Weather Topic 2: THE REVENGE!!!

[Charger]

I don't think thousands though... I read about 1300 have died over Europe in the past week or so...most of them ofcourse very old folks.

Naturally it is a lot, but the elderly tend to be in danger when ever the temps go over 30C...every year few hundreds die in central europe. Futile deaths ofcourse since portable AC units would help but it is what it is...

[Zzzptm]

I've got buddies in Europe complaining about how it's illegal to put in portable AC units in their historical buildings because it ruins the aesthetics mandated by law - Sort of like a Homeowners' Association with police authority.

Thing is, I am pretty sure that if our ancestors had a massive heat wave and access to AC, we'd have little condenser unit boxes hanging out of every historically-restored building's window.

[Charger]

Portable AC units around here are mostly indoor units with just a hose through an open window so they don't really do anything to the aesthetics...

[Zzzptm]

There are those who scan windows for those wee hoses out the windows...

Where I've traveled, I've seen open embrace of air conditioning in India, China, Mexico, Canada, and all over the USA.

Many a European nation has been hostile to installing AC solutions in commercial buildings along with historical residential ones. There are even museums where there is a fight about whether or not to install a climate control system that would better preserve the exhibits or to leave such a system out to better preserve the architecture. My wife and I are resolved to visit Europe only in the cooler months, when we travel.

[Typhon]

Heat wave coming for my area of the country.  By definition that is reaching into the 90s 3 days in a row.  I'll be increasing my water intake.  Perhaps a good time to wash some vehicles, in the shade, of course.   

[Charger]

Heat is a good time wash things!

Over here things are getting cooler again...tomorrow we'll still hit 23-25C (73-77F) but then it might be below 20C again!

[Zzzptm]

Our daily lows are going to be 78F and up for a while, with daily highs in the upper 90s with heat indexes crossing the 100-degree mark.

100 degrees is a nice milestone temp, way better than 38C.

[Vyn]

Seems the heat blast in Europe has moved on, with cooler temps and rain taking the place of the heat. Headlines say total dead in France from that heat is just over 28,000 people.

Graveyards are packed so they're just stacking bloated corpses on the ground in big piles. Decomposition gases are causing the corpses to move about in herky-jerky, unpredictable ways. It's like the start of the zombie apocalypse!

 

[Charger]

Oh yeah...that heatwave killed more people than WW1 and 2 combined!!

 



We had our first Thunderstorm of the summer! YEEEEEAAAY!!

Wasn't horribly close, I think the closest hit was about a mile....but still saw couple of beautiful lightnings and enjoyed the rumble!

[Zzzptm]

Looks like another heat dome is building up over Europe.

[Charger]

Another thundery day...two more thunders today but nothing very close...but we got a healthy ammount of rain again which is nice and needed.

[Zzzptm]

Lots of Australian tears wetting the streets of Arlington, Texas, after losing to Egypt in penalty kicks...

[Vyn]

Today the high was 94, low 74. High humidity all day. Bright and sunny.

Around 2pm it suddenly got almost pitchblack out, wind picked way up, then rained like it was the bible. This little pop up storm lasted about 30 minutes, knocked a bunch of trees over, made kids worry that their 4th of July celebrations would be ruined, then it turned bright and sunny!

[Charger]

Another day of rain and thunder! I'm beginning to like this summer!

I can't even remember the last time we've had 3 straight days of thunder!!

[Zzzptm]

Chances of rain tonight and next two nights. I'm hoping we get a shower one of those nights.