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  • FishCostaFortune
    FishCostaFortune Posts: 11,180
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  • fenlandaddick
    fenlandaddick Posts: 2,187
    So hot here now and no air. Was going to have a bbq. But wont get below 24 degrees until 2300 tonight.
    So takeaway it is, already had a few beers ready for the England match so makes sense.
    Bloody weather, wish it would rain 😉
  • R0TW
    R0TW Posts: 1,938
    This heatwave is mental.
    It was 35 degrees at 10pm yesterday.
    41 degrees now at 6pm
    The pool water is 32 degrees. We're bloody fortunate, unlike most, to have a pool.
    The greenhouse with doors and windows open to the maximum has literally gone off the scale of a maximum of 60 degrees.

    Edit as I just went into the garden. It's 6pm. My thermometer (in the shade) reads 44 degrees. The water is 33.5!

    Maybe people will actually consider voting Green and stop worrying about immigration, like it's the sole thing to worry about, and like it isn't also a consequence of climate change anyway.
    Says someone living in France. Why don’t you come back? Sure you would love it.
  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,811

    CCTV caught the moment that Southend Pier was struck by lightning last night.
  • O-Randy-Hunt
    O-Randy-Hunt Posts: 11,504
    What have I missed here? The usual mob hijacking another thread?
  • Friend Or Defoe
    Friend Or Defoe Posts: 18,335


    The storm last night wasn't something in hadn't previously experienced in Britain, yet some people don't believe there is anything to worry about. Also storms usually signal the end of a heatwave.
  • Leuth
    Leuth Posts: 24,080
    It's always easy to work out what the GB News word of the week is. This week's is 'hijacking' 
  • shirty5
    shirty5 Posts: 19,890
    Leuth said:
    It's always easy to work out what the GB News word of the week is. This week's is 'hijacking' 
    No that’s today’s Countdown conundrum 
  • cantersaddick
    cantersaddick Posts: 18,287
    What have I missed here? The usual mob hijacking another thread?
    Not even close. 

    People discussing the way the heat has affected them, their daily lives and their houses and mentioning climate adaptation in the context of what needs to be done so our lives are less affected by more frequent heatwaves. Others then jump on it claiming its been "turned into the climate change thread" and when people respond they accuse them of derailing the thread. 
  • O-Randy-Hunt
    O-Randy-Hunt Posts: 11,504
    What have I missed here? The usual mob hijacking another thread?
    Not even close. 

    People discussing the way the heat has affected them, their daily lives and their houses and mentioning climate adaptation in the context of what needs to be done so our lives are less affected by more frequent heatwaves. Others then jump on it claiming its been "turned into the climate change thread" and when people respond they accuse them of derailing the thread. 
    Gotcha. Cheers squire 👍

    Feck me today was hot weren't it 🥵

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  • cantersaddick
    cantersaddick Posts: 18,287
    What have I missed here? The usual mob hijacking another thread?
    Not even close. 

    People discussing the way the heat has affected them, their daily lives and their houses and mentioning climate adaptation in the context of what needs to be done so our lives are less affected by more frequent heatwaves. Others then jump on it claiming its been "turned into the climate change thread" and when people respond they accuse them of derailing the thread. 
    Gotcha. Cheers squire 👍

    Feck me today was hot weren't it 🥵
    Air con in the office was almost too good. Bit chilly at times. House is like a feckin oven now tho.
  • DaveMehmet
    DaveMehmet Posts: 22,208
    I think I need to call the paramedics, for the first time since I can remember, I don’t want any dinner. Just don’t fancy eating anything 
  • MrOneLung
    MrOneLung Posts: 27,810
    Please let’s just talk about the weather rather than the cause of the weather. 


  • DaveMehmet
    DaveMehmet Posts: 22,208
    MrOneLung said:
    Please let’s just talk about the weather rather than the cause of the weather. 


    The sun?
  • SporadicAddick
    SporadicAddick Posts: 7,417
    MrOneLung said:
    Please let’s just talk about the weather rather than the cause of the weather. 


