GOM
living vicariously
38 degrees currently in my part of Leeds it's like an oven out there. House all closed off curtains/blinds/windows shut since about 9:30am, relying on insulation to keep it out.
[News] Heat emergency declared in England
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Justice
Dangerous Idiot
Little warm today I wonder if the thermostat would operate the heating ? Think the max is 32 on mine.
Wildfires in Havering (east London) have now reached and set fire to buildings. Given how dense the housing is in that part of greater London and how fresh the winds are this afternoon, this could be horrendous.
I won't reproduce the photo out of respect for copyright etc, but for those who want to see how bad this is getting in London, this is a safe link to a picture:
https://inews.co.uk/news/wennington...-grass-blaze-breaks-out-amid-heatwave-1750419
I won't reproduce the photo out of respect for copyright etc, but for those who want to see how bad this is getting in London, this is a safe link to a picture:
https://inews.co.uk/news/wennington...-grass-blaze-breaks-out-amid-heatwave-1750419
Sounds like more media hysteria to me.
Agreed. Stop moaning and just get on with it.
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
That is dreadful. I feel for those people and the firefighters. I hope everyone is ok.
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
I'm surprised at you considering Bry is an ex firefighter.
I think [MENTION=13]CHAPPERS[/MENTION] is making a point about people claiming it is all media hysteria, rather than believing it is all media hysteria.
Indeed. The levels of 'I'm alright jack' on here in the last few days have been absurd.
Ah, sorry if I've been wooshed! Very much agree.
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
You're probably right and I apologise [MENTION=13]CHAPPERS[/MENTION] for jumping to the wrong conclusion. I thought it wasn't like you and I should have thought twice. Sorry fella.
Yes, I’d hope some of those who’ve spent the last few days trivialising this or playing it down might look at some of those gutted houses (not to mention destroyed farmland) and reflect that maybe they got this wrong. Doubt it though, just as those who claimed COVID was just a cold vanished in May 2020 I expect we won’t see them on here again.
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Kosh
'The' Yaztromo
I’ve stayed away from this thread for many reasons, but working in the sector I do ... I can tell you all that by 2080 vast swathes of the south east will be a scorched desert littered with the sun bleached bones of climate change deniers ...
The end is nigh.
Well, of the world as we know it.
One off my arse.
All of this, all of it mark me, is an absolute tragedy.
The end is nigh.
Well, of the world as we know it.
One off my arse.
All of this, all of it mark me, is an absolute tragedy.
NSC’s climate change deniers said 40c wouldn’t happen, that the BBC (Meteo Group) forecasts were exaggerating.
Now the min and max records are being smashed all over the UK, whilst large parts of France burn, people are dying.
Now the min and max records are being smashed all over the UK, whilst large parts of France burn, people are dying.
Pondicherry
Well-known member
Apology incoming I presume.
It would seem perhaps the media weren't being quite so hysterical, after all.