91 ℉ / 34 ℃ Yesterday
73 ℉ / 23 ℃ Tonight
Nothing like a good storm to blow some heat and humidity out to sea. For now. Climbing back up into the 80's (and up) tomorrow.
Still... Rather Unusual Weather
#heatwave
"Toute la France est occupée par la canicule, toute ? oui, même la Bretagne."
"- Mais quelle idée aussi... Enlevez-moi cette loupe !"
All France is occupied by the heat wave, all of it? yes, even Brittany."
"- But what an idea then... Take off that magnifying glass!
Stay hydrated! Think cool. Even this god seems to be roasting. Along with much of France, Spain, U.S., U.K, and 'other'....
View is #myphoto - at #Versailles.
I've been eager to travel somewhere (after years of lockdowns and limitations), almost headed to Paris. Maybe lucky I didn't between COVID and melting railroad tracks, due to record heat. Whew. More is coming. Keep cool! 😎 Especially now, especially in the cities.
Summer in the City
#heatwave (another song!). #music #musica #musique #summer #LovingSpoonful #1966 #SummerInTheCity #fenfotos
kav (@Kav_Kaushik): "Hi, Indian here! I’ve grown up with a lot of hot summers so here’s my top tips for surviving the hot weather (🧵)"|nitter.it
Good one!
#heatwave
- Make a pact with pezazu, the demon of the darkness and trade your first born children for more melanin
For #UK friends who will be going through the #heatwave tomorrow.
I'm very late posting this as it's been a busy few days, but here's some advice on keeping cool during the extreme heat, cobbled together from advice sent to me from a few people who are Very Sensible about these things. I offer it to you in case any of it is new to you, as some of it was to me. Feel free to copy and pass it on to others.
Hope you can keep cool tomorrow.
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As Monday will have temperatures higher than ever before seen in the UK, the government have declared this a level 4 (the highest level) national emergency. The usual rules for what you might do in hot weather don't apply in these temperatures.
If at all possible, stay indoors. Transport will be affected – road surfaces may melt (no joke), cars will break down – and emergency services will be under severe pressure (but do please call them if you need them).
If you must go out, try to do it early or late in the day. Stick to shady places if you can; if you're caught in sun in the middle of the day, cover up as much as possible in light-weight clothing, with a broad-brimmed hat if you have one.
Open windows late tonight or early morning before it heats up to let cool, fresh air through the house, then close the windows, and also curtains on the sunward side, to keep the cool in. You could hang a damp sheet in front of open windows to cool the air, although it'll probably be too hot to open the windows at all on Monday.
Think about which room(s) in your house are coolest, and use those as much as possible. There might be some rooms cooler in the morning and others cooler later in the day.
To lower your body temperature, you can:
– put your feet in a bowl of cold water,
– put a wet scarf around your neck,
– wet your hair,
– wet your clothes (over the shoulders, back, etc.)
– take a cool shower,
– fill the bath with cold water and sit in it (if you're really hot, take a cool shower first so dipping into cold water doesn't shock you).
If it's getting too hot at home and you need to cool down, go to somewhere local that is air-conditioned or, for instance, stand for a while in the chiller aisles in a supermarket.
Keep hydrated but be aware of mineral loss when you sweat, so eat as wide a range as possible of salad, fruit, veg, juices and varied foods. This will help replace all the various minerals you need.
If it's too hot to sleep, lie under a wet sarong or similar sheet and let the evaporation keep you cool.
This isn't intended to scare you! With some planning and caution, you should be all right (if uncomfortable).
IFRC auf Twitter: „Many parts of the world are experiencing record-breaking temperatures and severe heatwaves. 🥵 If you're caught in a very hot weather, here are some tips to stay safe and cool. https://t.co/HULRB3P20K“ / Twitter
Claire Brétécher - Les Frustrés III. Les chaleurs
#art #bd #comic #brétécher #heatwave #canicule #chaleur #heat
https://www.pixelcreation.fr/galerie/voir/claire-bretecher/claire-bretecher-les-frustres-iii/
You see, my Western friends read stories like this, and then they go back to obsessing over the Kardashians or Wonder Woman or #JohnnyDepp or #Batman. They don’t understand yet. Because this is beyond the limits of what homo sapiens can really comprehend, the Event. That world is coming for them, too.
The analogy is often used to describe “climate change” of frogs in a boiling pot. It’s useful, but only to a certain degree. When the pot boils, they’re taken out and eaten. We were in a boiling pot, and now we’re at the stage where we’re about to get taken out and eaten. This is when things start to get really, really bad — really, really fast.
The way that I’ve come to think of the Event — a species that’s been around for 300,000 years now having altered the #climate in ways that haven’t happened for millions of years, triggering an Extinction Event — is this.
https://eand.co/the-age-of-extinction-is-here-some-of-us-just-dont-know-it-yet-7001f5e0c79a #heatwave #india #environment #spain #europe #fascism #crisis #pakistan #bangladesh #srilanka #war