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!?

I don't work now but when I did I found it was better to be at work when it was very hot or cold, aircon in the summer and heating in the winter, I don't think I would be choosing to wfh.

Get a paddling pool

@User5386509 unfortunately my office has no air con if it did I'd ask to spend the night!

^just to add dd will be going to school, and I'll be going to my glass fronted office with no aircon, it will be uncomfortable but we'll crack on.

Bootcamp and 5 hour hike? Nope.

Agreed, if you have aircon at work why would you wfh? Only benefit is avoiding the whingers who run around complaining about the heat and you just want to say 'well sit the fuck down and chill the fuck out and you won't be so bloody hot!'

I think there will be deaths in British schools next week, they don’t seem to be sensible about staying inside. During the 30 degrees heat they sent my kids out to play for 2.5 hours in the middle of day this week.
On Monday next week they have an outdoor trip planned which will include 2 miles of walking. However many bottles of iced water I provide I can imagine her still being ill after.

@Prettypussy very helpful for people with serious lung conditions. A paddling pool with sought then out….

User , there may well be!

We entrust school with our dc but they are not medically trained and usually it's down to the reach or ta who may all have different ideas on what to do! One teacher may be adamant they stay inside, anther insists they go out.

It's a well know fact abroad, that the English have often little 'common sense' and are quite hapless when in less accommodating natural environments. It's because we never had to deal with it. It's why English children wear shorts to school in winter while Eastern Europeans send theirs in warm puffer jackets and cardigans all attending the same school.

Lol , does that mean that the Welsh , Scottish and N Irish have common sense. I've never seen school children wear shorts in winter. Are from outside of the UK where this fact is from ? Is it the whole of 'abroad '?

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It's between 38 and 40 degrees in Dubai, which corresponds to the temperature we had when we were there; so much hotter than here. Yes, it was very hot, but the country was adapted to the heat. You didn't see anyone on the streets. The sea water was hot, and so was my friend's swimming pool early in the morning.
It's unpleasant, but we will have to deal with it. Stay indoors as much as possible.

I agree Op. I have a friend in florida and he’s so dismissive of it. ‘We have that every day here’

yes you twat, I know but it’s NOT NORMAL here. We’re having temperatures that are 10-15c higher than what’s NORMAL for these places. That’s a significant step ABOVE normal and our infrastructure, our homes are not prepared for it couple that with parts of the country experiencing drought.

if any of these hotter countries had heats 10-15c above normal, and the northwest USA did last year iirc. It would certainly be talked about and they wouldn’t be as dismissive.

it’s a shock to the body to go from 20c to 30c over night and a lot of people will struggle to drink enough water, to keep cool and many don’t have the choice to stay home, rest a bit more during the hottest part of the day nor so many people have the allowance to adjust their clothing as uniforms for work can be really strict. It takes a few days to adjust to that change.

its 8am and already 20c here outside. It’s pleasant but I know by lunchtime it’ll be unbearable for a lot of people. I’m struggling to keep my vegetables watered and shaded. Local farmers are going to be struggling just as much so in the back of my mind I can see this creating lower yields in some crops.

oh and if everyone could be a star and put out bowls of water under their hedges/in shaded areas and in a higher spot for birds plus saucers with water and some stones or gravel in it for insects, butterflies and bees that would be great. Wildlife too is going to be struggling to find water so the little bits that we can do to help the better.

All these posters saying it's a couple of days it'll be fine how about the elderly or little ones who just cannot cope with it for just one day.
And without a doubt this is climate change happening right now so I'd imagine we will be in for temperatures like this more consistently in the further

Thank you to the posters giving advice on how to cope I've sent it to my nan!

But it's not everywhere...from North Yorkshire upwards it is just a bit hot. Durham upwards isn't even hitting 25 degrees next week.

BBC weather forecast is 33 on Tuesday for Newcastle. 25 forecast every day after today.

*above 25

@SliceOfCakeCupOfTea

This is leyburn! 37 is not just a bit over 25

Three days in the north west - 31, 36, then 38! 🥵

It is climate change in action- very hot countries are getting hotter too. We had a 50 degree day last year which is unheard of here. The UK might be uncomfortable but lots of places will soon be uninhabitable.
And this is what it really boils down to. A few days in the mid to late 30s in some parts of the U.K. should really not be such a big deal (if people are sensible) but it should make us remember the countries that were already hot and over the coming years and decades will become uninhabitable.

Loving 13C with rain showers this morning. Bliss.☺️

It's why English children wear shorts to school in winter while Eastern Europeans send theirs in warm puffer jackets and cardigans all attending the same school.

And are the English children who have chosen to wear shorts (in their heated schools) perishing of hypothermia?

15° and raining here. Due to get up to 24° on Monday - wo hoo!

What are your wise observations on the rest of the UK @Roballdo ? Or are you one of those tiresome people who thinks UK = England and the English and the rest of us don't exist?

What people don't understand is that the UK has extreme humidity compared to many extremely hot countries which makes all the difference. Also, in hoter countries many people have airconditions and almost all public buildings/services so the government make news announcements saying that any vulnerable and elderly people who do not have A/C can stay there during the day. The demand for electricity due to the constant use of the A/Cs in the summer is so big that in the 90s at least there were agreements between neighbouring countries to transfer free electricity when it was mostly needed: we need it mostly in summer to run our A/Cs, you need it during your colder winters to warm your houses so there was electricity exchange.

As I said - hard of thinking… Everyone can struggle with extreme temperatures. Those acclimatised to extreme temperatures will cope better and understand better how to adjust their behaviour, so there won’t be a dramatic effect on emergency services, etc, when countries accustomed to 37c hit 37c. Very poor, hot countries will also have a far higher tolerance level for climate-related death, which no doubt helps their perspective on it. Rich hot countries will be better set up to deal with health problems caused by heat and will have the infrastructure to minimise the risks. As for unpredictable weather, droughts, floods, sudden heatwaves, hurricanes, cold snaps, etc, these are a threat to food security and thus life around the planet. So just casually saying it’s only a couple of days is basically saying it’s absolutely fine that the country is utterly unprepared for the effects of sudden heat on its population.

If you mean globally, obviously.

I’m talking about the village of #<%>€ in the North of England where I live.