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6. A Question

Reply to artemisia1 (Original post)

Mon Jun 29, 2026, 12:01 PM

Jun 29

Maybe a dumb one. Anyway… Are there any large, air conditioned government run facilities that could temporarily be used to house people during this heat wave (schools, subways, government offices, etc.)? They have to be suffering terribly.

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Can portable Air Conditioning units be purchase en masse to help alleviate the heat situation in Europe? I understand [View all] artemisia1 Jun 29 OP

Please take this the right way canetoad Jun 29 #1

Second worst Polybius Jun 29 #2

Oh yeah. nt canetoad Jun 29 #3

Who will, in a timely way, manufacture the many millions of AC units for France this summer? 31j20b3 Jun 29 #12

My son is in Amsterdam. The units would have to be GPV Jun 29 #4

I wonder if they have splits over there. usedtobedemgurl Jun 29 #5

Yes, they have splits there, at least in Spain obamanut2012 Jun 29 #9

A Question DET Jun 29 #6

Not a dumb question, IMO. wnylib Jun 29 #7

Logistical problems Johnny2X2X Jun 29 #8

I suspect they mean the portable units obamanut2012 Jun 29 #10

Most of the same problems Johnny2X2X Jun 29 #11