According to this weather map, a pretty pleasant summer heatwave of between 28C - 30C has apparently turned England into scorched earth.
The Guardian don’t give up on this nonsense. The sunshine will be enjoyed by the vast majority of people in England rather something to be scared of or “endured”. And if it gets too hot, wear a hat, sit in the shade or have some water. It certainly beats endless days of rain.
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Don't walk dogs when it's very hot.
Take some water with you so the dog can have a drink.
Don't leave dogs locked inside a car when it's hot, or even a bit warm.
Put bowls of water around your garden for thirsty wildlife.
Smother sun cream on your body before you go out.
Wear a sun hat.
Take some water with you, make sure you drink more.
Seek some shade under trees or indoors.
Don't light a campfire or have a barbeque outdoors.
Make sure young children are not exposed to hot sun.
Be careful when near water. No jumping in the river.
Watch out for people in swimming pools, or the sea. They may be drowning.
Use your common sense.
You will not die if you are careful.
Have a good weekend. Toodle pip. ilona
. . . AND BREATHE . . . For heaven's sake, this just used to be called a good summer, and I can remember Southampton having 90 deg. temps a few summers in the past, not to mention the summer of '76 . . . We survived. Whatever happened to common sense indeed?
ReplyDeleteI think common sense is in short supply these days and people enjoy the nanny state telling them what to do.
ReplyDeleteI spent the summer of 1976 trying to establish a garden in the brick-strewn rubble around a new build house, and I have yet to experience anything like it. All of this nonsense about 30 Deg C heat killing people ignores the fact that millions of British people go away each summer to Spain, Greece, Italy and the south of France where temperatures are routinely much higher, without it killing them?
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