They're not acclimated to such high temps and the infrastructure isn't prepared. They don't have anywhere near the level of air conditioning to keep people cool. Record heat in the UK is deadly. And it's caused by Climate Change. Certainly news worthy. Try pulling your head outta your ass.
TIL that it's about relative temperature, rather than absolute. In other words it's news because it's the highest it's EVER been, rather than because it's a high temperature.
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dellish@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 72d
It's almost like this global warming/climate change thing might actually be true. Who could have known?
Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 71d
Naw, I'm sure all the MAGA people are right, and it's all just made up.
It's not like these people are idiots, right?
Palerider@feddit.uk · 11 pts · 72d
Hottest day in May... so far.
groupofcrows@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 72d
Think positively. Ten years from now, this will be one of the coldest days in the past decade.
CluckN@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 72d
307 Kelvin for the cold Carls out there.
DarkFuture@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 71d
That's 93F for us American plebes.
Where I'm at I'll most likely be dealing with 110F in a little over a month. 93F is still within my comfort zone.
murmelade@lemmy.ml · 0 pts · 71d
Ain't seen nothing yet! B-b-b-b-baby, you ain't seen nothing yet!
vk6flab@lemmy.radio · -5 pts · 71d
I live in Australia and we regularly hit 40°C.
This year we hit, 42.9°C, last year 44.7°C, the highest on record was 46.7°C. In other words, it gets hot.
Why is over 30°C in the UK news worthy, what makes that more significant than when we hit 42.9 on a Monday?
MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 71d
They're not acclimated to such high temps and the infrastructure isn't prepared. They don't have anywhere near the level of air conditioning to keep people cool. Record heat in the UK is deadly. And it's caused by Climate Change. Certainly news worthy. Try pulling your head outta your ass.
Kushan@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 71d
Because it's a record for the UK, this means temperatures are rising on a global scale.
xav@programming.dev · 3 pts · 71d
Because when UK will hit 40° in may you'll hit 50°.
vk6flab@lemmy.radio · 1 pts · 70d
TIL that it's about relative temperature, rather than absolute. In other words it's news because it's the highest it's EVER been, rather than because it's a high temperature.