Wales/England border here, not a peep of sun all day, just thick soupy cloud. Awaiting the inevitable thunder storms
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UK Era are you OK? It's a scorcher
- Thread starter shaneo632
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I'm surviving.
See, in normal times my shitty 1970s office with zero a/c and windows we can't open would routinely hit 32 degrees at my desk with my work PC blasting out heat (rendering stuff) all day just by my right leg - all while wearing a shirt, trousers, socks, shoes etc etc, traditional work attire.
Working from home, yes my PC is still blasting out heat and I have no a/c etc but at home I can open the windows and get some cross breeze going, I can work in shorts and nothing else, I can have copious iced drinks whenever I like, and ice lollies and if I like I can just pull the blind down and work in the shade.
Working from home is brill.
See, in normal times my shitty 1970s office with zero a/c and windows we can't open would routinely hit 32 degrees at my desk with my work PC blasting out heat (rendering stuff) all day just by my right leg - all while wearing a shirt, trousers, socks, shoes etc etc, traditional work attire.
Working from home, yes my PC is still blasting out heat and I have no a/c etc but at home I can open the windows and get some cross breeze going, I can work in shorts and nothing else, I can have copious iced drinks whenever I like, and ice lollies and if I like I can just pull the blind down and work in the shade.
Working from home is brill.
I was in the UK during a horrible heat wave like 15 years ago.
As a tourist at least I could handle the heat except when we took the subway. Oh Sweet Jeebus that was horrible.
Lads lads lads, I was up in the highlands yesterday and I've still wound up with ridiculous sunburn, it is indeed fuckin sweltering
We had a flood warning come in for Tayside and Angus earlier, but I haven't seen a lick of rain yet
Texas infrastructure is built with 30c average temps in mind. Ours is built with 10c temps in mind.
I'm in the midlands. We've had no lightning, just this cloying heat.
Send it here to the south coast. I can deal with the heat, but i LOVE a lightning storm so much.
I'm getting annoyed at this weather now - not that I particularly enjoyed it anyway.
Today feels so humid and it's still early on!
And I know these things tend to just pop up so can be hard to predict, but it's particularly galling looking at weather forecasts which predict lots of thunderstorms but then it just gets pushed back again and again before disappearing.
Today feels so humid and it's still early on!
And I know these things tend to just pop up so can be hard to predict, but it's particularly galling looking at weather forecasts which predict lots of thunderstorms but then it just gets pushed back again and again before disappearing.
Yeah, I'm clinging to Thursday being below 30 for now.
Whether we happen to get any storms or not, doesn't look like there's going to be a dramatic break in the heat.
I *am* buying aircon. No ifs or buts. I've saved enough from wfh since COVID to probably just about pay for it. I say this every year for the last 5-7 years bu this is just stupid now. Not fun lying on top of the bed relying on a fan blowing across your sweaty body to provide enough relief for you to eventually fall unconcious from exhaustion
potential mitigations
- I have solar panels so during hot days it shouldn't cost much/anything to run
- can be used in colder days as a heater? woudl only be in a couple of rooms but might be enough to allow me to not put the full central heating on for an extra few weeks when it gets colder..
potential mitigations
- I have solar panels so during hot days it shouldn't cost much/anything to run
- can be used in colder days as a heater? woudl only be in a couple of rooms but might be enough to allow me to not put the full central heating on for an extra few weeks when it gets colder..
OP
OP
I'm not a fan of the heat. It's been 30c + in south west England the past few days. It's killing me. Much prefer the cold weather.
The BBC were talking about the most energy in the air for decades and the thunderstorm yesterday being spectacular.
They started 10 miles north of where I live. We just got more fucking heat. 30c+ until Friday. Going to die.
Yeah... I'm going to buy some kind of AC for the next decade. Done with this shit.
Edit: on the continent though, so we *should* be getting some relief soon. Perhaps today even.
Edit: on the continent though, so we *should* be getting some relief soon. Perhaps today even.
Same.
Fans do nothing - my room faces the sun in the afternoon and whilst closing the window/curtains helps, it's just circulating warm air.
This is definitely the warmest feeling morning so far - like a damn swamp.
Crazy thunderstorms here throughout the night, but back to dry heat today.
Still waiting for those fabled thunder showers lasting 4 days according to the BBC website last week.
I expect they will turn out to be a 5 minute downpour at 3am.
I expect they will turn out to be a 5 minute downpour at 3am.
In Hertfordshire it's been 33+ for the last 4 days and I feel like I've just about had enough. It's too late to order aircon but its still too early to know this is going to end. This is literally the worst. My flat has been around 29c this whole time and nothing I can do makes it cooler.
It's brutal today in Dorset. So hot.
Still prefer being at home to the office, as I can never quite get to the right temperature. At least at home I can try.
Still prefer being at home to the office, as I can never quite get to the right temperature. At least at home I can try.
If I was staying in the UK for the next decade, I would seriously consider switching to work in then aircon business - it's only going to get hotter folks!
Guys, we've found Cummings' account!
Guys, we've found Cummings' account!
I spent a few days in Dorset last week and got truly sunburnt.
Humidity is not an issue since I have 2 dehumidifiers in the house (poor insulation so they get rid of damp anyway).
Heat I can't do anything about though. Getting single room aircon (minisplit) is not worth it and having a proper system installed is super expensive. Plus it's England lol couple of months at most doesn't justify it.
Heat I can't do anything about though. Getting single room aircon (minisplit) is not worth it and having a proper system installed is super expensive. Plus it's England lol couple of months at most doesn't justify it.
It's going to be in the mid 20s next week. So there's something, at least.
Hah!
My work shiny new office has air conditioning. Shame I'm WFH until it's cold.
