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5 hours ago, seb said:
I had not even looked at wind on the models and forecasts but did just now when I noticed how gusty it is. We have 20-25 mph gusts forecast all the way to Sunday evening.
Not good for the wildfire risk.
Well, that and stupid thick brain dead teenagers with less than 2 neurons rubbing or rattling together in their empty juvenile heads. Late this afternoon whilst watering my neighbours pots and baskets I could smell burning and the tell tale shrieks emanating from the tinder dry woodland at the rear of my property. Given the strong smell of burning, the close proximity to dwellings and the dryness of the trees and woodlands I went to investigate. After a few terse words and a roasting (no pun intended) I moved around 10 female teenagers out of the middle of the woods only to discover they had - yes, a lighted portable barbecue
They couldn’t have skedaddled any quicker to get away but I could see the contraption was not fully doused. The fire service have been out to check it and they have dealt with it fully. Where is the common sense? Such selfish stupid behaviour.
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To be honest no. They have hiked my energy monthly direct debit up anyway even though my gas consumption is very low. I hope that hike and the money the government will be giving me will cover me for winter. I suppose it also depends on the property and where you live? I live on the edge of woods and farmland so I find I still need to heat the bungalow even in a so called mild winter because if the weather is mild but damp and wet enough the property needs heating for that reason. It is a detached property and in close proximity to woods, which must have a bearing on it all. The multi-fuel burner works hard all winter to keep my home warm. The heating engineer suggested I needed to fire the boiler up to keel it ticking over so in winter I do oblige by putting the heating on each morning for 15 mins at most. I also get the woolly dresses and jumpers out in winter though.
I can fully understand and appreciate why people are concerned though.
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31 minutes ago, Katrine Basso said:
I don't know if this due to the heat but my left elbow, left wrist, left knee, left heel and ankle as well as my foot arch and mini bunion are very painful. I also feel drained of all energy as though I have not had any sleep even though I slept well and went to bed earlier last night as I feel exhausted. I am getting so desperate for rain that I have started putting pots of water (mostly water that has been used for washing the dishes) to increase the humidity in the air. I do not know if I have succeeded or not. When I am walking I look like 'Hop-along Cassidy'.
It may due to the dry heat. I certain struggle with the dry conditions (Sjogrens) and I have to say my joints have been playing me up and I have crepitus in both knees and my elbow joints. Something snapped in my left knee during the last heatwave and I have only just been able to drive as I couldn’t keep my knee bent long enough to operate the clutch, wearing knee support in hot weather was uncomfortable as well. Very strange too during the hot dry summer in 2018 my plantar fasciitis was particularly bad. I’ve been largely free of it until this summer when it is threatening to kick off again - not sure if it is coincidence or not.
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15 minutes ago, SnowBear said:
We had the same here on the estate last night, I believe it was the pub on the corner who should really know better.
Most likely the Park Hall Hotel. They were told about the stupidity of fireworks back in 2018 when it was a very dry summer as they border farmland an ancient woods. The management are always in trouble with councillors about something or other and always seem to be at loggerheads with the local residents.
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Everywhere is dry and primed for fires so some idiot starts letting off fireworks around here, thick as 3 short planks nailed together some people are
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11 hours ago, Ravendane said:
As a person with heart disease and ruematism, the heat is dangerous, so not a fan of high temperatures and humidity. But my biggest concern living in the drought ridden south east is for our natural enviroment. The land is rock hard and barren, streams and small rivers have dried up. We had a frightening night when a neighbouring farm had a huge fire in a stubble field...only the lack of a prevailing wind and the courage of the fire service stopped it reaching our dry as a bone land. The sight of a red sky at 1am in the UK was really chilling
I feel for you. My mums friend’s hubby is in heart failure using piped oxygen overnight and as needed during the day bless him. To add insult to injury he and his wife have caught COVID now and the only place they have been is to hospital appointments. I do fear for him next week with heart failure, COVID and having to cope with excessive heat. Rain wise, we done a little better in this part of the UK but everything is drying up like a crisp once again and I can fully understand your fears for wildfires. Our cul de sac of bungalows are surrounded on two sides by woods and farms - worrying indeed.
