Life gets in the way!
By Gary Marsh
@garymarsh6 (24006)
United Kingdom
June 26, 2019 4:46am CST
I have been a little bit busy over the last few days hence my not popping in. Yesterday I woke at 4AM to thunder and lightning. We are due some heavy storms. Yesterday was quite a hot humid day nothing at all I guess as bad as it can be in some places. This weekend the forecast is at least 31C which is around 87F but could be as hot as 35C 97F. France is on high alert as temperatures could rise to around 45C, 113F in Paris.
Around 10 years ago we had a similar heatwave and my town had the highest temperatures in the UK 39.4, 103F but in France it was far worse in fact the high temperatures contributed to over 14,806 extra deaths.
Around Europe it was a similar story with increased mortality rates as follows :-
Portugal 1,866 to 2,039 people died of heat-related causes.
Netherlands 1,500
Germany 300
United Kingdom 2,000
Spain 141
These recorded deaths were over and above the norm.
It is important to keep as cool as possible. Keep curtains closed to prevent the heat from coming into the house. Use loose cotton clothing not synthetics. Keep well hydrated. Do not do anything too strenuous during the heat. Make sure you listen to the warnings issued by the government. Keep an eye on elderly neighbours and babies who are more vulnerable due to their inability to regulate their body temperatures. If necessary use fans and cool down with cool not iced water. Suck ice cubes or iced lollies. Drink plenty of fluids.
This may sound quite funny to some of our mylot members but these are very extreme temperatures that we are not used to in Europe!
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@TiarasOceanView (70020)
• United States
28 Jun 19
Gosh Gary that is boiling for there.
I remember the one summer in the 70s when I was in Cornwall and it was over 90F.
Try to guard yourself against the sun.
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@TiarasOceanView (70020)
• United States
28 Jun 19
@garymarsh6 Yes I believe that was the year Gary. We were in our glory on the beach and working as chambermaids my best friend and I and going to discos at night
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@garymarsh6 (24006)
• United Kingdom
28 Jun 19
@TiarasOceanView I went to Corsica in the Mediterranean that summer it was very hot there too but beautiful. We spent our lives on the beach in the summers!
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@garymarsh6 (24006)
• United Kingdom
28 Jun 19
Oh boy were you here for the summer of 76 with our famous heatwave. If it was 90 you must have been! Arr just think so close and yet so far!
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@LadyDuck (502367)
• Italy
26 Jun 19
Today we reached 35 C (97 F), tomorrow it should be the same, but more breezy, this should make the day more bearable. I am inside, the shutters closed, the windows closed and the fans running. Before a cold dinner I will take a warm bath. Inside the house is not too bad, but before dinner I have to water the garden.
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@garymarsh6 (24006)
• United Kingdom
26 Jun 19
Hopefully it will have cooled down a little for you to water the garden. It is a good idea to keep the shutters closed!
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@LadyDuck (502367)
• Italy
27 Jun 19
@garymarsh6 When I went out at 7 p.m. to water the garden it was not at all bad, hot, but not hotter than other summer months of the past years. Today is hotter, but breezy, I am fine inside.
@xFiacre (14805)
• Ireland
26 Jun 19
@garymarsh6 the dangers are not appreciated by all. A&E will be full this weekend with many lobsters in spite of the warnings.
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@garymarsh6 (24006)
• United Kingdom
26 Jun 19
OH yes we used to have people come in red red red burnt and blistered some we even had to refer to the burns units as they were so badly burnt. It is not big and certainly not clever. When children are involved it is negligent!
@garymarsh6 (24006)
• United Kingdom
26 Jun 19
@xFiacre No especially the high number or redheads in Ireland they should know better!
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@garymarsh6 (24006)
• United Kingdom
28 Jun 19
I have had it on intermittently. Now it is 6PM and a bit cooler I am going to go and cut the grass!
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@DianneN (254926)
• United States
29 Jun 19
@garymarsh6 I hope your heatwave disperses soon. I find it cooler in the morning.
