The Bedouin are in a desert, where sweat actually works to cool you down. That's not so here in the Midwest, where the humid air gets pulled northward from the

The Bedouin are in a desert, where sweat actually works to cool you down. That's not so here in the Midwest, where the humid air gets pulled northward from the gulf of Mexico. Sleep during the day, when it's too hot to do anything, and work at night, if at all possible. Our house is white, and has 4 large Maple trees around it, which passively cool things by about 5-10 degrees, but even so, we had to go with AC this time.