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And this is one time where the phrase "It's not the heat, it's the humidity" does not apply. It's the heat.
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I've been to Duluth In January many times, you can't go outside for more than a few minutes. Same is true of many areas to the south in the summer.....style your life around it
Heat is better than extreme cold IMHO, excessive heat can always be solved easily, excessive cold for months is hard to overcome.
I feel sorry for you guys! But then, you'll be able to gloat once we get our summer heat waves here and start complaining.
Stay cool and drink lots! I'll be thinking of ya!
Crystal Pegasus.
It may be pushing 35 or 36 in some places, if the forecasters got it right, although not where I am. We're just not used to this kind of weather in Britain. Mad dogs and Englishmen, and all that.
Added: well, I'm off for a beer in a nice shady cafe.
[edited by: zCat at 3:12 pm (utc) on July 19, 2006]
At work I have the luxury of air-con - no such luck at home! Exactly as zCat in Germany, here air-con in the office is a rarity and at home almost non-existent.
<added>According to the BBC:
Britain is sweltering on its hottest recorded July day as temperatures hit 36.3 near Gatwick Airport.
Syzygy
[edited by: Syzygy at 3:16 pm (utc) on July 19, 2006]
I have air conditioners everywhere ;-)
I'm British, but, choose to live in Florida. I spoke to my family in the UK yesterday, and they are sweating buckets, while the temp here is much hotter, I'm cool all the time due to central A/C.
B&Q offer portable air conditioning for 199 pounds.....a very cheap solution to the heat and humidity. I wouldn't install it in Florida, but, to overcome a few weeks of nasty hot weather in the UK it will work!
The US builds homes to overcome the hot summers, Europe doesn't yet! But, if I lived there now I would be in line at B&Q for an air conditioner!
Why suffer when there is a 200 pound solution waiting for you?
Even better, for 350 pounds you can install a permanent split system with an all year/on/year solution......much cheaper than the USA.....do it, hot summers are a thing of the future.
On the up side, stepdaughter is off with her dad, wife and I have been skinny dipping in the pool every evening.
The company im working for currently wont allow air conditioning as 'its not enviromentally friendly' but running one big fan per desk is.....
Anyway got to 3.30pm and I went home.
We have had our hottest day this month since 1911, so how many can remember that!
[edited by: Essex_boy at 4:53 pm (utc) on July 26, 2006]
Why suffer when there is a 200 pound solution waiting for you?
Like essex says: because airconditioning is not environmentally friendly. It helps the global warming go faster...
Yeah, So suffer the heat, your car damages the environment more.....but, who cares....suffer the heat instead!
>Also, that will work for one room...in Florida and other areas the whole house has AC built in.
This is a valid point....in Florida we have to cool the whole house, but, that is an expensive solution. We do it because it is necessary year on year from late May to early October....there is no other choice. You can't live in Florida without A/C.
But, greens keep in mind that you can't live in northern Europe or the USA without heating in the Winter, and us folks in Florida can! We pay for cooling, we rarely pay for heating. We rarely burn fossil fuels for heating!
The single room A/C - cheap solution is aimed at those that live in more summer friendly climates.......e.g. The UK, or MN!
Buy 2 portable A/C units if moving the single unit is an issue.
It seems to me that many Europeans like to suffer in the heat. I'm a European, but, hate to suffer in the Florida heat, so either those over the pond haven't worked it out yet, or are just to skin-flint to fix it!
Remember the last few years in the UK......horribly hot in the summer! You think next year will be cool? How many years will it take you to realize that A/C is the only solution for you?
