It's so hot here that there are Just Eat drivers squatting down outside our house and warming the food up with the heat generated by the pavement ,I imagine it will be a complete head f*ck for customers when they receive a warm McDonald's ?
I can remember when we first emigrated to Australia in the early '60s, my old man took me outside our house and said "Watch this son....", it must have been around 30c and I was sweating my cobblers off, my old man cracked two raw eggs on the pavement and I watched them fry,
I never seen an egg inside or outside our house till April 1974 when one of the neighbours decided to celebrate ABBA winning the Eurovision song contest by frying an egg that had been given to him by his company on retiring after 45 years service. We all thought it was f*cking weird because he wasnt even remotely Swedish. Now that I think about it ,I'm sure it was a pocket watch and not an egg because by the time it took to fry ABBA had already released Waterloo the album. How would I know anyway ,us kids were all still on a high from seeing Bagpuss for the first time.
Still 23.7 in my house but this is the 1st night really where it hasn't cooled down quite quickly once it went dark, luckily I'm not working so won't even try to sleep untill about 3am so will be a lot cooler by then hopefully.
Seems that for us up here in the frozen North the 'heatwave' is already over: Yellow weather warnings for thunderstorms have been issued for much of England and Wales amid a heatwave gripping large parts of the UK. Heavy showers, lightning, and thunder are forecast on Wednesday night and into Thursday, with travel disruption and power cuts possible. Flood alerts are also in place in parts of the Midlands. The warm temperatures of recent days are set to continue into Friday, with peaks of 28C expected in southern England. The yellow warnings affect central, northern, southern, and south-eastern England, as well as central and eastern Wales. The Met Office said some areas could see difficult driving conditions and road closures, as well as delays and cancellations to train and bus services. It also warned there could be damage to buildings from fast-flowing water, lightning strikes, hail, or strong winds, and that the flooding could pose a danger to life. Homes and business could see power cuts and losses of other services, the organisation added. Dan Holley, a deputy chief forecaster at the Met Office, said the thunderstorm warning had been issued for a broad area but that not all of it would be affected. "The most intense impacts are likely to be focussed on central, southern and southeast areas of England," he said. "Here, some locations will witness torrential downpours, large hail and frequent lightning. "A few places could see 50-100mm of rainfall in a few hours.” A separate yellow warning that is already in force in east and south-east England is also due to remain in place until 23:59 BST on Wednesday. The Environment Agency has also issued eight flood alerts for parts of Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, and Loughborough. The rivers affected include the Trent, Maun, and Leen, and the agency said the areas most at risk were low-lying agricultural land, roads, and footpaths close to small rivers and streams. People in the area are advised to avoid using low-lying footpaths near local watercourses and to plan driving routes to avoid low-lying roads near rivers. The UK recorded its hottest day of the year on Tuesday, when measuring stations in both Heathrow and Kew Gardens, south-west London, reached 32C (90F). The Met Office defines a heatwave in the UK, external as "when a location records a period of at least three consecutive days with daily maximum temperatures meeting or exceeding the heatwave temperature threshold." For London and the surrounding region, that threshold is 28C - which has been surpassed since Monday. Temperatures had been expected to remain above that level through to Friday. The hot weather is expected to cool slightly into the weekend, with highs of around 23C forecast for Saturday. The Met Office said there would still be a risk of isolated thunderstorms in the east and south-east of England, but that their frequency and impact would be much reduced. Thunderstorm warnings for much of England and Wales
I'm currently in the Midlands and it hasn't rained here yet, or any sign of a thunderstorm. Just clammy, dry and very warm, with plenty of them bloody flies/mosquito things flying around biting every ****er.
Def the hottest day of the year yesterday. Went for a nice walk to town and the amount of people wearing thick coats and thick hoodies was off the scale. Nightmare trying to sleep yesterday day time. Give me the cold weather so can have more than three hours sleep and then i can moan it is freezing. Never happy.
Another 'Bum Burner' for me today, I have my Presto Tower Fan in full mode (Max 4) right beside me to give me some cool comfort, I don't think that will help, though.
Rain woke me up at 4.30 this morning, but after that it's been dry and very sunny, without being too hot (for me).
I wondered where to put this - it's a bit FML because it happened at all - reasons to be cheerful because it's really only my pride that's hurt rather than physical injuries I've settled on here because it's a cautionary tale for everyone. Yesterday I was working from home and as it's been really warm, I've got the Dyson fan going my desk area is shaded I've got water, a monster Ultra and a cup of coffee on the go when I went from being a bit too warm to suddenly feeling very sick and dizzy. The lounge is far cooler than my office and my last 'rational thought' before I came to was to go sit in there and cool off for a bit. When I came to thinking I was drooling on myself, I was slumped on one of the sofa's covered in vomit and a sea of piss on the floor unable to move Fortunately I'd not fallen and really physically hurt myself on my trip to unconsciousness. Stay hydrated and look after yourselves because you don't have to be outside in direct sunshine for this to happen - heat stroke really isn't nice.
I know how you must have felt @TLC as that happened a few times in Australia many moons ago to a couple of my sisters, then, the heat was around 34c, similar things happened to me with the heat in Aussie land but that was caused by acute migraine. I would go light-headed as if I was floating on a cloud, anybody speaking it was as if the voices were echoes, then the migraine would gradually creep in, a slight thumping at first and then get worse where I felt sick as a dog, I had to go into a dark room with all the curtains closed and lye face down with my head thumping, acute migraine. The doctors advised me to leave Australia as the heat was not good for me so I returned back here to the UK, even now, anything over 30c then my migraine kicks in.
I think this happens to us because we seldom get any consistent 'nice' weather, so never get chance to get used to it. Look after yourself Tracy!
Been up since 3 am ,cant sleep in this heat. Anyone recommend a quality air conditioning unit for the bedroom that's portable ,got one downstairs but it's too big for the bedroom,certainly wont be lugging that big b@stard up and down the stairs ?
I got this on my Amazon account, small and light as a feather and it does the business, and keeps me cool in the bedroom at night.
