What Did People Do BEFORE Air Conditioning? - They Went To The CREEK! 📷 [Video inside]
Air conditioning is actually a pretty new invention. If you think you can't live without it, you would be mistaken. Even the elderly and the young can do well without air conditioning. There were certain things that people before today did to stay cool in the summer. They didn't have AC, electric fans, etc.
We will often pull cool water out of our well and pour it over our heads. Well water kept in the ground is always cool in the summer. Before we go to bed, we will take a cold shower and it feels great and that lets us sleep soundly without being uncomfortable.
But when the heat is really on during the day, we head to the creek.
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Looks beautiful down there, and I bet it's very refreshing! Thanks for sharing..
Yes but here in central Texas it gets HOT! Lol maybe not as hot as Arizona but I can't imagine August and September without it. This year we went until mid may without it but then I caved. Lol even if just at night. Even with the a/c we still spend a lot of time at the creek or the grandparents pool.
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One thing not mentioned is sleeping porches. Back in the day, some of the larger houses down south had sleeping porches with daybeds. Everyone slept outside in the summer to take advantage of the cooler night time air. In Greece and in parts of the Middle East, they sleep on the rooftops in summer.
That's so true! Good suggestion! Thanks for watching!
i love your channel zack it is cool how you and your family live
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we're in Georgia (our first summer here, moved down from Minnesota) and we're still going strong without the AC! Everyone we know has had theirs running since May or so. The problem here really isn't the heat, it's the humidity. 85° and 80%+ humidity gets uncomfortable, but as long as the fans are on, it's bearable!
Great JOB! You guys are hardcore. I did my basic training at Ft Benning in the summer...that was HOT!
From what I recall from either a video or article somewhere, was that people also used to build their houses in ways to keep them cooler as well. The houses weren't as air tight as today and allowed more airflow. They also built two story houses with lots of windows on opposite sides of the house to catch the wind. They would then open the lower floor windows on the side of the house facing the wind, and the upper floor windows on the opposite side, to draw the heat out and replace it with the cool evening breeze. Don't remember what else there was, or where I saw it. If it turns out to be an older video if yours, I'll only be slightly embarrassed, lol.
Yep. I lived in one of those houses. It was built in the early 1900's. and must have been gorgeous when it was built. Horse hair plaster walls (which now are crumbling a bit) and lots of details you wouldn't expect like the door hinges have intricate designs on them. The downstairs has 9 foot ceilings which meant the rooms stayed cool for most of the summer and upstairs bedrooms had 7 foot ceilings which kept them warmish in the winter months. The biggest drawback to living in that house were the cold winters. Not much insulation, lots of cracks for fresh air to get in, and since it was a big old house it was expensive to heat. When we were awake and home, I had it set at 68 degrees and at night at 65 degrees F. (I tried 70 degrees one month after we moved in, and that $400 heating bill wasn't something a divorced mother of two could afford.)
Oh, and it had 3 porches. Since we lived in an old neighborhood, it was nice to sit out on our front porch and sometimes chat with folks that walked past. Definitely the way it should be.
you mean the crick over yonder way?
Where he drinks "Melk" and sleeps with a "Pellow."
Does going to the pool in the backyard count. We had to do that the other night after a hot summer day before bed.
So cool mr.