Overdramatising things

[Moonhawk]

Cotty said:

Is this what the OP was talking about
"uk heatwave temperatures on the tube are going to exceed the legal limit for transporting cattle"
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/uk-...

Yep - the headline is over dramatised attention grabbing - whereas later in the article it says:

"Unfortunately for London commuters, these EU regulations don't apply to humans, meaning the temperatures on the Central line, which often reach as high as 35 degrees during the hot summer months, are just a fact of life."

So far from being something new or extraordinary - it's pretty much always happened and is expected by both the tube operators and the commuters.

[StottyEvo]

I don't think its just the weather, overdramatising seems to be the "in" thing at the moment

Edit: I've just realised this is the point of your post

Edited by StottyEvo on Wednesday 1st July 17:43

[21TonyK]

Today, at work, I received an email with an attachment...

"Easy Read Heatwave Plan for England" published by "Public Health England".

Nuggets of info such as "stay out of the sun when it is really hot" and ending with "We will find out how many more people died or were ill and talk to people who have been involved."

[Leafspring]

don4l said:

The Guardian have been running a "Heatwave Live" page all day.

http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/live/2015/jul/0...

Here is a summayr of today's Key Events.



1h ago Summary: Britain swelters on hottest July day since records began
2h ago It’s the hottest July day on record - 36.7C
2h ago36C recorded at Heathrow
3h ago UN urges countries to develop better warning systems for hot weather
4h ago Hottest day in nine years
5h ago Heathrow tries to keep its cool
9h ago Welcome to summer

Odd... I could have sworn we were told it was going to get toasty at least a week in advance

[TedMaul]

Otispunkmeyer said:

"extraordinary hot weather" is the type of language used by climate alarmists. So desperate are they prove things are really hotting up, anything that would normally be classed as a warm day suddenly becomes; "look see! global warming, its unprecedented!"


No its just summer and its just a bit of a hot day. The same thing has happened for millions of years. Every year.

I think the OPs point isn't that its not just the people who have some sort of vested interest (climate change drones, safety campaigners or whatever) but a general trend to exaggerate, especially on social media. Everything these days has to be terrible, dreadful, awful, unbelievable when in fact its actually quite ordinary.

In the summer it is warm so you should drink more fluids to replace those lost through sweat. In the winter it is cold so wear warm clothes. When it is wet, things are slippy, when it is dark use lights.

Humanity has adapted over tens of thousands of years to cope with Antarctic and desert conditions and everything in between. Most people reading this will only have to manage +/- 10% of average. There is nothing remotely amazing about the weather. Apart from the change in the clothes women wear, which is hugely welcome.

I'm about to go out for a bike ride. I hope the hot weather doesn't kill me.

[21TonyK]

TedMaul said:

I'm about to go out for a bike ride. I hope the hot weather doesn't kill me.

Just be careful out there. We're at Level 3.

Level 4 is officially a "National Emergency"

/considering another beer in the evening sun

[Monkeylegend]

Timmy40 said:

Monkeylegend said:

I have still got my winter tyres on, I am not taking any chances, we could get snow later in the year.

Have they melted? IIRC they don't like going over about 60mph if the temperature is above 25 degrees.

Just got back from a 100 mile drive, temp hit 33.5C on the car, cruising at 70, no issues at all. These Continental winter tyres are superb, can easily be used safely all year round.

[dudleybloke]

Email them back asking them some fairly technical questions about chargecooling.

[DrDoofenshmirtz]

Watchman said:

Yep, my company's HR dept has just issued a couple of documents "Heatwave in Britain - How to cope", and "When heat becomes a problem".

Give them a break...they've got nothing else to do, and it's their only chance to appear useful.

[HairyMaclary]

Moonhawk said:

HairyMaclary said:

I need some hot weather driving tips. Can you share?

Just stuff you should be doing anyway - checking coolant levels, making sure the windscreen is clean and you have washer fluid topped up etc.

Lol. Cheers. I was expecting something about the art of driving in the heat.

To be fair central London is bonkers today and the old no aircon train I was on was grim. I'm fairly fit but was melting so appreciate that the old and meek maybe suffering right now.

[Risotto]

What's happening is that we live in a country which has run out of things to worry about. Any minor upset causes mass panic simply because people are no longer exposed to real problems.

