Older women are particularly vulnerable to and can potentially die in heat waves.
This is a fact, and I will not dispute it.
What to do to alleviate the heat causing all the distress is the issue. There is plenty of room for disputation and some very loose play with facts.
As I age, I like what is commonly referred to as “air conditioning.” When it’s not warm enough to engage that system, I rely on other time tested, relatively energy efficient, and remarkably effective little miracles known as “fans.” They are usually ceiling-mounted, but we do have a couple tower models to sweep the house when the power’s out, or to help the a/c during the heat of a North Florida summer day.
I believe Europeans are averse to any of these simple cooling aids purely out of natural stubbornness. Their innate sense of superiority renders them incapable of admitting their lives would be vastly more…
