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So sorry, my condolences.Originally Posted by stuie-t
Deepest condolences to you and your family. Such sad news to hear.
So sorry, my condolences.
Started out with nothing. Still have most of it left.
My deepest condolences to you and your family
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I am so sorry to hear that.. absolutely shocking news and precisely why these flippant comments about it being “a bit hot” are so infuriating.
Stuie - I'm so sorry. That is just terrible.
Yep, that works. If you have curtains or shades on all windows exposed to sunlight.
'Against stupidity, the gods themselves struggle in vain' - Schiller.
It worked to an extent, here until really later into the afternoon where the sun blasting on two walls of the house (semi detached) and the roof was too much and heated up like crazy. I worked only on my laptop all day, never ran any heat generating appliances or didn't even use hot water.. though all that went out of the window when the kids came home from nursery and wanted TV, a bath, etc etc.
Bedrooms were around 30 centigrade overnight though I suppose given the outside was 36-37, then it did work.
It will work as best it can, given the insulation you have in your house. Opening windows overnight should cool the interior down to give you the best start in the morning.
Insulation is insulation. What works to keep your house warm in winter, with the heating on - will work in summer to keep the higher ambient temperature OUT.
Many people ignore this principle. It prevents transfer of heat from hot to cold in whatever direction that is.
Ah yes, but that was different, it affected the South East!!
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I am sitting here gently sipping a glass of water and am fine. I have probably acclimatised to the hotter weather due to spending more time in Spain but I am acting Spanish.
I stay in the house between 10am - 4.00pm, all curtains pulled across and have a fan on in the room where we are in. We have a large ceiling fan turning slowly in the dining room. I really do not have any difficulty coping with this and it is worth noting that the Spanish tend to live longer than us even with the hotter weather.
Spain has always been hotter than the UK, so the buildings are designed with it in mind. Most here aren't, so that changes things dramatically.
Nearly 35c already.
Yes but I am currently in the UK living in my UK house and I really am coping very well. Even my wife who is recovering from a stroke is ok, it's all down to how you behave.
We build houses wrongly in the UK to cope with heat. South-facing gardens with conservatories or rooms with far too much window area or glass doors, far too hot in even moderate summer weather and unbearable in a heatwave......yet still we do it!
When my bungalow was extended we avoided this trap deliberately, building a proper roofed extension with french doors and windows on one side but avoiding the temptation for too much glass and definitely avoiding the bi-folding door craze. In hindsight I would've liked a bit more light in the room and considered adding a window on the south-facing side but this last few days has convinced me otherwise. The room has stayed comfortable and OK to use. Contrast this with my sister's house which I`m currently helping to sell, the nicely-built conservatory is absolutely unbearable, I was there yesterday and it was like an oven.
Hotter summers are here to stay, even the global warming deniers must now accept it's happening.......as with many other things we have learn to deal with it!
Car claims it's 41°C in London
@ stuie-t - my condolences.
All windows closed here as well as blinds and curtains shut, put the bins out a few minutes ago and the house felt like it's air-conditioned when I closed the door. A fan blowing in the lounge helps, tried the same yesterday and it works. Feel a bit stupid not following this technique before, I've used the shade before however keeping all windows closed is new to me. I've no issue in admitting that.
Noted all my neighbours have windows open, one side has a conservatory that'll have the sun on it from now until it sets - and they're sitting in it!
43°C now
I don't think its very accurate.
'Against stupidity, the gods themselves struggle in vain' - Schiller.
Nor is the fuel gauge. You did 4 miles and it didn't drop43°C now
I don't think its very accurate.
'Against stupidity, the gods themselves struggle in vain' - Schiller.
100F+ here is NE Surrey.
All windows and curtains shut. Dust sheets over rooflights. Tarpaulin covering bifolds.
Not a very well insulated house, but it is a comfortable temperature inside now no sunlight can get in anywhere.
Half the neighbours have their windows open! Unless it is 100F in their house, they are only letting the warm air in.
What is with the temp being quoted on TZ in F recently?? Is it a Brexit thing?
A llb to a bushel it is
"Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. The third time it's enemy action."
'Populism, the last refuge of a Tory scoundrel'.
