Hot enough for you?

[Black estate]

Supposed to be a cooler 31°C by 1pm, MG already says it's 32°C. Sweating in the sun, look for the dog, laying on the concrete sunbaking, those ferocious Mexican hunting dogs are certainly built for the warmer climates

T1 Terry

6:30 am here in Gosport Hampshire UK , barmy 0.7c at least it's not raining so the dog can go out for a walk this morning

 

[Ian Key]

6:30 am here in Gosport Hampshire UK , barmy 0.7c at least it's not raining so the dog can go out for a walk this morning

It's -2.2 here in Derby but as you say it's not raining so the dog towel can stay in front of the radiator.

 

[T1 Terry]

6:30 am here in Gosport Hampshire UK , barmy 0.7c at least it's not raining so the dog can go out for a walk this morning

Our poor little Ferocious Mexican Hunting dog (Chihuahua) would shake so much it would fall apart in that sort of cold ..... actually, I doubt you get him out of our bed until it warmed up to at least 20*C ......

T1 Terry

 

[Black estate]

Our poor little Ferocious Mexican Hunting dog (Chihuahua) would shake so much it would fall apart in that sort of cold ..... actually, I doubt you get him out of our bed until it warmed up to at least 20*C ......

T1 Terry

My jack a poo , is not a morning dog and she likes nicking mums warm spot in the bed

 

[Gomev]

6:30 am here in Gosport Hampshire UK , barmy 0.7c at least it's not raining so the dog can go out for a walk this morning

It's not really that barmy, after all it is January.

 

[T1 Terry]

It's not really that barmy, after all it is January.

To be honest, I think it's barmy to live anywhere that has temps that drop to single digits, down right crazy to actually consider going outside .....

T1 Terry

 

[Ian Key]

To be honest, I think it's barmy to live anywhere that has temps that drop to single digits, down right crazy to actually consider going outside .....

T1 Terry

Nesh Aussies

 

[MG Clive]

After a couple of wasmish days, we're back to frozen freezing frost again this morning.

 

[LenEV2016]

To be honest, I think it's barmy to live anywhere that has temps that drop to single digits, down right crazy to actually consider going outside .....

T1 Terry

Prefer the cold and snow myself

 

[siteguru]

That's lucky then.

 

[Black estate]

To be honest, I think it's barmy to live anywhere that has temps that drop to single digits, down right crazy to actually consider going outside .....

T1 Terry

Well this was Sunday the 4th 7am toasty

 

[T1 Terry]

Well this was Sunday the 4th 7am toasty
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Lucky you keep it inside so it does catch a death of cold .... seams some MG's are suffering that lately

T1 Terry

 

[tsedge]

Hmmm... the all-time record temperature for Torbay was 33C in July 1976.

I can't recall a temperature over 30C in the last ten years, last year's max was about 27C.

Clearly, talk of temperatures over 33C must be fiction: but I thought Lord of the Rings was filmed in NZ, not Australia? Anyway, clearly these other places are mythical and cannot exist in a sane world!

 

[T1 Terry]

Hmmm... the all-time record temperature for Torbay was 33C in July 1976.

I can't recall a temperature over 30C in the last ten years, last year's max was about 27C.

Clearly, talk of temperatures over 33C must be fiction: but I thought Lord of the Rings was filmed in NZ, not Australia? Anyway, clearly these other places are mythical and cannot exist in a sane world!

You mean places that have minus temps, you might be onto something there, surely no one would live in such a cold miserable climate

T1 Terry

 

[tsedge]

Didn't you know? We are at our happiest being miserable!

 

[MG Clive]

Didn't you know? We are at our happiest being miserable!

It's true.

 

[T1 Terry]

It's true.

Well, there ya go, you people must be bubbling over with happiness if you watched England get thrashed at the Ashes tests ......

T1 Terry

 

[tsedge]

We didn't lose, we maintained our dignity while others crowed. An Englishman knows personal standards matter more than outcomes.

 

[LenEV2016]

Biggest range of temperatures I've experience have been

Warmest 46°c Turkey very dry heat.

Coldest -26°c Northern Finland, strange cold as no moisture in air so no damp feeling.

Most uncomfortable when I was stationed in Belize in the early nineties only low to mid 30's but massively high humidity as on the edge of jungle, took about 6 weeks to get used to it.

Can't imagine what 50°c and above feels like

 

[T1 Terry]

Biggest range of temperatures I've experience have been

Warmest 46°c Turkey very dry heat.

Coldest -26°c Northern Finland, strange cold as no moisture in air so no damp feeling.

Most uncomfortable when I was stationed in Belize in the early nineties only low to mid 30's but massively high humidity as on the edge of jungle, took about 6 weeks to get used to it.

Can't imagine what 50°c and above feels like

The temps only climb that high when there is no humidity to speak of, everything that can't get out of the sun, simply dries out.

The last hot spell we had when we lived in our house beside the Murray River, bird life that wouldn't normally be seen in the same area on the water, all gathered together in the small bay that was shaded by gum trees where we had put out floating tree branches for those that couldn't really stay in the water for a long time, could perch but still go for a dip to cool off. It was wing tip to wing tip, all packed in, yet making room for another that turned up to survive .....

In this part of the country, people couldn't survive without good air cond. Before proper heat pump air conditioning, there was always a death toll of those who just couldn't survive the extreme heat, there is only so much heat an evaporative cooler can get out of the air before it;s pumped through the house.

Now days, the community club, pubs and supermarkets, make provision for those who need shelter during the day to escape the heat. Community mini busses head out in the mornings of the days the extreme heat is expected, pick up the vulnerable, and bring them into the cool for the day, then take them back home in the evening ..... dogs and cats in carry cages, birds in cages, all gathered together in a spirit of community survival.
In the bigger towns and the city, places advertise they are open for people to escape the heat for the day, neighbours look out for one another ..... and some simply use it as an excuse to get out in the water and swim or wake board or ski or what ever .....

T1 Terry