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UK Heat Wave
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anthony2690
Member
I was working delivery yesterday, not fun.
Thankfully not in work today, I'm in tomorrow though with Delivery, but I'm suddenly feeling very very ill.
Thankfully not in work today, I'm in tomorrow though with Delivery, but I'm suddenly feeling very very ill.
SirTerry-T
Member
36C here in St.Albans at the mo'.
I'm a Winter baby and was around for the '76 heatwave and I think it's safe for me to say that I've got far too much Northern European ancestry in me for this shit!
Luckily, my other half lived in Cyprus for many years so she knows all the tricks for trying to keep a house cool while I slowly evaporate...
I'm a Winter baby and was around for the '76 heatwave and I think it's safe for me to say that I've got far too much Northern European ancestry in me for this shit!
Luckily, my other half lived in Cyprus for many years so she knows all the tricks for trying to keep a house cool while I slowly evaporate...
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V1LÆM
Gold Member
it's currently 27 here and will go to 28 and 29 tomorrow. my clock temperature is saying my room is 24C.
i've got the windows open, blinds down, and my fan going. feeling quite comfortable but if i get up and move i can feel the heat. at ~9AM i was walking outside for a bit and it was roasting then. i don't plan on going outside to see what it's like now. i've lost count of how many bottles of water i've filled up today and also been having some ice lollies
i need to get offline because the constant news about the heatwave and climate change is fucking stressing me out. shit is only going to keep getting worse.
i've got the windows open, blinds down, and my fan going. feeling quite comfortable but if i get up and move i can feel the heat. at ~9AM i was walking outside for a bit and it was roasting then. i don't plan on going outside to see what it's like now. i've lost count of how many bottles of water i've filled up today and also been having some ice lollies
i need to get offline because the constant news about the heatwave and climate change is fucking stressing me out. shit is only going to keep getting worse.
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Toytown Assassin
Member
38 outside and 27 in with a few more hours of potential heating up to go. It's fierce heat out there. I wouldn't fancy a walk ATM.
StealthGoblin
Banned
39 degrees in my classroom. 28 10 year olds are like little heaters.
InfiniteCombo
Banned
To our fellow GAF brothers and sisters across the pond, here's a little song that you can jam to on your way home from work/school/etc:
Real talk, though: stay hydrated, stay cool, and stay safe out there!
Real talk, though: stay hydrated, stay cool, and stay safe out there!
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SirTerry-T
Member
You a teacher pal? My lad finished a 2pm today, I'd have thought there would have been some official word on kids schooling during a heatwave like this.
Putonahappyface
Member
37 degrees celsius here. I was going to go to the gym but I didn't want to risk getting heat stroke via the journey there and back. I've just been exercising in my chinchillas room where they have their own air conditioner fired up.
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Dr.Morris79
Gold Member
I was thinking all schools broke up on Friday, was just with the lad going past another school in town and they're all on the playground, some in full uniform..
Turns out his school used their inset days
Lucky git.
SirTerry-T
Member
The uniform thing is bloody rediculous, my lad's school are allowing the pupils to wear their gym kit (t shirt and shorts, essentially) but I've heard of other local schools that are only now relaxing some of their dress rules, like not having to wear their blazers to school, etc.I was thinking all schools broke up on Friday, was just with the lad going past another school in town and they're all on the playground, some in full uniform..
Turns out his school used their inset days
Lucky git.
It's beyond stupid.
Those temps are no joke. We had a heatdome here last year. Reported to have killed about 500 in my province, including my neighbour.
The temps not dropping at night, giving no reprieve, as the days got hotter added to the oppression.
If no air conditioning would have reached for the fans and cold wet towels from the fridge.
The temps not dropping at night, giving no reprieve, as the days got hotter added to the oppression.
If no air conditioning would have reached for the fans and cold wet towels from the fridge.
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Deleted member 1159
Unconfirmed Member
I feel for you, UK bros. The house I grew up in didn’t have central air at first because in that part of California “you don’t need it,” but it sure was miserable during a heat wave, especially when it wouldn’t cool off much at night. Finally my parents installed central AC when I was about 15, so I got a few years of relief before moving out.
