I remember when that kind of fan was all we had to get cool by. Lying in front of it on the floor, panting. Mom always put it on the floor, angled up, because she said the air at floor level is cooler, and she meant to stir it around. By the time I moved to S. Europe, Mom had AC. The city I moved to did not, except in large chain stores. We also have summer temperatures around 45ºC. Home AC units only became the norm in the past 10 years or so, where I live.
I remember when that kind of fan was all we had to get cool by. Lying in front of it on the floor, panting. Mom always put it on the floor, angled up, because she said the air at floor level is cooler, and she meant to stir it around. By the time I moved to S. Europe, Mom had AC. The city I moved to did not, except in large chain stores. We also have summer temperatures around 45ºC. Home AC units only became the norm in the past 10 years or so, where I live.