(Way OT) How bad is the heat wave in Europe?

[LcKedovan]

Uhm - how do I take that? Of course "we guys" know how to build effective air conditioning -

Dang straight, the AirCon in my BMW is better than most airconditioned places I have been in the world .

-W.

 

[Dark Dragon]

Again, it's a sunny day. But a moderate wind has come up and lowers the temperature a bit (to approx. 30 °C). Even in the office you can do some work (of course, you CAN do...).

The night was like in the tropics, the warm air so thick that it could be cut with a knife. No wind at all, the full moon shining from an almost cloudless sky, and some bats exploring one of the labs...strange night.

 

[isoChron]

Again, it's a sunny day. But a moderate wind has come up and lowers the temperature a bit (to approx. 30 °C). Even in the office you can do some work (of course, you CAN do...).

The night was like in the tropics, the warm air so thick that it could be cut with a knife. No wind at all, the full moon shining from an almost cloudless sky, and some bats exploring one of the labs...strange night.

Did you discover bite marks at your neck ?
You looked so discomforted in the sunlight today !
You know they look cute but if you let them get too close ...
BYE

 

[AGGEMAM]

Close to the skateboard ramps where they played bad hip hop We were there 14:00 on the sunday, but still we could hardly find a place for our two tents; did you have a good place, and if so, when did you get there?

Strange that is where we usually camp (between those ramp and the center east), however we camped close to the cinema this year because even though we were among the first 200-300 through the gates (we got there at 6 AM sunday), all spaces were filled (we had 12 tents we needed space for).

It wasn't a very good place IMO, but could be worse. The reason why there was no room was Roskilde made the gigantic mistake of allowing those that worked at the festival to come in on saturday to set up their tents (and off course their friends tent, and their friends friends classmate from two years back all of their mates), while us paying customers had to wait until sunday morning at 8 AM.

Next year make sure to have someone in your camp work there, or just say the word to me (we will have people in our camp working there next year just to get good camping spots ).

Sorry, Eric, for hi-jacking the thread.

 

[tassander]

I live in Munich, and the heat here is unbearable. I usually spend the mornings at some lake (thankfully, there are plenty of those 'round here) and in the evenings I go to a beer garden.

The problem is that I don't sleep very well in this heat. the apartment building I live in is made of concrete- that stuff simply stores the heat of the day...

Fans are sold out all over germany, the nuclear power plants have to reduce their engergy output because the cooling becomes difficult, and, because of the high energy prices and the usually low demand, air conditioning is rare and expensive.

I'm just not ready for this heat. I have work to do and I have to adher to deadlines - but it's just too hot to work.

When I bought a kebap the other day I had a chat with the turkish shop assistant - even he complained about the heat: apparently, the air here in Munich is more humid than in Turkey, thus the subjective temperature is even higher than the numbers suggest (up to 40 degrees Celsius).
The Isar-river is running low on water, and the quality of its water is deteriorating - you shouldn't bath in it, anymore.
Thankfully, the lakes are still okay, there is enough drinking/tab water, and, thanks to the environmentally conscious industry, there is not too much ozone in the air...
and I have a steady support of cold beer, which helps me through the day...

 

[Jürgen Hubert]

I live in Munich, and the heat here is unbearable.

True enough - my military unit is based in Munich. Be glad that you don't have to wear a field uniform every day in this heat!

Thankfully, the weathermen have forecast rain and thunderstorms for tomorrow. Seems like the heatwave is finally going to end...

 

[Hackenslash]

Re: Oz?

My pardons, but several of you keep mentioning Oz, as a nation in the real world.

Now, perhaps Oz is short for some country's actual name?

Or is it THE Oz you are talking about?
You know:

Ruler: Ozma
Mages: Ozma, the Wizard, Glinda, Dorothy
Population: 500,000
Largest City: Emerald City (population 50,000)
Provinces: 5
Languages: Many
Climate: Tropical and subtropical humid (Af, Am, Caf)

....err....Oz is short for Austrailia.

 

[warpmind]

Here in Barcelona we are having 37ºC (reaching even 39) for the last two weeks and what's worth, minimums of 27ºC. It's usual to have 30 degrees at midnight due to high humidity (50% on average) added to lack of strong winds. The sea is at 25 degrees at one mile from the shore.

However we're pretty used to this hot situations (perhaps not as long as the current), so in Catalonia only one person has died due to extreme hot. The main problems we're having with the heat wave are two:

First, that the abuse on AC has affected the electricity companies who that they're unable to handle it (but in my opinion it's a way to ask for an increase in the price of the kilowatt), and that we're having lots of fires in our forests. Yesterday five people (a whole family) died trying to flee from one just a few kms from here, while others are harrassing the western part of Spain and Portugal.

Hopefully, previsions say that Friday we'll receive the visit of some clouds. Hope they stop the burning at the forests.

 

[Dieter]

have to adher to deadlines - but it's just too hot to work.

When I bought a kebap the other day I had a chat with the turkish shop assistant - even he complained about the heat: apparently, the air here in Munich is more humid than in Turkey, thus the subjective temperature is even higher than the numbers suggest (up to 40 degrees Celsius).

There's something to be said about the logic of the American founding fathers. Why on earth would they build the nation's capital over a mosquito infested swamp?

Current temp at 3pm EST is 84F/28C, feels like: 95F/35C
Humidity: 71%

Outside I feel your pain...but at least we have abundant amounts
of A/C.

 

[Bran Blackbyrd]

btw.: who would be so daft as to leave the fridge open to cool a room (or a house)? I prefer cool and iced drinks (my current favourite is Bitter Lemon - followed by slightly lemon-flavoured mineral water).

I don't think anyone is dim enough to try cooling a room by leaving the fridge open.
A lot of people have a habit of leaving the door open while they figure out what they want out of it; or maybe they'll leave the door open while they get some milk, poor the milk on their cereal, put away the cereal box, then they finally put away the milk and close the fridge. Which is obviously wasteful.
Also, when it's that hot out, some people are tempted to linger with the door open while they get something because the cool air feels good.

And as a result it warms up the appliance and can overheat it.

What's high in the middle, round on both ends and hotter and stickier than freshly laid road tar?
O-hi-o.