too effing hot

Basketball? Clearly the heat has addled your brain...get thee to the bar!!

I'M GOING TO START HITTING THINGS

yup.

??? its 77 in london?

abt 18C now

well apparently it's 14C here, I claim bullshit cuz that hasn't prevented me from having to strip off in order to maybe be able to concentrate well enough to read.

proxima laptauri be radiatin'

I feel like if I moved to London I would have some sort of evolutionary advantage where I would still be able to work at 100% long after the rest of the city had melted itself into nothingness during a 22C day

I was outside way too much today. I feel like I got beat up by the sun.

remember homes in europe don't have a/c xp. 77 is not hot, but it's not particularly pleasant to try to sleep in. 85 here without a/c at 2am. gross.

There seems to be a tipping point in London around 26-27C where things get very unpleasant very quickly - pretty awful on public transport and in offices with no or inadequate A/C (power tripped out in ours again on Friday; machine room often reaches 45C...dash of our car gets to 61C). What's happening right now is pretty unusual even for this southeastern corner of the UK - I'd guess something like 13-14 straight days of unbroken sun (ok, it rained briefly last Tuesday) with another 4-5 days forecast; the odd day into the 30s is not exceptional but dry spells like this are very un-British.

Memories of '76...

The truly remarkable heat wave was in late June and early July. For 15 consecutive days from 23 June to 7 July inclusive, temperatures reached 90°F (32.2°C) somewhere in England on each of these 15 days.
Parts of the south west went 45 days without any rain in July and August.

this is great rly

tonight especially w/ a steady breeze

posting from yr mitcham veranda

wha?

not even close

ok w/e an open-air gallery in whyteleafe

north london fwiw

TRAITOR

I've actually enjoyed this spell and I'm no sun-worshipper. I think it has a lot to do with Tube-less commutes, getting seats on trains and the radical decision to wear shorts to work. First time in seven years. I look no better than in 2003 but perhaps I care less.

it's going to be 37C here on monday :~)

the english climate may not be underrated but there were a few days last week which were just sublime, mid twenties, moderate humidity, alternately gauzily cloudy and brightly sunlit

not sure there is better weather than that

^^^I can get behind this, although there's something about a certain quality of unbroken sunshine that pushes me into a deeply psychedelic childhood-retentive state where nothing can possibly be bad in the world

93 or 'better' the next 4-5 days in NY

We got a break from the crushing heat with a relaxing hurricane... days and days of clouds and rain, love it.

fabulous today in Paris, 19C now, high of 28C today, blue sky, a little breeze. But it was hellish during the week: it hit 35C on Friday, and without air conditioning it becomes hard to think under those circumstances. And the trains are brutal when it's like that: even the good-looking people don't look good bathing in sweat (not to mention the stink). It'll be just under 30C for the high all week, which though a bit hotter than I'd like is still totally fine; over 30's where it gets rough. And yeah, compared to most of the places in the USA I've lived this is nothing, but in all those places we had air con & rode in cars rather than trains.

this is more like it

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/uk/se/london_forecast_weather.html

(note - may be subject to change)

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the english climate may not be underrated but there were a few days last week which were just sublime, mid twenties, moderate humidity, alternately gauzily cloudy and brightly sunlit

not sure there is better weather than that

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fuckin' a

anyone complaining can gtfo

I was only complaining about the heat at night! During the day it's brilliant.

i remember how grim and tenacious last winter was => not one word of complaint about this weather, day or night, will be passing my lips

buy a fan and a mosquito net and you're sorted, anyway. and put bottles of water in the fridge to chill. and omg this amazing thing i did the other night - put my summer dressing gown in a plastic bag and shoved it in the freezer for a few hours - putting it on was BLISS~

also, ice cold showers, and i mean ICE COLD

I was happily roasting in Malta on press trip last week, with lovely dry 30C heat in the daytime and the benefits of AC at night. Coming back here to slightly cooler temperatures and lovely sun is pretty much an optimum way to be, especially when resorting to G&Ts made with this:

http://www.comparestoreprices.co.uk/images/th/the-reformed-spirits-company-gabriel-boudier-saffron-gin.jpg

Voila, your humble G&T becomes a SAFFIE. Absolutely fabulous - take it from an expert. Lex, will you venture forth in the heat to join me?

this week sometime? this afternoon = wimbledon final for me

Deal! Would offer to bring some over for tennis watching but am stuck here on a paper-winnowing/tidying mission.

pushing 90F *overnight* in taipei tonight

what the fuck
http://i47.tinypic.com/33tt7us.jpg

I'm actually really looking forward to this week cuz the humidity's gonna be low

Euler, is there no AC in Parisian train cars? Our (Chicago) trains and buses are air conditioned. I've happened upon a train cars with broken AC and the ride was unbearable. I can't imagine that being the norm.

afaik there is no AC in Paris metros; in the RER a few trains have it but I've noticed lately those trains have been few & far between. I've been on 6 trains in Paris so far today & none had AC, though it's fine today; about 26C right now. But at 35C it was really awful, esp. on the RER A which is Europe's busiest line & (yay) part of my typical commute; typical trip looks like this:

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_vbrMa5TSSdY/SyzHobabDLI/AAAAAAAADrI/PlOMzYZXNjs/s400/RER+strike.jpg

95 degrees in NYC today ...

humidity actually quite tol'able

Ugh, in Paris on Monday, hotel had no AC.

The subte in Buenos Aires doesn't have A/C, and in the summer it is brutal, especially during rush hour.

I <3 u, USA.

Kind of suprised I didnt post to this thread during that freak heatwave we had where we had 2 days of 45+ degrees and then a 48C (118F) day, and then half of victoria got flattened by fires.

Do not want to go outside

the humidex is at 37C/99F and its not even 9am.

I ran a shit ton of errands yesterday when it was 90F/32C and wouldn't you know, managed to catch a train with broken AC. Brutal.

it was 104 at BWI today and it's still 100. i wanna go do something like get groceries because i am bored & want to eat chicken but what if my flesh cooks when i go outside

Don't risk it. Stay inside where it's safe.

stayed inside all day. haven't put clothes on at all.
should go out and get some w33d and stop by the store to get my paycheck and then go to the bank, but I can't imagine mustering the energy.

See previous post.