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Lets be Careful out There
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The advice is mainly directed at those carefree, foolish and uninformed youngsters. I think the advice to drink more water is helpful for everyone esp the elderly.
I sustained a left calf strain from trying to hop over a dip on a pavement. But, the right foot did not react accordingly. I put this down to old age. |
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They have Managed to hit 33.5 At Heathrow According to Aunty , 747s blasting in and out all day, Nowt to do with it
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Airports get hotter than surrounds because of tarmac and concrete
Always a good bet to record highest temps. |
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The staggering cost of Ed Miliband's Net Zero drive finally revealed: £4.5 TRILLION... that's more than the UK's entire GDP
 i missed this news item 29 Here today , Dont see them Temps too often , Back to Normal tomorrow , Next week pishing down NAP |
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not far off hs2
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It's a lot of money to set an example to countries
who don't gaf, at least they'll benefit. It's an ill wind (turbine) ect........... |
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The decommissioning plan in North Sea was in place long before Labour came into power in recent years.
And it was Thatcher who destroyed Steel industry and coal mines, she probably done more for net zero than anybody when Milliband was at school. |
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Nanny you would know this guys greyhound prefix, decent engineering shop in Scotland but a lot of the stuff he was doing was going to Angola, Brazil, Norway not going to Aberdeen, that industry sector has been on downward spiral long before milliband appeared talking what ever dung he talks but other people are talking dung too and has to be recognised, if you want to discuss it.
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I watched a documentary about the oil rig disaster, and they were stating that Thatcher was at the forefront of tapping into north sea oil, and the riches coming to Scotland. Obviously the operators were cutting corners and gambling in regard to safety of the workers. I was only a child when piper alpha happened, and the miners' strikes, so you're relying on what other people are reporting, which is never really free from bias.
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Three teenagers have died in separate incidents at beauty spots across England as temperatures reached record highs on Bank Holiday Monday.
Police in West Yorkshire, South Yorkshire and Warwickshire have confirmed the deaths of two teenage boys and a teenage girl, who were all pulled from open water. The deaths came after a 15-year-old boy drowned in a lake near Lincoln on Sunday. His family have urged others to be aware of the dangers of water. Tragic |
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'76 as mentioned above, was a one off year. I was 13/14 at the time and loved every minute of it. Temperatures of above 30c were rare thereafter, but lately over the past 5 or so years, they are becoming frequent and in May, it is almost unheard of.
If you live in the midlands, or up north, it isn't so bad but yesterday we hit 34 down here (35 in places) and that was uncomfortable. I managed to keep indoors at 29, still not great, but better than 34. I agree the news does overcook it (pun intended), but a "spell of hot weather" is not so pleasant at those temperatures. 28 is nice and bearable, above that it isn't. |
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From what I recall, 76 stood out due to the duration. I was however 1, so obviously don't recollect any of it. We've had weather this nice hundreds of times, since when I can recollect it. Droughts and hosepipe bans aplenty.
To be honest, it's very British to be obsessed about the weather. All day on racing tv, presenters telling it's hot. No sh1t sherlock. |
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What difference does it make if it is warm this week or next week?
Not you Aspro, but I genuinely think people are getting progressively demented. |
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Millions of people literally spend thousands of pounds chasing the lovely weather we've had over the last couple of days.
I've been to Florida, now that was actually hot lol. |
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I've been to Florida and Vegas. Vegas was quite mild to be fair (both trips), Florida was hot but have no recollection of the numbers, but it was stifling at times.
The hottest holiday I ever suffered was in Portugal where it topped 100 (38) for a ridiculously long period; even the locals were complaining. It was considered a heatwave there, but probably not so much today. As for May, my old man used to tell me that wait until the end of May before dressing down for the weather. I get your point, but it is still May, regardless. |
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It is late May, just another excuse for alarmism. Surely it's great that families with kids have had an epic bank holiday weekend of weather to enjoy. They remain pretty rare, domestically.
