof”.
We found a souterrain apartment facing east, on top of a hill, far from any rivers or forest.
So it stays cool in the summer even without A/C, and is unlikely to flood or get caught in a forest fire.

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- chocrates@piefed.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  What is souterraine?
  
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  - mech@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    A fancy French word for basement.
    
    Actually a floor that’s halfway between street level and basement.
    So it’s possible to build normal windows into it, but they’re very low to the ground outside.
    
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- ZkhqrD5o@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  I have a dislike souterrain flats, because while they keep cool in summer, in winter it’s a heatsink radiating away all the heat you pay for, even with modern insulation. At least my experience.
  
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  - mech@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Heating costs are divided equally among all tenants, we only have one meter :)
    
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  - rumschlumpel@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Doesn’t that depend on the relative temperatures? Surely the ground is warmer than a typical winter day.
    
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JelleWho@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
For anyone looking for some cheap help tips:

Block the sun from cumming in, by hanging a curtain or bed sheets on the outside of the window. Of course real shutters would be even better, but price and price wise this gets you there.

Close your windows in the morning BEFORE 8:30 or so. Open then after 20:00 but only if it’s colder outside. Keep them open during the night. You can not cool a house down with warm air. Yes it’s warm inside, but it’s even hotter outside so opening a window during the day does not help you. If you like a breeze, buy a fan
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- Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  We do nr 2 (we have a store for nr 1 + sort of blinders), we got the temp at only 28-29°C.
  
  Outside: Image
  
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  - Chee_Koala@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Holy fucksticks, 47… Good luck out there
    
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- arrow74@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  That’s the thing I can’t get ny german roommates to understand they keep opening the windows in common areas when it’s the peak heat of the day.
  
  Sorry guys lüften can’t fix everything
  
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- HerbalGamer@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  I’m in the attic so all heat goes to my room; I need to keep the shades down 95% but leave the window open so the heat can escape and air can circulate.
  
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- rain_enjoyer@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  For 1 these metallized emergency blankets work much better. Aluminum foil also works but it’s not as durable when put outside
  
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- heythatsprettygood@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Yes, this exactly! This works especially well if you have temperature sensors in your house, since then you can know when exactly to open and close based on the difference between internal and external temperatures (or at least that’s what I say to myself to justify my Home Assistant setup). Extra effective if you put a fan in the window during the cooler night.
  
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  - JelleWho@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Sensor? Home Assistant? Howmuch is good enough… HA sensors
    
    BTW just in case, I think it was TechnologyConnections who did a video of a fan. But the air from a fan creates friction with more air, and you can get way more out of a fan when it’s surrounded by more air (so don’t stuff it in a carton window hole)
    
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belluck@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Tonight it cooled down to 19°C where I live. I opened all windows at about 10pm, when the room thermometer measured 31°C in the living room.

When I woke up at 7 it was still 26°C inside.

This is bullshit

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- arrow74@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  If your place is designed to retain heat that’s all their is to it.
  
  My place in Germany it was much cooler on hotter days earlier in the heatwave. Today is the coolest day of the heatwave so far, but the building has heated up too much over the previous days. So now it stays hot. By the end of the week I expect this room to be an oven
  
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  - dismay3915@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    I’m tempted to make a joke about a german and an oven room but I won’t.
    
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- bridgeburner@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  You need a fan to blow the cold outside air into ur apartment
  
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  - bufalo1973@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Or blow the hot air out of the house. Or even better, both. One fan in opposite Windows creating a steam.
    
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  - just_an_average_joe@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Blow air out during the day, so cooler air in corridors get in to the apartment. Blow air in during the night, so cooler air outside get in to the apartment
    
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abbiistabbii@piefed.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Every summer, Europeans literally migrate to the hottest parts of Europe. Greece, Spain, Italy, you name it.

Do not underestimate us.

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- Jiral@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  I am going to fly to Finland ;)
  
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  - MyRobotShitsBolts@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Good luck. I went there last July during a heat wave and it was 38 most days. They’re absolutely not equipped to handle that. My hosts did what they do when it’s cold and sealed up all the windows and doors. Now I live in a hot climate in the US and it took me days to convince them that you need to open the doors and windows and get air moving. The idea was entirely foreign to them.
    
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MrChewy@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Holy shit, is this the moment where our balkan mud and straw houses just win? Finally, the punishment of our oppressors that was promised to us at battle of kosovo has come!! (/j ofc)

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- Jyrdano@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  We have bought reconstructed late 19th century house - all ground floor, with 1m thick stone/brick walls - here in Czechia. Even without air conditioning the temperature inside never gets above 23 degrees C even in the middle of summer. Its great. Bitch to heat though.
  
