I left my car at the pub yesterday and went and picked it up a lunch. This is what I got into:
Yeah didn't bother logging on till half 9 this morning. Perks of not having an office.
No it's not. Assuming it's double glazing open your windows at the coolest part of the night for a while, then close them all day. Keep curtains closed . Works very well with east and north facing rooms.
When you think about it if it's 35 degrees outside you're just letting it in if you open the windows during daytime.
Currently the shade temperature where I am is 31 and the east facing bedroom is 26 so although it's still very warm in there it does make a difference.
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Tbf I read it as he picked up some lunch for his car
Heatwave of 76 was far worse than 48 hours of media hysteria.
We also had to fight off a plague of ladybirds.
What's misleading about it? Open water swimming increases when it's hot
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Have a cool shower 10 minutes before you go to bed. Don’t dry yourself just walk around the house in the buff until you’re dry, cools you down no end right before bedtime.
Awesome stuff
Anyone else got kids who are refusing to sleep due to the heat. Not their fault as Christ it’s hot.
But it’s definitely a frustration and a lot of moving around I could do without at this time of night and in this heat.
But it’s definitely a frustration and a lot of moving around I could do without at this time of night and in this heat.
Severn Trent have sent my wife a message to say be careful with water useage.
Meanwhile the half-built housing estate nearby is using sprinklers to maintain their plush green grass, and also the pensioners are using hoses on their allotments.
Like most things it seems we are definitely not a country 'in this together' are we?
Meanwhile the half-built housing estate nearby is using sprinklers to maintain their plush green grass, and also the pensioners are using hoses on their allotments.
Like most things it seems we are definitely not a country 'in this together' are we?
Great advice, tried it and much cooler now.
On the other hand my housemates are much less happy
Back in UK at the moment and been a bit worried about one of my dogs tonight. He's an older lad and whilst made of sturdy stuff has been noticeably struggling. I can't sleep myself but he's been upstairs and downstairs about ten times in the last hour or so. Just given him some ice to eat and put a cold flannel on his head but he's crawled under the bed now and won't come out. The other dog is new and a rescue from Portugal. She seems to be fine (probably used to some heat) and is still pretty young anyway.
We spend all year moaning about the weather and then this happens.
We spend all year moaning about the weather and then this happens.
Tried that, the mother-in-law wasn't impressed!
The news reports were from the time it happened.
Since then, the issue has almost been air brushed our of history and never referred to.
Ask yourself why such an ecological disaster that has undoubtedly had a devastating effect on our climate is not ever referred to on main stream news.
I thought the inference was obvious, but there's always some dumb fuck who needs to have it explained to them.
I honestly don’t know, why weren’t they on the news last night? Has something happened in the 31 years since then?
The oil field fires - which, as you say, are almost never referred to by the media these days - consumed roughly 4.6 million barrels of oil a day, according to NASA estimates: Oil Fires in Iraq
That is a mind blowing number, and you’re right to be worried that it could contribute to climate change.
It might also interest you to learn that last year the United States used on average roughly 20 million barrels of oil every day, according to U.S. government estimates. Roughly four times the daily amount burned by Saddam and the boys. Let’s not even get started on China, India and the rest.
So if you’re worried about the impact of oil consumption on our environment - and it sounds like you are! - then I have some good news for you. Rather than blaming yet another media conspiracy about something that happened in 1991, you can blame the structural realities of major economies, and our fun habit of burning vast quantities of oil every day. Makes much more sense, no?
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I agree! Not that home is better... Does B&Q have Aircon btw? Toss up between opening the door and letting a load of heat in Vs finding somewhere half tolerable for an hour later.
You massively undermined your own argument as soon as you used NASA as a source. NASA (never a straight answer)
Have a long history of false information, (moonlandings in 1969 is just one example, which they themselves admit was BS)
The true amount of pollutants caused by the oil field fires will never be known, but it's considered to be a hell of a lot more than NASA's guesstimate. And the fires raged 24 hours a day for over 7 months.
Comparing consumption of oil with uncontrolled burning of unrefined oil is a completely pointless exercise.
Consumption has nothing what so ever to do with burning unrefined oil.
Eg, car oil is "consumed" but not burnt, machine oil is also not burnt.
Of the oil that is burnt, much of that goes into filtration systems after being burnt.
In Iraq, the fires put sand and dust etc into the upper atmosphere, turning day into night, it's the combination of all the pollutants that is the issue.
It's no surprise that 20 of the hottest years ever recorded have occurred since 1991.
Lucky to be WFH in Evesham again. Currently 24C (in the shade) and 56% humidity outside (humidity was <30% yesterday, so it could feel a bit stickier today).
26.5C inside.
Feels noticeably hotter than this time yesterday, presumably as it didn't cool to below 20C overnight.
26.5C inside.
Feels noticeably hotter than this time yesterday, presumably as it didn't cool to below 20C overnight.
Has anyone tried to follow the advice given to close all your windows all day long and also curtains in order to keep the house cool ?
I did yesterday. It feels completely wrong but it actually worked although by late evening it felt claustrophobic.
Open your windows about 5am when it's at it's coolest outside to reduce the indoor temperature then trap it in by shutting up shop.
I think if you don't have double glazing this approach might be suicidal.
I did yesterday. It feels completely wrong but it actually worked although by late evening it felt claustrophobic.
Open your windows about 5am when it's at it's coolest outside to reduce the indoor temperature then trap it in by shutting up shop.
I think if you don't have double glazing this approach might be suicidal.
There comes a time when it's appropriate to open them. Admittedly yesterday that was about 11pm...
We literally have ours open from 9 until about 8 the following morning. I haven’t had more than 4 hours sleep a night since May though.
The global temperature trend has been heading up long before 1991. 1991 made no appreciable difference to the trend either:
