too effing hot

Lol no I have never had Aircon except on holiday

It's way more common in North America. Ours is a cheap-ish window AC that only covers a single room, nothing fancy.

window ACs literally don't exist in the UK. search amazon uk for "air conditioner" for a good time.

i think there are also UK building regulations that haven't really caught up with global warming that make it particularly tricky to install AC in residential buildings.

thank u for your service combating global warming :)

Today is hideous, worst yet, other days have been hotter but it's the humidity that's killing me.

oh god yes /london

So much better today in Paris

Never so glad to see grey skies and a sub 20 degrees temperature back in effect.

Humidity is very bad today but it’s cooler and continuing that way. We haven’t had a big blowout storm to clear out the stale air, ugh.

Update for those of you who don't know already from my FB posts: I've finally started experiencing all the symptoms of heat exhaustion, including nausea. Which is good, in a way, in that it keeps me from overindulging and I might end up losing some weight in that regard, but is also bad because there's nothing quite as terrifying as uncontrollable gagging where you feel like something might possibly come out. Eventually I was left no other choice last night but to retreat to my vehicle, turn the air conditioner up to high, and spend a good two hours there cooling down enough to where I stopped feeling nauseated and could go to sleep. I figure I have about eighteen more days of this misery to get through before I can begin to relax, after living in this hell since late May. FUCK. GODDAMNED. SUMMER.

sorry dee :(

Fn love summer though, literally melt me

fped, sick of waking up with damp hair in the morning

been a disappointingly variable summer here. in the 30s for a few days but dreich and rainy and not that hot a lot of the time. hate it.

commiserations for people who live places that are routinely "too hot" mind you

clearly it's time for a "heat: good or bad?" poll

I know which team I'm on

Turn it upppppppp

I've only been in 40+ degree heat maybe once or twice in my life and it's fucking horrendous.

35+ and humid is also rough as fuck.

anything under that = give it to me please

Doesn't feel like it's been that hot idk

Some of us are genetically not equipped for heat.

I think I had a convincing tan once when I was in my mid 20s.

Sorry to hear that, Dee. I forget where in TX you are, the dry bit or the muggy bit?

Here come the thunderstorms.

... and there goes my TV reception.

Deep down, you know you don't need it anyway.

She's in San Antonio, I believe.

sorry dee :(

Ty very kindly.

Sorry to hear that, Dee. I forget where in TX you are, the dry bit or the muggy bit?

It's the "not quite as muggy as Houston but definitely not the arid western half of the state" part of the state. "Humid subtropical", according to Wikipedia. "Featuring very hot, long, and humid summers," as well. Next summer I'm just going to say "fuck it" to being environmentally conscious and am just going to run the fucking air conditioner lest I risk a heat stroke.

It's tantalising watching the lightning maps website in central London...It's reached Uxbridge, after dallying on the outskirts.

Today was great if you were outside though... I spent the afternoon in Hyde Park where it looks really wild in parts and the brief heavyish rain was wonderful; and the evening in Kennington Park (most improved park I know of this year)

xxxp That's what I thought. Less humid than, say, Houston but lil more humid than here in AZ with about the same temp currently. Really hoping this is the last stretch of blistering heat in the southwest, for her sake.
I'm somehow nearly immune to the heat, and in particular, the sun. Whereas one of my sisters and my mom cannot take it. My sister doesn't just get sunburned easily but sun poisoned. Just another thing to make me atheist: what deity would put that fucking thing up there?? Surely there must be a better way! /infomercial voice

It's 39/102 here and I'm about to go for a hike. At least there's some clouds to block the sun today, and sun will be behind the mountains after an hour or so of hiking.

xxxp That's what I thought. Less humid than, say, Houston but lil more humid than here in AZ with about the same temp currently. Really hoping this is the last stretch of blistering heat in the southwest, for her sake.
I'm somehow nearly immune to the heat, and in particular, the sun. Whereas one of my sisters and my mom cannot take it. My sister doesn't just get sunburned easily but sun poisoned. Just another thing to make me atheist: what deity would put that fucking thing up there?? Surely there must be a better way! /infomercial voice

Hol' up, since when have you not lived in Chicago?! Also, my late mom and I used to ridicule white people all the time for being the crazy people who were out and about in the middle of a summer's day when normal people are shrinking away from the heat. I've been trying all summer long to brave the heat and be environmentally responsible and just rely on fans to keep cool, but fans don't do shit when the air they're circulating is like an oven's.