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  - rumschlumpel@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    How do you keep the temps that low after months of continental summer? Is it drawing cold from the ground?
    
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davetortoise@reddthat.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

get small towel/flannel

soak in water and squeeze out until damp but not dripping

drape over your shoulders close to your neck

this directly cools your carotid and jugular, tricking your brain into thinking it’s colder than it is as well as cooling the rest of your body

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mtpender@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Australians:

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- dsilverz@catodon.rocks ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  As a Brazilian who's also experienced with a hot climate, I'd say this would work if anthropogenic climate change weren't leading to... wet bulb... high temperatures. When current temperatures are 40°C and the air's relative humidity is practically 100%, no amount of wetting or sweating will get rid of the warmth, because evaporation can't happen when the air is already saturated.
  
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  - mtpender@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Good point, I suppose the Aussie solution works best in a hot and DRY climate.
    
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FishFace@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Houses that trap heat also trap cool air.

People who say their well-insulated house “traps heat” are probably keeping their windows open in the hottest part of the day.

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- warm@kbin.earth ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Even with all the windows and blinds closed, the temperature of the house still gets warm. Then it's hard to expel that heat before the next day, so it gets even warmer.
  
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  - FishFace@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    A poorly insulated house would heat up quicker, and so have a higher peak indoor temperature. They will lose heat faster at night, yes, but if you ran a comparison with each house starting at the same temperature and allowing them both to equalise at the end, the average temperature of both would be the same.
    
    The key insight is that insulation makes it slower for the outside temperature to heat the house up as well as to cool it down, so in a heatwave, insulation blunts the worst of it. Also you can actively reduce the insulative properties of a house by opening all the windows, so that it actually cools down much faster at night. This means that, in practice, the average temperature of the well-insulated house will be lower than that of the poorly one.
    
    This kind of conversation (which occurs repeatedly whenever the weather gets hot in the UK) makes me despair, because we all need to be insulating our houses better, both to reduce our energy usage in the winter, and to protect against extreme heat.
    
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- Thorry@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  This is simply not true. Many Europeans have windows specifically designed to let infrared radiation in, but block it on the way out. So as soon as any sun hits any window, that’s a lot of heat coming in and not going out. Very nice when it’s cold, but not as good when it’s hot. Most people have blinds and curtains on the inside, which doesn’t help. I have blinds on the south side which are closed, but the rest of the house only has blinds on the inside. So for a lot of hours in the day heat does get in.
  
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  - FishFace@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Well, those are windows with glass in. I don’t think there are many places which have windowless houses, and since windows leak more heat than walls in winter, you typically have smaller windows in very cold places.
    
    Blinds on the inside do help, because they trap a layer of hot air next to the windows rather than letting it further into the house. It’s better to keep it all outside, of course, but it’s better than nothing.
    
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- gerryflap@feddit.nl ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  At my place that trick works the first day, but after that it’s over. The house always heats the same under this sunshine, slowly rising to 28-30 at the end of the day with everything closed and down from like 22-24 in the morning. The only question is whether that’s better than a higher temperature with a slight breeze and fresh air. Today, it won’t be higher than 30, so I’d rather have wind. The next 4 days, it’ll be 35 or higher, so everything will get closed down during the day
  
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  - FishFace@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    I’d keep things battened down so you’re starting from a lower base.
    
    A breeze can be provided by a fan. (And it makes a huge difference - bigger than the breeze through a window)
    
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- arrow74@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  That’s not true. I keep my shutters drawn and window shut in my room, and it’s still getting hotter and hotter.
  
  The first couple of days my walls were still cool to the touch. They radiated cool. Now they are warm. They are actively absorbing heat faster than they can be cooled in the evening
  
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  - FishFace@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    “The situation is bad, therefore this makes no difference”
    
    Am I reading this right?
    
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- floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Cold places usually have giant windows to let more sunlight in. You can definitely optimize for heating or cooling efficiency
  
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tempest@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
I feel like I’ve seen this headline every year for half a decade.

Time to put those heat pumps to use, we are not doing anything about climate change so it’s the new normal.

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lightnsfw@reddthat.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Meanwhile I’m living in the basement of a couple who thinks an appropriate temperature is like 65f freezing my nuts off all summer.

