During the winter, the daily temperature tops out at 80°F instead of 110°F (and the rains stop for months). So people have to worry about the lack of water, instead of heat, and farmers might even run out of water for their crops. Animals, both wild and domestic, can die of dehydration, and fires are common. But fires are natural here, they’re part of the ecology. And when the rains come, the whole savanna turns green.
People have been adapting to this environment since our species evolved. Ancient humans hunted elephants and large grazing mammals. Although droughts can be harsh, ancient humans developed irrigation methods, dug wells, and developed methods to passively cool their houses long before electricity was discovered. Now, the human population is still rising and cities are becoming more modern. Air conditioning in the cities, at least, is common, and even old dirt roads are getting paved as more and more people drive cars and work further away from home and ancestral farming lands.