The house I own now has a central unit that was probably fine for the summers 25 years ago when it was installed, but with every summer seeming to break all time records of the previous summer, I’m guessing this thing is on its way out for a bigger unit in the next year or two
The house I own now has a central unit that was probably fine for the summers 25 years ago when it was installed, but with every summer seeming to break all time records of the previous summer, I’m guessing this thing is on its way out for a bigger unit in the next year or two
Dr.Morris79
Gold Member
Yeah we had all that too, it was only the end of last week they relaxed my boys uniform to the P.E kit but even then they suggested to wear the thick football socks. I came home on Thursday and he's still in his socks, I said you cant be serious..
It seems unbelievable what some of these schools now expect of pupils.
poppabk
Cheeks Spread for Digital Only Future
It's extremely rare in houses and the mainly brick and breezeblock (cinder block) construction makes it almost impossible to retrofit.
Toytown Assassin
Member
It just hit 40 deg C out in the back garden. It's getting seriously fucking hot. Still 27 inside thankfully.
EverydayBeast
ChatGPT 0.1
Enjoy the weather and air would be my approach I don’t understand all this weather aggression.
BossLackey
Gold Member
I feel terrible for you guys in the UK. I'm lucky enough to have central AC and it's on full blast 24/7 and it's not even as hot over here right now.
SirTerry-T
Member
We're British...we don't "enjoy" weather, we moan about it
Toytown Assassin
Member
We do enjoy the moaning about it though!We're British...we don't "enjoy" weather, we moan about it
Saiyan-Rox
Member
29° now D:
Saiyan-Rox
Member
Wildebeest
Member
27C in my room which is 10 less than what they say it is out. I'm not opening that window any time soon.
wvnative
Member
Nitty_Grimes
Made a crappy phPBB forum once ... once.
Rain on Wednesday with a temperature drop of 15 degrees.
So 2 days of heat and that’s climate change? If it was this hot in November I’d be concerned. It’s July.
So 2 days of heat and that’s climate change? If it was this hot in November I’d be concerned. It’s July.
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FF:Enhanced_Reality
Member
This is nothing. I was in Japan in a worse heatwave in 2018 and 120 people died in Tokyo that week from heat exhaustion. I saw two people feint myself.
Saiyan-Rox
Member
Electric fans and lots of cold stuff
LordCBH
Member
I’d straight up die. Godspeed and good luck on staying cool
Putonahappyface
Member
Buy fans and portable air conditioners. Also ice packs and bottles of water from the fridge help.
This heatwave needs to end.
poppabk
Cheeks Spread for Digital Only Future
90% of homes in Japan have air conditioning though even if it is not central air con. UK it is estimated at under 5%.
Wildebeest
Member
We don't. Humidity. Sleepless nights. Listening to insufferable bell ends telling us to toughen up and enjoy it while it lasts.
killatopak
Member
I guess it helps that I live in a tropical country but I don't see it as a big deal.
We drink coffee in these temperatures and it's humid as fuck.
We drink coffee in these temperatures and it's humid as fuck.
SirTerry-T
Member
Yeah, my Dad, bless his soul served overseas in the far East and tropics for a lot of his military life and always insisted on a cup of tea to cool him down
Wildebeest
Member
I'm not drinking cold drinks. It might be 37C out, but I'm not an animal.
Cyberpunkd
Member
41 max tomorrow in Paris, where nobody has air con in their apartments.
Thank God I have my daily run immediately after dropping kids, even with that tomorrow will be interesting.
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DragoonKain
Neighbours from Hell
I know most of the world uses C instead of F and the US(and a few other countries) are kind of a loners using F… but I gotta say, seeing discussions of heat waves in other countries makes me become more and more of a Fahrenheit stan. Something about seeing a number in the 90s or even triple digits really drives home the impact of a heat wave. Seeing 30s doesn’t really sell it.
All poking fun aside, here on the east coast, summer has been relatively mild so far,but we are supposed to get a heat wave of our own this week. Upper 90s
All poking fun aside, here on the east coast, summer has been relatively mild so far,but we are supposed to get a heat wave of our own this week. Upper 90s
Bernd Lauert
Banned
It's two days of hot weather. You gonna live.
LordCBH
Member
I’m so used to seeing C from computer part thermal reporting lol