How to keep cool in this year's extreme summer heat even without air conditioning

"Extreme heat" is in the forecast this summer. How do people cope if they don't have air conditioning? Here are suggestions from a heat researcher who grew up in a very hot, AC-less place.

<img src='https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/6625x8283+0+0/resize/6625x8283!/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F65%2Fd5%2F4f677d4c4b2d8a86104c10eca805%2Fheatwave-archive.jpg' alt='undefined'/><p>"Extreme heat" is in the forecast this summer. How do people cope if they don't have air conditioning? Here are suggestions from a heat researcher who grew up in a very hot, AC-less place.</p><img src='https://media.npr.org/include/images/tracking/npr-rss-pixel.png?story=g-s1-133383' />