Not looking forward to extreme heat

It is just about reaching as hot as I can bear, towards the upper 20s. If we get extreme heat for a few days I get through it by thinking that it will be over soon. At the moment next week is predicted to be around 30 all week and often the prediction gets higher as it gets closer.

I like to be outside at least some of each day, but I am not sure there will be much that is bearable. 

I am hoping they have got it wrong and it reduces sooner than Monday week.

Parents
  • Two close family of my two close friends passed away during the heatwave before this one.

    I have known them for many years.

    One was in her 90s but one in his 60s with no known health conditions 

    Because these things take a while the cause of death isn't confirmed yet but with regard to the latter the police said the heat may have been the cause.

    I read that during the same June week there were over 2000 excess deaths in France alone.

    Do keep hydrated, out of the sun and have your head covered if you need to be in it.

    However be very careful indoors too.

    Dove

  • That is very sad, very sorry to hear.

    I had watched the docu-drama about heatwaves and it was really scary how people had lost their lives to the heat, and then having that record heatwave just after seeing it. It really is very serious that even healthy people are taken away by it. I'm so sorry you've had to experience it twice over.

    I do hope everyone can keep safe if we are due more. 

  • I do hope everyone can keep safe if we are due more. 

    We are in one in the south of England at the moment although not yet declared a heatwave. 

    High 20s/early 30s this week unfortunately.

    In the sun it is much hotter.

    hot face 

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  • I hadn't fully appreciated how little respite the south has had, before straight into another hot spell.

    My dad's family is in Kent, I'll have to ask him how they are coping.

    I hope you and your friends don't have to experience such circumstances again. I hope there is a drive to get air conditioning into more places that need it, and have places people can go for respite.