When Deb McDonald’s home would get unbearably hot, she relied upon two strategies to keep cool: placing two frozen water bottles in front of a fan and becoming a “blob”.
“On hot days I can’t do much,” says the 68-year-old pensioner, who suffers from chronic lung disease. “I just sit there and read a bit or watch a bit of telly, things that don’t take any effort. When you’ve got an illness like this you feel useless.”
