The fact is we are on a course to disaster as a planet. That is 100% given. The trouble is very few of us are willing to change our lives enough to slow it down globally.
That isnt over reacting it's cold hard facts, not in our lifetime perhaps but certainly within the next 100 years
You’re 100% right. That’s why we need a government that will actually take drastic steps, and change our behaviours. (eg two holidays flights a year only.)
It probably will be in our lifetimes, even us ‘seniors’, and action needs to be taken now. Problem is, governments are short term, and they’d rather spend money on tax cuts or services.
Seen a lot of sarcasm last couple of days from toughies about snowflakes, coping with the heat etc. Don’t mind admitting I’ve found the last couple of days at home very difficult to work through and it’s had a clear effect.
I’m generally fit and never sleep during the day, yet I was asleep at lunchtime on Sunday, within 5 mins of finishing work yesterday I’d fallen asleep, slept fine through the night yet after I dropped my son off this morning I then fell asleep twice when I got home, waking up at 9.20 when I should have started work an hour earlier. Got through today and then fell asleep for 45 mins again as soon as I’d finished this afternoon. Just feel groggy and like it’s drained everything out of me. If it’s hitting me like that, what the hell must it be doing to the elderly and vulnerable?
Seen a lot of sarcasm last couple of days from toughies about snowflakes, coping with the heat etc. Don’t mind admitting I’ve found the last couple of days at home very difficult to work through and it’s had a clear effect.
I’m generally fit and never sleep during the day, yet I was asleep at lunchtime on Sunday, within 5 mins of finishing work yesterday I’d fallen asleep, slept fine through the night yet after I dropped my son off this morning I then fell asleep twice when I got home, waking up at 9.20 when I should have started work an hour earlier. Got through today and then fell asleep for 45 mins again as soon as I’d finished this afternoon. Just feel groggy and like it’s drained everything out of me. If it’s hitting me like that, what the hell must it be doing to the elderly and vulnerable?
Seen a lot of sarcasm last couple of days from toughies about snowflakes, coping with the heat etc. Don’t mind admitting I’ve found the last couple of days at home very difficult to work through and it’s had a clear effect.
I’m generally fit and never sleep during the day, yet I was asleep at lunchtime on Sunday, within 5 mins of finishing work yesterday I’d fallen asleep, slept fine through the night yet after I dropped my son off this morning I then fell asleep twice when I got home, waking up at 9.20 when I should have started work an hour earlier. Got through today and then fell asleep for 45 mins again as soon as I’d finished this afternoon. Just feel groggy and like it’s drained everything out of me. If it’s hitting me like that, what the hell must it be doing to the elderly and vulnerable?
Lots of fluids, a wet towel around you etc. The reason you feel tired is during the heat your body is using up it's energy to stop you overheating.
The fact is we are on a course to disaster as a planet. That is 100% given. The trouble is very few of us are willing to change our lives enough to slow it down globally.
That isnt over reacting it's cold hard facts, not in our lifetime perhaps but certainly within the next 100 years
You’re 100% right. That’s why we need a government that will actually take drastic steps, and change our behaviours. (eg two holidays flights a year only.)
It probably will be in our lifetimes, even us ‘seniors’, and action needs to be taken now. Problem is, governments are short term, and they’d rather spend money on tax cuts or services.
Get you with your two holiday flights per year limit being a "drastic step"!
yep im on a trading estate in crayford and seriously smokey out the front and the smell is awful looks to be coming from behind crayford sainsburys
Dartford Heath alight by all accounts mate
Was there from the start, not fun in that heat especially as it isn't somewhere I expect to get called to. Long way from my home station. The staff from Conway recycling plant looked after us with cold drinks and even helped run out the hose.
Sky News is amongst the very worst of doom mongerers in this country. They have been showing the same loop of the Wennington fire for over 3 hours now and nothing else. They are desperate for this fire to spread across London and create a modern day Armageddon!
It needs to be shown so that those who keep downplaying the effects of Climate Change can see what we're facing.
It is not just climate change, we have had a dry hot summer so far and grass dries out. Plenty of instances of forest fires all over the country in years gone bye, sadly caused by nature, a stray fag butt, disposable BBQ's, littered glass bottles & dickheads having a laugh.
Yes its been a hot couple of days, yes the high temps are probably down to climate change but you cannot pin everything on it, accidents, nature and dickheads have been around for a long time and will continue to be so.
An oxymoron if ever I have heard one.
Yes, the majority of fires are man-made. However, the reason they require 30 fire engines-plus to sort out today is because of the heat and speed at which these fires spread due to the weather (and therefore climate change).
My point is that we are in July, which as we all know is a summer month. I am 64 and as long as I can remember the grass becomes dormant and dries out in June, July and August and therefore becomes more of a fire risk.
Our history books in the UK are littered with field/forest fires from the New Forest to the glens in Scotland some long before kids could spell climate change
The fact is we are on a course to disaster as a planet. That is 100% given. The trouble is very few of us are willing to change our lives enough to slow it down globally.
