UK Era are you OK? It's a scorcher
- Thread starter shaneo632
- Start date
Taking the Piccadilly line in 37 degree weather certainly wasn't fun.
At least my flat and office both have good air conditioning (which was part of the issue, would've left earlier if I knew it was so hot outside), but the commute back was not enviable. Could be worse though, could be the central or Victoria line.
At least my flat and office both have good air conditioning (which was part of the issue, would've left earlier if I knew it was so hot outside), but the commute back was not enviable. Could be worse though, could be the central or Victoria line.
Last edited:
The tube really is death in any degree of heat.
For those uninitiated, it gets stupidly hot as a result of being a: not designed for hot weather and b: being the first underground system in the world and dug largely through clay which has become thermally saturated over the last century or so, so heat just builds up in the tunnels.
Experienced that daily back in Summer 2018. Fire and brimstone.
Risk of spreading covid around, at least that's what the health and safety folks said.
According to the met office, it's the hottest day of the year so far.
Went for a jog after a home workout and almost died. Yearly reminder of those people doing marathons in the desert and stuff aren't messing about
Are we all prepared for the next glorious hot spell?
www.google.com
Heatwave health warning extended in England as temperatures set to reach 33C
Public Health England has warned NHS and social care staff to be ready to deal with heat-related illnesses.
www.google.com
OP
OP
Ffs, climate change has just ruined summer for London.
Used to be you would have 3-5 days of hot weather and that was it and those of us who hate hot weather could rest easy but now, there has been a tonne of horribly hot periods.
Used to be you would have 3-5 days of hot weather and that was it and those of us who hate hot weather could rest easy but now, there has been a tonne of horribly hot periods.
london always seemed hot to me as a kid. I was from Edinburgh and it blew my mind how hot it was. The all time heat record for Edinburgh was 87 degrees.
cut to forty years later and I am barely concerned about cycling up a mountain at 95 degrees or stepping out of the car in Baker, CA into 122 degrees - feels like opening the oven door in your face.
So... I decided not to go in tomorrow because tube hot.
Buuuuuut I left sushi in one of my desk drawers because today was so busy I forgot to eat lunch.
We do have AC in the office... But... How rank will said area be on Monday morning if I left it.
Buuuuuut I left sushi in one of my desk drawers because today was so busy I forgot to eat lunch.
We do have AC in the office... But... How rank will said area be on Monday morning if I left it.
To be fair this year's been much better than last, so far.
Tried the technique of keeping the windows closed today (left open overnight, closed about 9am). It definitely feels a lot nicer inside than yesterday did, despite the temperature apparently being the same outside.
Do others in London find today more bearable, or is my technique paying off?
(I suspect it may just be less humid, as I went for a bike ride this morning and it felt pretty good).
Do others in London find today more bearable, or is my technique paying off?
(I suspect it may just be less humid, as I went for a bike ride this morning and it felt pretty good).
its evenings and trying to get any decent sleep thats killing me. summers are normally bad enough for e as all the extra light messes with my sleep cycles anyway - but the uncomfortable heat at night just doubles the effect
Meanwhile, on the continent (Netherlands) we still got four or five more days of this 35+ degrees celcius shit.
And we were having such a nice cold rainy summer too, up till this weekend.
I don't have AC and I'm dying out here.
And we were having such a nice cold rainy summer too, up till this weekend.
I don't have AC and I'm dying out here.
I'm sitting (almost) naked on my couch here, all windows open now that the sun's gone down, but goddamn there's just zero wind, so it doesn't help one bit. Still a good few days of this shit and then we're all gonna drown in rain probably.
I'm also in the middle of my vacation and while I wasn't really planning on going anywhere, I sure as shit ain't moving my ass outside with this heat.
I'm also in the middle of my vacation and while I wasn't really planning on going anywhere, I sure as shit ain't moving my ass outside with this heat.
Yeah, I don't have it to be below 30 degrees until Thursday, but in Wednesday it's forecast to rain pretty much the whole afternoon where I live.
I swear it was meant to be just Saturday, then Saturday and Sunday, then Monday too and now this evening it's saying this is going on through Wednesday and maybe some of Thursday?! Will this sweat seeped hell never end?
