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(Way OT) How bad is the heat wave in Europe?
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Yea, even here in Texas we are having a extremely hot week. Our temperature are reach 104+ F during the day and only dropping to the high 70 F at night. While I can adjust to the heat my wife has had sever medical problems because of heat injuries and can not tolerate temperatures even as low as the low 90 F.
William Ronald
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Hi, Edena. Good to see you posting on the boards.
I have seen reports of temperatures of 110 degrees Fahrenheit in Portugal and Spain. Firefighters in the Iberian Peninsula are facing several wild fires. Elsewhere, parts of the Danube in Rumania have been dredged to help barges move through unusually low water. I have heard reports of temperatures as high as 104 degrees in Florence, Italy.
I did hear a report that the excessive heat is destroying many of the grapes for the wine crop. However, there may be some compensation for grape growers. According to what I heard on the radio, the excessive heat is good for high quality wines and the wine produced this year may be comparable to some of the best vintages of the 20th century. (This, however, does not help anyone growing many of the other crops in Europe.)
Here in Chicago, it has been a relatively cool summer.
I have seen reports of temperatures of 110 degrees Fahrenheit in Portugal and Spain. Firefighters in the Iberian Peninsula are facing several wild fires. Elsewhere, parts of the Danube in Rumania have been dredged to help barges move through unusually low water. I have heard reports of temperatures as high as 104 degrees in Florence, Italy.
I did hear a report that the excessive heat is destroying many of the grapes for the wine crop. However, there may be some compensation for grape growers. According to what I heard on the radio, the excessive heat is good for high quality wines and the wine produced this year may be comparable to some of the best vintages of the 20th century. (This, however, does not help anyone growing many of the other crops in Europe.)
Here in Chicago, it has been a relatively cool summer.
Around here (San Diego) it's been a tad warm and a mite humid. We've even had some showers come our way from Arizona. (The monsoonal flow has been diverted westward on occasion.)
Some advice for our European members:
1. Keep the refrigerator door closed. Leaving it open will make the motor work harder and overheat.
2. Keep the air flowing.
3. Lots of fluids. Water if you can get nothing else, but if you can find them at a reasonable price, sports drinks such as Gatorade.
4. Nothing seriously alcoholic in the heat of the day. Or in the heat of the night for that matter. Anything more alcoholic than 3.5 beer will dehydrate a person with dire consequences.
5. Everything can wait until the sun goes down.
6. Dress lightly. Cottons if you can find them. Loose mesh polyesters etc. if you can't. It's better to have air moving next to your skin and be a bit 'exposed' than to be 'properly' garbed and dead of overheating. (Besides which, morticians and coroners will have a look at your skyclad corpse as they either prepare your body for burial, or determine the cause of death. According to their respective specialties.)
7. Eat light. Heavy foods can make the heat feel worse. In addition, eat in the early morning, and the late evening. You won't have much of an appetite in the heat of the day anyway.
Just turned to the Weather Channel. Locally it's 70 degrees Fehrenheit with a dew point of 65 degrees. It's humid. In Phoenix AZ it's 100. With monsoonal rains. Downtown San Diego tomorrow (my time) it's supposed to get up to 79.
As a matter of fact, the Weather Channel is airing a piece on the European heat wave as I write this. According to the lady hosting as I write (one Sandra Diaz), temperatures are supposed to get into the 100s today (tomorrow my time) in Western Europe.
So stay in the shade, keep hydrated, and don't run around like a damn loon.
Some advice for our European members:
1. Keep the refrigerator door closed. Leaving it open will make the motor work harder and overheat.
2. Keep the air flowing.
3. Lots of fluids. Water if you can get nothing else, but if you can find them at a reasonable price, sports drinks such as Gatorade.
4. Nothing seriously alcoholic in the heat of the day. Or in the heat of the night for that matter. Anything more alcoholic than 3.5 beer will dehydrate a person with dire consequences.
5. Everything can wait until the sun goes down.
6. Dress lightly. Cottons if you can find them. Loose mesh polyesters etc. if you can't. It's better to have air moving next to your skin and be a bit 'exposed' than to be 'properly' garbed and dead of overheating. (Besides which, morticians and coroners will have a look at your skyclad corpse as they either prepare your body for burial, or determine the cause of death. According to their respective specialties.)
7. Eat light. Heavy foods can make the heat feel worse. In addition, eat in the early morning, and the late evening. You won't have much of an appetite in the heat of the day anyway.
