UK: New record as temperature hits 39.1C - with 41C expected this afternoon

[ToxicBunny]

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Simple response to that..

Get a fscking aircon.. first world country and all that.

 

[Sinbad]

Simple response to that..

Get a fscking aircon.. first world country and all that.

Quite an investment for the couple of weeks a year you really need it.

This is what makes it unpleasant - no respite last night, and tonight will be similar.

Except there's a 70 percent chance of some light rain this evening just to toss some humidity into the mix.

 

[ToxicBunny]

Quite an investment for the couple of weeks a year you really need it.

This is what makes it unpleasant - no respite last night, and tonight will be similar.

Then be like your 80's parents and get a ceiling fan for the nights... It was good enough for us back then, should still be good enough now.

 

[Rosaudio]

Simple response to that..

Get a fscking aircon.. first world country and all that.

Not with current energy costs...

 

[Pak Fa Fui]

They say their roads are melting

 

[ToxicBunny]

Not with current energy costs...

Then stop complaining, least you have energy... go sit in front of the fridge

 

[Kieppie]

Quite an investment for the couple of weeks a year you really need it.

This is what makes it unpleasant - no respite last night, and tonight will be similar.

Except there's a 70 percent chance of some light rain this evening just to toss some humidity into the mix.

It does do heating as well, so one in a bedroom area will help year round

 

[AstroTurf]

They say their roads are melting

Yea I keep wondering what they used to make their roads?

 

[gregmcc]

Then be like your 80's parents and get a ceiling fan for the nights... It was good enough for us back then, should still be good enough now.

In extreme heat conditions when its very dry you are actually worse off with a fan as it increases the bodies temperature.

 

[gregmcc]

Yea I keep wondering what they used to make their roads?

Runways are also melting

RAF stops flights to Brize Norton as ‘runway has melted’

Britain’s biggest air base forced to divert planes due to extreme weather

www.independent.co.uk

 

[bwana]

Then stop complaining, least you have energy... go sit in front of the fridge

They're in UK, it's gonna happen.

And again in winter
Probably autumn and spring...

 

[Sinbad]

It does do heating as well, so one in a bedroom area will help year round

My house has great insulation and very efficient gas fired central heating.

 

[bwana]

My house has great insulation and very efficient gas fired central heating.

All that insulation and we can still hear the whining about the weather.

 

[Gnome]

In extreme heat conditions when its very dry you are actually worse off with a fan as it increases the bodies temperature.

Physics says the opposite
More air movement = more evaporation, especially with "dry air" (aka low humidity).

They say their roads are melting

In Pretoria where I grew up this was standard in the summer.
Tar would get all melty and get stuck to your shoes.
Except we didn't make a big deal out of it

 

[Kieppie]

My house has great insulation and very efficient gas fired central heating.

Makes an aircon even more efficient then, for the summer portion at least. SA homes rarely focus on proper insulation

 

[gregmcc]

Physics says the opposite
More air movement = more evaporation, especially with "dry air" (aka low humidity).

Science doesn't agree.

Feeling the Heat? Here’s When Science Says that Fans Can Help — And When They Don’t

Fans can provide much needed relief from life-threatening heat-related conditions. But EPA and health department advice on when fans can be helpful, and when they can’t, needs revising says the latest study

time.com

 

[MikeaMatrix]

 

[C4Cat]

climate-change Karens

Wow

 

[DrJohnZoidberg]

It's basically like the opposite of here, if we suddenly had extreme cold weather (snow/ice) in SA then the country would come to a standstill as most of our infrastructure isn't designed with this in mind.

 

[Pak Fa Fui]

They now blaming the heat wave for the economic impact it will have for years to come, the public are not at work, productivity is down, they are dipping theirs toes in any body of water they can find and eating copious amounts of ice cream