I’m one of the “badge of honor” people you guys are talking about:

I’ve lived in San Diego the majority of the time from 1993-present. I’ve only had AC for the past 6 months. My parents (near SDSU) still don’t have it. Yes, we’ve used it a few times, but I wouldn’t call it “necessary”.

Why can’t the woman simply buy a few fans? Within about 3 weeks, she won’t be talking about AC again until next July or so, anyway.