Its come to my attention that a lot of people do not know how to deal with a hot car in summer. A lot of people will get back to their car, after hours of it being parked in the full sun, and will open the door to be blasted in the face with furnace-level temperatures, and you’ll just clamber in and shut the doors and leave the windows closed and you’ll start driving that thing, and you’ll wait for the air-conditioning to battle and overcome the heat.
Thats. Insane to me.
The inside of a car can get up to 40°C/104°F hotter than the outside temperature. Why would anyone get inside that????? It’s gonna take your air-conditioning at least half an hour to combat that and bring the temperature down to something even remotely reasonable, and in the meantime you’re sitting there risking heatstroke.
Now, I understand that it’s currently winter in the northern hemisphere, which is where most of this site lives, but a) I’m in the southern hemisphere and today was Lots Of Degrees, and b) y’all should read this now and commit it to memory or queue it to reblog in summer or whatever, because it boggles my mind that some of you get into a car whose interior is literally oven-hot.
So!!!! Some tips!!!!!
Get a sun visor. One of the big ones that goes inside your windshield. You will not believe how much cooler those things keep your car. Get one, use it. Leave it to bounce around in your back-seat on cooler days, but have it on hand for the stinkers. They range in price but two-dollar stores usually have them for pretty cheap.
Leave the windows of your car cracked open. It doesn’t have to be much. Literally just the tiniest amount will mean that the heat building inside your car has a way to escape, meaning the interior temp will naturally be kept lower. The larger the opening, the better, but depending on the neighbourhood you’re parking in, maybe it would be better to have them open just a sliver. Even the tiniest crack will help. Ever tried warming up an oven with the door open? It doesn’t work well. This is the same concept. If there is a way for the hot air to escape, the inside of your car will stay a lot cooler than it otherwise would have.
If you’re fancy enough to have an openable sunroof (that’s the dream) then leave that open a bit as well.
Youve just gotten back to your car and opened the door, and its hot as fuck in there. Open another door, ideally on the other side of the car, and let the hot air escape. If you can open all four doors and the boot, then thats even better. A bunch of the hot air will flush out. Not all!!! But a lot. Give it anywhere from a few moments to a few minutes, depending on how much of a hurry you’re in.
Get in, start the car, open all the windows. Yes, even if you hate having the windows open.
Put the air-conditioning on full blast, and make sure the recycle is turned OFF. This means it pulls fresh air from outside the car (hot, but less hot than inside) and pumps that into the car, further displacing the heat inside the vehicle.
Start driving, still with the windows down. Once you get up enough speed, the force of the air from outside coming in will blast the rest of the excess heat out of the car.
The temp inside the car will now be roughly equivalent to the temp outside the car. Still hot!!!! But MAJORLY less so, and majority more handle-able by your air-conditioner.
Put all your windows up, and switch the air-con over to recycle. This means it takes the air in the car and cools it, then spits it back into the car, meaning that with each cycle, the air gets progressively cooler a lot faster.
If you do this, your car will be a hell of a lot more comfortable a hell of a lot sooner than it would be if you got into a 60°C/140°F cabin and just…. endured that, until your aircon could overcome it.
This post has been brought to you by an Australian who knows not one but TWO people who get into 60°C cars and wait 15 to 30 minutes for their car to drop back down to a temperature that’s even REMOTELY tolerable.
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TO CLARIFY: The 988 lifeline is STILL able to be used! I feel that this post can be very easily misinterpreted. Like, this is so misleading. What happened is that DOGE cut staff who work for this lifeline as well as one that’s specifically dedicated to veterans. Is this evil as fuck? Yes, absolutely, especially since this lifeline has had literally MILLIONS of callers as of 2024. Can you still use the 988 number in the US? YES, and if you ever feel the need to use it, please do. You may use any of the above resources. Stay safe out there, everyone. 🧡
These images are so arresting I had to go find more about them. These were designed by Paul Tazwell based on the work of production and set designer Preston Singletary.
After immersing himself in Singletary’s aesthetic and in Tlingit artwork, Tazewell said he was inspired to make the clothing acknowledge that influence. “Much of [Tlingit] decorative and spiritual artwork has a strong black line, black clean lines on fields of color,” he said — hence the dark shapes on the king/queen garments, or the swirls on the wicked fairy Carabosse’s tattered gown.
No, actually. Unfortunately? Not in the slightest.
This is falling for the same logic behind “woman caught faking assault claim; can you stop telling us to believe women now?”
Democrats are still the only party, on a national level, that gives a single flying fuck about the queer community. Trans community obviously included. SOME democrats are considering betraying their constituents. Why? Because they’re idiots who think it will help them negotiate WITH REPUBLICANS. Your options are NOT democrats or some pie in the sky bullshit. Your options are democrats or republicans. OUR options are democrats or republicans. Unless you live in Alaska and have an electorally successful third party, we are not in a position to walk away from democrats.
The only thing required for evil to triumph is for good people to do nothing.
Biden, as shit as he was, put stronger trans protections in place than ANY OTHER PRESIDENT. EVER. What has Trump done for us?
If you’re pissed at democrats (rightfully) for being the political equivalent of a paper sign in a hurricane right now, your options are NOT go live in fantasy land or support democrats. They are throw in with the fascists or kick democrats in the ass until they get their rear in gear.
SO FOR FUCK’S SAKE, CALL OR EMAIL OR SOMETHING AND TELL PEOPLE YOU EXIST AND TELL THEM IT’S THEIR JOB TO FIGHT FOR YOU.
We have to fight for ourselves, but we can’t do it alone. We have to look at our dubious quality allies and yell we’re here and we’re queer and we’re not fucking going anywhere until they fight with us. They’ll fight like hell, too. They’ve done it before. Because we have real allies among them. But you’ve gotta help your real allies move this big tent where we need it to go.
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