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 Wednesday 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 Thursday at 06:42 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 Thursday at 07:26 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 Thursday at 10:55 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.

[Turkish]

I surprised there hasn’t been anyone showing us how this current good weather isn’t the result of global warming. 

[AlexLaw76]

8 hours ago, Turkish said:

I surprised there hasn’t been anyone showing us how this current good weather isn’t the result of global warming. 

Has there been a TV weather update with the map of southern England in a deep blood red colour, showing 28c?

[Turkish]

44 minutes ago, AlexLaw76 said:

Has there been a TV weather update with the map of southern England in a deep blood red colour, showing 28c?

Here we go Bro, we're being warned right now on ITV. Driest March in 60 years, warmest April on record and a pretty warm May with reservoir levels at their lowest since 2022, 3000 excess deaths back then. Scary times with amber alerts everywhere in the UK. The heat is gonna impact all of us an expert has just told us.

Edited Friday at 07:04 by Turkish

[Weston Super Saint]

18 minutes ago, Turkish said:

Here we go Bro, we're being warned right now on ITV. Driest March in 60 years, warmest April on record and a pretty warm May with reservoir levels at their lowest since 2022, 3000 excess deaths back then. Scary times with amber alerts everywhere in the UK. The heat is gonna impact all of us an expert has just told us.

 

Until Sunday when it's going to rain.  Again.

[AlexLaw76]

This is insane!!’

28c end of June, it is just another Cruel Summer! 

 

[Gloucester Saint]

Nicer temperature in the Brecon Beacons yesterday, drier and 25 degrees. Lovely.

Not so pleasant here in Glos though, very humid and airless. 

[Holmes_and_Watson]

1 hour ago, Turkish said:

Here we go Bro, we're being warned right now on ITV. Driest March in 60 years, warmest April on record and a pretty warm May with reservoir levels at their lowest since 2022, 3000 excess deaths back then. Scary times with amber alerts everywhere in the UK. The heat is gonna impact all of us an expert has just told us.

I'm impressed the coastline stays the same and hasn't melted into all that lava on the graphic.

[AlexLaw76]

Just turned to BBC News and caught the weather update 

 

[S-Clarke]

I honestly remember hotter weeks/summers in the 90's. Power in the park, the swimming pool down the common, mayflower park and all that stuff. There were some really warm days back then.

We didn't need to be told about a heat health alert then. Everyone just got on with it and used their noggins.

Weather will be weather, it might be cold, it might be warm, but it's not worth worrying about the fear that they try to put into us for any extreme. Just enjoy it, at least it's not raining.

[Turkish]

Im sure we can turn this around, We managed to stop Acid Rain by stopping using so much hair spray, so maybe something as simple as a change in hairstyle fashion can stop this disaster.

[skintsaint]

[skintsaint]

https://www.facebook.com/reel/1090902729552420

😅

[whelk]

2 hours ago, Turkish said:

Im sure we can turn this around, We managed to stop Acid Rain by stopping using so much hair spray, so maybe something as simple as a change in hairstyle fashion can stop this disaster.

That led to more hair spray being available for us real men

[Turkish]

Quiet on here today, are we all still alive?

[skintsaint]

Fackin' roasting mate.

Actually its not too bad decent breeze now.

[whelk]

5 minutes ago, Turkish said:

Quiet on here today, are we all still alive?

Just about to do a bottle of pinot Grigio in the garden. Can’t remember seeing any alcohol warnings

[egg]

10 minutes ago, Turkish said:

Quiet on here today, are we all still alive?

In the camper somewhere in Wiltshire. On top of a hill. The breeze is making it quite pleasant. Thought you had storms up north? 

[Turkish]

9 minutes ago, egg said:

In the camper somewhere in Wiltshire. On top of a hill. The breeze is making it quite pleasant. Thought you had storms up north? 

Not where we are been at a football tournament most of the day 30 degrees and sunny, very humid now so might get one later but nothing so far 

[Holmes_and_Watson]

2 hours ago, Turkish said:

Quiet on here today, are we all still alive?

Holding on. Doing SOG's Parisian Heat Survival Course has paid off.

[Dark Munster]

On 18/06/2025 at 13:16, 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?

Ignore all of that. None of those apply to mad dogs or Englishmen. 

[AlexLaw76]

 

 

[egg]

Nice to see these old timers are getting by. 

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