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In lieu of trees and shade, I've been told (by a woman that was almost 100 years old) that during a really miserable heat wave, (she hated being too hot) get into a basement or anyplace that has a first level that is in - not on - the ground.
Unfortunately, that’s just not possible everywhere. For instance, where I live the water table is like 6 inches below the ground. Pretty much every house here has a crawlspace foundation. The few that do have basements pretty much all have mold issues and need sump pumps, etc.
Sounds like a good source for water cooling! Dig a small well and pump the water around you to cook your room.
Not sure how effective this really is, should get some amount of cooling and have been curious to try it sometime.
That's the issue with high wet bulb conditions: they are too hot and humid to allow for evaporative cooling to work.
Good news, it isn't evaporative. It relies on the ground being cooler than the air.
Oh, you mean geothermal cooling. Yes, some buildings use that for heating/cooling by using vertical wells or buried horizontal loops coupled with heat pumps. It's fairly green, though can be an expensive investment up front if one needs to use vertical wells due to lack of real estate. It's still air conditioning, just coupled to underground water as a heat sink instead of outside air.
I could think of better uses lol
This summer I may sleep in my smelly basement since I work nights. I'll get a cot so I don't have to be on dirt, but it's better than a room where the temperatures are over 30°C even on smelly wet dirt.