Grew up in the sweltering Mississippi heat and humidity with no A/C-we 10 kids all made palletts on the living room floor, collected all the fans in there, and opened the front and back doors (we lived in the country). Sometimes we just camped outaide, but the mosquitos might torment you all night then.
I grew up not unlike you. My grandmother didn’t have a single air conditioner until she and my grandfather were in their sixties. When you stayed out there, you got A fan in your room. They couldn’t afford a/c.
I lived two summers in MS with no AC. During one heat wave I remember, the LOW one night was 89 degrees. High the next day was 105.
None of my schooling was in any air conditioning. And school started the week before Labor Day. And ended the last week of May or first week of June, depending. I remember one September, first week, the highs were in the upper 100’s. Like 106 or 107 with a heat index of 120+. Yes, we had school still. Yes, we were required to dress according to dress code as well. No skimpy clothes allowed. There was ONE fan per classroom. The teacher usually turned that on her desk. We just sweltered.
Bill, you’re a wimp. Get a life.