The UK has recorded a temperature of over 40C (104F) for the first time - as the heat continues to rise. Thermometers hit 40.2C at London Heathrow at 12.50 BST, breaking a record temperature of 39.1C in Charlwood, Surrey, registered earlier. But Tuesday's temperatures are expected to climb higher still, with places along the A1/M1 corridor expected to see up to 42C later.
[From the BBC - 19-07-22]
'Luckily it's "only" 30C here presently and isn't expected to get much warmer. That's plenty warm enough for me though! Should drop 5C tomorrow and then be a much more liveable mid-low 20's for a while. Phew!
4 comments:
Shaking my head at the mess we’ve made of the planet. 😔
I KNOW! What a beautiful place we live in... and what did we do to it? Use its resources with no thought for the future and then use it as a toilet. Shameful.
You lot are complaining about 30C? XD Oh, come to the sunny south in July and August and you'll laugh at such heat waves. ;)
The problem isn't the temperature per se........ It's the fact that our houses & infrastructure are designed for cold & wet weather. So... very little air-con just about anywhere and our buildings are designed to *retain* heat, not lose it! [lol] Which means that airport runways are melting and railway tracks and overhead power cables are buckling. We'll adapt to the 'new normal' but it'll take a while!
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