Were you guys able to stay cool during the past heatwave? I read the temperatue hit 40C in many places. Yikes.

The temperatures are brutal lately. I feel sorry for those who have to work outside.

I was in Budapest last month and the highs every day were around 35C and I thought that was already too hot.

hmmm i went to outdoor swimpark last two days, and twice i got cold in the shadow so sat in the sun the whole time, feeling 'comfortable' but surely not 'hot' or anything.

A few years ago during a heatwave, i went to the sauna at midday

Can't be hot enough for me; I do totally hate cold though. And cold for me is what is 'comfortable' for someone else...

sexton said:

Were you guys able to stay cool during the past heatwave? I read the temperatue hit 40C in many places. Yikes.

Not sure exactly what temperature it got to here in NE UK, but it was bloody hot. We don't live far from the beach, but we decided it would be heaving so we stayed at home with the (pretty big) paddling pool and hose. To be honest the dog is suffering more than the humans, he's not doing well at all. Thunderstorms yesterday and back to normal blighty weather today (rain) though.

Speaking as an office worker, one day last week (can't remember which one now - Wednesday or Thursday?) was diabolically bad for heat.

Conditions have returned to being hospitable since then though, and in Newcastle today it's been cool, raining and very slippery, so go figure...

EmmaMcG said:

Thankfully it's not "heatwave" type temperatures here in Dublin. I'm just not able for that kind of heat. It got up to around 25°C the other day and I couldn't handle it. I'm naturally very pale so I only have to look at the sun and I get burnt to a crisp. My husband was out the front garden cutting the grass in a tank top and I couldn't even look at him without almost feeling that sun burn my skin. Fuck that. Even now, I'm uncomfortably warm. I'd gladly shave my head bald if I thought it would make me any cooler.

TheFman said:

hmmm i went to outdoor swimpark last two days, and twice i got cold in the shadow so sat in the sun the whole time, feeling 'comfortable' but surely not 'hot' or anything.

A few years ago during a heatwave, i went to the sauna at midday

Can't be hot enough for me; I do totally hate cold though. And cold for me is what is 'comfortable' for someone else...

Be thankful you don't live in Dublin!

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The heatwave moved on to Greenland:

I absolutely love it and feel more alive, albeit a bit tired. But I feel happier and healthier when it´s so hot and warm outside, especially when it is a bit humid.

If it's over 74° F I want to die.

Iceland lost a glacier.