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"Independent, critical thinking" has taken on a new meaning, quite different to what it used to mean, in recent years.Originally Posted by Canton Kev
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Phew, that’s my favourite past time so over the moon about that.
For those of you that have been affected by (in my opinion) the scaremongering in the media it looks like, for Wales, tonight will be a slightly warmer one, tomorrow a really uncomfortable night for everyone and then Tuesday evening will be cool once the thunderstorms hit.
More a heat nod of the head that a wave.
"Independent, critical thinking" has taken on a new meaning, quite different to what it used to mean, in recent years.
It's not the media though is it, it's the vast vast majority of scientists.
I'll never understand people with no background in science think they know better than NASA, it's incredible.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/2653822
Soon gets back to normal ….
Was 40 ever forecast for Cardiff?
39 is still Mondays forecast for London
Yes, you're right, a wild, wild guess. Just like a lot of what we're told to believe.
I don't get the resistance to these weather warnings. There are thousands of people out there who have serious underlying health problems, cardiovascular, lung disease etc. This extreme heat can kill them, as their bodies do not have the same abilities to regulate heat in the same way a healthy persons body can. It's not difficult. Yes, the news is full of it for a week or so, there is an element of overkill, and that reaction does seem to piss off our more right leaning members, who seem to make comparisons to their younger days, when if it was ridiculously hot, people just got on with it, and it never did them any harm. Why can't people just accept that extreme weather conditions can lead to people getting unwell, especially if they have underlying problems.
I wish I was a liberated, free thinker like you. If I was, I could have believed Covid-19 was no worse than the average dose of flu, football could never be played closed doors, all of the professional clubs would go bust by Christmas 2020, everyone in the UK except for public sector workers would be out of a job by the beginning of 2021 and global warming is a myth.
For those saying 'but but 1976'
https://twitter.com/StephenFeberLtd/...YW1DE7lkQ&s=19
Isn't it crazy how people seem to trot out this kind of bullshit, yet are found to be completely wrong and then still come back for more, like nothing happened!I wish I was a liberated, free thinker like you. If I was, I could have believed Covid-19 was no worse than the average dose of flu, football could never be played closed doors, all of the professional clubs would go bust by Christmas 2020, everyone in the UK except for public sector workers would be out of a job by the beginning of 2021 and global warming is a myth.
Opinions. That's what they are. At least I refrain from personal insults, name-calling.I wish I was a liberated, free thinker like you. If I was, I could have believed Covid-19 was no worse than the average dose of flu, football could never be played closed doors, all of the professional clubs would go bust by Christmas 2020, everyone in the UK except for public sector workers would be out of a job by the beginning of 2021 and global warming is a myth.
Would people prefer no weather forecasts, no science, no computer modelling based on years of data?
Let's just go back to see if the cows are lying down, what date the first swallows are spotted and what happens on St Swithins Day, and deal with whatever the weather is like when we wake up on the day.
Bollocks. That’s what they are.
We'd be better off listening to our old nans according to this board's foremost expert on anything and everything.
Bit of an issue for me as both of mine are dead, but such if life.
lets compare to the 1976 heatwave shall we
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1976...sles_heat_wave
in terms of health impact states an excess death rate of 20% that summer
It’s odd isn’t it. Forget about global warming for now, if we have the facility to identify periods of extreme heat days in advance, why not take precautions to ensure that the most vulnerable are protected?
I saw in this thread that the temperature for London tomorrow was “only” going to be 39 degrees, not the previously predicted 40. Well, even 39 degrees is the highest the UK will have experienced since records began, so the likelihood is that those talking about the high temperatures of their youth have never experienced the sort of temperature some in England will endure tomorrow in their life (in this country anyway).
The oddest thing of all though is how annoyed the snowflakes on here get about the fact that people are being recommended to take precautions in the extreme heat
39 will feel much hotter in London. Yeah, these old farts who base everything on their own experiences, and how they got through it, so what's the fuss all about? They're the modern day version of those Victorians who moaned when Law was brought in to stop 7 year olds shinning up chimney stacks with a brush and scraper.It’s odd isn’t it. Forget about global warming for now, if we have the facility to identify periods of extreme heat days in advance, why not take precautions to ensure that the most vulnerable are protected?
I saw in this thread that the temperature for London tomorrow was “only” going to be 39 degrees, not the previously predicted 40. Well, even 39 degrees is the highest the UK will have experienced since records began, so the likelihood is that those talking about the high temperatures of their youth have never experienced the sort of temperature some in England will endure tomorrow in their life (in this country anyway).
The oddest thing of all though is how annoyed the snowflakes on here get about the fact that people are being recommended to take precautions in the extreme heat
I'm not sure what your point is (or even if you have one), but if Wiki is accurate then the highest temperature recorded during 1976 was 35.9 degrees in Cheltenham on 03/07/1976.
The forecast for Cheltenham tomorrow is 37 degrees, and 36 degrees on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, the forecast for London is 40 degrees on Monday and 39 degrees on Tuesday.
Ignorance is bliss. This weird climate denial is the modern equivalent of King Canute commanding the waves to retreat. Didn't he drown?
Mozz is stuck in 1986, be gentle
The weird thing is that people seem to want to draw comparisons with 1976 when the two situations are blatantly obviously different. 1976 saw a sustained heat wave which resulted in a drought. Nobody, but nobody has suggested that's going to happen this year. Indeed, rain is forecast on Tuesday and Wednesday in various places around the UK.
What is being forecast is dangerously high temperatures in some areas for a couple of days. That's it.
and proud !Mozz is stuck in 1986, be gentle
it was just a comparison as people have mentioned 1976 on here TLG
London had 16 consecutive days of heat over 30 degrees in 1976 whilst this week London will get maybe 3 days over 30 degrees . As an oldie on here i can remember 1976 and from memory very extreme
anyway looking forward to my usual run later today and Tuesday might lose a few more calories than usual !
I was going to mention Denis Howell. The ex football league referee must be the most successful government minister ever. As soon as he was appointed Minister for Drought the heavens opened
Be careful you don't dehydrate. I went for a 10k run in the heat a couple of weeks back and it ****ed me. My vision was blurred and i couldn't piss for three days. As for the comparisons, well fair enough and all that, but the difference these days is that there is more awareness in every aspect of life, from work to general living, and it isn't a bad thing. Yes, it's overkill and sensationalist at times, but that's media for you now, it wants peoples attention now. I don't get this dismissive attitude towards warnings like this. Just because some of us old farts were killing ourselves in this heat in days gone by, it shouldn't be seen as enough anecdotal evidence to suggest that these warnings are complete bollocks. Be careful on your run, look for shade
3FFCB7F9-2EA6-44D0-A4F1-13CF989D7C65.jpgI’m sure it will be fine in London , it’s only for a few days
Ever been to Dubai? it’s around 50 at times and notify bats an eyelid.
I’ve just been on a 30k bike ride … lovely in this weather
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