Off Topic The F*cking Weather

It's going to be a bit hot for a couple of days, I just thought I'd let you all know as the Newshounds seem to have ignored it.

I read somewhere that the Met Office are considering naming heatwaves as they do with hurricanes, storms and light drizzle. It really is becoming unrelenting.

This is quite brilliant...



Just for comparison what is the highest temperature you've ever experienced? I have been in Spain with it 111 degrees...

 

105 in Florida.
100 in Boston.

 

I experienced-30c in Finland. Which is chilly to the extent that your tears freeze. It’s a bit of a faff getting dressed to go out as you need to put on many layers and an ice suit, but well worth it for the experience.

 

45C/113F Sandfire Flats Western Australia.

Thankfully the roadhouse had air con and we only stopped for 20 minutes.

 

43c in Cyprus a few years back, pools were so warm, madness

 

At least we have dry heat. I remember stepping out of a plane and onto a passenger boarding bridge at O'Hare Airport some years back and thinking someone had left a steam outlet on. The air was so thick with moisture, I couldn't make it down the street in downtown Chicago without leapfrogging from store to store to get AC.

 

Anybody else think we’ve already lost this climate change battle? I think we should continue to try, especially with clean, renewable energy etc, just because it makes sense, but I can’t see the massive change and perceived sacrifice needed on a global level ever happening.

In truth not that bothered about it. Man made climate change is no worse than naturally occurring climate change, which has been much more extreme than the worst that’s predicted now. Ice Age anyone? Of course current ecosystems will suffer and change, but the earth will recover and new ecosystems develop. Many more species have been made extinct prior to the arrival of humans than we’ve managed to kill off, it’s what happens. The primary loser will be humanity, and if we aren’t around it’s not the end of the world…..

Right I’m off to buy a couple of coal powered fans.

 

UK produces less than 1% of the global pollution responsible for greenhouse gases, China, India and Russia account for around 50%.Until they change we're f*cked...

 

This.

 

45° in Rajasthan, India.

Very dry heat. Only uncomfortable if doing anything more than strolling along. It was the middle of the desert area so very little shade.

 

Definitely already lost, no government the world over has ever made tackling it a genuine priority. It needs all countries to be united in the cause but that's pure fantasy isn't it? Like others have said, if China, the US and Russia aren't bothered there's little we can do. There's a Jon Pertwee Doctor Who story from 1973 about this subject, it's not like we haven't known about our damage for decades.

Did anyone watch that Dont Look Up film on Netflix? It uses a giant planet-destroying meteor as a metaphor for climate change (subtle I know) and although ostensibly a comedy the way it portrays the people in charge felt horribly believeable.

 

Russia is just a dirty dump, India emissions per head are actually well below the U.K., and we can reduce China’s emissions by not buying stuff made in China. If all the stuff with ‘made in China’ written on it was made here our emissions would be much higher of course. China has by far the fastest growing renewables sector in the world. Australia exports a lot of coal, but it’s vast size and small population make it look ok on emissions (though the aircon doesn’t help).

It’s all joined up. But beyond the desire of politicians to really address it, easier to point the finger at others.

Lot of people picking up fans at Argos this morning.

 

They're saying that the next couple of days will be humid heat as the dry air crosses the sea from the south and picks up the moisture.
Tomorrow night could be quite unbearable at around 25c overnight.

 

52°C / 127`F in Kuwait.

 

Seems about right...

 

Saw it. Funny and pretty much on the money too.

 

Yuk

 

****ing Tories.

 

Humidity enhanced temperatures to about 41 earlier this summer. I know I am in Canada, but we are not strangers to high temps away from water - we just don't get for too long.and are better known for cold

 

Amazing that the 1976 heatwave lasted 15 days from June 23rd to July 7th with a peak temperature of 35.6 degrees.... some parts of the UK saw no rain for 45 days and the Labour Government of the day appointed a Minister of Drought...........

We were in France in 2011 when temperatures were in the high 30's and it was an effort to go to the Boulongerie for the morning croissants........