Keeping cool without AC: Our readers share their tips

We asked our readers to tell us how they've fended off heat without the refrigerant blasts of an air conditioner. Here's what they shared.

<img src='https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/8192x5464+0+0/resize/8192x5464!/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F1e%2F1a%2F52dc419c4cc8b7c26d8d143e203e%2Fgettyimages-2287500349.jpg' alt='It's so hot in Germany this summer that Cologne started a "Cooling Cologne" initiative: Chilled groundwater is dispersed through fine-mist sprays connected to fire hoses.'/><p>We asked our readers to tell us how they've fended off heat without the refrigerant blasts of an air conditioner. Here's what they shared.</p><p>(Image credit: Kadir Ilboga)</p><img src='https://media.npr.org/include/images/tracking/npr-rss-pixel.png?story=g-s1-136442' />