We work outdoors with schools so all travel and delivery on Wednesday and Thursday is cancelled.
Apart from self-important me who has a conference speaking event on climate adaption of schools on Thursday. In central London. With train home to Scotland. Yeah. Not looking forward to that.
I'm betting we see a lot of school closures, hospitals cancelling appointments etc.
And of course.
#PrayForGingers
All DoE expeditions run by Carmarthenshire due to take place this week have been postponed.
Avoid the tube.
Take a vest and the loosest shorts you can find, with your smart clothes in a bag, and pedal very gently around on a hire bike or electric scooter if they have them down there.
I am lucky to be getting a new specialized epic comp ht this week. I may pick it up after the heatwave though as I have to ride home. Stay safe in the heat everyone.
100+km overnighter over the high point of the Pennines for me! It'll be fine, I'm taking two bottles of water rather than my usual one.
Weeks like this, end of May and the two heatwave weeks in July '22 are nothing like I grew up with in various counties in England, before moving down south to Hampshire in '92. 20C was a nice summer's day.
Most summers down here have been a fraction warmer, but the last four have been off the scale.
Very fortunately, we happen to be on holiday on IOW this week and it's so much comfier than our home furnace flat will be again. Still makes holiday exploring by foot in a hilly area even more challenging.
Stay safe everyone!
Paah, it's just summer. Was hotter when I was a lad. Thames used to be frozen. It's just Miliband and contrails.
Have I won the bingo game yet?
We work outdoors with schools so all travel and delivery on Wednesday and Thursday is cancelled.
We're going to have to start putting a price/cost on these things as they become more frequent aren't we. Its a few days inconvenience I guess for us but costed across the country theres a loss of productivity thats not going to be insignificant. Was listening to a thing on radio 4 recently where it was being suggested that increased episodes of extreme heat was on track to be costing India 40% of its GDP in lost productivity.
I keep seeing people go "it's just summer!" and "Just like '76!" on the old socials. 1 - They remember '76 because it was abnormal for the time, and 2 - '76 saw a hottest day of 36 degrees, we're now seeing hottest days of 40 degrees. Insane how blind we broadly all are to this.
I keep seeing people go "it's just summer!" and "Just like '76!" on the old socials.
Its ironic that theres legislation to ban social media for the under 16s when the biggest spreaders and swallowers of online misinformation are the over 60s 🙂
These "once in a lifetime" freak heatwaves are starting to happen awfully frequently...
I do notice how even the most ardent of climate change deniers on my social media feed are notable by their silence right now...
I do notice how even the most ardent of climate change deniers on my social media feed are notable by their silence right now...
It’s weather manipulation, do ur resurch.
Today wasn't too bad - I worked on my allotment all afternoon and I'm alive. Our Wildlife Trust volunteer session for Thursday has been cancelled though.
My worry is that London is predicted 40*c air, but add in some direct sunshine, humidity and heat island effect, Thursday is going to be ugly...
Kids' schools closed Wednesday and Thursday, I don't think they have a choice once a red weather warning is issued.
It hit 40 degrees in 2022 but only forecast to be 38 this week. The scientists are lying, anyone with common sense will see that we can expect freezing heatwaves by 2100.
With train home to Scotland.
Brave, Warped rails may leave you stranded - jump on the plane instead 😉
We're going to have to start putting a price/cost on these things as they become more frequent aren't we. Its a few days inconvenience I guess for us but costed across the country theres a loss of productivity thats not going to be insignificant.
The UK's infrastructure isn't remotely designed for this sort of thing, it puts huge stress on the road and rail network. Tar starts melting, rails warp, houses (many of which were never designed with air con in mind because who needs air con in the UK, you need central heating!) become unbearably hot.
And then you get a massive thunderstorm and everything floods.
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