So its been 30degC today here in Farnborough, which is too hot for the average UK house. My US and Aus mates will say "that's nothing" and they're right, however the UK did not have regular temps of this type regularly before the mid 90s. (except for the summer of 1976, and that was considered a freak). Since about 1998, summers have had a few weeks of this temp.
The issue is our house design. Our houses are designed for cold winters, the architects did not have design goals for easy cooling, throughflow of air is very unlikely. Compared to the US houses I've visited where rooms are spacious and airy with lots of high celings for airflow.
Mostly noticed at night of course... it being 10:30pm as I write this and still 28degC outside, that is "un-british weather" for summer. A daytime high of 26degC and a night low of 19degC would be atypical. Guess B&Q will sell our of aircon machines again.
Hope we don't run out of water...!?!
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And whilst Block & Quayle sell more machines to use up more electricity that use more fossil fuels to produce that electricity to keep them cool from the heat that's building up from the global warming that's occuring due to the burning of fossil fuels that produce CO2 that makes us hotter and buy/use more air-con machines, I shall sit by this open window and pray for rain :)
It's 29°F just in the hall right now!
Stay cool dude :)
Posted by Lever | July 3, 2006 5:20 PM
Posted on July 3, 2006 17:20
Or did I mean 29°C ? Yeah, I think so :)
Posted by Lever | July 3, 2006 5:35 PM
Posted on July 3, 2006 17:35
LOL, yeah, I think 29 F might be a little like being in Scotland during the "Day after Tomorrow"!
Posted by Red | July 3, 2006 9:19 PM
Posted on July 3, 2006 21:19
LOL Yep, spot on. Brass Monkies in Loch Lommond whilst the world comes to an end - 29°F is like 2 below zero Brrrr!
Posted by Lever | July 7, 2006 2:28 PM
Posted on July 7, 2006 14:28