That isnt over reacting it's cold hard facts, not in our lifetime perhaps but certainly within the next 100 years
You’re 100% right. That’s why we need a government that will actually take drastic steps, and change our behaviours. (eg two holidays flights a year only.)
It probably will be in our lifetimes, even us ‘seniors’, and action needs to be taken now. Problem is, governments are short term, and they’d rather spend money on tax cuts or services.
Get you with your two holiday flights per year limit being a "drastic step"!
Sky News is amongst the very worst of doom mongerers in this country. They have been showing the same loop of the Wennington fire for over 3 hours now and nothing else. They are desperate for this fire to spread across London and create a modern day Armageddon!
It needs to be shown so that those who keep downplaying the effects of Climate Change can see what we're facing.
It is not just climate change, we have had a dry hot summer so far and grass dries out. Plenty of instances of forest fires all over the country in years gone bye, sadly caused by nature, a stray fag butt, disposable BBQ's, littered glass bottles & dickheads having a laugh.
Yes its been a hot couple of days, yes the high temps are probably down to climate change but you cannot pin everything on it, accidents, nature and dickheads have been around for a long time and will continue to be so.
An oxymoron if ever I have heard one.
Yes, the majority of fires are man-made. However, the reason they require 30 fire engines-plus to sort out today is because of the heat and speed at which these fires spread due to the weather (and therefore climate change).
My point is that we are in July, which as we all know is a summer month. I am 64 and as long as I can remember the grass becomes dormant and dries out in June, July and August and therefore becomes more of a fire risk.
Our history books in the UK are littered with field/forest fires from the New Forest to the glens in Scotland some long before kids could spell climate change
The fact is we are on a course to disaster as a planet. That is 100% given. The trouble is very few of us are willing to change our lives enough to slow it down globally.
That isnt over reacting it's cold hard facts, not in our lifetime perhaps but certainly within the next 100 years
You’re 100% right. That’s why we need a government that will actually take drastic steps, and change our behaviours. (eg two holidays flights a year only.)
It probably will be in our lifetimes, even us ‘seniors’, and action needs to be taken now. Problem is, governments are short term, and they’d rather spend money on tax cuts or services.
Get you with your two holiday flights per year limit being a "drastic step"!
Not as drastic as one flight per year and you have to wait until next summer to come home.
The fact is we are on a course to disaster as a planet. That is 100% given. The trouble is very few of us are willing to change our lives enough to slow it down globally.
That isnt over reacting it's cold hard facts, not in our lifetime perhaps but certainly within the next 100 years
You’re 100% right. That’s why we need a government that will actually take drastic steps, and change our behaviours. (eg two holidays flights a year only.)
It probably will be in our lifetimes, even us ‘seniors’, and action needs to be taken now. Problem is, governments are short term, and they’d rather spend money on tax cuts or services.
Get you with your two holiday flights per year limit being a "drastic step"!
Bloke on the BBC news just said "London was burning" when talking about the fires in Dartford and Essex. Then seamlessly talking about another fire "north of london", which actually turned out to be in Milton Keynes!
Sky News is amongst the very worst of doom mongerers in this country. They have been showing the same loop of the Wennington fire for over 3 hours now and nothing else. They are desperate for this fire to spread across London and create a modern day Armageddon!
It needs to be shown so that those who keep downplaying the effects of Climate Change can see what we're facing.
It is not just climate change, we have had a dry hot summer so far and grass dries out. Plenty of instances of forest fires all over the country in years gone bye, sadly caused by nature, a stray fag butt, disposable BBQ's, littered glass bottles & dickheads having a laugh.
Yes its been a hot couple of days, yes the high temps are probably down to climate change but you cannot pin everything on it, accidents, nature and dickheads have been around for a long time and will continue to be so.
An oxymoron if ever I have heard one.
Yes, the majority of fires are man-made. However, the reason they require 30 fire engines-plus to sort out today is because of the heat and speed at which these fires spread due to the weather (and therefore climate change).
My point is that we are in July, which as we all know is a summer month. I am 64 and as long as I can remember the grass becomes dormant and dries out in June, July and August and therefore becomes more of a fire risk.
Our history books in the UK are littered with field/forest fires from the New Forest to the glens in Scotland some long before kids could spell climate change
Has anyone seen that farmer in spain head towards the fire in his bulldozer to dig a fire ditch when you see the digger disappear as the flames engulf him?
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loving the updates
I’m generally fit and never sleep during the day, yet I was asleep at lunchtime on Sunday, within 5 mins of finishing work yesterday I’d fallen asleep, slept fine through the night yet after I dropped my son off this morning I then fell asleep twice when I got home, waking up at 9.20 when I should have started work an hour earlier. Got through today and then fell asleep for 45 mins again as soon as I’d finished this afternoon. Just feel groggy and like it’s drained everything out of me. If it’s hitting me like that, what the hell must it be doing to the elderly and vulnerable?
Just to spice the thread up a bit
hold me!
That sort of thing really doesnt help.