AIBU to be fed up with the heatwave hysteria?

[Freshtona]

I'm getting a bit sick of the heat hysteria.

Yes it's going to be very hot for the next few days. So stay hydrated and out of the sun. Be sensible, take precautions. It's not difficult.

Millions of people around the world endure hot temperatures and yes it's uncomfortable for these few days but the crap British weather will be back soon, fear not.

People are acting quite over the top about it imo.

I got told of on a differnt thread because i said i have air con fitted.
Due to the last heatwave i planned not to suffer if we have another one.
But the words air con and planning get you told off.

Unfortunately I cannot deal with any raise in temperature well. I have erythromyalgia which causes red rashes on my skin which burn intensely. The heat is really aggravating this. My whole body feels like it’s on fire. I have three fans on me at the moment and my skin is still burning. All I want to do is put ice on my skin, but I can’t as it can cause tissue damage. I’ve tried everything I can think of. I feel so ill, hot and in pain. To many like me, with medical conditions and disabilities, heatwaves are a big deal. Not everyone can deal with the heat, many will die because of it. Those who love the heat and can cope with it, fine, great, but not everyone can, and that doesn’t mean they are being hysterical. We are trying to stay alive in difficult conditions.

As they should be. However there is a big difference between taking precautions and the outright hysteria on many of these threads.

A coat? You're having a laugh unless you are trying to suffer from heatstroke. It's been 34 degrees here and tomorrow is up to 39. All schools are shut, even nurseries are shutting early and several small shops near us are closing around 1.
It's not a joke. People die in this heat. Yes next week looks cooler and thank goodness because as much as I like the heat, this is unbearable.
Maybe you aren't in a red area but a coat is still ridiculous.
OP if you don't like reading about it then scroll past, you don't have to read about it.

Where I grew up we hit 35-38°C for a week or 2 at a time over the Summer months and staying at 27-30°C for those cooler days. Nobody died prematurely, schools stayed open (but we sometimes were allowed to leave an hour earlier) people carried on working.
The only difference to the uk is that we have lots of lakes and outdoor swimming pools to cool down in.

I'm sure people will be just fine as long as they are sensible. (Plenty to drink, stay in shade / indoors and get a cold food bath or shower!)

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@MarieAntoinetteQueenOfFrance why do you think people die prematurely now?

For some people, as detailed in posts above, yes it’s a serious concern. But for others it’s just a matter of adapting for a couple of days and following sensible advice. For the latter group panicking needlessly doesn’t help anyone.

Ooh look at me, surviving the heat!! Fuck right off.

I’m certainly not asking for special dispensation for myself, yet my FIL has COPD (20% lung capacity as it goes and has oxygen 24 hours a day) and my DF has severe Asthma. Stick them on a bus shall we and tell them to carry on regardless because everyone else has to?

Don’t have an air conditioned car? ‘Well that’s your fault’. Late for work? ‘Well leave earlier’.

Old school mentality, end of. No, I’m not talking about ‘well I don’t cope well in the heat’, I’m talking about people who could literally die because of the conditions. So up yours for bowing down and complying.

Bullshit and/or bully for you.

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I've seen so many posts on my FB feed from my peer group (50s) scoffing at the idea this is anomalous because "we survived the summer of 76" and I'm a bit embarrassed at their self centred and superior stance, as while a good number will be able to take all the sensible measures, there are plenty of vulnerable groups that are at real risk - elderly, children, animals and the homeless to name a few.

Also, it's not just the heat - thunderstorms can cause all sorts if havoc, just check out videos from the cloudburst that had the streets of Glastonbury looking like rivers last night I think it was.

Are we so far gone as a society that any attempt to mitigate / educate on the effects of what is extreme weather with an infrastructure not designed for it is regarded as "hysteria"?

I believe one child has already died in a hot car, so keep on with the "hysteria" if it makes people more aware and such tragedies can be avoided.

Gosh this is really sad. There’s always this side of things that nobody thinks about.

Respect to your mum for what she does. My Nan is in cognitive decline due to mismanagement of her diabetes over the years and it’s a hard thing to watch.

@Freshtona and @JustinesGraspingAvaricelet me guess? You’re in the north? I think anyone commenting on a weather thread to say ‘oh you’re all babies’ should say which region they live in. Or whether they work in an air con office. Maybe you don’t work and just sit in your pants all day eating ice cream. The south is boiling hot. It’s a red weather warning. But I’m sure you both know better.

No you're the one being silly.

Yes it's now common to get temperatures in the high twenties every summer. It is not common to have temperatures in the high thirties up to 40 every summer.

Temperature records are going to be broken tomorrow and Thursday. My granddaughter's secondary school is closed tomorrow and Thursday because the buildings are not designed for heat as high as predicted and they cannot keep the pupils safe.

This week's heat is abnormal.

Its the same every year when there is a heatwave.
Then in the winter a couple of inches of snow and the whole country shuts down

Live in the north do you?

Just a coat? I'm under a duvet with a hot water bottle. Kindly, @JustinesGraspingAvarice, are you quite fat?

How very dare you madam. I am not "northern" I was born and still live in Surrey, I'll have you know.
I expect you'll accuse me of eating at Greggs, or whatever the dreadful place is called

Well now that you have started a thread to talk about the heatwave.... maaan its hot as hell tonight isn't it?! How the flip am I going to sleep?

Anyone feeling the need to wear a coat at 35 degrees really should see a doctor as there is clearly something wrong with their body's temperature control.

It’s a red warning where I live. My child’s primary school has closed as they don’t have enough windows to provide adequate ventilation to keep the children comfortable.

It’s due to hit 37 degrees where we live tomorrow with an ever higher “feels like” temperature.

I have a job where we have to wear trousers and closed toe shoes and a work issued tunic top (think nurse / carer style top - synthetic and horrible).

I’m in the office based role tomorrow rather than out with patients, we have no air conditioning and it was 36 degrees in the office today at 6pm, didn’t check earlier in the day but bet it was higher!

One of my colleagues was sent home sick today as she fainted due to heat.

Not hysteria at all, heat like this, when you are not used to it, can be dangerous!

I honestly don’t know what all the fuss is about, yes there’s people with cognitive decline putting their jumpers and fires on, but for us “normal” people, is there a risk to life, I mean is there really?

I'm perimenopausal, god damn I’ve been sweating, but closing schools? I feel like people are bending to “everyone else is doing it so we should” and quite frankly it’s silly, a couple of years ago I was sat waiting for my daughter to finish school and according to my car it was 40 degrees, no mention of schools closing. Makes me feel like I’m in some sort of parallel universe.

I’m fed up of people moaning about heatwave hysteria. Juts do your thing and let others do theirs.
Also maybe try and understand that everyone deals with these things differently, some struggle hugely. And it’s a lot worse in some places and some situations.

Couldnt agree more. Its the first item on the news. It's even worse than snow hysteria. I think more emphasis should be put on warning young people to stay away from reservoirs and lakes and so on.Swimming in them can be extremely dangerous and these accidents are avoidable. Dont swim in reservoirs.