A SPRITZ BREAK: After recently enduring 119-degree heat during her sons wedding, Linda Cohen and her husband decided to spring for a Rapid Cool misting system for their Woodland Hills home. The device creates cooling clouds that keep the heat at bay. You can go out and barbecue without feeling youre being barbecued, Cohen says. (Gina Ferazzi / LAT)
MISTING SYSTEM: Cooling jets of mist quickly turn into fog and a big temperature drop in John Bergers flame-broiled backyard in Palm Desert. The force field of cool was installed by misting pioneer MicroCool. (Gina Ferazzi / LAT)
