Abnormally high UK temperatures continue

[pete01]

Don't drink it.

Who drinks gravy?

 

[morqthana]

We need it hotter not moan over it. Get a grip simpletons.

How many people do you want to die?

 

[morqthana]

I went to Turkey a few years ago and it was like a hundred degrees or summat and I went for a run.

It got to 123° last year.

 

[morqthana]

Who drinks gravy?

Depends how much is left on the plate, and how good it is.

 

[pete01]

It got to 123° last year.

⁰F

 

[Highway Man]

How many people do you want to die?

People don't die unless they are simple

 

[pete01]

People don't die unless they are simple

You should be long gone.

 

[pete01]

People don't die unless they are simple

Talking of simple, where is Rumpole of the Baily?

 

[Highway Man]

You should be long gone.

OMG I wrote a suvival guide to help everyone.

 

[Highway Man]

Talking of simple, where is Rumpole of the Baily?

She comes and goes, just uses this forum like a hotel nowadays,. It's not on.

 

[morqthana]

From 1988:

Engineering and scientific advance have given us transport by land and air, the capacity and need to exploit fossil fuels which had lain unused for millions of years. One result is a vast increase in carbon dioxide. And this has happened just when great tracts of forests which help to absorb it have been cut down.
For generations, we have assumed that the efforts of mankind would leave the fundamental equilibrium of the world's systems and atmosphere stable. But it is possible that with all these enormous changes (population, agricultural, use of fossil fuels) concentrated into such a short period of time, we have unwittingly begun a massive experiment with the system of this planet itself.
Recently three changes in atmospheric chemistry have become familiar subjects of concern. The first is the increase in the greenhouse gases—carbon dioxide, methane, and chlorofluorocarbons—which has led some to fear that we are creating a global heat trap which could lead to climatic instability. We are told that a warming effect of 1°C per decade would greatly exceed the capacity of our natural habitat to cope. Such warming could cause accelerated melting of glacial ice and a consequent increase in the sea level of several feet over the next century.
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It is noteworthy that the five warmest years in a century of records have all been in the 1980s
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In studying the system of the earth and its atmosphere we have no laboratory in which to carry out controlled experiments. We have to rely on observations of natural systems. We need to identify particular areas of research which will help to establish cause and effect. We need to consider in more detail the likely effects of change within precise timescales. And to consider the wider implications for policy—for energy production, for fuel efficiency, for reforestation. This is no small task, for the annual increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide alone is of the order of three billion tonnes. And half the carbon emitted since the Industrial Revolution remains in the atmosphere. We have an extensive research programme at our meteorological office and we provide one of the world's four centres for the study of climatic change. We must ensure that what we do is founded on good science to establish cause and effect.
In the past when we have identified forms of pollution, we have shown our capacity to act effectively. The great London Smogs are now only a nightmare of the past. We have cut airborne lead by 50 per cent. We are spending £4 billion on cleansing the Mersey Basin alone; and the Thames now has the cleanest metropolitan estuary in the world. Even though this kind of action may cost a lot, I believe it to be money well and necessarily spent because the health of the economy and the health of our environment are totally dependent upon each other.

 

[Dec27]

I just drove to the shop and when I got out of the car it was hot. Then I remembered the AC was on full tilt.

It reminded me of being in Orlando.

On the other hand, weather this warm stops people using my dryers

 

[morqthana]

People don't die unless they are simple

I'm sure that comment will come as a welcome condolence to the friends and families of the thousands of people who died in Europe last year who would not have done if climate change hadn't pushed temperatures so high.

Or the thousands in the UK https://www.gov.uk/government/stati...heat-mortality-monitoring-report-england-2025

Or in the USA https://journals.plos.org/climate/article?id=10.1371/journal.pclm.0000610

Or the one per minute world-wide?

2025 Report - Lancet Countdown

The latest Lancet Countdown report warns that health impacts of climate change are worsening, with millions dying needlessly each year due to fossil fuel depend

lancetcountdown.org

We are talking about global heating. If you want it because it delivers hotter summers, I repeat - how many people do you want to die?

 

[Highway Man]

I'm sure that comment will come as a welcome condolence to the friends and families of the thousands of people who died in Europe last year who would not have done if climate change hadn't pushed temperatures so high.

Nonsense.

 

[morqthana]

It comes as no surprise to learn that someone who thinks that all climate scientists are liars also refuses to believe other scientists and doctors when they tell him that extreme heat kills people.