U.K. Issues First-Ever Extreme Heat Warning 馃敟馃敟馃敟 [I Hate Hot Weather]
SOUTH WEST ENGLAND IS NOT A GREAT PLACE TO BE TODAY 馃サ
SOUTH WEST ENGLAND IS NOT A GREAT PLACE TO BE TODAY 馃サ
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PhoenixPhail 路 M
ArishMell 路 70-79, M
@PhoenixPhail It does, but hot [i]relatively[/i].
No-one is suggesting Saharan or even Arizonan temperatures, but levels unusually high [i]for the country[/i], sufficiently so to cause real problems for people and systems attuned to normally <30潞C; with only very occasional, short, regional maxima above that.
I have noticed some Americans living in the sub-tropical States are puzzled why homes in Britain, and probably a good many other temperate-climate countries of similar and higher latitudes, do not have air-conditioning.
Normally it has never been necessary, because simply opening a few windows for a through-flow of air is sufficient; but if temperatures exceeding 30 or perhaps 35潞C, and for more than just a few days at a time, become common, as predicted, some householders and new-home builders might start fitting it.
Air-conditioning is common in commercial buildings here, but these are premises built with little or no natural ventilation; either glass-fronted office-block "green-houses" or factories, supermarkets, warehouses, etc. that do not even allow much natural light in either! Both, in my view, serious omissions initiated in 1960s architectural fads.
No-one is suggesting Saharan or even Arizonan temperatures, but levels unusually high [i]for the country[/i], sufficiently so to cause real problems for people and systems attuned to normally <30潞C; with only very occasional, short, regional maxima above that.
I have noticed some Americans living in the sub-tropical States are puzzled why homes in Britain, and probably a good many other temperate-climate countries of similar and higher latitudes, do not have air-conditioning.
Normally it has never been necessary, because simply opening a few windows for a through-flow of air is sufficient; but if temperatures exceeding 30 or perhaps 35潞C, and for more than just a few days at a time, become common, as predicted, some householders and new-home builders might start fitting it.
Air-conditioning is common in commercial buildings here, but these are premises built with little or no natural ventilation; either glass-fronted office-block "green-houses" or factories, supermarkets, warehouses, etc. that do not even allow much natural light in either! Both, in my view, serious omissions initiated in 1960s architectural fads.
PhoenixPhail 路 M
@ArishMell Thank you for your detailed info.
It's very helpful. 馃
It's very helpful. 馃