Abnormally high UK temperatures continue

[Highway Man]

"Life is tough and some people just need to toughen up." is the part I called dumb.

Dealing with the problem is something else altogether.
I just checked quickly - it looks pretty tortuous to get A/C grants though it's changing, and wouldn't suit many.

Earlier in the thread you were denying that heat kills people.
And that you knew, and others didn't understand.
Again, not wise.

I wasnt denying that the heat in a heat wave is a danger to people with other conditions that might agravate those conditions and be a contributing factor in their death. I suggested the average cost of installing an AC unit is between £1500 and £2000 and if you are in a category of life threatening danger through it then this price is your life line. You have to take care of yourself as nobody else will do it.

 

[Justin Passing]

Heat by itself kills, sometimes without comorbidities. Some babies, for example, who obviously need to toughen up? Okay.
And some older people with nothing particular wrong with them, who never imagined what would happen.
You mis-spoke. Stop wriggling!

 

[MNW67]

Don't you remember August 2003?

OMG!! Yes, there were some hot days that summer. But I thought it was more 28C than 31C. I was working in Sheffield at the time.

 

[Highway Man]

Heat by itself kills, sometimes without comorbidities. Some babies, for example, who obviously need to toughen up? Okay.
And some older people with nothing particular wrong with them, who never imagined what would happen.
You mis-spoke. Stop wriggling!

No, this is on you for being silly, no wriggling from me. You mis interpreted and have now added babies into the mix as an example. Trying to be clever and twisting peoples meanings isn't really anything new on here. I am saying that a normal healthy person doesn't just die from the heat and you need to be sensible and take your own health seriously. I will be out this morning today working in it as well as at a barbeque this afternoon, I am not expecting anyone dying today.

 

[warey4life]

He's just part of the latest batch of trolls that try and upend the forum. Either that or he really is as thick as mince.

I'd say he's a thick as mince Brexit supporting Reform type.

 

[Elsa TLC]

Sort of makes sense

When she said it ..... it did make sense.

 

[Munroast]

The simple answer to these vulnerable people dying through or with the help of the heat is that if you value your life and as you are so weak and feeble to cope, then wouldnt it make sense to have at least one air conditioned room in your house so that you may avoid it. It is no use moping around and moaning that your hot and then die. Some people will just not help themselves. Life is tough and some people just need to toughen up.

trouble is; they would probably want to sit in the other room, and where would they sleep - we will have to provide them with fully air conditioned homes and free leccy to power it all - Burnhams Benefit Budget will be Bust - get yourself back to work and pay more taxes

 

[yorksbuilder]

If it's larger then carry on but real ale should be 12.7 degrees precisely.
Thank you for your cooperation in this matter.

Agreed, I keep my ale in my wine fridge at said temperature

 

[blup]

Lovely isn't it

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Highwayman doing well considering he's been off sick for a few months.

 

[Munroast]

If it's larger then carry on but real ale should be 12.7 degrees precisely.
Thank you for your cooperation in this matter.

is that old ½ inch

 

[diy_fun_uk]

A few days back during the high temps they interviewed a woman who lives in Shetland. She was wrapped up, it was 14 degrees and nothing like what the rest of the UK was/is experiencing.

Often in these areas of Scotland, there's talk about reducing population for a variety of reasons, lack of opportunity, not much to do etc. I thought who knows, in decades to come, if these temps become the norm and for longer periods, such areas might start to see an increasing population as folk seek somewhere cooler to live.

 

[morqthana]

To deny human activity has not rapidly increased global warming is to deny reality.

That's what they do.

We just have to prepare for them becoming more and more bitter and frustrated as reality continues to take not a blind bit of notice of their denialism, and more and more measures to limit and adapt to climate change are implemented by governments who also DGAS about the denialism of fringe loonies.

 

[morqthana]

You'd rather believe Farage who receives funding from the fossil fuel industry over climate scientists.

On net zero, which is scientifically the only way to stop climate change, two-thirds (68%) of voters said they thought the UK should at least try or be doing everything we can to hit its 2050 target with just under a fifth (19%) saying we should not be trying at all.
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Two-fifth of voters (44%) believe it is essential to reach net zero in order to stop climate change, with a third (36%) believing it is not essential and 20% don’t know. But among Reform voters only a fifth (20%) say it is essential with more than two-thirds (70%) believing it isn’t for halting climate change.

 

[morqthana]

The omega block. Wasn't quite as hot as this heatwave, although about 2000 people died for heat related issues.

The attitude of some here is that those people were too stupid not to protect themselves, and anyway they were coffin-dodgers who were going to die soon anyway, so who gives a toss.

 

[Highway Man]

Highwayman doing well considering he's been off sick for a few months.

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