Heatwave Hits England: 102 Degrees at Noon

[Evo]

midday or midnight depending if its am or pm.. Why?

I think he was joking.

 

[Moonbear]

You got to love Oregon. There are times when one needs the A/C during the day, and the heater at night. But this ain't one of 'em.

Heh, it was like that when I went on vacation last month (has it only been a month? It feels like so long ago already ). I was gone for a week...left with the heat on because we were still getting frost at night, and returned and the weather had changed so dramatically, I needed to turn on the A/C. I really like Spring, and missed it...I don't think it happened, or it was only a week long!

 

[Schrodinger's Dog]

I work in a hospital where your not able to open windows more than a sliver in case patients throw themselves out of them, the air is always humid even when it's dry outside and air conditioning is a sin and only allowed in a tiny minority of areas. Since the window in my area has to remain shut over night, and you get to open it about the width of my hand in the morning, the blast of sticky air that hits you when you walk into the room is horrible, and it doesn't get any cooler. There is a large amount of equipment on charge where I work which raises the temperature of the room by about 2 degrees above normal, luckily we seldom spend much time in this area as we are running about trying to deliver equipment to people all day, well I say running it's more like a sort of go slow at the moment for obvious reasons. I come home and the back of my tea shirt from shoulder to shoulder is covered in white salt crystals where my tea shirt has become super saturated. Still my boss is off for the week, so no whip if I deign to sit down for a few minutes, thank God for small mercies.

Apparently there's a desert salt mine in east Africa which is mined by hand by a handfull of lunatics, where the temperatures can reach 50 degrees C during the day, so it could be worse. In fact it's positively chilly by comparison, I just gave myself goose bumps

 

[wolram]

I work in a hospital where your not able to open windows more than a sliver in case patients throw themselves out of them, the air is always humid even when it's dry outside and air conditioning is a sin and only allowed in a tiny minority of areas. Since the window in my area has to remain shut over night, and you get to open it about the width of my hand in the morning, the blast of sticky air that hits you when you walk into the room is horrible, and it doesn't get any cooler. There is a large amount of equipment on charge where I work which raises the temperature of the room by about 2 degrees above normal, luckily we seldom spend much time in this area as we are running about trying to deliver equipment to people all day, well I say running it's more like a sort of go slow at the moment for obvious reasons. I come home and the back of my tea shirt from shoulder to shoulder is covered in white salt crystals where my tea shirt has become super saturated. Still my boss is off for the week, so no whip if I deign to sit down for a few minutes, thank God for small mercies.

Apparently there's a desert salt mine in east Africa which is mined by hand by a handfull of lunatics, where the temperatures can reach 50 degrees C during the day, so it could be worse. In fact it's positively chilly by comparison, I just gave myself goose bumps

I have seen a docu about a caravan that collects the salt from this place
it must be hell on Earth i am lucky our chiller seems to be playing up a lot of late

 

[arunbg]

Well in lot of the middle eastern countries, like the UAE where I have spent a considerable portion of my life, the climatic fluctuations are unbelievable . During the day, temperatures usually hover around the high 40 s, while at night it can touch 20 C . Every room has to be air conditioned for mere survival ! And this is not the case for a particular season or anything, it is so almost throughout the year . Add to that the occassional day or two of rainfall !
And you thought your weather was harsh .

 

[Anttech]

I think he was joking.

I know so was I, well in a straight faced typa way

 

[Gokul43201]

So 12 o'clock is...

...clearly Irish units!

 

[JamesU]

you're whining about 102 degrees?


It was 116 out here yesterday

 

[Schrodinger's Dog]

The heat came from out of nowhere, we went from 68F to 90F in no time, therefore we're not aclimatised to it like people who live in this sort of heat more or less all year round, or no doubt you, who can expect those sort of temperatures consistently for months and year in year out, historically we wilt in the heat, and as you'll notice in the world cup we are notoriously bad at dealing with it. So yes it does feel pretty horrible especially when it's completely unexpected. Saying that though it's 75F out there to day it's thundering and it feels like a different world.

If your so tough how 'bout you try living in that heat without air conditioning like we have to

 

[fuzzyfelt]

Hailing from warmer climes, I'm finding the recent weather sensational. English weather generally isn't as bad as made out, there is a quaintness to it, but now that it is hot it feels real, and I feel more free and unencumbered by weightly clothes.
I also don't like air con much, open windows are good, although the kids have a fan on them at night because their dorma windows don't allow much air flow.
Shrodinger's Dog, if it gets hotter again, try dabbing your temples, wrists and ankles with cool water often.
And with plants,soak the soil at their base after the sun has gone down, and also mulching is good.