| Sometimes in the dead of summer, the pleasant heat | | | | quickly, putting blocks of ice in front of the fan's |
| that you've been dying for in the bitter cold of | | | | breeze can help to bring down the temperature even |
| winter turns into something a little bit more sinister | | | | more, and to feel a lot better. This method paired |
| and troubling. And whether or not you believe in | | | | with an ice-cold shower is effective in feeling slightly |
| global warming, there have been some seriously epic | | | | less disgusting during those dog days of summer. |
| record highs recorded in the past couple of summers | | | | Since a heat wave is a lot about your personal health |
| across America. But before you start to get too | | | | and safety and not just your home security, it's also |
| worried that the mercury is going to climb too high | | | | important to think of yourself during these seriously |
| during your dog days of summer, realize that there | | | | uncomfortable times. Try to drink a lot more water |
| are simple steps to take to keep yourself and your | | | | than usual, as the heat will cause dehydration to |
| home safe during the worst days of July and August. | | | | happen a lot faster. If you are having a difficult time |
| Of course, home security is secondary to the fact | | | | keeping liquids down, it might be better to switch to |
| that, if you have young children and elderly relatives | | | | something with electrolytes, like Gatorade. If you |
| living with you, their health and safety should be your | | | | have small children or elderly relatives in a house that |
| utmost priority in the event of a heat wave. | | | | is getting too hot, and they appear to be pained and |
| If you don't have air-conditioning and are about to | | | | thirsty, you need to move to a cooler space with |
| experience a serious blast of heat, consider investing | | | | better air conditioning. If you're worried and hastily |
| in some fans or a window unit. If you do have a | | | | leaving, don't forget to keep things safe around your |
| window unit already in, then you should figure out | | | | house. Turn off some electronic devices if you are |
| ways to safeguard yourself from potential robberies. | | | | overloading the power with your A/C, and be sure to |
| As a window air conditioning unit prevents you from | | | | remember to set your home alarm system, lest |
| being able to securely shut and lock all the windows | | | | criminals make off with your belongings because you |
| in your home, some enterprising criminals will take | | | | were too busy worrying about the weather. |
| that as an opportunity to break in, even if it's the | | | | The one thing to remember about heat waves, |
| hottest day of the year. So try to invest in systems | | | | though, is that most are over in less than a week. So |
| that make it more difficult to remove that window A | | | | if you can find a way to ride it out with minimal |
| C. | | | | discomfort, you can save a whole lot of money on |
| With fans, you are doing wonders for your home's | | | | things like hotel rooms and expensive air conditioning |
| cooling, but not at the expense of home security. If | | | | systems. And if you're in good health, chances are |
| it's really, really hot and you need to cool down | | | | that you can do it! |