To not understand the constant panic

[Panicnomore]

I'm finding it so incredulous to see the level of panic and hysteria on here about a 2 day heatwave.
Posters seem to be hyping each other up. Can humans no longer cope with anything outside of their comfort zone?

we’ve never seen 40 before, which is currently predicted where I am.

I think it's the 40 which is sending people into panic mode. In reality 40 is not some mythical point where people are going to spontaneously combust - it really feels no different to 39 or 38.

I would imagine that is what the OP is referring to, that activities which are fine to go ahead are being cancelled due to hysteria and completely out of proportion risk assessment.

I'm ND and the heat causes a sensory overload that results in total meltdowns, pardon the pun. I cannot hack sweat on my skin, the slight itch that comes with the heat. I end up crying! I do have some ways to cope, I have got water bottles, except they're frozen. A whole drawer in the freezer. I ended up defrosting an entire drawer of crap just to be ready.

Where did you read this, Facebook?

If there was any risk to water supply in our 2 day heatwave they'd have the army delivering water and there'd be a hosepipe ban. There is neither.

‘These people’ ? Read the thread. There are plenty of people on there who aren’t in a state of panic.

Hot water bottles I meant. As in the rubber ones

I'm not panicking. People need need to make sure their pets are cool. The fans will be on at home. You do come across as a bit of a knob though. Old people and a lot of people will struggle with the heat as it's not normal for us.

Actually resilience is about learning how to tolerate things which are uncomfortable and unpleasant and getting through that. There are sometimes mitigations and plan which can reduce or avoid the unpleasantness but resilience is about dealing with things that you dont want to given the choice.

We haven't had a lot of rain lately though and that is a worry. People use a lot of water. The pipes are bursting everywhere around here too
It's not just the heat that is a cause for concern

Routinely, operative word.

Ah, so you agree that the threads which are helping people do precisely that, by understanding the warnings and swapping information on possible mitigations is a good thing after all?

And that understanding that there is about to be extreme and potentially dangerous weather is a good thing for preparedness and therefore resilience. After all, one would not want to crumble when crumbling was avoidable.

"Most" of the country has not been in a heatwave this week - we don't all live down south. It's been cold, grey, windy and rainy where I am today (North Yorks). I have had my hot water bottle out.

Those who deplore misogyny

Wait for the winter and those who are moaning will be saying its too cold and tge heating bills are too high.

If you cant engage in conversations for fear of getting upset about words which have roots going back thousands of years, I feel sorry for you.

Yes, it is two days but the infrastructure is not built to allow humans to cope

It will be uncomfortable, it will be inconvenient and there will be a need to be cautious and sensible - e.g. make sure you are well hydrated, if your already feeling unwell for another reason and an exceptionally sweaty, hot commute is likely to exacerbate that, then probably best to avoid.
That is not synonymous with humans in general not being able to cope. That makes it sound like all people are likely to not make it through the journey, which is obviously not the case. I think this is the sort of ‘panic’ the OP was talking about. It’s an over dramatic attitude and the language around it is deliberately sensationalist. I think some people, although acting worried, just get a kick out of it.

@thefatpotato ww don’t get wildfires (as spontaneous combustion in the wild) in the uk. What we do get is fires started by total idiots because they think
its fun to do, or because they are selfish.- so started by discarded cigarettes, having bbqs in dry brush landscapes, leaving litter such as glass which catch the sunsrays and start fires on heathland etc etc. all human activity originating fires. Not spontaneous combustion. Sadly we get these fires regardless of weather.
I am not including spontaneous fire in hay barns, recycling centres, compost heaps in this because with careful management they can be prevented - (sadly our local recycling center refuse to follow the fire departments advice in this, but hey only two fires so far this year, that record is yet to be broken).

The Met office have started reporting things in the way where they describe things as 'dangerous' or give 'warnings' completely in alignment with modern sensibilities.

Have you mistakenly used sensibilities instead of science ?

Most people with a bit of common sense and some weather related mitigations, will be fine, hot and miserable, but fine, we all know that.
There will be some things that could be effected by extreme heat such as transport which will mean a reduced or alternative service, pain in the arse but not immediately life threatening.
There will also be a lot of people who will need help and advice to keep safe, so small children, the elderly, those who cannot regulate their temperature as easily as you and me, people who are undergoing treatment for various conditions and those who take any of the many medications which have an unfortunate effect on the human body combined with high temperatures.
Far easier to ignore all that and pretend the Met office is pandering to snowflakes when they are just pointing out the bleeding obvious !

Anyone tried to see their GP recently...

@antifascist
Seeing GP is easy for many now.

Snowflakes melt in the heat 😅

Been in the heat wave for the last week?
Nonsense. Most of us have gone about our daily business.

What do you mean 'after all'?

I dont agree the weather is dangerous, in the true sense of the word no but it doesnt take much prep to feel its hot outside and put on the right clothes.

Have you ever been to Britain? All of our buildings are designed to retain heat. None of our infrastructure is designed to withstand 40 degree heat. It would be like Australia experiencing blizzards.

They do have snow in Australia you know. As for all this "our buildings are designed to retain heat" - what does this mean? I wasn't aware that the UK is classed as being among the coldest places in the world. Some parts of the world have very cold winters and very hot summers without the hysteria some of you are exhibiting - and contrary to what MN seems to think, the whole world does not have air con. Australia, much like where I live, has buildings which are designed for neither heat nor cold, so we either bake or freeze, and yet somehow we cope. I have seen numerous threads on MN about how people won't be able to deal with conditions we face every winter because they won't be able to heat the whole house to a comfortable temperature. I suspect the majority of people in Australia are more pragmatic and just get on with things.

However, as it seems the summers are going to get hotter in the future maybe it's time the UK started preparing for it.