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What was once described as a heatwave is now described as "Severe Heat". What was once decribed as Climate Change is now described as a "Climate Emergency". Once a record temperature high or low were described as"since records began", now they are described as "hottest EVER". Once forest fires were started by silly people now they're "caused by the heat" according to the BBC. I'm not going to discuss my views on this as we're not allowed here but I think you can tell where I'm going with this.
Have you a screen capture?Blame the media. The propaganda arm. I hope everyone has seen the weather maps of 10 years ago with similar temps to now. I hope we've all seen the headlines 10 years ago compared to now. I'll leave that there.
Have you a screen capture?
How do you propose to do that? It would drain our already lowering reservoir water supplies before we had covered even a fraction of the land. Sea water is unsuitable due to the amount of salt.As for forrest fires again it comes back to my point earlier. We know this warm weather is coming so why don't we go out to moorland and out to forests to ensure the ground is sufficiently damp enough to cope with the heat. IE Not dry. Instead we stand on amazed.
Not entirely sure that's possible but BBQs and leaving litter will be the overall leading causes of most forest or moorland fires.As for forrest fires again it comes back to my point earlier. We know this warm weather is coming so why don't we go out to moorland and out to forests to ensure the ground is sufficiently damp enough to cope with the heat. IE Not dry. Instead we stand on amazed
Not entirely sure that's possible but BBQs and leaving litter will be the overall leading causes of most forest or moorland fires.
Yes, we should take care of out forests and moorlands, but as Aviador says -Then we should take care of our forests and moorland.
I would add to that, smoking. Even broken glass can start a fire in tinder dry conditions Take only photographs and leave only footprints.BBQs and leaving litter will be the overall leading causes of most forest or moorland fires.
We simply don't have the resources. The only effective way of covering vast areas of land would be by water bombing, for which we don't have the fleet of aircraft required, or the water reserves to cope. Fighting the fires is cheaper and a more efficient use of resources than dousing vast amounts of land with water. The fires may look large, but are in fact quite localised in comparison to the total land area. Most forest/moorland fires are easily preventable. It just requires common sense from the general public.We suddenly find the water when there’s fires, surely prevention is cheaper then the cure.
I agree with the article on the whole other than I don't think I would "enjoy" walking miles in 37'c heat. Plonk me by the poolside bar and your talking.Whisper it, but we’re allowed to enjoy the heatwave
Wear a sunhat and drink plenty of water and there is nothing to be afraid ofwww.spectator.co.uk
Correct. Well written well articulated article.
I agree with the article on the whole other than I don't think I would "enjoy" walking miles in 37'c heat. Plonk me by the poolside bar and your talking.
At one point by Halifax my truck registered 40c on the dash and another driver i used to work with his truck said 42.5 and he had to try and get to sleep in that with no overnight aircon.On my journey home from North Liverpool, the temperature was recording 37.5c for the duration on my 40 mins or so drive.
Still bloody hot and still unbearable to try and sleep in and in my experience not so long ago these temperatures in the summer were in the early thirties and late 20s not late 30s and early 40s. One of the reasons why I gave up tramping was because it was becoming more and more unbearable to sleep in the nights in a truck during summer. It's not good for people's health let alone the safety aspect of getting no sleep. Hopefully eventually it'll become law that all trucks have to have an overnight cooling unit like it is in the Mediterranean countries.The trouble with vehicle temperature measurements is they are measuring heat of the road. Not only that the car will also have an influence as that will also be warm. So whilst uncomfortable and yes we've not seen these temps for a while equally it's only the road temp that we are reporting.
That's incorrect. Accurate temperature measurement of the air is vital to allow efficient combustion and for the catalytic converter to work efficiently in modern cars (and can be accurate to within 1/2 or 1/3 of a degree C). The wrong fuel/air mixture can 'poison' the expensive metals used in the converter. When first setting off, the temperature may read erroneously (especially if the car has been in the sun), but will rapidly change to measuring the temperature of the air that is being taken in by the engine, as the thermometer is specifically located to avoid errors such as hot road surfaces (modern cars have an 'under tray' below the engine to help with this). It is this temperature measurement that is presented on the dashboard to the driver.The trouble with vehicle temperature measurements is they are measuring heat of the road.
That's incorrect.
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