shiva

I don't even know where to begin with this one

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...cord-heat.html

"The Met Office issued a level three heatwave warning today as temperatures are set to soar to 32."

I wonder why the uk is ****ed?

Blue Cat

Saw a link for that earlier today and thought the same. However if you were in an office with no AC it would be getting a bit sticky.

Lorna at Vicenza

I just read that myself and thought WTF. Never been sent home in Italy because it's too hot to work.

Kix

It's just been discussed on Jezza Vine, UK Radio 2. Upshot is more places should have air-con - or at least fans.

britexpat76

Thats what we used to do, gets hot buy a shit load of fans. Following year if it gets hot again you repeat the process.

Simples

Lorna at Vicenza

And let's face it ...... when is it going to be hot again in the UK for anything more than a week?
Last hot spell was apparently in 2006.

scrubbedexpat141

The only downside is being a bloke.

Woman comes into the office in a summer dress and I'm in trousers, shirt and tie?

**** that.

Ethos83

It's not only the lack of air conditioning but that we aren't acclimatised to the heat. It wasn't long ago when it was much cooler.

32 probably feels more like 40 to you guys in Dubai. Could you cope if you didn't have air conditioning?

mikewot

If it's only 40 you simply man up.

shiva

Seasonal swings in temp are probably greater here than in the uk.

As for aircon, well my office ac has been fritzing out pretty regularly this summer so I reckon the office is well over 30 for most of the day. It's not fun but its hardly death defying working in it.

It's just the typical uk, moan its too cold then freak out when it's too warm a few weeks later. I'm sure the rail and road system will collapse in another few days

NorthernLad

Didn't the train tracks at Waterloo bend in the heat yesterday?

Meow

I heard that. Things don't work when it rains too much, is too 'hot', there are fallen leaves or there is snow. That's pretty much Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter covered.

Blue Cat

exactly they can't cope with any season!

Millhouse

I have to disagree with you there...

UK low: -10oC (London 2007 - I remember it was -12 one night)
UK High: 35oC
delta 45oC

UAE low (city): 12oc (never seen it lower than this in the city)
UAE high (city): 51oc (saw this once in Abu Dhabi)
delta: 39oC

The difference in the UK is largely temperate with the odd spike. The UAE deltas are maintained for months on end so stuff is designed to cope with it.

Imagine sustained rain in the UAE. I remember driving back one year from Heathrow and it was pouring so hard you could only see a few meters - no impact on the infrastructure at all. A drizzle here and 50 car pile up and a flooded road.

Stuff is designed for the midpoints. I've sure it's pretty miserable down on the tube in London today and I wouldn't be wanting to go there. (not that I ever really use the tube - hate it).

shiva

Agreed its the norm here to have huge seasonal swings but really the uk does make a bloody meal of it every time te season changes and its been doing it for a couple of decades. The rail network bei g a prime example( saw something the other day that trains ran a tighter schedule with less delays and more trains 100 years ago) the farce with snow and grit also springs to mind
As for rain and driving that's just down to assholes who can't drive when it's sunny coming unstuck when a 1m breaking distance and no grip come together.