Soldato
I was thinking the sonoran desert was the hottest I've been in, but at least that was cold at night, this is just miserable.
It's too hot :(
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Soldato
Says you, sitting in your near freezing 28c in Lanark. Get out.
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I’m currently lying in bed with Covid 19, temp was as high as 39.2 at one point (my body temp).
Humidity.
In Madrid it was 36. No problem. Dry!
Caporegime
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It's that and that our buildings just aren't built for it. So there's no real respite.
Soldato
The shade temp at the front (south facing) side of the house is 34 and, somehow, I've just survived a mile & a half cycle into town and back to get more antibiotics for my fragile mother. Not ideal weather for dementia care! By letting gravity do the work where possible, and not being ashamed, as usual, to use the teeny-tiny, pedal-like-you're-a-weedy-muppet-going-backwards gears on the way back, I'm surprisingly not dead.
I'm definitely someone that needs water cooling. Ideal for me's about 18-20 and over 22 makes me grumpy & knackered before very long. But starting from a cool house (so far!) and a pitstop at an AC'd chemist helped the slog. As did quite a stiff Cheshire plain breeze... though it was rather like sucking a paint stripper at times.
I've never been abroad chasing sun. Today has confirmed I never will!
I'm definitely someone that needs water cooling. Ideal for me's about 18-20 and over 22 makes me grumpy & knackered before very long. But starting from a cool house (so far!) and a pitstop at an AC'd chemist helped the slog. As did quite a stiff Cheshire plain breeze... though it was rather like sucking a paint stripper at times.
I've never been abroad chasing sun. Today has confirmed I never will!
Caporegime
UK buildings have insulation and insulation works both ways.
It's just we don't have air con at home. I am pretty sure a UK home is more comfortable than a tiny flat in **** Kok with no air con. Also why people escapes to shopping malls too.
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It’s not though it’s 34 Celsius here in Blackburn and 26% humidity.
Rhodes slightly higher 35 Celsius and 43% humidity
Caporegime
Because I’m not sat on a beach sipping an ice cold sangria
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I've been watching the sheep in the field behind the house and feeling sorry for them hiding in the small bits of shade they can find, then thought of pigs in the fields with only the metal huts and no shade, they must be having a rough time of it 
Soldato
Yeah but the soul crushing of living in Blackburn makes the weather so much worse.
Getting enough water every day is important for your health. Drinking water can prevent dehydration, a condition that can cause unclear thinking, result in mood change, cause your body to overheat, and lead to constipation and kidney stones
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Not too bad outside actually, decent breeze makes it somewhat comfortable.
Went for a outdoor gym session and the worst part was the hot metal bars. The magnum and twister I had on the way back and forth certainly helped though
Went for a outdoor gym session and the worst part was the hot metal bars. The magnum and twister I had on the way back and forth certainly helped though
We have massive windows with no external shading/shutters which is the killer for us. Massive windows means solar gain for the rest of the year when we need it (as we're a reasonable cool/cold country). And also our insulation standards and therefore insulation installations have been sub-par for quite some time. Most homes have far too little and so the heat goes right through.
I foresee a slight shift in building techniques that will include both more insulation, and some features like external shading/shutters to help us combat the heat.
26?
I don't know if I've ever seen uk humidity at 26!
Its 70pc here.
Even in my house in dry winter with CH humidity doesn't get below 40.
I don't know if I've ever seen uk humidity at 26!
Its 70pc here.
Even in my house in dry winter with CH humidity doesn't get below 40.
Soldato
I think you're in need of some.