    The sun?
    I think someone earlier in this thread said it was the Daily Mail.
  • Hex
    Hex Posts: 1,946
    The annoying thing about this heatwave is that it happens to fall right around the longest days of the year. If it was in late August when the days are shorter that little bit of extra time before the sun comes up and after it sets would make a real difference to airing the house out and getting temperature down before the day and before bed. 
    Not entirely accurate.  The biggest effect on maximum temperatures is the sea surface temperatures (SSTs) around our coasts hence yesterday not reaching 24C here in NW Kent.  May's heatwave was even more impressive because generally the SSTs were below average.  Even though they have recovered and are up to 5C above average in some places, a sea breeze off the sea can greatly affect temperatures.  Hence the June maximum record not being broken .... yet.  Mid to 3rd week of July is generally accepted as the 'sweet' spot for record high temperatures. 
  • R0TW
    R0TW Posts: 1,938
    Leuth said:
    It's always easy to work out what the GB News word of the week is. This week's is 'hijacking' 
    I can think of a better one.
  • R0TW
    R0TW Posts: 1,938
    edited June 23
    Sunshine
  • sam3110
    sam3110 Posts: 23,437
    Oh dear, another thread being hijacked by climate change. Think there is already one for that.
    It's a hot topic 
  • ME14addick
    ME14addick Posts: 10,015
    Hex said:
    The annoying thing about this heatwave is that it happens to fall right around the longest days of the year. If it was in late August when the days are shorter that little bit of extra time before the sun comes up and after it sets would make a real difference to airing the house out and getting temperature down before the day and before bed. 
    Not entirely accurate.  The biggest effect on maximum temperatures is the sea surface temperatures (SSTs) around our coasts hence yesterday not reaching 24C here in NW Kent.  May's heatwave was even more impressive because generally the SSTs were below average.  Even though they have recovered and are up to 5C above average in some places, a sea breeze off the sea can greatly affect temperatures.  Hence the June maximum record not being broken .... yet.  Mid to 3rd week of July is generally accepted as the 'sweet' spot for record high temperatures. 
    We went to the Thanet coast yesterday and the temperature was comfortable. In Ramsgate and Botany Bay there was a pleasant breeze, but we also stopped at Herne Bay and there the wind was quite strong with a lower temperature. Still very pleasant though. 

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  • fenlandaddick
    fenlandaddick Posts: 2,187
    Stig said:

    CCTV caught the moment that Southend Pier was struck by lightning last night.
    Looks just like a spark from the train... 😇

  • Redvalleyeast
    Redvalleyeast Posts: 5,107
    Spent the day prepping,sanding and painting 4 garage doors,the first batch of 41 that Ive got to do on a job Im on. Sun at my back all day, great fun😬
  • cantersaddick
    cantersaddick Posts: 18,287
    Hex said:
    The annoying thing about this heatwave is that it happens to fall right around the longest days of the year. If it was in late August when the days are shorter that little bit of extra time before the sun comes up and after it sets would make a real difference to airing the house out and getting temperature down before the day and before bed. 
    Not entirely accurate.  The biggest effect on maximum temperatures is the sea surface temperatures (SSTs) around our coasts hence yesterday not reaching 24C here in NW Kent.  May's heatwave was even more impressive because generally the SSTs were below average.  Even though they have recovered and are up to 5C above average in some places, a sea breeze off the sea can greatly affect temperatures.  Hence the June maximum record not being broken .... yet.  Mid to 3rd week of July is generally accepted as the 'sweet' spot for record high temperatures. 
    Fair enough you do know your stuff on the weather. 

    I was more meaning that practically trying to manage the house by airing it out when the sun's gone down or before it rises it would be nice to have less hours of sunshine even if only a little. I guess I was comparing managing a house in this temperature now vs late August with less hours of sunshine. Does that make sense or am I still barking up the wrong tree? 
  • fenlandaddick
    fenlandaddick Posts: 2,187
    About 2 degrees difference between outside and in now. Another hour will open the house up.
    Will water the garden at the same time, needs a good drench with the hose.

  • Alwaysneil
    Alwaysneil Posts: 14,538
    Little bit warm today, I've had to actually open the victorian sash windows designed to create a cooling draft by air flow around the window even where there is no wind. Amazing really. 
  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,811
    edited June 23
    Had to go to the vets today. The air con in there was great and it felt really cool. Walked out of there and the heat hit me, it felt like that moment you step off the plane in a hot country.
  • cantersaddick
    cantersaddick Posts: 18,287
    About 2 degrees difference between outside and in now. Another hour will open the house up.
    Will water the garden at the same time, needs a good drench with the hose.

    Bit of a breeze here in South East London now. I've opened up now and its blowing through lovely.
  • DaveMehmet
    DaveMehmet Posts: 22,208
    Stig said:
    Had to go to the vets today. The air con in there was great and it felt really cool. Walked out of there and the heating hit me, it felt like that moment you step off the plane in a hot country.
    Hope you weren’t being neutered
  • Leeds_Addick
    Leeds_Addick Posts: 4,865
    About 2 degrees difference between outside and in now. Another hour will open the house up.
    Will water the garden at the same time, needs a good drench with the hose.

    Bit of a breeze here in South East London now. I've opened up now and its blowing through lovely.
    Can’t help but read this like Glen Hoddle
  • Gribbo
    Gribbo Posts: 9,174
    It's farkin hot in Seveoaks