My parents are crazy trying to live in the deep south without an air conditioner

My parents are both from the north, but they were getting sick of the cold winters after being in that area for their entire lives.

When my mother was hospitalized with a chronic case of pneumonia for two weeks, the doctors urged her to seek warmer weather.

That’s when they sold half of their belongings along with their house so they could purchase a condominium down south. They even found a condo that is walking distance from the local beach. I helped them move out of their house, but I was skeptical of where they were headed when they told me about the impossibly low price they bought the condominium for. While I didn’t want to rain on their parade, I had immense doubts and hesitation towards their new home because of the intensity of the real estate market right now. And that’s even more true for places like beach resort cities along the Gulf and Atlantic coasts. I asked them about the age of the HVAC system and they admitted that they hadn’t really asked about the heating and cooling system. When I pressed my parents on the air conditioner and furnace, they said they “assumed everything would be fine” regarding the HVAC equipment inside. Just like I worried, they showed up to their new condo only to discover it doesn’t have an air conditioner of any kind installed. They’re stubbornly trying to live in the deep south without an air conditioner right now and I’m worried they’re both going to die of heat stroke once summer finally rears its ugly head for the first time since they moved from the north. They’re not used to that kind of heat!
Air conditioner tune-up