Just turned to the Weather Channel. Locally it's 70 degrees Fehrenheit with a dew point of 65 degrees. It's humid. In Phoenix AZ it's 100. With monsoonal rains. Downtown San Diego tomorrow (my time) it's supposed to get up to 79.
As a matter of fact, the Weather Channel is airing a piece on the European heat wave as I write this. According to the lady hosting as I write (one Sandra Diaz), temperatures are supposed to get into the 100s today (tomorrow my time) in Western Europe.
So stay in the shade, keep hydrated, and don't run around like a damn loon.
Here in Germany we've got 35-40°C. The farmers are VERY worried about the crops and they'll suffer heavy losses there. But we have only minor forest fires. Portugal however has requested assistance from the EU because they can't handle them alone any more. The forests in France, Spain and Italy are burning terribly as well.
Drinks (esp. Beer and Water) are of course selling like mad and it seems that thr supply of (fillable) bottles is slowly running low...
To say a word about AC: I can only agree with Morrus. We don't usually have these kind of temperatures here in Europe. So by far the most of the time there's no need of AC.
Drinks (esp. Beer and Water) are of course selling like mad and it seems that thr supply of (fillable) bottles is slowly running low...
To say a word about AC: I can only agree with Morrus. We don't usually have these kind of temperatures here in Europe. So by far the most of the time there's no need of AC.
Bagpuss
Legend
[Grumble] It nearly rained yesterday where I live, cloud cover nearly all day and that was when the rest of the UK's was having the hottest day this year. Fog this morning!
We have Air Con in our office (because of the servers) so its actually freezing (I have my jacket on). Still overcast outside.[/grumble]
We have Air Con in our office (because of the servers) so its actually freezing (I have my jacket on). Still overcast outside.[/grumble]
It is hot here in Denmark, but it is not as bad as in Germany and further south. We have had plenty of rain, so the farmers are happy (and harvesting), and the very few wine producers are jubilant, since they will have a great harvest due to the cold nights and hot days + we get more hours of sunlight than in say France or Italy.
A note on the climate here: 20 years ago no one planted corn or produced wine, since it wasen't warm enough. But it is now, and has been for a decade or so.
My dorm room is shady and cool. I love it. But it sure is hot outside.
A note on the climate here: 20 years ago no one planted corn or produced wine, since it wasen't warm enough. But it is now, and has been for a decade or so.
My dorm room is shady and cool. I love it. But it sure is hot outside.
Ravellion
serves Gnome Master
The Netherlands is slightly less bad. I make it a point not to go to bed before two or three at night though... my bedroom needs to cool down a bit... of course, I occasionally have to get up at 6 for work, so I am slightly sleep deprived.
I have been drinking every night this week as well (the terraces are beautiful right now), and even small amounts of beer (1.5 litres or approx 3 pints) give me slight hangovers the next morning.
The trees are still green. Perhaps our slightly less hot temperature combined with our wet soil keep them alive.
Our trains run on time - we have no gaps in the rails for stretching, we use a welded rail system with different ways to keep it working. I don't know how, but our trains don't have that characeristic *Kadangk Kadangk* rhythym either because of this, which was good because of the hangovers
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The country grinds to a halt economically regardless. No one wants to go out shopping, no one goes to do anything but drink cold drinks on terraces and sit in the shade - we are not accustomed to this weather. Our company has made almost no sales whatsoever. People postspone their things, hoping the weather will cool down a bit.
I think this is the first time in my life that I heard Dutch people saying "the weather's getting better"at the prospect of rain.
Rav
I have been drinking every night this week as well (the terraces are beautiful right now), and even small amounts of beer (1.5 litres or approx 3 pints) give me slight hangovers the next morning.
The trees are still green. Perhaps our slightly less hot temperature combined with our wet soil keep them alive.
Our trains run on time - we have no gaps in the rails for stretching, we use a welded rail system with different ways to keep it working. I don't know how, but our trains don't have that characeristic *Kadangk Kadangk* rhythym either because of this, which was good because of the hangovers
.The country grinds to a halt economically regardless. No one wants to go out shopping, no one goes to do anything but drink cold drinks on terraces and sit in the shade - we are not accustomed to this weather. Our company has made almost no sales whatsoever. People postspone their things, hoping the weather will cool down a bit.
I think this is the first time in my life that I heard Dutch people saying "the weather's getting better"at the prospect of rain.
Rav
