Heatwave: Met Office issues red extreme heat warning, meaning there could be a danger to life or potential serious illness.
Heatwave: Met Office issues red extreme heat warning, meaning there could be a danger to life or potential serious illness.
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Get ready for every brain-dead boomer to start making completely irrelevant comparisons to 1976
No joke, this is concerning. Everyone is struggling with the heat but it’s going to be really difficult for the elderly and vulnerable- and it’s only going to get worse due to climate change
Lots of people are rightly pointing out the 40C temperatures forecast on Monday and Tuesday next week, but what seems to be flying under the radar is that minimum night time temperatures in places are likely to stay at 25C+, obliterating the old minimum temperature record.
When opening windows at night doesn’t even let you cool the house down, heat stress is exacerbated a lot.
Ice water in a thermos, duvet cover with no duvet, blinds down/windows closed, and a fan to keep the air circulating.
Any other nighttime survival tips?
Dreading this tbh.
So that’s a red warning for a big area of England between London, Manchester and Leeds. Tens of millions of people.
I hate heatwaves, but heatwaves and humidity means storms, and I love storms
Remember a week or so ago, when there were people saying that the places predicting 40 degrees were just fearmongering?
Ah, the good old days. To anyone in the cities – good luck with this one, it’s going to be tough.
I suspect next years best seller will be high reflectance bright white paint, as demonstrated in [this video from NightHawkInLight](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3bJnKmeNJY).
Going to be a crap few days, glad i got air con for the living room
Welll my workplace called a meeting this morning to tell us that “Its going to be really hot on Monday and Tuesday, so please make sure you drink plenty of water during the day” thanks boss for the absolute game changing advice. Honestly don’t know what I dread more going to work or coming home to my 3rd floor flat.
Yeah but who cares, I’d rather ignore my personal impact on the planet and pretend like climate change isn’t going to impact me directly
Does anyone know what happens when your indoor workspace is over 30C, does the legal safe working limit only count for outdoors?
Humans are one thing but I’m genuinely worried about the well-being of my puppy. She is going to really struggle.
EDIT: Thanks for all the comments. We know all the tips (there’s a great list here now for anyone else) it’s more that she just really struggles with the heat being only four months old and having quite thick fur. She’ll be spending the day in front of a fan with lots of frozen chews and such I think!
I’m supposed to be getting the train from Bournemouth (where we have breeze) to Oxford for the day on Monday. The trains are already a bit fucked, how likely are they to be very fucked? I don’t want to be stuck on a broken train or away from home.
The day will be spent in an air conditioned office at least, it’s the travelling I’m fearing!
Happy to be corrected but isn’t red a do not travel warning.
Can’t understand how schools can be open.
What’s Priti Patel doing about this European weather sneaking over the channel? Can’t she send it to Rwanda or something?
I thought we were supposed to have better control over our borders after Brexit.
Ah, my boss. “Well you always complain the office is cold, you won’t be doing that Monday and Tuesday ha ha”.
The site I’m working on issues a statement – “there is no maximum temperate allowance on site. We will not be closing”
Self employed too so, I either come in or lose wages during a cost of living crisis
Don’t forget to have a bit of salt to help you hold onto fluids. Chugging water all day by itself isn’t enough.
Old folks lose the feeling of being hot or thirsty, if you have old people you care about then bear this in mind when advising them.
Tape white paper inside any windows that face the sun in addition to keeping blinds and curtain closed.
If you have kids, consider child locking your fridge and freezer because they do not understand that repeated opening will heat the room not cool it.
Have a few cotton t shirts or vests ready and change through the night. Consider sleeping on your kitchen floor, have stuff ready in advance rather than having to set up at 2am when you’re exhausted and sweaty and desperate.
As a postie I’m not looking forward to Monday. At least Mondays are quiet for parcels.
McDonald’s and other similar restaurants have air conditioning units. As will some pubs, newer public libraries and co-working spaces. Good places to cool down!
and ive still got to work in a kitchen where opening the back door just a little bit is technically illegal because its a fire door 🙂
The impacts of global warming are definitely starting to arrive, the 2020s and beyond are looking fairly grim weather wise.
We need to start making Air-cons the norm in uk flats/ houses. I live on the top floor of an apartment building with 3 huge balcony doors in the front room. I’ve been struggling on the days its been 30, I can’t imagine what 40 is going to be like
The DM comment section is an absolute goldmine today.
“It was hotter than that in 76, and we had no water and we never complained”
No it wasn’t and I bet you moaned like fuck you sweaty old cunt
If we break the record on Monday, and then again on Tuesday, that will mean the record for the highest ever temperature in the UK has been broken 3 times in 3 years (the previous record was set in late July 2019).
Before 2019, the record had stood for 16 years.
We need urgent, worldwide action on climate change.
It’s already too late to prevent humanity undergoing what will be one of the worst disasters ever known but we still have time to prevent the exinction of our species…
I am absolutely taking this seriously, but the below quote from the article did make me chuckle.
>’It is the first time a red heat warning has been issued, although the extreme heat warning system was only introduced in 2021.’
The drama of the first half completely axed by the second, lol
Good job electricity is so cheap right now so I can afford to cool my home.
Just think of the size of the Spiders that will be making their way in to the house when the winter comes after this crazy heat wave.
Enjoy it while it lasts. This will be the coldest summer you’ll ever have again.
No need to worry. The NHS has been really well funded over the last 12 years so will be able to cope. No one will have to wait more than 30 mins for an ambulance, either.
Not to mention the rock solid commitment to climate change and net zero that the government has.
Oh, wait, I forgot that the Tories have been in charge and they’ve most likely got air con on expenses and a private physician to hand plus the leadership candidates have said fuck all about climate change.
I do hope their usually voting pool remembers who fucked them over when they’re wilting and can’t get medical help.
Get ready for an influx of yanks going “wow y’all think 104f is hot? Here in Bucklefuck, Texas it’s hotter than that every day!”
Nobody gives a shit mate.
If I can give some advice as a South African who has dealt with temps like these.
Obvious one out the way first, Hydration is the most important.
Avoid caffeine or other vascular restrictors.
You need a cross breeze coming through the house to clear away the hot air.
The shade of trees will help. After work get outside and find a green space with shade to relax in while you wait for the sun to go down. If you can leave doors and windows open in the house while you are out do it. That includes any interior doors. Strategically placed fans will help encourage air circulation.
No trousers.
Take your shoes and socks off where you can.
Sleep with a flat sheet if you need to cover up. Absolutely no duvets.
Cold shower just before bed and sleep on top of the damp towel.
If you have a partner, leave space for Jesus during the night.
If you start to feel the effects of heat exhaustion you need to get your core body temp down. Get as much cold in you and on you as possible. Shower/bath or swim and drink as much cold liquid as you can. Do not try and ride it out. Deal with it quickly or else it could get much worse. A few strategically placed ice packs help as well.