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FAIRFIELD COUNTY, Conn. The hottest days of summer may lie ahead at the end of the week, and portable air-conditioners are a trendy, less-expensive way to cool your home.
Forecasts predict that high humidity Thursday and Friday could make temperatures feel hotter than 100 degrees.
If you're rushing out to buy a portable air-conditioner, here's a website where different models are reviewed. You can find more reviews here.
Other parts of the United States are already sweltering under extreme heat -- here are a few articles that also talk about how to buy a roving cooling unit. This story from Montana is a reader's first-hand account. This story from Kansas City has more tips.
Of course, don't forget the old-fashioned ways of keeping cool: swimming, ice cream, shade and drinking lots of water.
Do you have a portable air-conditioner? Tell us how it works.
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