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And the media is reporting ambulances might catch fire, LOL!
They can’t get enough of hysteria. I was in the UK for 6 weeks last summer and literally didn’t see the Sun. August was god awful. This is going to last 48 hours!
Of course climate change needs to be addressed globally but the absolute melt down (exude the pun) is a bit ridiculous. Look out for the people that need it and make sure they are ok in advance goes without saying. Many places deal with this week in week our every summer. It was 41 here for for 4 days in a row in June.
BBC’s highest earner extra vocal again, while a lot of people in his circles I’m sure have a bigger carbon footprint than the average UK family.
Get the BBQ out and have a beer!
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So two days of above 35 degrees up coming in the UK on 09:33 - Jul 17 with 1195 views
So two days of above 35 degrees up coming in the UK on 08:57 - Jul 17 by Lord_Lucan
Not wanting to be pedantic Guthers but wasn’t it 1976
We had just moved out of London to a god awful village and I just assumed Suffolk was hotter.
76 was the famous long hot summer although 75 did hit a similar high temp to 76. The difference in 76 is the heatwave effectively ran from June to Aug.
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So two days of above 35 degrees up coming in the UK on 09:39 - Jul 17 with 1168 views
So two days of above 35 degrees up coming in the UK on 09:09 - Jul 17 by NthQldITFC
It was always going to be a tough ask to avoid the overall tipping point into runaway climate change and societal and environmental collapses, given inherent human short term self-interest seems to trump even the future well-being of our own children.
The progress was mostly false promises wasn't it? We've very probably killed ourselves and we're still pretending not to see it.
As the science and the direct evidence get clearer and clearer, the denial gets thicker and thicker to compensate and maintain the delusion, whether that delusion is willing or otherwise.
I’m constantly amazed by those who think climate change is all a hoax, they should be sectioned.
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So two days of above 35 degrees up coming in the UK on 09:42 - Jul 17 with 1163 views
So two days of above 35 degrees up coming in the UK on 09:27 - Jul 17 by DanTheMan
"Many places deal with this week in week our every summer."
Places that are normally hot deal with heat by having aircon or designing houses and other structures that way.
Places that for hundreds of years haven't dealt with these temperatures are probably not best suited to deal with this heat.
Potentially getting 41c in London. That's insane temperatures.
EDIT: Where is this article / mention about ambulances catching fire? I cannot find it anywhere.
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Plenty of serious stories out there about having to wait several hours for an ambulance even in emergency situations. "Hysteria" on message boards has turned that into ambulances catching fire.
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So two days of above 35 degrees up coming in the UK on 09:46 - Jul 17 with 1142 views
So two days of above 35 degrees up coming in the UK on 09:33 - Jul 17 by BloomBlue
76 was the famous long hot summer although 75 did hit a similar high temp to 76. The difference in 76 is the heatwave effectively ran from June to Aug.
Pretty sure the heatwave started before June in '76 - I was doing my 'O' Levels at the time!
So two days of above 35 degrees up coming in the UK on 09:42 - Jul 17 by EastTownBlue
Plenty of serious stories out there about having to wait several hours for an ambulance even in emergency situations. "Hysteria" on message boards has turned that into ambulances catching fire.
[Post edited 17 Jul 2022 11:29]
Now I am just an observer rather than any kind of authority on this but am I right in thinking that ambulance people have to stay with their patients until they are admitted to a bed?
If that is correct wouldn’t it be a plan to have some kind of switch over holding staff in order to free up the ambulance people??
“Hello, I'm your MP. Actually I'm not. I'm your candidate. Gosh.”
Boris Johnson canvassing in Henley, 2005.
So two days of above 35 degrees up coming in the UK on 09:52 - Jul 17 by Lord_Lucan
Now I am just an observer rather than any kind of authority on this but am I right in thinking that ambulance people have to stay with their patients until they are admitted to a bed?
If that is correct wouldn’t it be a plan to have some kind of switch over holding staff in order to free up the ambulance people??
Staff shortages in the hospitals is part of the reason for the hold-ups in the first place.
So two days of above 35 degrees up coming in the UK on 09:46 - Jul 17 by Fixed_It
Pretty sure the heatwave started before June in '76 - I was doing my 'O' Levels at the time!
I was doing my 11 plus in 76 where I scored an immaculate pass of the like never seen.
Fast forward 5 years and I had managed to completely destroy my education and left with 1 O level - and that was English language as it was common sense and required no revision.
“Hello, I'm your MP. Actually I'm not. I'm your candidate. Gosh.”
Boris Johnson canvassing in Henley, 2005.
So two days of above 35 degrees up coming in the UK on 09:52 - Jul 17 by Lord_Lucan
Now I am just an observer rather than any kind of authority on this but am I right in thinking that ambulance people have to stay with their patients until they are admitted to a bed?
If that is correct wouldn’t it be a plan to have some kind of switch over holding staff in order to free up the ambulance people??
There are no staff to man the wards, let alone look after sick patients to offload ambulances. I have never seen hospitals in such a dire crisis in 15 years in the NHS, quite surprising moreisnt made of it in the press as the actuality on the ground is horrific.
