Originally Posted by
Cactus Stitchin
Thought I would add - my husband is a very dedicated golfer and plays in temperatures up to 115 degrees. To do so successfully, we take several steps to prepare starting with freezing half-full water bottles. (I put the top half in the coffee pot reservoir). My husband carries a 5 or 6 of these in an insulated pouch of his golf bag then uses a large thermos (pre-cooled) which holds about 100 ounces of water which he uses to fill the iced water bottles out on the course. He also has a hat and towel made of a special fabric that he soaks in a bucket of water for a couple hours or so before using and these stay cool for several hours. After squeezing them out a bit he puts the hat on his head and towel around his neck. He does get a bit wet from these but I much prefer he be a bit of a mess than have a heat stroke! He also buys additional water as needed out on the course. It doesn't sound like much fun to me but he plays weekly with a group of guys who really look out for each other - anyone not acting quite right its back to the clubhouse in a hurry for all of them.
thank you for this post--my DD and SIL and some couples friends of their's are vacationing in the Scottsdale area in mid-July! Since my DH and I have a friend there who we email with daily, we know about your outrageous heat right now! My SIL and his buddies plan to golf--I've asked if he want sto borrow our miner's headlights to use to play at night! But this is a great idea and I'll pass along to my DD to get the hat/towel.
Here in KS we have had our late July/early Aug weather already--high 90's with humidity in the mid-hi 80's%--like a sauna. I always cover the south facing windows with a darker, insulated curtains (usually it's uncovered), we set thermostat at 76, do all our outside stuff early in the morning and then stay inside--sometimes go out after 8:30 when starting to cool down. We try to not use dishwasher, clothes dryer, oven until after dark--I hang clothes out to dry.
My sewing room is upstairs which is always little hotter, so will go to basement to long arm on really hot days. My garden is a disaster cause I find it too hot to keep weeded regularly and we are needing rain badly--it's drenching some areas and non-existent in others (ours). I'm about ready to give up on having a garden cause for the last 2 summers (and permanently) I have to wear a Rx compression hose due to blood clots--the heat is miserable.