Our locale (Southwestern Montana) has suffered through five straight days of record setting high temperatures - over 100F each day - and it's really energy sucking.    I know this isn't high for some of you in the rest of the world, but for us who are used to 85-degree heat, it's a killer!

So, other than air conditioning, cold showers 3 to 4 times daily, or going out and living in the lake, how do you deal with the heat? I'm wondering about the flowing robes the Arabs wear, for instance, and what do they wear under them ? What does the military in Iraq do where the temperatures are reportedly 110 - 120F. - ??