There are no droughts, no famines, nothing aproaching true poverty, no disease epidemics, no lack of heathcare, no shortage of money, no domestic war, etc, etc.

[straight dad]

Turned up at our works toilet today to find a urine colour chart so as to check if we are dehydrated or not!

[don4l]

Leafspring said:

don4l said:

The Guardian have been running a "Heatwave Live" page all day.

http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/live/2015/jul/0...

Here is a summayr of today's Key Events.



1h ago Summary: Britain swelters on hottest July day since records began
2h ago It’s the hottest July day on record - 36.7C
2h ago36C recorded at Heathrow
3h ago UN urges countries to develop better warning systems for hot weather
4h ago Hottest day in nine years
5h ago Heathrow tries to keep its cool
9h ago Welcome to summer

Odd... I could have sworn we were told it was going to get toasty at least a week in advance

There is a subtext to the point that you have highlighted.

A quick search for the actual UN warning leads to this page:-

Oh my God, we are all going to die!

The Guardian said:

The UN has urged countries to create alert systems to counter the health risks of heatwaves as they become more frequent, intense and dangerous due to climate change.[/url]

[Fishtigua]

straight dad said:

Turned up at our works toilet today to find a urine colour chart so as to check if we are dehydrated or not!

Are they taking the p............!

[Thankyou4calling]

Risotto said:

What's happening is that we live in a country which has run out of things to worry about. Any minor upset causes mass panic simply because people are no longer exposed to real problems.

There are no droughts, no famines, nothing aproaching true poverty, no disease epidemics, no lack of heathcare, no shortage of money, no domestic war, etc, etc.

100% this.

The weather is so benign, our levels of wealth so high, our health provision so good, our supermarkets are ram full of cheap food, you can have a prestige car for £250 a month, you can use a decent gym for £15 a month and have a smartphone for £20. Our roads are some of the safest in the world.

Life us so flipping easy there's nothing to moan about so people moan when it's 2 degrees hotter than it was last year or if there TV only receives 46 channels.

People don't know what any form of hardship is at all.

[steveatesh]

Timmy40 said:

It will consist of the following, a number of highly attractive just out of school/college girls faffing about, a couple of MILFY mid thirties women ( vaguely competent ), and a matriarchal HR Dept manager ( past her best ), often there's also a random metrosexual man who somehow ended up in HR ( ignore him, except when you want something actually sorted out ).

This was exactly my old organisations HR department and happily was I attached to it for a couple years. Short skirts and low cut tops were the order of the day (not for the metro sexual make thank god!)
They were the most politically incorrect team I have ever had the pleasure to work with

[TheChampers]

SunsetZed said:

Timmy40 said:

Mr GrimNasty said:

Keep your eyes on the road and off the pavement flesh, unless you can swivel your eyes independently like moi.

All married men develop this ability over time.

Or wear sunglasses everywhere...

Which is why shades with massive wraparound lenses are an essential holiday accessory for the middle aged and married

"They" can see round any side gaps in your sun glasses when the eyeballs swivel; as I found out a few years ago I reckon she has developed the ability to hear my eyes move (or more likely, is aware of the "type" to catch my eye)

[austinsmirk]

The common phrase in newspapers :

A Twitter storm.


No, if you hadn't written the moronic story then no one would ever have heard of it.

[straight dad]

Fishtigua said:

straight dad said:

Turned up at our works toilet today to find a urine colour chart so as to check if we are dehydrated or not!

Are they taking the p............!

Nope, it looks like a Dulux colour chart, on a bright note I've found the shade we'd like for the spare bedroom.

[CarAbuser]

P-Jay said:

Heatwave tyres - coming to a KwikFit near you any day now.

I think we need a summer tyres thread where we can discuss the urgency of the fitting specially adapted hot weather tyres to our cars.

We can;

- Think up extreme events where the use of special heat tyres will save children and puppies.

- Call out anyone not willing to buy a new £1000 set of wheels and tyres for the possibility of a days worth of extreme weather

- Share smug stories about how we have managed to get traction on surfaces that other people couldn't because they didn't have special tyres fitted

- Discuss where we are going to store these hot weather tyres in august when temperatures return to single digits and we are forces to start fitting tyres designed for autumn leaves which will cover the road.