Moved to AZ end of 2012!
I commend you for trying to limit your use of AC. I try too. I don't use it in my car unless it's above 100F. My home thermostat is set to 81. But if you're having legit health problems from the heat, you gotta crank it.

Confirmed this tornado warning is for radar detecting a possible fire tornado in the wildfire.

This is the first Fire Tornado Warning we are aware of in history. #cawx pic.twitter.com/aTLMuXccA0

— U.S. Tornadoes (@USTornadoes) August 15, 2020

who had pyrotornado on their 2020 etc etc etc

Congrats to all involved

Death Valley soared to an incredible 130ºF today. If confirmed, it would be the world’s highest temperature officially recorded since 1931 🔥https://t.co/v8sn9fzd8m

— Jon Passantino (@passantino) August 17, 2020

The only two higher temperatures ever recorded on Earth were in Death Valley (1913) and Tunisia (1931), but both records have been in some dispute. At 130º today in California, we very well may have officially recorded the world’s hottest temp.

— Jon Passantino (@passantino) August 17, 2020

Pretty bad when you're closer to boiling than you are to freezing.

Update: I had to go to the hospital late Friday afternoon/early evening because of coming uncomfortably close to heat stroke. I had thought it was the first time I'd ever fainted but then I remembered a time before one of my surgeries when I had been so nervous prior to surgery that I ended up fainting while the surgeon was doing his prep work on me. Anyway, thank goodness someone was at my property at the time and was able to call EMS and get me transported to a hospital, where I stayed overnight to get rehydrated via IV drip and have a couple of medications administered to me, and I spent money on a cheap motel room until this morning to avoid the excessive heat we experienced over the weekend. It's no 130ºF but even 103 - 104ºF can be horrible in a house without (what turned out to be non-working) air conditioning, and I'm hoping on getting this issue resolved this week. At least it's only supposed to go up to 100ºF today. I'll be miserable but I'll survive.

42C / 108F here in san diego

mind you i am like 10 mi from the pacific ocean

that’s..... unliveable

i'm definitely not going outside today unless it involves moving in a westerly direction. only 85 at the beach which is a pretty crazy spatial temp gradient.

Tempted to pack it up and move to Hays, Kansas....

...

... on Tuesday.

https://i.imgur.com/u6BloGg.png

That temperature change in half a day sounds like a tornado recipe.

oh great now the sky has turned brown because of a 1000 acre wildfire 30 miles east of me

at least it’s not humid / tornadoes

The #CreekFire in Sierra NF has been updated to 36,000 acres now, no containment. Explosive growth. https://t.co/pZctugf7g0

— CA Fire Scanner (@CAFireScanner) September 6, 2020

The #ISO declares Stage 2 #Emergency; rotating power outages expected. #Conserveenergy now to relieve stress on the #grid and keep #electricity flowing. Learn more: https://t.co/6QtaKvLBwR

— California ISO (@California_ISO) September 6, 2020

ISO affects most of California except LADWP if I understand correctly.

that’s..... unliveable

When I was at school, we were allowed to loosen our ties and unbutton our top button after lunch on 40° days

If this reading is verified, it will be the highest temperature ever recorded in Los Angeles city limits. Nearly 121 degrees in Woodland Hills #cawx pic.twitter.com/gVdtXVErpi

— Matthew Fuhrman (@mfuhrman) September 6, 2020

something like 110 or some bullshit out in the disgusting east county San Diego backcountry where my parents live. my mom texted me this afternoon "My neighbor’s daughter lives in Crest; has an 8 year old son (wasn’t worried). Her view last night. Sycuan Casino lights are bright" with this accompanying photo that I believe qualifies as "Cursed"

https://i.imgur.com/XsMfLj0.png

alpine?