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For anyone struggling to sleep during this heatwave, and stuck without adequate AC - try this: wet a t-shirt, hand towel or similar, wring most of the water out and lay it on your chest in bed.
That got me through many summer nights during my renting days.
Wet a hand towel and drape it around your neck and shoulders.
*From a perimenopausal woman.
Wet face washer/towel, plus fan or a big piece of flat cardboard to emulate Nerfertiti being fanned by her harem. โจโจโจ
Damp facewasher between my wrists was a good one for me.
Large pet cooling mat. Get that under your torso
I used to wet a bandana and put it around my neck
a cool shower just before going to bed