I guess you’d say I grew up without a lot of the stuff we deem “necessary” now. - We live in the country, have lots of wood for the woodstove in the winter; I do dread having to do without at least a modicum of air conditioning in the summer . . although, we didn’t have it until I was almost grown. Now, I’m 66 and extreme heat hurts; though we don’t keep it too cold in the summer. Guess I would have to get used to it. - Predicting every contingency is overwhelming.
“Now, I’m 66 and extreme heat hurts;”
I am much older than you and heat does hurt. I can’t cool off and get hotter and hotter and then I faint. I have a way to stay cool when I lose power. I have four battery fans and rechargeable D batteries. A fan at night on my upper torso allowed me to sleep through hot summer nights after Hurricane Ike took out power.
During the day, I used spray water bottles with little fans on top that take AA batteries. Spray water with the little fan going and the temp. of the ambient air around you drops by 20-30 degrees. Spray it on your face, neck and arms and the fan makes it really cool as the water evaporates. Spray your legs for more cooling.
I made it okay through that heat with those fans and spray bottle fans. I would have been in trouble without them.