💬 Opinion 1d ago · Matthew Petti

I Survived Europe's Heat Wave Without AC—No Thanks to Regulation

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I Survived Europe's Heat Wave Without AC—No Thanks to Regulation
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It was my luck that I arrived in Britain to pick up my master's degree just before a heat wave hit. The temperatures last week were reaching 35 degrees Celsius (95 degrees Fahrenheit) during the day.
That wouldn't normally be a problem. I was used to even higher temperatures growing up in New Jersey, working in D.C., and studying abroad in Jordan. But now I was without air conditioning. Every night was sweaty and sleepless, and every day was sluggish.
And I wasn't suffering alone. Around 90 perc

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