Seat68 Posted July 17, 2022 Share Posted July 17, 2022 8 minutes ago, Mark Albrighton said: Not much variation in the forecast for the area by me, between 35 and 38 according to a handful of websites. Only just dawned on me that I’ll be in my car at the peak time (I wouldn’t normally need to be driving on a Monday afternoon/evening, tomorrow is an exception), so that’s something to look forward to. Yes I have the school run on Monday and Tuesday afternoon. That will be hilarious no doubt. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Albrighton Posted July 17, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted July 17, 2022 1 minute ago, Seat68 said: Yes I have the school run on Monday and Tuesday afternoon. That will be hilarious no doubt. Yep, similar - my daughter’s school are holding a sort of after school open session where parents can look at the work the kids have done. Basically it’s the first time in about 3 years we’ve had the chance to go into the school to get a better sense of what they’ve been up to and general school life. Obviously I’m gonna go, but in an ideal world I’d be traversing the A41 not sweating like an extra in The Bridge on the River Kwai. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted July 17, 2022 Share Posted July 17, 2022 1 hour ago, mjmooney said: Leeds. Local TV weatherman has been talking of 40°, this says different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted July 17, 2022 Share Posted July 17, 2022 It's currently 19 degrees in my house, with all the windows shut and the windows covered either externally or with heavy curtains and blackout blinds. Every other house in my street has all the windows open. British people just don't know the basics 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PussEKatt Posted July 17, 2022 Share Posted July 17, 2022 (edited) We are having a terrible winter here in Perth this year.We have had more rain in the last couple of weeks than we usually get all year.I hope its fine for the ManUre game. Edited July 17, 2022 by PussEKatt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coda Posted July 17, 2022 Share Posted July 17, 2022 Warm and hazy here in Birmz. If this is an AMBER ALERT I can see people ignoring these warnings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trekka Posted July 17, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted July 17, 2022 (edited) Windy is pretty good at visualising local temperatures based off of modelling output / readings (you can zoom in to a local area and adjust it for the following days ahead - Thursday and Friday look beautiful ). Windy Edited July 17, 2022 by trekka 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mandy Lifeboats Posted July 17, 2022 Share Posted July 17, 2022 I haven’t sweated this much since the Police asked where I was when Madeline McCann went missing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted July 17, 2022 Share Posted July 17, 2022 Meant to be 33 where I am but my arms feel a little chilly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted July 17, 2022 Share Posted July 17, 2022 28° where I am, the sun has hit my balcony and the cherry cider is out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted July 17, 2022 Moderator Share Posted July 17, 2022 My recollection of 1976 is that it was hotter than this and for a very sustained period, like weeks on end The roads melted, we wrote our names in sticky tar It started well before I finished junior school and ended sometime after I started comprehensive school I think 2020 generally had nicer more sustained hot weather than this year Genuine conversation from last night with a man who was at least 65 "This heatwave is dreadful isn't it, people are going to die" "You've been stood in the local park all day at a festival, you appear to be still with us" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugeley Villa Posted July 17, 2022 Share Posted July 17, 2022 6 minutes ago, bickster said: My recollection of 1976 is that it was hotter than this and for a very sustained period, like weeks on end The roads melted, we wrote our names in sticky tar It started well before I finished junior school and ended sometime after I started comprehensive school I think 2020 generally had nicer more sustained hot weather than this year Genuine conversation from last night with a man who was at least 65 "This heatwave is dreadful isn't it, people are going to die" "You've been stood in the local park all day at a festival, you appear to be still with us" Was global warming being mentioned back then? Not looking forward to being on the roof tomorrow and Tuesday . I’m hoping by 12 they send us home, that’s if we haven’t buggered off by then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted July 17, 2022 Moderator Share Posted July 17, 2022 1 minute ago, Rugeley Villa said: Was global warming being mentioned back then? No idea I was an 11 year old who read the Morning Star every morning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blandy Posted July 17, 2022 Moderator Share Posted July 17, 2022 15 minutes ago, bickster said: My recollection of 1976 is that it was hotter than this and for a very sustained period, like weeks on end Yep. And loads of ladybirds, absolutely millions of them. 9 minutes ago, Rugeley Villa said: Was global warming being mentioned back then? No. There was concern about the next ice age coming. Honestly. 7 minutes ago, bickster said: I was an 11 year old who read the Morning Star every morning You took it for the crossword? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted July 17, 2022 Share Posted July 17, 2022 10 minutes ago, Rugeley Villa said: Was global warming being mentioned back then? It was. As you can imagine, nobody gave a shit. That's next century's problem. And here we are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted July 17, 2022 Share Posted July 17, 2022 Just now, blandy said: No. There was concern about the next ice age coming. Honestly. I wasn't around to see it first hand but from what I've read, it certainly wasn't the case among the scientific community. Even back in the 70s/80s there were significantly more scientific journals being published around the dangers of global warming. Global cooling was more of a niche concern. That's within the scientific community though, which often has little relation to how the tabloids choose to represent "the" science. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted July 17, 2022 Moderator Share Posted July 17, 2022 3 minutes ago, blandy said: No. There was concern about the next ice age coming. Honestly. Nuclear winter maybe 3 minutes ago, blandy said: You took it for the crossword? My Grandfather was a member of the Communist Party, in fact he was one of a team that helped translate the Communist Manifesto into Welsh so I'm led to believe. It was the only daily paper that got delivered to his house. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted July 17, 2022 Share Posted July 17, 2022 Quiet out. Roads empty and supermarket was deserted. Lovely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Risso Posted July 17, 2022 Share Posted July 17, 2022 Both the BBC abd Met Office are saying highest temperatures are going to be between 36° and 39° where I live in Leicestershire on Monday and Tuesday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted July 17, 2022 Share Posted July 17, 2022 I remember being very worried in the 70’s that the magnetic poles could flip. I’d have had a subscription to some sort of sci fi / Sasquatch / weird shit magazine and they were big on pole flipping. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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