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We really could do with the weather backing off now rather than continually heating up……surely?
EDF cuts output at nuclear power plants as French rivers get too warm | Energy industry | The Guardian
WWW.THEGUARDIAN.COMCompany says it is reducing production for few hours where possible as ability to cool plants is restricted-
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Well, I can’t quite get why people keep wanting to ramp the heat up at the best of times but when it starts to cause trouble I understand it even less
EDF cuts output at nuclear power plants as French rivers get too warm | Energy industry | The Guardian
WWW.THEGUARDIAN.COMCompany says it is reducing production for few hours where possible as ability to cool plants is restricted-
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1 hour ago, stainesbloke said:
Very warm in Prague today, forecast is for a high of 35°C, it’s already 31°C at midday with little in the way of a breeze. Estofex has a level 2 alert for severe thunderstorms across much of the country for this evening and overnight, keeping fingers crossed. The rudbeckias are doing well, at least.
Beautiful. I’ve had a sunflower year this summer.
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5 hours ago, Team Squirrel said:
We're (finally!) moving house at the moment - the last three weeks have been lots of complicated admin in the heat and humidity in a flat that remains a furnace no matter what we do. 25.c outside, 29.c inside and the sun isn't even out.
Now in the middle part which is basically arguing with solicitors and end of tenancy deep cleaning while having a mass throw out. Lots of physical work and every day ends with a headache and feeling too hot to eat.
And now we are due more of the same when the packing an moving starts
But we are moving from a flat to a house with garden! I'll get a paddling pool just in time for a hosepipe ban to start no doubt!
edit: oh I will have to change my username as we're leaving the big trees and the squirrels behind!
Wishing you every happiness in your new house.
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Iceland must be a truly fascinating place to live even if a little daunting with all this volcanic activity on your doorstep.
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43 minutes ago, Weather Enthusiast91 said:
Grasses over here are turning into that lovely lush green colour again as we have had quite a bit of rain over the last few nights, sometimes heavy. Just goes to show that the grass does quickly revive itself once the rains arrive.
Problem is though around these parts we have had a very strong gusty hot wind for 2 days in a row. My garden is now bone dry again and I’m back to lugging watering cans around or the hosepipe rescuing plants. Two hydrangeas needing rescuing with water today, which sort of tells me the rain we had hasn’t really penetrated enough for plants and trees.
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Just scrolled through the model thread to see what is potentially in store for us weather wise going forward. Looks like we heat haters will need to prepare our defences again because Satans breath could well be about to visit yet again. I read somewhere else the hot spell described as Satans breath and and I thought it an apt description. There is talk of low to mid 30’s for several days. Anything over 23c is far too much for me.
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26 minutes ago, Dami said:
We get ants and Blue Bottles . Horrible horrible things. Love the bins so much that we have ours cleaned by a very nice man every bin day or we end up with maggots and stinky bins! yuck.
I hate how humid it is right now, our rooms aren't getting past 25c+ and we have had very little rain. Oh for a storm!
We get horrid iridescent green things. It doesn’t help that our general refuse bins are only emptied once a fortnight and I really think, over the summer months at least, bins should be emptied every week. yes a storm would be good although we are doing better than you guys, at least we have had some rain.
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The other aspect of hot weather that drives me nuts is things on wings. Have had a happy bumble bee nest under the cat pen and they haven’t been any trouble and the flutterbies are lovely. Flies, however, can’t stand the dirty horrid things 🫣
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Pleased to say we have had some rain overnight. Seems enough, for the moment at least, to help revive the lawns and some plants and to perhaps dampen down the woods at the rear of our properties. I don’t think it is enough to save trees perhaps as some have really droopy leaves, the lilac trees in particular look very unhappy. We noticed yesterday how awful some of the trees look alongside the estate roads, some look as if they have died off.
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4 minutes ago, Wold Topper said:
You are correct SC, Olive stones is one type/source and the ash tray does need emptying more regularly than when i just burn hard wood logs,
I thought it was olive stones but then doubted myself. The e-coal is very useful though I have to say.
