Protip: Take a shirt and wet it down, then wear it and sit in front of a fan. It works like an air cooler. The evaporation draws the heat out of your body and the fan turbo-charges this process.
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.
Australians:
Protip: Take a shirt and wet it down, then wear it and sit in front of a fan. It works like an air cooler. The evaporation draws the heat out of your body and the fan turbo-charges this process.
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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Good point, I suppose the Aussie solution works best in a hot and DRY climate.