@garymarsh6 (24006)
• United Kingdom
26 Jun 19
I like iced tea especially peach flavour! It is nice and refreshing!
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@garymarsh6 (24006)
• United Kingdom
27 Jun 19
@HazySue Lemon is very refreshing. I like the tangy taste of lemons. I used to like the taste of limes until I went to Thailand where they use limes in everything. Now I can't bear the taste of lime! 
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@HazySue (39265)
• Gouverneur, New York
27 Jun 19
@garymarsh6 I am partial to iced tea with lemon.
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@kareng (80243)
• United States
27 Jun 19
@garymarsh6 The humidity is what makes it so unbearable. Enjoy your weather.
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@garymarsh6 (24006)
• United Kingdom
26 Jun 19
That is far to hot for us Brits unless of course you are up in the mountains then it is much more bearable!
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@allknowing (153544)
• India
26 Jun 19
Everything is moderate here where I live and with the rains it is ideal to stay indoors and eat spicy pakoras with hot tea
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@garymarsh6 (24006)
• United Kingdom
26 Jun 19
You are so naughty to me. That looks so delicious I could eat one or two right now! Stay cool where you are!
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@changjiangzhibin89 (17239)
• China
26 Jun 19
I never have thought that you would have the temperatures in the 40s C.Where I live,the maximum temperature has once recorded 40C.Take care !
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@garymarsh6 (24006)
• United Kingdom
26 Jun 19
In Europe it can be especially in Spain this is quite regular in the summer months. In the UK the hottest it has ever been is 38.5C, 101.3F and the lowest -27.2C -17F.
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@Juliaacv (56199)
• Canada
26 Jun 19
Our weather heated up quickly here also.
We are not quite in a heatwave, but we have the high humidity and the daytime high temperatures are heatwave numbers, but the days are cooling off in the evening still.
I am cutting back on my caffeine in take, that is one thing that my body cannot tolerate in the hot weather is too much caffeine.
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@garymarsh6 (24006)
• United Kingdom
26 Jun 19
Yes many places here do not have air con. They do in the big shopping centers and some shops. It is nice to dawdle around the fridge and fridge section in the supermarket.
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@JudyEv (382001)
• Rockingham, Australia
27 Jun 19
@garymarsh6 I would be surprised to find even a small shop here that didn't have A/C.
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@didinedhia (8482)
• Algeria
28 Jun 19
Do you think that 45C is too hot!!??? Pan you have know idea where we are living?!!! Do you know that here in my area is up to 56C ??? And its going up next month to over 60C ??? Yes i live in hell.and we work too
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@garymarsh6 (24006)
• United Kingdom
28 Jun 19
I think 30C is too hot well it is for us here in the UK. I can not imagine living in Algeria in that heat it must be unbearable.
@rebelann (117220)
• El Paso, Texas
2 Sep 19
I did hear that it was really bad over there, I hope you were in a cool place and stayed comfy.
@crazyhorseladycx (39503)
• United States
26 Jun 19
no sir, not funny 't all. i recall the heatwave that struck there those many years 'go 's i'd a dear friend'n the u.k. i kept'n touch with quite oft. what most folks don't realize 'd be that many 'f those countries, like yers, aint 'ccustomed to the heat 'n thus've no a/c to help keep 'em cool. we're a spoiled lot here'n the u.s. though we've a high rate 'f heat-related deaths here 'mong the elderly, the homeless'n the young.
all great ideas to keep cool. dang! paris's soundin' more 'kin to las vegas, nevada with that sort'a heat :( bless all who're endurin' such. i feel fer those who've nobody to keep'n eye'n 'em, help tend their needs. the sufferin' 'll be great.
@garymarsh6 (24006)
• United Kingdom
26 Jun 19
Yes it is a problem throughout the world!
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@Nevena83 (66063)
• Serbia
26 Jun 19
Oh, there was 37 C here today, but in the direct sun, I believe there were more.
