The Hottest Day Ever and London's Burning ... Literally

originally posted by: gortex

Didn't say it was but it is a temp where carless accidents can cause big problems , Perhaps some were set deliberately.

Having been out in it all day I can say 38 is a crazy temp for a Brit.

It is, last year in WA Northwest we hit 43c to 45c for a week, this year we been cold and wet. Wettest spring in 80 years and about 15c degrees below normal.

a reply to: gortex

Probably started by some idiot.

Similarly a few days back some idiots burned down a nature reserve presumably so they could play golf on it and when the firefighters arrived they threw there golf balls at them.


Of course those fires down in London could be accidental, a barbecue or a discarded cigarette is all it need's or even a bit of broken glass lensing the sun's rays onto something like dry wood which in these conditions is everywhere, even up here in Lancashire it has been very warm, too warm if I may say so and the ground of our lawn is baked rock hard over the last few week's (still it's nice to not have muddy shoes for a change).

a reply to: Xtrozero

Some people's garden thermometers were apparently reading over 53.5 so a lot hotter than that - probably south facing well sheltered spots I would hazard a guess though as that is unmerciful if true, thankfully for me we are not in the worst hit area but even here in Lancashire it has been very hot although only in the thirty's I believe.


Ahh MSN so take with a pinch of salt but here it is.
www.msn.com...

originally posted by: Xtrozero

originally posted by: gortex

Didn't say it was but it is a temp where carless accidents can cause big problems , Perhaps some were set deliberately.

Having been out in it all day I can say 38 is a crazy temp for a Brit.

It is, last year in WA Northwest we hit 43c to 45c for a week, this year we been cold and wet. Wettest spring in 80 years and about 15c degrees below normal.

I spent a summer on a farm in Quilcene.

Can't imagine the wetness of winter

originally posted by: LABTECH767

Some people's garden thermometers were apparently reading over 53.5 so a lot hotter than that - probably south facing well sheltered spots I would hazard a guess though as that is unmerciful of true, thankfully for me we are not in the worst hit area but even here in Lancashire it has been very hot although only in the thirty's I believe.

That isn't a true reading in the sun as you have direct heat radiation affecting it too. If someone is saying they hit 53 in the shade that is 100% BS.

originally posted by: Annee

I spent a summer on a farm in Quilcene.

Can't imagine the wetness of winter

Breaking rain records in the NW is not fun lol...lol Its like breaking snow records in AK... It was like 50 and rain when it should have been 75 and sunny.

a reply to: Xtrozero

I posted the link above but you are correct as if in direct sunlight it is not reading the ambient temperature but rather direct radiant heat from the sun and that is always a bit higher.

Still I was unable to get a wink of sleep last night as it was too hot and muggy and it rained a little sometime after 3AM, I only managed to nod off for a bit in the early morning.

Get's any hotter and I am going to have to start reading Beau Geste.

originally posted by: quintessentone
I wonder if they were electrical fires with perhaps many electrical fans or AC units going.

I don't think you're far off.

One of the buildings I work at had the HVAC go out. They rented some ductless units for the time being, and I noticed no one paid mind to how much amps they're pulling. I asked the rental company what each unit pulled, and he said 12. Well, we have 4 in one room, some plugged into the same surge protector.

I got them to bring in some good quality extention cords, and spread the load out to different breakers so we weren't drawing too much off the same circuit.

I'm sure this isn't unique to us. The heat came early for us this year, and spring is a time a lot of people get the units looked at and recharged, but with an early summer, people demanded a lot of them before they could get prepared. The guy bringing the units in also had a good point that many offices skipped a lot of that for years with people working from home.

Couple that with supply chain issues and you have a lot of desperate people not thinking through their temporary solutions. Gonna be a rough summer, and unfortunately for Europe winter is going to be far worse of a situation.

a reply to: quintessentone

"Be aware of where light from windows reaches, be careful of shaving/vanity mirrors, glass ornaments or paperweights that may be exposed to direct light. Do not leave mirrors or glass ornaments on window sills.

There are a number of incidents across the news that show fires caused by direct sunlight refracting through glass. This is a risk all year round, not just in the summer."

keybury.co.uk...

a reply to: LABTECH767

That is just sad.

Sorry that people have been hurt and killed by the intentional setting
of fires. And then to attack fire fighters as they try to stop the destruction?

Were these people climate activists?

We had one in the USA last year, a professor who taught at universities
went about and intentionally set fires in a bunch of places, he destroyed
hundreds of thousands of acres, some of them national parks.

Then he went back in and set fires behind the fire fighters.

www.insideedition.com...

And the media attributes it to climate change. ???

a reply to: burntheships

Over here unlikely to be even remotely ecologically minded, probably just louts with nothing better to do than a bit of vandalism.

Also probably young and you know kid's and matches.

originally posted by: quintessentone
a reply to: quintessentone

"Be aware of where light from windows reaches, be careful of shaving/vanity mirrors, glass ornaments or paperweights that may be exposed to direct light. Do not leave mirrors or glass ornaments on window sills.

There are a number of incidents across the news that show fires caused by direct sunlight refracting through glass. This is a risk all year round, not just in the summer."

keybury.co.uk...

Interesting tidbit -- one of the first things I noticed when I moved from the California beaches to Arizona -- was the size and number of windows in homes.

California beaches have entire "walls" of windows in homes.

Arizona -- has smaller and fewer windows.

a reply to: CriticalStinker

Why do I envision knob and tube still a thing in your country?

a reply to: quintessentone

Lol, I'm not sure. But I'm in the states.

We use breakers, so it's not the end of the world if load is higher on the circuit. But it's still something you want to be cognizant of when it comes to load, especially in a building that's running hot to begin with.

It's times like this that make a perfect storm for system failures.

a reply to: Annee

The window sizes are also an interesting tidbit of info. Perhaps dust storms in Arizona? I don't know.

a reply to: CriticalStinker

I after thought that you might be, isn't almost everyone here?

originally posted by: quintessentone
a reply to: Annee

The window sizes are also an interesting tidbit of info. Perhaps dust storms in Arizona? I don't know.

Yes, heat and dust storms. Dust storms are damn scary when you're driving.

I'm in the lower West/South of AZ. A lot of open desert.

Who knew Chem trails would actually work?

a reply to: v1rtu0s0