To think this heatwave is a bad as the last?

Today is flippin roasting. Central Scotland - 26 degrees in my bedroom when I woke up. Dog went out for 10 mins and it was too hot for him already.
Planning to do what I did yesterday. Awake in morning. Sleep in the afternoon with fans or AC on. Awake in the evening. Scottish siesta. Not too words I ever thought would go together. Thankfully cooling off tonight and expecting some rain (hooray). I wonder if traditionally hot countries will see a reduction in their tourist numbers as more people stay at home because their own country is getting hotter.

It's not just the heat, it's the humidity. No wind at all today. Thank god I bought two AC units several years ago. They are really effective although noisy to run.

It's horrible in the classroom and drinking more means needing the loo, which you can't go to until break time. Awful!

Things like this are weird. It's like the covid virus. Everyone behaved as though the world was ending and we were stuck inside our houses and climate change is killing the planet, but huge data centres are being built everywhere which are heating the local atmosphere (and presumably contributing to climate change). Not to mention the world ending water consumption.

Changeable narratives.

It’s slightly cooler, by 2-3 degrees. They never last either, it’s been a few days and I think starts to cool from tomorrow again. We need to get a grip.

We have to get on with it now, its the new normal i think every year is gonna be the same.

I had A/C fitted a few year back when we hit the 40 mark, noway was i going through that again.

How hard is it to put in air conditioning? Is there some mysterious rocket science to it? Why were new buses commissioned in London without any air con?

35C here (Midlands.) Well, it is going to be that later (maybe even hotter! I have noticed that the temperature is often 2-3 degrees C hotter than predicted!)

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Well ok

You must be somewhere different then

So am I and it really isn’t. There a constant wind as usual.

As my friend in Italy said, she feels sorry for us Brits as a, we are not used to it and b, not set up for it! No air con in homes, lots of homes have carpets etc.

I can see air conditioning companies making a fortune in the next few years!

But no, schools shouldn't keep closing, people and schools need to adapt.

Sometimes you just cannot show resilience when you are so hot you could faint/vomit/ can't think straight......
Unless schools put in sufficient air con ,blinds and fans , and relax their ridiculously strict uniform rules kids however resilient are never going to feel comfortable in these high temperatures and they aren't going to be learning as they would in a comfortable environment.

You have to remember there is an ideological opposition to air conditioning from the net zero zealots. They'd rather people died of heatstroke than install air conditioning. It's why Paris is so poorly air conditioned. The unions are now threatening to go on strike.

That’s not what I said at all…

Ridiculous. So if the whole summer were above 30, you'd close schools for the duration? Maybe put the whole country on a standstill? Just get on with it, jesus. It's a bit hot. Yes, I'm in the south, fyi.

Air cons are the answer, not moaning and boarding up.

DD goes to school, and out with friends after. Drinks lots of water. Haven't heard a single moan, not during this 'heatwave', not the previous ones (yes, the schools were closed, but she was out and about all day). It's always the teachers, the moaniest profession of them all.

Would you rather there was no emergency services available for those that do need service?
Summer is always our busiest period but of course more people out of work and school usually means more accidents etc.
Closing schools is not the answer. Kids still need an education even in hot places.
Am I in favour of scrapping ridiculously expensive school uniforms and dressing children up in uncomfortable itchy hot clothes for school like most other countries - yep!
Do I wish all schools / offices / hospitals etc had air con - yep!
Should all houses have air con - yep probably!
Do I think there is public money to make that happen - absolutely not.
If you wanted to fundraise for your local school / hospital / whatever other place to install air con I'm sure they'd be thrilled and very grateful!
If not - what are you expecting?

Surely it being so busy is the biggest sign that we as a country can’t cope with this heat?

It is hot but here the last heatwave was 39 and this is 30

It's much less humid. 3/4 degrees lower temps and the nights are cooling sufficiently to prevent massive heat build up in buildings.
Life has to go on.
I work in the emergency services and summer is out busiest demand period. We have a huge spike in demand over heatwaves. When the schools & childcare was closed our kids don't just magicly exist. We have to be at home looking after them and not at work when the public call for service.
None of us have air con, we were all still wearing uniform etc the only difference was we were running creches ad Hoc around our teams to try and look after the kids and offer a service still. It was frankly ridiculous!

Kids can be kept safe at school and they will cope. My kids school are all in PE kit, are using shaded areas for outdoor play, keeping them hydrated. I really appreciate them staying open & think they're doing a fantastic job is adapting things to manage through the hotter weather just like everyone else that does essential jobs.

It’s horrible. The country is just not set up for this kind of heat, especially when it is so prolonged. I’ve been wondering whether there will be a shift towards a more Mediterranean lifestyle if this continues, eg siesta and later nights. Yes, we have to adapt, but adapting shouldn’t be just putting up with it - it’s miserable and can be dangerous.

We need to start building infrastructure that works in the heat. This is the new normal.

Aircon in all public buildings, schools, hospitals etc. public transport that is adequately air conditioned, not like the trains we have now where they regularly get to 40+ degrees! Cities designed for cooling, not the heat traps we have now. We need to make major changes if we’re expected to just get on with it.

It's been horribly hot here for almost a week, near Oxford.

It’s not as hot no, but is still very hot. My son’s school in Berkshire is closing early, after lunch yesterday and today. Classrooms are 32c at 6.30am without anyone in them. I’m struggling more this week than I was in the hotter week, I’m not sure why. I think it’s all too much for too long now

Where I am it’s the same if not worse. So I agree it’s different messaging / not as panicky.

But overall I do think we should just get on with it. We can’t just stop the whole nation for weeks at a time.

Again, we used to have trees in our shopping areas. We've just had a revamp of the whole region (Knowsley) and they've taken the trees up. Luckily huyton has got swamps and bats, or there'd be nothing left.

Yes, my colleagues who are on the south coast were whinging about the heat yesterday and then i found out that it only got to 26 there yesterday, meanwhile here we are much further north and we got to enjoy 33 degrees