The Weather.

Benny Bunter

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my friend went to india to do some farming but he had to come back cos people were getting really ill. no way of leaving the house between 11 and 5.
It's no joke, I know quite a few people who've come down ill last couple of days, it fucks you up.
 

shakahislop

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bit annoyed that i'm not there to see what england is like in 39 degrees. ancient things melting. a historic first. a new record. i know these comparisons are slightly bullshit but the idea that didcot is going to be as hot as kandahar in the summer, if only a day, is blowing my noggin
 

luka

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it was fine up until about now. it's starting to feel hot now, or at least im sweating. maybe cos of going downstairs to buy a bottle of vodka, fizzy water and a load of limes.
 

Corpsey

bandz ahoy
I don't really mind the heat, though as a pale corpse like man (hence the nickname) I'm not built for it

But it's really depressing and scaring me cos of what it presumably represents

The sour pill coarsened by having to write puff pieces about the wonders of the fucking metaverse 🙄
 

Benny Bunter

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It actually cooled down a few degrees here today to 'only' 40 but still horrible.

I went out yesterday at midday and there was a breeze that was like someone aiming a hairdryer at your face.
 

wild greens

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I have been working on well-ventilated air conditioned sites the last few weeks and these two days have been a revelation really, stepping out the doors every couple of hours and feeling like you've just got off a plane somewhere Mediterranean, that first punch of heat and the air feels hot on your lungs

We have had some lads working outside for us, though, and you see the stupid essex bravado take over. Have you put on suncream lads, i have 50 and 30 at the board there. Oh yeah of course we have mate, but he's red as beetroot; what's the point if you don't want to look after yourself at least a bit.

The glory of the air conditioned car; i was coming home yesterday listening to Kashif and got stuck at the bridge for half an hour- how bad does your luck have to be to wrap up in 38 degree heat at the edges of Essex- and you see the lads in the older motors that they haven't had re-gassed, all windows down, hoping the stale hot air will transform briefly to a gust of cool air. Red arms.

Only shame is that you get a cold beer in you at the end of the graft waiting for the cool of the evening to come and it never quite does, does it. Little bowl of olives with your madri so you can pretend you're in the costas. Have to stick your arse in the paddling pool just to feel something.

I've quite enjoyed it me. Going to stick my neck out again now I've typed for a bit
 

Leo

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the wife's family in the midlands said they've got 100 degree temps today, but back to high 70s after that. hopefully that drop will happen elsewhere as well.

low/mid-90s here all week, but there's a noticeable difference between that and 100+.
 

shakahislop

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the wife's family in the midlands said they've got 100 degree temps today, but back to high 70s after that. hopefully that drop will happen elsewhere as well.

low/mid-90s here all week, but there's a noticeable difference between that and 100+.
i don't care how hot england gets, its less gross than the hot humid days in the nyc summer
 
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luka

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even when its hot here its easy heat. you never suffer in summer in england. 40 degrees just feels pleasant.
 

Slothrop

Tight but Polite
Wet-bulb temperature is the fun one to watch - intuitively, how hot does it feel if you're cooling yourself as much as possible by sweating / wind chill:
It's the thing that accounts for humidity as well as actual temperature, because the more humid it is the less you can cool yourself by sweating. If it goes north of body temperature (35 degrees) where you are for any sustained period of time then you're essentially going to die.
 
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