The Heat

[sockeye]

It’s bloody hot lately, isn’t it?

https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/about-us/news-and-media/media-centre/weather-and-climate-news/2025/met-office-report-details-rising-likelihood-of-uk-hot-days
 

We hit 40C in 2022 and the Met Office are advising it may become more of a trend. This is pretty worrying. Of course some will be loving the heat, but many won’t be! I remember that summer three years ago and it was uncomfortable even being outdoors at times. In classic mild-mannered English fashion I’ve always preferred temperatures in the mid 20s. But no matter how you feel about it there may some very serious economic ripples headed our way:

- The cost of rebuilding critical infastructure to accommodate high temperatures, burdening us as taxpayers and as homeowners doing private renovations

- The cost of requiring AC units to run on some of the most expensive electricity in Europe

- The impact of increased asylum applications from increasingly sweltering areas of the world

- Increased medical emergencies especially among the elder generations due to the heat, putting pressure on medical services

- Failures of refrigerators and other temperature critical devices under extreme heat

- Potential productivity loss as people struggle to cope under the heat

 

and likely more!

[whelk]

I just wish there would be some guidance published to help know what to do. Like should I sit in sun or the shade? Is water the right thing to drink or is it whiskey? What sort of clothes do I wear? Is a run at peak lunchtime heat advisable?

Edited yesterday at 20:17 by whelk

[Holmes_and_Watson]

2 hours ago, whelk said:

I just wish there would be some guidance published to help know what to do. Like should I sit in sun or the shade? Is water the right thing to drink or is it whiskey? What sort of clothes do I wear? Is a run at peak lunchtime heat advisable?

Moderation is key. So, to answer the questions so many will have: Take a light jog during peak temperatures, wearing multiple, but light layers, to an area of partial shade, where you can sip your whiskey with water.

[AlexLaw76]

[Turkish]

10 hours ago, whelk said:

I just wish there would be some guidance published to help know what to do. Like should I sit in sun or the shade? Is water the right thing to drink or is it whiskey? What sort of clothes do I wear? Is a run at peak lunchtime heat advisable?

I guess the reason the government dont give us any advice is due to all the immigrants being used to the hot weather in their own country. Another example of how the government is more interested in keeping them happy and screw the rest of us.

Edited 15 hours ago by Turkish

[Turkish]

By the way does anyone have a few graphs to tell us if this is just weather or global warming? 

[Farmer Saint]

17 minutes ago, Turkish said:

I guess the reason the government dont give us any advice is due to all the immigrants being used to the hot weather in their own country. Another example of how the government is more interested in keeping them happy and screw the rest of us.

It's because we're being turned into an Islamic State.

I read an article last week that in London Sadiq Khan has had air conditioning installed in all mosques. Disgusting.

[Weston Super Saint]

12 hours ago, sockeye said:

It’s bloody hot lately, isn’t it?

https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/about-us/news-and-media/media-centre/weather-and-climate-news/2025/met-office-report-details-rising-likelihood-of-uk-hot-days
 

We hit 40C in 2022 and the Met Office are advising it may become more of a trend. This is pretty worrying. Of course some will be loving the heat, but many won’t be! I remember that summer three years ago and it was uncomfortable even being outdoors at times. In classic mild-mannered English fashion I’ve always preferred temperatures in the mid 20s. But no matter how you feel about it there may some very serious economic ripples headed our way:

- The cost of rebuilding critical infastructure to accommodate high temperatures, burdening us as taxpayers and as homeowners doing private renovations

- The cost of requiring AC units to run on some of the most expensive electricity in Europe

- The impact of increased asylum applications from increasingly sweltering areas of the world

- Increased medical emergencies especially among the elder generations due to the heat, putting pressure on medical services

- Failures of refrigerators and other temperature critical devices under extreme heat

- Potential productivity loss as people struggle to cope under the heat

 

and likely more!

Meh, the Met office.  What do they know?

I've prepared dilligently for no less than FIVE warnings of thunder and lightning issued by them in the past two weeks.  Thankfully I've survived ALL of them without even hearing one ripple of thunder but I'm glad I soaked the tree in the garden and all the kindling to ensure it wouldn't erupt in flames, especially given the 0.5% chance of that happening during a thunderstorm.

[whelk]

8 hours ago, Holmes_and_Watson said:

Moderation is key. So, to answer the questions so many will have: Take a light jog during peak temperatures, wearing multiple, but light layers, to an area of partial shade, where you can sip your whiskey with water.

Thanks. I also think they should issue warnings about a barbecuing too many skin-on chicken thighs at same time. BBQ becomes an inferno but how was I to know?!

[whelk]

19 minutes ago, Farmer Saint said:

It's because we're being turned into an Islamic State.

I read an article last week that in London Sadiq Khan has had air conditioning installed in all mosques. Disgusting.

True Muslims like Osama Bin Laden rejected all air conditioning and refrigeration.

[Turkish]

25 minutes ago, Farmer Saint said:

It's because we're being turned into an Islamic State.

I read an article last week that in London Sadiq Khan has had air conditioning installed in all mosques. Disgusting.

Right at the same time as we’ve got millions of African and Middle East immigrants coming here every year the climate suddenly heats up in the UK. Coincidence? Makes you think doesnt it. Definitely something going on here

Edited 14 hours ago by Turkish

[Holmes_and_Watson]

22 minutes ago, whelk said:

Thanks. I also think they should issue warnings about a barbecuing too many skin-on chicken thighs at same time. BBQ becomes an inferno but how was I to know?!

Good point, and very timely for the unprepared.

Do not wear skin-on chicken thighs during a heatwave wave, folks! Especially BBQ'd ones.

Even skin-off is taking a chance, outside of cooler evenings. If you do wear them, make sure to keep them hydrated and moist with plenty of water. Or whiskey and water.

[ecuk268]

43 minutes ago, Turkish said:

Right at the same time as we’ve got millions of African and Middle East immigrants coming here every year the climate suddenly heats up in the UK. Coincidence? Makes you think doesnt it. Definitely something going on here

Following your hypothesis, did Australia become cold and wet after the immigration of thousands of Brits during the 50's and 60's?

[RedArmy]

1 hour ago, Turkish said:

Right at the same time as we’ve got millions of African and Middle East immigrants coming here every year the climate suddenly heats up in the UK. Coincidence? Makes you think doesnt it. Definitely something going on here

Like the Finn’s once said “Everywhere you go, always take the weather with you” 

 

Thanks Tony Blair, I much preferred the shit weather we used to have. 

[Turkish]

1 hour ago, ecuk268 said:

Following your hypothesis, did Australia become cold and wet after the immigration of thousands of Brits during the 50's and 60's?

Did Australia become an Islamic state?

[ecuk268]

1 hour ago, Turkish said:

Did Australia become an Islamic state?

What's that got to do with the weather?

Edited 11 hours ago by ecuk268

[Weston Super Saint]

1 hour ago, ecuk268 said:

What's that got to do with the weather?

Allah's will.

[skintsaint]

After 16 years living in West Aus...I welcome this weather.

[skintsaint]

On 18/06/2025 at 21:16, whelk said:

I just wish there would be some guidance published to help know what to do. Like should I sit in sun or the shade? Is water the right thing to drink or is it whiskey? What sort of clothes do I wear? Is a run at peak lunchtime heat advisable?

Aircon, Pool & Beer. If you can't do all three then Aircon & Beer. If you can't do that then Beer.