> The sudden spike in deaths on 19 and 20 July 2022, when temperatures rose above 40C (104F) for the first time on record, was revealed by the Office for National Statistics in data detailing daily deaths.
> “There is an absolutely huge spike on each of these two days,” said Prof Sir David Spiegelhalter, chair of the Winton centre for risk and evidence communication at the University of Cambridge. “Deaths due to cold tend to be much more diffuse over time. Heat can kill more suddenly. These excess deaths are just because of the heat because the spike is so clear. It is rare to get a spike like that unless there is a massive accident. It is extraordinary data and shows the harm of extreme heat.”
Climate change is only going to get worse before it gets better, expect higher death figures in 2023 and, especially, in 2024.
Meanwhile, we have had jokers like David TC Davies (Con) in parliament
Getting proper aircon installed for my bedroom and living room shortly.
800 deaths associated with heat every year compared to 60,000 from cold, but the guardian will have you think the worlds about to end.
When climate protesters block a road there are hundreds of comments from people calling them murderers for potentially blocking an ambulance and claiming that climate change doesn’t affect us here in the UK but the reality is that excess heat deaths are already killing a lot of people in this country and it’s projected to get much worse in coming years. People are literally dying and the worst that climate protesters are doing is a mild bit of disruption, maybe we could stop pretending that the real threat to the country is activists and not inaction.
My uncle committed suicide that day, we were advised not to see him after due to heat making him decompose quicker.
It was a horrific two days. I actually fear the summers now.
On hot days a lot of people get ridiculously drunk and act like utter morons for some reason
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> The sudden spike in deaths on 19 and 20 July 2022, when temperatures rose above 40C (104F) for the first time on record, was revealed by the Office for National Statistics in data detailing daily deaths.
> “There is an absolutely huge spike on each of these two days,” said Prof Sir David Spiegelhalter, chair of the Winton centre for risk and evidence communication at the University of Cambridge. “Deaths due to cold tend to be much more diffuse over time. Heat can kill more suddenly. These excess deaths are just because of the heat because the spike is so clear. It is rare to get a spike like that unless there is a massive accident. It is extraordinary data and shows the harm of extreme heat.”
Climate change is only going to get worse before it gets better, expect higher death figures in 2023 and, especially, in 2024.
Meanwhile, we have had jokers like David TC Davies (Con) in parliament
> It is time for the Government to stop pandering to green ideology, and recognise it for [codswallop](https://conservativehome.com/2013/06/08/from-davidtcdavies-its-time-to-stand-up-to-the-the-bullying-green-hypocrites/) it really is. There are gaping holes in the theory that man made CO2 is the cause of the less than one degree increase in average global temperatures over the last 300 years. These have been well set out by Lord Lawson.
Getting proper aircon installed for my bedroom and living room shortly.
800 deaths associated with heat every year compared to 60,000 from cold, but the guardian will have you think the worlds about to end.
When climate protesters block a road there are hundreds of comments from people calling them murderers for potentially blocking an ambulance and claiming that climate change doesn’t affect us here in the UK but the reality is that excess heat deaths are already killing a lot of people in this country and it’s projected to get much worse in coming years. People are literally dying and the worst that climate protesters are doing is a mild bit of disruption, maybe we could stop pretending that the real threat to the country is activists and not inaction.
My uncle committed suicide that day, we were advised not to see him after due to heat making him decompose quicker.
It was a horrific two days. I actually fear the summers now.
On hot days a lot of people get ridiculously drunk and act like utter morons for some reason