THEY turn the narrative from what should be positive news into one that people should be scared. Why? Weather is the weather isn't it, wet, sunny, hail, storm, overcast, cold, hot, freezing, dull. We have 4 seasons which broadly have a pattern, but because the UK is surrounded by water, weather within that pattern is not predictable. Sometimes may will be cold, sometimes warm, sometimes average. One of my former responsibilities years ago was forecasting sales for supermarkets. And yes it was as unpredictable then as it is now. |
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I lived in France for a time as a kid, and got
sunstroke in 104° heat. well it was great to have such heat, but not so great for a couple of days after. Been in 40°c quite a few times since, and coup de soliel never returned. Wear an 'at and drink more wata. As a 7 year old,.. a group of lads from school, one in my class, went off exploring an old mine/ well, all 6 of them died of oxygen starvation. A real tragedy, and lesson learnt the hard way. An empty desk at school a constant reminder of the perils of life. |
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Florida was quite unbelievable. Far hotter than you'd ever experience in the UK. But they would have torrential rain, literally 10 minutes later everything is bone dry.
I did make the mistake of returning to the car after a day in one of the parks, and putting my hand on the boot. That's a mistake that you only do once, ha! |
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It's not making folk scared, it's teaching caution, like
being alarmist about touching cars. |
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Cider I totally get your point, hence my little dig at the press earlier. Nevertheless, it is getting hotter on a more regular basis. I am beginning to notice it myself without reading a letter in print.
When we came out of a Florida theme park I used to open the door, turn on the air con and then we all waited for it to take effect before getting in the car. Bliss. |
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It probably is, but cold is far worse than warm. Because very warm spells remain infrequent, people living in the UK are still unlikely to spend money on proper mitigation.
One of my first introductions to weather was the storm of 1987, walking to school past felled trees in the street. We lived a few minutes walk from Gladstone Park, that storm took out trees there that were there for over 100 years. The point is that we have to deal with whatever the weather throws at us. 30C+ for Whitsun bank holiday is, on the whole, super positive. |
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That's opinionated. I'm not so keen on +30 temperatures
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It is in the sense of whether you enjoy it or not, but the temperature in most parts of the UK will go over 30 now and again. And below 0. It isn't news, people don't need to be told to drink water. It just happens, whether they like it or not, and always will.
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people do need to be told to drink water.
So easily fixed. |
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Down to parenting. Growing up I was always told to drink a pint of water for every 15 degrees Fahrenheit.
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Funny to see the climate change deniers spouting their denials ITT on the hottest day in May ever.
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If there is someone that needs reminding to drink if they are thirsty, you'd be right up there.
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Reminding folk to drink when they are not thirsty
is sound advice in the heat. Some folk just enjoy folk dying, it would seem. |
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Dont think the Kids are watching the same Media as us Donnie , so the bbc hysteria wont help them
Perhaps schools would be the place to give Kids advice Perhaps even Parents could have a word sad fact is the more time People spend in water , the danger increases There was also a Period not long ago when Youngsters were drowning in the river Wear on a regular basis at the weekend usually |
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Why would anyone enjoy Youngsters dying , that is a very strange Comment to make
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I nearly drowned in a swimming pool when I was a Kid , Most swimming pools had a deep end and a Shallow end , The ones I had been in ..
The open Air pool at whitecity had Two Shallow ends the deepest part of the Pool was in the Middle , Not helpful when I exited the Changing room And Jumped straight into the middle , was 6 foot 6 , I was bang in trouble , My mate managed to drag me to the side after a Minute or two |
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Seems like laughable hasn't improved since I blocked him.
So he thinks that kids who live on social meeja and their iPhones won't do something as the bbc warn against it on the 6pm news  |
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The BBC love a climate Boiler Map Cider , where it appears the whole country is on Fire , If anything that would lead to people jumping into rivers etc at he 1st opportunity
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Global warming should help in years to come as it will dry up all these reservoirs and lakes and stop people drowning.
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Bit unfair as the Beeb are not alone with the Boiler maps , Most media now the same
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I mentioned Gladstone Park in another post. That actually had a very large free outdoor swimming pool for such weather. No fun sponges around at that time.
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Yes , we would have the Weather forecast Chap showing us high numbers and telling us to enjoy it while it lasts
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That park had that swimming pool, putting green, tennis courts, bowling green. A great place to grow up. Coincidentally enough I had a look on google maps recently and they are all gone apart from the tennis I think. Had a tremendous hill for tobogganing too, I assume that's still there !
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A warning that the deep bit was in the middle would have helped you.
Remarkable that folk whine about warnings whilst cataloging things they did because nobody told them not to. Otters pretending to block me whilst I live rent free in their heads is equally bizarre, just get over me. |