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[mumofoneAloneandwell]

I am not coping

It looks as though you in the North Midlands are now getting the heat that crossed us on Wednesday and Thursday.

The cloud of heat seems to be travelling north-eastwards.

Looks like it will have gone past you too by Sunday evening.

It is the extreme humidity making it 10X worse for sure.
I spilt some water filling up the cats bowl 2 days ago and the small puddle is still there!
The salt has gone all clumpy.
The towels from showering just stay damp.

It's so strange.

Well done! I bloody hope they read and act on your emails.

I’m in Essex too.
Went for a short walk up to my local shop ( who is doing a roaring trade ) and that was enough for me. It’s brutal weather today and won’t cool down for ages.

This just came into my facebook feed In the fb reactions 101 ppl used the laughing emoji. I hope those 101 fuckers fry

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/heatwave-new-builds-bifolds-hacks-37342873?utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=main&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwY2xjawSrU0ZleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETA4Zm1qNGIzeXIxR3JUc0Fjc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHvZfJr8OIUsDPppD98-cbiiBh6lkO8LotCeaKEDFm_uPmLmBx3hCtUEG7E_d_aem_pFkgrrWYZhV5_q3R34bWtA#Echobox=1782383231

I’ve read that people are hiring air con units, but it’s not cheap and you need an accessible window for the extractor hose. I guess it may be a solution for some people if you can find somewhere that has some.

Another Essex girl here. Its hell in my flat. One thing i did forget to mention (and i dont know why because ive mentioned it in previous years) is the cladding on the outside of my flat Its black yes BLACK cladding Purely for the fucking aesthetic as some flats have it and some dont. In a fucking pattern

DS 2 bought a first floor flat this year and it’s always hot for him so can sympathize! it is crazy weather.
love how supportive we are here , but even my friends who like it hot are complaining a bit now.
I have gone abroad on holiday , but it’s different isn’t it.
You have air con and pools and shade and buildings built to block out the sun. (I know holidays are different to working in it though etc. )

I've got one

I would actually say, do get one

It's not reducing the temperature that much, but it's improving the air quality. I was away, walked into the flat yesterday and started coughing within about 10 minutes.

Then I put that on. It helps. You do have to sit right next to it.

Then later, I switch it off and go outside because by the time the Sun hits the flat, it isn't worth running it because it's competing with too much heat if that makes sense

In a new build, it's in use from May to October. I say this as somebody who is permanently wearing four layers in winter. I really feel the cold. But it's more about improving the air quality.

Fuck it's hot and humid.

It didn't get lower than 30 inside overnight. Hotter upstairs.
32 downstairs. Still hotter upstairs. Left the windows open as the hot air is already in and we might as well get a bit of a draught.

Absolutely no sympathy for such people if they end up badly sun burnt and/or with heat stroke because of it... completely avoidable!!

You can tell that the tv presenters have nice air con on the go!

They had a "debate" about whether ppl should get air con on GMB
And got called out on it.
https://x.com/Michael_J_Hil/status/2070217784567447724?s=20

Im melting
Im dam angry because I can’t do nothing, but then beating myself up for being such a heat intolerant wimp, but I swear if I went outside in sun I’d be carving off strips of pork crackling within an hour. I’m just sat here watching tv scrolling and MNetting

We have recently belonged to a discount place called Mackro and they have a walk in area for the meat and veg and so on and that is positively freezing. It’s bliss to just stand there going a bit cold. The staff wear a fleece. It’s my new favorite place to visit, but the rest of the building isn’t that cold.

The problem with static air con is it’ll increase global warming , but I doubt many will worry about that!
Some small positives .. not eating as much , so may lose a pound especially with all the sweating going on at night! lol Washing is drying quickly.

I can’t sun bathe , I have fair skin and it just burns.

OMG the "put yoghurt on your windows" advice from last year has emerged again. Other countries have air con as standard. We get told to put yoghurt on our windows. The UK is fucked.

Surely yoghurt would attract flies and other nasties and also smell ? I’ve heard of a sheet up the window or curtains shut, but not yoghurt.

🤣I mean, it really is completely insane!

Yogurt on the windows 🤦🏻‍♂️

Speaking as a social housing tenant i guess its an upgrade from just incinerating us!!!!!!

Can you imagine the cost of putting air con in every school or public buildings?
.. Maybe they should have put the renovations money for Buckingham palace towards this instead of upgrading a place nobody wants to live in it seems. 🤔🤔

YOGHURT on the fucking windows. I was merely frustrated and depressed by the incessant heat a few minutes ago, now I'm FUMMING!!! 🙄

Watching Vanessa on channel 5 +1 A schoolgirl was sent home for refusing to wear tights in a heatwave and ended up missing a mock exam. Like i said the UK is fucked.

NAME THE SCHOOL

There should be some concessions for such high temperatures.

Excellent point The UK has its priorities arse about face.