To think people don’t seem to understand how hot it is predicted to be next week?

[Toohot22]

On threads expressing concern re the heat, people keep saying ‘what do you think they do in hotter countries’?

According to my BBC weather app, next Monday and Tuesdays predictions are:

35 in Lahore, Pakistan
32/33 degrees in Miami, Florida
33 and 32 degrees in Kingston, Jamaica
29 degrees in Mali (which is the worlds hottest country, apparently!)
30 in the Maldives
38 and 35 in Spain.

The current predictions for me are 36 and 37 degrees.

AIBU to think some posters don’t realise we are talking about temperatures hotter than some of the hottest countries in the world!?

There were a considerable number of excess deaths, so difficult to live through for some clearly.

We'll soon be bemoaning the cold winter days, cheer up folks, you'll be able to stress about sending your children to school when it's so cold!

This. And I lived in Australia for a couple of decades - went to school etc and am still alive to tell the tale! And have done several summers in NYC and Washington DC. Where high temperatures last for several weeks not two days.

You just change the way and the times you do things.

Some posters are getting worked up. 30 degrees really isn’t an impediment to school or work or outdoor pursuits

I haven’t read all the replies but surely it has been said that the truly terrifying thing that this heatwave coming down the tracks is almost certainly the result of human-related global warming.

All over the world are wildfires (Portugal) , floods (Germany, Sri Lanka), drought (Italy, California, etc), weird hurricanes (Normandy) and hailstorms (Mexico). Never mind England, have you seen France?

What if this is the coolest summer we will ever see again? When are we going to wake up to the climate emergency? :-(

Presumably parents will vote with their feet, and tell the school their kids aren’t taking part? There’s no way mine would be doing that, I’m not over dramatic, but it sounds dangerous in that heat.

YABU.

I lived abroad for years and summer temperatures where I lived were regularly 36/37 degrees and often hotter e.g. 39/40/41. I worked from 9-5 in an office without air conditioning. Kids went to school without air conditioning. Everything functioned as normal. Yes, it was hot, but things didn't grind to a halt and definitely not at 36 degrees!

When I visited DH's home country one summer, the temperature went up to 47 degrees. Now that was hot! But the kids were still in school, people were still working etc. Most people didn't have air conditioning at home, though many had electric fans. 36 degrees would have been a welcome relief.

Of course, temperatures of 36/37 degrees do cause problems in the UK, and a lot of people will be at risk next week. I think the main problem is that British people just don't know how to keep themselves safe in the heat. In countries where the temperature regularly exceeds those levels, people are better educated on how to manage it. They know what to do to keep their homes cool and how to dress to keep themselves cool. They know to stay well hydrated. They know not to over exert themselves in the hottest part of the day. They know to stay in the shade etc. I'm amazed at how ignorant lots of British people are about this stuff, and it inevitably leads to problems.

I did school sport plus Pony Club all through the Australian summer. When it was over 30 degrees we were allowed to take our (wool) hacking jackets off and ride in long short sleeves at horse shows.

We had 5 days in a row at 36 degrees during the last proper heatwave ,2018? It was roasting.

Look again then.
London and the SouthEast is forecast between 37 and 40 Monday and Tuesday, for a start.

Try adding a face mask and a plastic apron and then gloves in the heat and occasionally heating also on .It was unbearable last week so I am dreading it .Roll on the vile headache caused by the heat.

Yes, I don't get the posts going on about UK houses being insulated and hot. My Australian fibro house had no insulation and heated up like a tent (then got to single digits inside in winter). I couldn't afford to run aircon or a heater. It doesn't get as hot here in the UK of course but I swear my well insulated new build here does better in both extremes.

Hot temperatures like this bring on my seizures…seriously. I’m not looking forward to it.

I would definitely not be allowing her to go - no way.

I’m in complete denial.
Every year we are warned about record breaking heatwaves, snow storms, more rain than we have ever seen … It never happens.
Having said that, If it does get as hot as they are predicting, I know I will hate every minute of it.

Where I grew up the temperature is 18-24 year round... except sometimes it goes down to 14 & sometimes >> 35. Just for a few days at a time.

Few had aircon when I was growing up.
We coped (!!)

ps: our rain was like that, too, mostly none else giant heavy storm when rain did come.

I’ve lived in Latin America, Central America first and really struggled with heat and humidity. Then lived in Chile. Hot but a much dryer climate. Took me about 2 years to get used to the heat,

I’m sure next week’s heat will be a nightmare. I can cope because I’ll just slow down and keep hydrated. My German Shepards though, I’m quite concerned about them, 2 are quite old.

DH seems unconcerned about his DF, 89 yrs old and living on the edge of London. We’re going to London to meet a business contact from Latin America.

I am somewhat apprehensive even though it is only two days as I and my colleagues will be driving busses without air .com for ten to twelve hours. No air .com and certainly no chance of taking a breather whenever we choose. Our temps are predicted to 35 and 36 degrees. Just as we worked during the pandemic in a high risk job.

Eh? Most modern air conditioning systems are heat pumps which do not produce any harmful emissions.

You lot with your dryers are doing far more damage. Unless you have a pump dryer.

Never happens? Are you kidding? It’s happening everywhere.

Don't any of you doom mongers ever go on holiday abroad to a hot country? Do you spend the duration moaning about hot it is? Has nobody ever heard a of electric fan?

You are arguing with someone who is saying the same thing as you.

Don't any of you doom mongers ever go on holiday abroad to a hot country? Do you spend the duration moaning about hot it is?

As an adult, no, I wouldn't be looking to go to a hot country.

As a child/teen I went to hot countries plenty, but spent the majority of the time in a cold outdoor pool or in an air-conned room. Cooler evenings by the seafront. Otherwise, yes, fairly miserable. Jamaica as a teen was awful.

This

It is going to be hotter than normal for around two days and I think we will all cope.

But you have air con everywhere in oz 🤷🏻‍♀️

I have been living in hot countries for almost a decade. I used to live in the Middle East where temperatures where almost 50 degrees. His was a dry heat like an oven.

However when I went home to the UK, the direct and powerful sun seemed much more unbearable, even at much lower temperatures. More like a grill than an oven.

I now live in a hot European country and have air conditioning, but didn't always. Its not guaranteed that all homes have it. I'm still not used to the heat but what tips me over the edge is being too hot plus mosquito bites. I can handle one at a time but not together. I can cope with heatwaves in the UK because I know they a) don't involve being cannibalised by insects and b) won't last long. The heat here lasts for months and can be depressing as being covered in a constant film of sweat for months on end is grim.