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Digger · Admin

RE: Weather Watch...

Syl · FIRM BUT FAIR.

Digger wrote:

It was hotter than Vulcan's cock last night in our garden

:sunny:

The wind has got up suddenly, I can see people's parasols with be taking off if they are not careful...we just took ours down.

Maddog · Go Outside

Supposed to hit 110 again here today.

It was 97 degrees at 10pm last night.

Even we are struggling with this shit..

But the power has stayed on. As long as we have that, we can handle this shit OK..

Syl · FIRM BUT FAIR.

We obviously can't cope.
In this area most trains and trams have been cancelled from either yesterday or early this morning..
Some of the major supermarkets have turned their fridges off, so today there were no chilled or frozen foods for sale.

God knows how we coped with 2WW.

Digger · Admin

Syl wrote:
We obviously can't cope.
In this area most trains and trams have been cancelled from either yesterday or early this morning..
Some of the major supermarkets have turned their fridges off, so today there were no chilled or frozen foods for sale.

God knows how we coped with 2WW.

The more technology the more problems. Years ago most people didn't even have a fridge. I don't remember my mum buying any frozen food, ever.

Syl · FIRM BUT FAIR.

Digger wrote:
Syl wrote:
We obviously can't cope.
In this area most trains and trams have been cancelled from either yesterday or early this morning..
Some of the major supermarkets have turned their fridges off, so today there were no chilled or frozen foods for sale.

God knows how we coped with 2WW.
The more technology the more problems. Years ago most people didn't even have a fridge. I don't remember my mum buying any frozen food, ever.

Same here...no fridge or freezer.

Many had larders, we didn't even have that growing up...and we managed, because people didn't rely on freezers or microwaves. Everything was cooked from scratch, and shopping was bought on a day to day basis usually.

Magica · Go Outside

So true. Snowflakes couldn't cope with that life. My nan didn't have a fridge, put butter, milk, eggs ect, in the larder under pottery, to keep it cool. I loved it!

Maddog · Go Outside

When we had our big freeze a year and half ago where it was below 0F for a couple of days and wiped out our grid, folks on a certain forum acted like we were silly for not having prepared for that..

I told them it would be like the UK having several days above 100F.

You just don't build infrastructure to handle that.

Why would you? Pretty sure they don't have snow plows in Florida either, but they are quite common in Colorado.

Digger · Admin

Maddog wrote:
When we had our big freeze a year and half ago where it was below 0F for a couple of days and wiped out our grid, folks on a certain forum acted like we were silly for not having prepared for that..

I told them it would be like the UK having several days above 100F.

You just don't build infrastructure to handle that.

Why would you? Pretty sure they don't have snow plows in Florida either, but they are quite common in Colorado.

When I was a kid we had frost on the inside of the windows. That was pretty normal unless you had central heating. We didn't. Just fires. So the bedrooms were like meat lockers. We survived just fine.

Vita · Know It All

Scotland recorded it's hottest day ever yesterday.

Even in shorts and a vest top, I was still roasting and young Daisy was miserable.

I'm glad I bought that cooling mat, it at least allowed her some sleep.

Maddog · Go Outside

Digger wrote:
Maddog wrote:
When we had our big freeze a year and half ago where it was below 0F for a couple of days and wiped out our grid, folks on a certain forum acted like we were silly for not having prepared for that..

I told them it would be like the UK having several days above 100F.

You just don't build infrastructure to handle that.

Why would you? Pretty sure they don't have snow plows in Florida either, but they are quite common in Colorado.
When I was a kid we had frost on the inside of the windows. That was pretty normal unless you had central heating. We didn't. Just fires. So the bedrooms were like meat lockers. We survived just fine.

Yup, that was normal. 100F in the UK isn't normal, and -10F in Texas isn't normal..

Your roads and rails aren't made for that heat, and our pipes aren't made for that kind of cold..

I doubt -10F happens very often in the UK either TBH..

You have more stable temps overall because of the ocean currents. Like Seattle and San Francisco over here.

Vita · Know It All

Scotland, now there's a surprise!!

Has the coldest ever recorded temperature in the UK.

Both are in Teuchter land (That's the Highlands) if you aren't Scottish.

Braemar and Altnaharra both registered -27.2 back in 1982 and 1995 respectively.

Vita · Know It All

Yesterday was the busiest day for firefighters in London since WW2.

There was also fires in other parts of England, Scotland and Wales.

Syl · FIRM BUT FAIR.

Well the heatwave is over, I wish my bedroom knew that, it's still like an oven.

Digger · Admin

Syl wrote:
Well the heatwave is over, I wish my bedroom knew that, it's still like an oven.

Our's too. It's still very warm.

Digger · Admin

Digger · Admin

On August 27 1976, the Echo reported how six major blazes had broken out north of Bournemouth on the same afternoon. Fire had swept along a six-mile front, engulfing homes, claiming the lives of 19 great Danes at Avonmoor Kennels, and destroying an elderly couple’s caravan.

Three hundred people were evacuated as flames up to 100ft high came within yards of several 30,000 gallon tanks at the army’s West Moors petrol depot.

So, nothing new really. Wild fires happen. Homes burn.

Digger · Admin

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Syl · FIRM BUT FAIR.

The last week of August 1976, we were in Newquay, Cornwall on holiday.
It was so hot, people were fainting on the beach daily, and had to be tended by St John Ambulance.

I don't think it made frontline news.

Maddog · Go Outside

Syl wrote:
The last week of August 1976, we were in Newquay, Cornwall on holiday.
It was so hot, people were fainting on the beach daily, and had to be tended by St John Ambulance.

I don't think it made frontline news.

There's no doubt that the coverage of such events are up.

That's pretty much the case with everything including a cow farting..

What gets covered and not covered has a huge impact on society..

But anytime you can quantify events through measurements and determine they haven't happened before, or are very rare, I'd say that's news worthy..

That's why we keep records isn't it?

-- Edited by Maddog on Wednesday 20th of July 2022 05:18:28 PM