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1 hour ago, Ed Stone said:
Maybe a silly question, SC -- but what is 'e-coal'?
Not a silly question at all but I see it has been explained. It is useful and does keep the the “fire” ticking over but goodness me it does create a great deal of ash compared to wood. If I remember correctly the stuff I used last winter was derived from (I’ll have to check for definite) from olive stones or something along those lines.
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36 minutes ago, Ed Stone said:
Me too. Apart from my leccy bill, I hope to see another winter like 1981-82. I suspect that that's not going to happen!
Any more than I think BT will ever provide a half-decent 'open' service!
My bungalow is heavy on electricity. However, the only gas appliance is the heating, which I use as little as I can. I’ve had my first batch of kiln dried logs delivered and a bigger bulk bag of logs is due end of August. I’ll also stock up on e-coal to keep the fire ticking over overnight.
Would be nice to have some decent winter weather for a change. I’m particularly dreading summer dragging on and on through into October like it has this last year or so.
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5 hours ago, Stewart M said:
The GFS is showing what could look like a lengthy hot spell as we get further into August. From around the 9th or so temps could widely be in the high 20s or even low 30s. Not as intense as the recent heatwave but much longer lasting. I hope it doesn't come off!
So do I. Can’t be doing with much more heat
Roll on autumn (a proper one!) and winter (again, a proper one), they simply can’t come soon enough for me.
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5 hours ago, minus10 said:
Staggered to learn that India recorded 18 million....yes million lightning strikes for the year 20/21...linked to the monsoon. Knew that there was always more stormy weather present there but didnt realise the huge numbers of strikes involved. Sadly many people killed also by lightning in India...
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Awful really, so sad. Indian government seems set to pay compensation to victims.
India lightning strikes kill at least 38 people
WWW.ALJAZEERA.COMOfficials say 20 people died in western Rajasthan state while 18 others lost their lives in Uttar Pradesh over 24 hours.-
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Seems we are looking at heat building again weekend onwards perhaps?
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1 hour ago, SnowBear said:
We had 100f here and my two cats just curled up and slept all day, one on their big cushion they have and one in the latest cardboard delivery box (any delivery with a box big enough they have until its rejected and then gets cut up for recycling lol).
I did add extra water to their wet food though over those two days and they had plenty of water about.
To them though it was a two day long siesta!
Just let my youngest cat outside to run some steam off in the garden for the first time since last Friday due to the intense heat. She’s a very active 3 year old, has not grown up yet and plays like a 3 month old kitten🫣). She still managed to romp about inside the house and their catio despite the heat! My older cats struggled with the heat though I will say and lay about most of the days and nights.
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49 minutes ago, Ed Stone said:
Doesn't that mean that their entire A/C systems failed? Otherwise, why would an outside temperature of 40C make an indoor freezer fail? Or are we talking about (slaps head!
) the outdoor cold Stores?
Edit: PS: It's a horribly oppressive 28C here just now. Bring back the hairdryer!
Much fresher (well at least outside!) around here thankfully. Feel much better today and at last feel I have the energy and concentration to start scoping for material for my next quilt project. Haven’t been able to concentrate on pricing the material up and converting from yards to metres. Finished the last one about two weeks ago.
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The heat haters club 2022
in Spring Weather Discussion
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And this is one of the reasons why I hate hot dry summers so much.
Stupid thick brain dead teenagers with less than 2 neurons rubbing or rattling together in their empty juvenile heads. Late this afternoon whilst watering my neighbours pots and baskets I could smell burning and the tell tale shrieks emanating from the tinder dry woodland at the rear of my property. Given the strong smell of burning, the close proximity to dwellings and the dryness of the trees and woodlands I went to investigate. After a few terse words and a roasting (no pun intended) I moved around 10 female teenagers out of the middle of the woods only to discover they had - yes, a lighted portable barbecue They couldn’t have skedaddled any quicker to get away but I could see the contraption was not fully doused. The fire service have been out to check it and they have dealt with it fully. Where is the common sense? Such selfish stupid behaviour.