Ask Slashdot: Large-Scale DIY Outdoor Cooling of Cairo's Tahrir Square?

ClimateHacker writes "The struggle for freedom is still ongoing in Egypt and one of the many challenges that face the demonstrators in Tahrir Square is the sweltering heat. Skies are mostly clear and temperatures can reach up to 44 degrees Celsius (111 F) with hardly any shade. The risk of life-threatening heat stroke is quite real. I ask clever Slashdotters out there for novel DIY passive and active ambient cooling techniques. Perhaps some ideas could be a model for saving energy on cooling elsewhere."

Comments

Tarp.

[the_raptor]

Get a tarp.
Get some poles.
Profit.

Which is what I saw the protesters doing months ago. You get some shade, drink lots of water, and avoid heavy exertion. Basic hot weather protocol, which is all those protesters are going to bother to do. This isn't fucking rocket science, but this is one of the most retarded Ask Slashdots I have ever read.

Why the fuck does your Western arse think it is smarter then the people who have lived in those climates for at least the past thousand years?

Just do your usual thing

[dmesg0]

Blame Israel for the heat as well. You'll feel much better immediately.