"the worst thing is that the news has to tell everyone what they should be doing"
It's the same with thick snow and blizzards don't drive, stay at home. There will be accidents and stranding if you drive on the motorway. And they go and people crash or get stuck and then the emergency services have to pick up the pieces. There seems to be a British thing where people take weather warnings as personal challenge.
"I will damn well climb that mountain in flip flops in a blizzard / try to reach the island on a paddle board though I can't swim / hike through Death Canyon without a map / drive on the M1 in fog so thick I can't see the shine of my own headlights".
Is it something to do with the Empire Attitude, No Mountain High Enough, stiff upper lip, "my grandfather didn't die in two world wars so that we can go soft"? Maybe are so bored they need to import daft drama into their lives so they have stories to tell. No doubt at all that the likes of Tik Tok heighten this daftishness:
Yes you’re right they do go overboard I’ll agree ,but it’s only 29 degrees today and I can’t keep my blood glucose high enough to not be concerned ( as a type one one on insulin my body heat regulation after 50 years of being diabetic has more or less packed up) and have already had 2 angina attacks yesterday and again today.
The more poorly among us generally know what’s good to do ,but others don’t ,if they find a person ailing .Although OTT it’s good on the whole that the news gets involved .
We've been in the 'red zone' for a couple of weather warnings in the last few years - Storm Eunice (wind) this winter and snow in 2018. It does help, I think. If they say 'the weather's going to be bad' people still go out, try to get to work. If there's a 'danger to life' warning, employers have to be more willing to accept that people may not be able to get in to work, the general public are more likely to think a bit harder before they go out and whilst there are always a few who think they'll ignore it, there will be more who either stay home or who are much better prepared if they go out. I imagine it does save lives, not only of the public but also the people who's job it is to try to rescue the public who get into difficulties.
I think this time may be a bit over-the-top given how uncertain the forecast still is 3 or 4 days ahead, but it is very clear that we are going to have exceptionally hot weather and that it will cause people harm if they aren't able to take measures to look after themselves - healthy people included. I hope people will decide to stay off the roads and the trains on Monday and Tuesday so those that must go are less likely to end up stuck in jams if the tarmac starts to melt or the rails buckle.
And btw, the highest temp recorded in 1976 was just under 36C. But it went on for weeks, not a couple of days
Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
@WonkyWomble My heart is with you and your husband. Stay cool and eat ice cream! This keeps cool from inside.
Coming from Berlin where high 30 degrees C use to happen now and then, even in 1991 for 6 weeks with 37 degrees C, here some tips what we did and do.
This temperature is close or higher than our body temperature. Therefore eating ice cream keeps us cool from the inside.
Wet solely with a water spray bottle the closed curtains regularly. This will l lower the temperature by 1-2 degrees.
Fill the bathtub in the morning half with cold water which allows you to wet regularly thick towels and hang them over clothes airer. You dog or cat might use the space in between because it is about 3-4 degrees colder.
Keep in mind, by regulation, washing machines stop at 33 degrees inside temperature. Don’t call the service, they will work again when the temperature is lower. I do hope this doesn’t apply to freezers and fridges.
In the evening, the bath might have warmed up and you can have a cooling bath.
All suggestions apply for houses built after 1950 made with concrete and poor brick quality and that heat up to 26 degrees if there are outside 26 degrees with sunshine in a row of several days.
We will get here between 37 and 39 degrees.
@Lyn we had this winter 1/3 rain of what we normally get. It hasn’t rained here for ages. I will not complain about warm weather or plenty of rain next week. The warm weather (23 degrees) will stay, but I can’t see rain in the forecast.
If you can stay at home please do so out of consideration for those of us who have no choice. I have to go to work, I have to wear a black uniform and closed toe shoes, we don’t have air conditioning and the company’s only concession is to buy us all an ice cream! Which we can’t eat in front of the public so will probably melt before it’s eaten!
Temperature in our sunroom was 58.? °. I did 3 loads of washing and it was dry in no time, wonder what the heat is in a tumble dryer. We've had all the windows and doors open blowing a through draft today, ok now, much cooler.
i think freezers do object at a certain temperature, when we’ve had really hot weather I’ve put a shield of bubble wrap with a tin foil backing around it. At the moment it’s round my tomato plants.
@Simone_in_Wiltshire. Some good tips there, thank you. Especially for dog owners. It rains a lot down here, that’s why it’s alway green. Although we haven’t had so much lately, still can’t sit on our grass without getting a wet bum.
Is it something to do with the Empire Attitude, No Mountain High Enough, stiff upper lip, "my grandfather didn't die in two world wars so that we can go soft"?
When my OH hears of people doing stupid things he says, like you, ‘oh, the arrogance of the British Empire)
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
Our washing machine doesn't give up at 33c,my conservatory happily gets to 44c,where the washing machine lives
Hubby collapsed with heat stroke at work a few years ago, garage with plastic roof....taken to hospital,put on IV fluids,the office staff had Aircon. Summer 1976, I was pregnant, working in a hospital which was metal/wood nissan huts,no air con.
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Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Cambridgeshire/Norfolk border.
I think this time may be a bit over-the-top given how uncertain the forecast still is 3 or 4 days ahead, but it is very clear that we are going to have exceptionally hot weather and that it will cause people harm if they aren't able to take measures to look after themselves - healthy people included. I hope people will decide to stay off the roads and the trains on Monday and Tuesday so those that must go are less likely to end up stuck in jams if the tarmac starts to melt or the rails buckle.
And btw, the highest temp recorded in 1976 was just under 36C. But it went on for weeks, not a couple of days
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
I ♥ my garden.
We've had all the windows and doors open blowing a through draft today, ok now, much cooler.
i think freezers do object at a certain temperature, when we’ve had really hot weather I’ve put a shield of bubble wrap with a tin foil backing around it. At the moment it’s round my tomato plants.
@Simone_in_Wiltshire. Some good tips there, thank you. Especially for dog owners.
It rains a lot down here, that’s why it’s alway green. Although we haven’t had so much lately, still can’t sit on our grass without getting a wet bum.
When my OH hears of people doing stupid things he says, like you, ‘oh, the arrogance of the British Empire)