To be worried about next weeks heat for my dd’s school trip

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Dd is 12 is going on a camping trip with the school next week. Temperatures due to 37 degrees! They are staying under canvas and doing water activities. I’m really worried the head will be too much.

Once a year at most

We go every year in summer and it's always been far hotter, one year we reached 39 in Epcot, don't forget the parks are sun traps, the general area might be lower but when you're in the middle of sun valley it's far warmer

Millions of Children walk around disneyworld in 37plus degree heat every year

When you book Disneyworld you know it will be hot

But we know it will be hot next week too.

It's not ridiculous to worry. Heat exhaustion can be very sudden. We probably dooooon't need to overworry, but I remember reading a horribly sad story last year about an American family that went for a hike, with water, and didn't make it back. Everyone was convinced they'd been poisoned/murdered, but no, it was the heat. I'm not saying it to panic people but saying 'well Disney gets hot' is oversimplifying things. My school cancelled a school disco and I'm glad. 150 kids dancing in a hall with no air-con in 37 degrees? Madness!

I’d rather you care about your children than not OP but I do think this country generally is being pathetic about this (not that it makes any change- it is about everything lately). It’s not even happened yet. It should be a case of it’s it too warm then children can choose to stay at home and miss out.

People who can't see the difference in supervising their own children in Disney where shops and cafes are air con, drinks are plentiful and you can make sure the rest in the shade to cool down and a child on a school trip travelling on a hot bus with friends, forgetting to top up suntan lotion and not drinking enough are being completely ridiculous 🤷‍♀️

My dc school have moved the school disco to the shady playground and incorporated a water fight for the older dc. I've just bought a portable air con unit for the house and it is heavenly - I can't sleep in the heat and that is draining me

The Met office has today put something out to explain exactly why you can't compare the heat in the UK with many other countries - like it's much more humid here, which means you can't sweat as much to cool down.

It is way more humid in subtropical climates like the south-eastern USA than it is here. Anyone who has spent a day outside in Florida in July has no business moaning about one day of heat in the UK.

@Tillow4ever

"The Met office has today put something out to explain exactly why you can't compare the heat in the UK with many other countries - like it's much more humid here, which means you can't sweat as much to cool down."

The "many" in that statement is quite important, and also I'd hate to think that the Mat Office is leaving the impression that the UK has some special levels of humidity because humidity varies and it's rarely that exceptional:

For example this evening the relative humidity at Heathrow is 35%
At the same time in Paris it's much higher at 50%
and, no surprise, Singapore is at 94%.

it will be interesting to see what is actually reported next week.

Oh, and having spent time outdoors in Florida, very briefly, working, I agree with ManateeFair that the climate in that part of the world can be really horrid.

My dd is on a camping trip too. East Lancs if it’s the same one. Apparently teachers were laughing about the weather forecast. Not exactly filling me with confidence that they’ll be looking out for the kids.

We were in France last week in 27C and my very sensible teen dd got mild sunstroke walking through a town for about 45 mins. She had been drinking enough, wearing sunscreen, etc, but developed a dreadful headache and was sick. Basically her head got too hot. Thankfully after a few hours in the shade she felt a lot better.
37C is far too hot to be doing activities for several hours outdoors with young kids who are not used to it. I understand where you're coming from, OP.