So two days of above 35 degrees up coming in the UK on 10:03 - Jul 17 by LeoMuff
There are no staff to man the wards, let alone look after sick patients to offload ambulances. I have never seen hospitals in such a dire crisis in 15 years in the NHS, quite surprising moreisnt made of it in the press as the actuality on the ground is horrific.
Yes I understand what you are saying - it’s a bit of a pickle isn’t it.
What do you think is the very main problem with recruitment, Brexit, wages??
“Hello, I'm your MP. Actually I'm not. I'm your candidate. Gosh.”
Boris Johnson canvassing in Henley, 2005.
We're currently at the sort of bed pressures normally only experienced in the post Christmas/early January period. Excessive heat exacerbates all sorts of medical conditions from the obvious kidney ones all the way through to cardiac and respiratory ones, so frankly, you can f**k off with your 'it rained in the winter so global warming is a myth' horsesh1t, Trumpy.
I'm one of the people who was blamed for getting Paul Cook sacked. PM for the full post.
So two days of above 35 degrees up coming in the UK on 09:33 - Jul 17 by The_Flashing_Smile
I googled ambulances catching fire because I hadn't seen or heard it reported and all I've found is tweets linking to the Daily Mail. Slight exaggeration on "the media is reporting"!
Who'd have thought that our resident Trumpist would make something up to get upset about, then get upset about it?
I'm one of the people who was blamed for getting Paul Cook sacked. PM for the full post.
So two days of above 35 degrees up coming in the UK on 09:52 - Jul 17 by Lord_Lucan
Now I am just an observer rather than any kind of authority on this but am I right in thinking that ambulance people have to stay with their patients until they are admitted to a bed?
If that is correct wouldn’t it be a plan to have some kind of switch over holding staff in order to free up the ambulance people??
We have those. They're called 'A&E staff'.
But the trouble is, there are no beds for the A&E staff to hand THEIR patients onto.
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I'm one of the people who was blamed for getting Paul Cook sacked. PM for the full post.
So two days of above 35 degrees up coming in the UK on 10:10 - Jul 17 by BlueBadger
We're currently at the sort of bed pressures normally only experienced in the post Christmas/early January period. Excessive heat exacerbates all sorts of medical conditions from the obvious kidney ones all the way through to cardiac and respiratory ones, so frankly, you can f**k off with your 'it rained in the winter so global warming is a myth' horsesh1t, Trumpy.
Is the post Christmas pressure due to overconsumption of Yorkshire pudding and honey-roast parsnips?
Trust the process. Trust Phil.
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So two days of above 35 degrees up coming in the UK on 10:23 - Jul 17 with 1070 views
So two days of above 35 degrees up coming in the UK on 10:06 - Jul 17 by Lord_Lucan
Yes I understand what you are saying - it’s a bit of a pickle isn’t it.
What do you think is the very main problem with recruitment, Brexit, wages??
12 years of staff being neglected, belittled and undervalued, an ageing workforce, demonisation of overseas workers in general and Brexit in particular, the scrapping of student nurse bursaries and spiralling student fees, cutting of NHS England's education budget, ludicrous targets and bureaucracy, an ongoing management culture that only pays lip services to raising safety concerns, mounting societal pressures forcing ever increasing demands on services, cuts to specialist services to fill staffing gaps...
I'm one of the people who was blamed for getting Paul Cook sacked. PM for the full post.
So two days of above 35 degrees up coming in the UK on 10:06 - Jul 17 by Lord_Lucan
Yes I understand what you are saying - it’s a bit of a pickle isn’t it.
What do you think is the very main problem with recruitment, Brexit, wages??
Lots of factors, why become a nurse when have to pay the cost of training is in the £10k plus bracket, to earn average wage or less in what is a very very challenging work environment, where you are actually responsible for peoples lives health and future. Brexit has taken some staff, but there is clearly no political will to make this an attractive profession in the uk and the outlook is bleak 10% pay cut for nurses in the past decade in real terms
We live a good melt down. It’s the same when we have 3 flakes of snow.
Very serious issue though - records tumbling everywhere. Spain has been ridiculously hot lately - we had some people go over there for fieldwork and they had to abort.
Personally, I’m loving the warmth (it’s a lot cooler on this side of the UK), but we should be concerned about CC. I was gobsmacked to see Kemi Badenoch saying we should roll back on our commitment to net zero. Totally irresponsible. There should be plenty of opportunities to monetise green technology to keep even these ghouls happy. Locally sourced green energy would provide much greater energy security too instead of relying on imports.
So two days of above 35 degrees up coming in the UK on 09:33 - Jul 17 by BloomBlue
76 was the famous long hot summer although 75 did hit a similar high temp to 76. The difference in 76 is the heatwave effectively ran from June to Aug.
So two days of above 35 degrees up coming in the UK on 08:03 - Jul 17 by Joey_Joe_Joe_Junior
Valid point it will be miserable in that heat with no AC, however in Northern Europe it will cool down plenty at night. However, ambulances catching fire? That’s a new one on me, plenty of cities in the summer operate emergency services in much hotter conditions. The world isn’t ending with 48-72 hours of above average summer temps.
I've had a Google and can't find anything about ambulances catching fire anywhere.
The media aren't doing a very good job of spreading this particular story.
Still, "Ha ha, LOL, something about snowflakes etc..."
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