Also not wearing a seat belt is irresponsible regardless of the weather.Nor is the fuel gauge. You did 4 miles and it didn't drop
Heat related deaths top 1,100 in Spain and Portugal.
Their expertise in heat management didn't save them unfortunately.
Plus of course large swathes of Iberia and France are on fire.
We moan here but at least we have nothing like that
https://abcnews.go.com/International...ry?id=86972928
Cheers,
Neil.
Started out with nothing. Still have most of it left.
A lot of people that have to work don’t have that luxury in this weather.
Its a summer thing, heat in F cold in C
Spain's population stands at just under 46.7 million. Their annual death rate for everything is 418,000pa so in all fairness 1100 for both Spain and Portugal does not denote that it is out of control.
The Brits just love to moan and the BP is the living proof of that.
I remembered seeing a film where a young lady opened the fridge door, to get cool and she was stark naked. I just tried it and it works. The neighbours may not be too happy as the kitchen blinds were a bit slatty! :)
It was a big deal, not because of the temperature, but because it didn't rain from 2nd week in February until mid September and all the reservoirs ran dry. We had water rationing.
blowing a red hot gale here in the mids. Washing has dried in 5 minutes.
I’m my workshop, think I’m going to complain to management
However on the back wall in the garage along from us which is radiating through
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No, not out of control at all.
Cheers,
Neil.
18 degrees C here but humid. With the WNW wind of 7mph I didn't feel a t-shirt was appropriate so I put my jacket on and opened the pit zips. By the time I got back with the rucksack full of shopping the jacket didn't seem such a good idea. It will be going up to 20 in the next couple of hours, which means that it will have been the hottest so far this year. We are normally 6-12 degrees cooler than the south of England.
The thermostat in the kitchen is reading 27. I popped in to the garden to give the chillies and tomatoes a bit of water as they were looking rather distressed and it’s roasting out there. Coming back in the warm kitchen is like walking in to an air conditioned building. 40.2 down the road at Heathrow apparently and 39.1 across the river at Kew.
At 1538hrs this afternoon the skies darkened & the wind rose. It's now raining moderately. I expect thunder shortly.
That's summer over on the Costa Clyde for this year!
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Jim.
Showing 39 here in North Norfolk, and judging by the smoke outside it looks like our local nature reserve is on fire. Probably a visiting city dweller who ignored the warnings and set up a disposable barbecue near the long dry grass - there really are some dopey, selfish morons around
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Snowing here in Central Bedfordshire.
😁
(sorry, that’s ash. My mistake.)
So clever my foot fell off.
The pictures don't count if they don't tell everyone you have a ferrari.
Been a fantastic day today for gardening now off for a refreshing pint
Rain cleared up, now quite pleasant here in Dawlish...
Usual 40c in Nicosia
Fully ac when needed
A little earlier today
'Against stupidity, the gods themselves struggle in vain' - Schiller.
Like most people I’m finding the weather way too hot for comfort. Today should’ve been split between working in the garage and catching up on some watch work, garage is too hot so I decided to stick to the watches........my patience is a limited commodity at the best of times and it seems to have evaporated in the heat, decided to call it a day and drink cool beer instead! Sitting outside in the shade with a strong breeze blowing at the moment, feels quite pleasant (Mr Cold Lager is definitely contributing to the ambience).
Reminds me of being in Cyprus in July many years ago!
All I can smell is vegetation smoke as North Kent burns. Dartford heath is ablaze and several hectares of Bexley grassland has gone. Several houses have gone up over the Thames in Essex from adjacent grass fires. This is all very sad.
I wrote in the 'good movies' thread about our escape to the cinema this afternoon. The movie started around just after noon and ended around 3PM. Including 2x30mins in a car with properly working airco, nearly 4 hrs of heat skipped!
The dog stayed in the hallway all that time. Normally we let him roam around the house, but I was afraid that he would pick the wrong spot for an extended nap, so we gave him the coolest part of the house + plenty of water. He was fine when we returned. The cats had found a cool spot under the trees in the garden, behind some bushes.
(We went to see the movie Elvis. Halfway, I realized that these temps are normal in the Southern part of US!).
Never mind the temp, show me the rest of the car!43°C now
I don't think its very accurate.
Khan saying no one to have a barbecue in London for the next few days!
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