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- heythatsprettygood@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  
  ~18 degrees Celsius When can I move in? /s
  
  but seriously that’s my ideal temperature year round, much to the chagrin of anyone else when I get a hotel room with AC
  
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  - CyberTheProtogen@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    We got Mr blanket-for-skin over here
    
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  - lightnsfw@reddthat.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    I’m wearing a hoodie all the time and hearing “aren’t you hot?” every time I walk through the house. No… That would be why I’m wearing a hoodie even though it’s 85 outside…
    
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gerryflap@feddit.nl ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
I had ordered an airco before this madness started, but unfortunately the had to order it and it hasn’t arrived yet. It has been hot for days already, it’ll be 35 or higher the next 4 days, and I live under an almost flat, black roof with the sun on my the entire day. There will be no eepy sleepy time

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cheat700000007@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Welcome to Canada 2021, where I thought the forecast was a typo

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- BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  I was looking at weather reports that year for like, northern Quebec, to see if maybe I could move there for the summer and hopefully not get eaten by black flies.
  
  However so far it’s been pretty temperate here this year.
  
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Diddlydee@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
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- Hazel@piefed.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  If it’s a couple days maybe, but in a heatwave everything will heat up eventually.
  
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  - rain_enjoyer@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    you can open windows during night, as long as night air temperature is tolerable
    
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  - mitram@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Not sure how true that is, although I don’t understand how, one side of my house is noticeably cooler than the rest and it has stayed like that throughout the heatwave even without turning on the ac
    
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- PonyOfWar@pawb.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Can’t confirm. Especially if you live directly below a roof.
  
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  - wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Is Big Roof to blame? Find out more at 9.
    
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- edinbruh@feddit.it ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Said the British, living right at the edge of the heat dome
  
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- rumschlumpel@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Maybe if the blinds are on the outside of the window, but IME that’s not the norm north of the alps. And you can’t blind+fan your way out of 40°C heatwaves, the nights get warm too and then you can’t properly cool down your place at night anymore.
  
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WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Funny, I have air conditioning, but my crazy parents say it’s bad for you.

Guess I’ll just forget about sleep.

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- kuerbiskernoel@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  I don’t but my house is isolated. Windows open in the night, closed during daytime. Works perfectly.
  
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  - Nalivai@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    The problem now, is that it’s hot at nights. You open windows at night, and let 29 degree air in, and there is nothing to cool it down.
    
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- adhdsergio@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  It is, but then so it heat stroke
  
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RVGamer06@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
i do use the AC a lot u know >:|

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gmtom@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Why is this whole thing of Americans thinking Europe doesn’t have AC? Are you guys dumb? Of course we have AC, even in places like Scotland.

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- bridgeburner@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Because depending on the country, it is indeed true. Not many houses here in germany have an AC installed. Because it was just fine not having one a decade or two ago.
  
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- heythatsprettygood@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  I live in the UK, and seeing air conditioning in a house is maybe like a 5% probability maximum. The story is pretty similar in places on the continent I have seen, except maybe bits of Spain and France. Sure, commercial buildings, trains, and cars have AC, but that’s only for when you go out in the day, except for hotels that more often have AC.
  
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  - gmtom@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    I would beg to differ. Actually fitted AC, sure but basically everyone I know has a “portable” actually unit. And then every office, supermarket, most shops etc all have AC
    
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- CommanderCloon@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Not only is AC rare, but new apartments aren’t always equipped, and some countries literally forbid AC installations (Switzerland) in the name of energy savings (which means people then buy those terrible mobile units, which are way less efficient)
  
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- lightnsfw@reddthat.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  I just saw a short on YouTube of some Irish guy talking about how he didn’t have or want AC
  
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stickyprimer@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Europe is headed for an ice age, so just hang on.

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chunes@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Europeans don’t get roasted nearly enough for slaughtering 50k of its citizens per year due to inadequate cooling. Compare that to 1200 in the USA.

It’s like a meat grinder over there, and yet they endlessly harp on problems in other countries that kill far fewer people.

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- Nalivai@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Validity of numbers aside, I don’t really want to dig into the statistics, AC eats a lot of energy, and most of the energy in US is dirty. So by allegedly not slaughtering people in the US, US massacring people outside of the US by propagating climate change and creating the conditions for this hell in the first place.
  
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Noobnarski@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
I just got a used portable air conditioner for 50€ which I can easily run from my solar system. Problem solved.

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AI_toothbrush@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
33c in sweden where i live which is a very nice temp but the people melting arround me. Also where i used to live in hungary will have 41c which is somehow almost a record but it never goes above that. I dont understand how the weather works there, last summer we had like ten days with 40+ but the all time record for all of hungary is sonehow only 41.9 at the same time even tho there are hotter cities than where i lived. Kinda shit to have almost record breaking weather every year cause youre like “ahh but serbia and bosnia have it worse” but in actuality its almost always hotter in hungary.

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FunStuffIsFun@eviltoast.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
My favorite Far Cry game.

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Itdidnttrickledown@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
I remember not having AC on hundred degree days. You just ran fans and did very little.

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