China is enduring an exhausting heat wave this summer with many cities breaking their highest temperature records. How do you save yourself from the deadly heat when the sidewalk surface is hot enough to be used for barbecue? Following are suggestions of China Daily's mobile phone news readers on how to escape the scorching weather:

Stuff the bed sheet in a plastic bag and keep it in the refrigerator for some time before using it. Wrapping a cold bed sheet on will lower your body temperature and calm the nerves and help you to get a good sleep. Since high body temperature is a major reason why we find it difficult to fall asleep in hot weather, a cold bed sheet is an effective solution to the problem.

A READER, Changsha, Hunan province