Why is everyone losing their mind about 28 degrees?

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All I have seen online today are calls for schools to shut, activities to be called off, and some sort of national emergency to be declared over a few hot days.

3 years ago we got to 40 degrees where I am, and nothing closed. What’s the madness about this time?

I agree that schools should not be mithering on about blazers, and water should be available, and sports day in full sun is probably foolish. But really, closing?

North west here. All windows fully open and ac blasting when I arrived at the office at 8 am - outside temperature was 17 degrees at that time. But then my colleagues insist on the windows being open even in January.

I love wfh days when I’m not sitting in a draught swathed in jumpers!

It’s been never ending sunshine here for weeks with barely any rain, I like nice weather just not great with relentless heat. It was the strangest spring I’ve ever experienced and it’s felt like summer since early March.

Might get up to 30 degrees at the weekend and no let up forecast. 😑
I want it gone!

I’d like a cracking good storm that goes on all night - I love them, with a good downpour.

It won’t last 5 days though, it will likely last a really long time, maybe 2 months in London where I am. It’s unbearable

Cycling in/from work in sun and heat. Fantastic. Longer way home tonight just to enjoy it all. Water shortage will soon be the main headline

I was a child during the summer of 1976 when we had a heatwave in GB for 15 consecutive days (and a drought). Given the current hysteria around a few hot days in June, I beginning to wonder how we all managed to survive🫠

South east England??

That was in Lincolnshire, which is not be any means South East, yes it was hot, and no. It was extraordinary and people struggled.

I am making sure to stay indoors when it's that hot. No desire to be going out in that. It's not enjoyable. It sucks. There's nothing fun about temperatures over 16C.

This bloody enforcing of blazers by teachers in strappy tops/ shirtsleeves is nothing short of child abuse. I’m so glad I don’t have to contend with this madness.

Some school uniform is really badly designed for warm days

Yep I lived abroad in regular 40c heat and coped fine as it was all air con, tiled floors, balconies, pools, thin walls etc

Bloody hell I need to get better at reading things properly...read that as big shag🤦‍♀️

2018 heatwave was horrific. I like summer but my god I have never wanted rain so much, it was unbearable.

Because we can't cope with our entirely predictable summers or winters. It's a national hobby. Oh raining? Fml we can't cope! Snowing! Fml what is this sorcery? Hot? Fml I'm melting! Cold? Fml I'm freezing. 15c dry with a slight breeze? Fml why is it so cold / windy!

But also everything needs to be sensationalised for clickbait. We need to be constantly shocked and amazed. Sun goes down by 10pm - new thing to be scared of.

I was suitably amazed today that there wasn't a single cloud in the sky all day

I was heavily pregnant for the whole of the 2023 heatwave on the outskirts of London. It wasn’t pleasant by any means.

Blinds and curtains shut all day, feet in bowls of water with ice, cold baths etc.

I had other people asking why everything was dark and then commenting on how cool it was in the house

Because the currency of the media is fear. They want us to be afraid because it sells news.

I haven’t seen anything about schools closing because I don’t follow that sort of media.

We are told to fear:

• climate change
• terrorism
• WWIII
• being murdered on the street
• snow
• wind
• heat
• rain

I’m not saying none of these things exist, but if we listened to the hype of media we’d be quaking in our boots the whole time.

It’s no wonder anxiety is rife.

Or we could just live our lives, take sensible precautions and chill out.

I’ve had kids in school for the past 11 years and we haven’t had a single closure for the weather (or anything, except Covid). Where are you in England that it’s happening regularly?!

It got to 40 here in Kent as well.

I’m the opposite. I want more!

South east - rural area. In the 3 years my DC were at primary school here we had one closure day for a bit of snow because the teachers couldn’t get in, 1 day where it was really windy and they were worried about trees falling down so kept them at home, and one day where it was very hot so they had to stay at home 😅😅.

They also mostly shut down in the afternoons…!

It happens every year. I start seeing the phrase 'in this heat' on MN each year when it reaches about 16 degrees.

What are you eating in this heat?
What are you wearing in this heat? Etc

It's a wonder how anyone copes

I used to work in a kitchen and the temperatures would reach crazy levels. We would still have to wear chef whites and a hat. I would take a spare bra and knickers to change into on my break because i was always wet through with sweat. For most people who are relatively fit and healthy i can't see what the issue is to be in work.

Exactly - I come from a country where temperature hits 30 degrees regularly between May-September, but we are much better prepared to deal with that: air-conditioned public transport, houses that don't turn into an oven the moment the temperature exceeds 23 degrees.

In winter when it snows it's not a huge deal for drivers (unless the snow fall is significant) because we switch car tyres to 'winter tyres', which have much better grip in colder temperature or in icy/snowy conditions (unless it's a snowstorm obviously). Roads are sprayed with sand or ice to allow driving safely. The UK does not have similar capabilities, simply because it has very little regular snowfall in majority of the country, so the cost of getting prepared would exceed the cost of shutting everything down for couple of days.