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And for further context its the first RED (danger to life) warning [0] (for the purposes of heat, other red warning have been issued [1]) [0] https://www.metof

by dcomp 4y ago

And for further context its the first RED (danger to life) warning [0] (for the purposes of heat, other red warning have been issued [1]) [0] https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/about-us/press-office/news/weather-and-climate/2022/red-extreme-heat-warning https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/about-us/press-office/news/weat... [1] https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/learn-about/past-uk-weather-events https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/learn-about/past-uk-wea...

rozab 4y ago
..since that warning was introduced in 2021
- mnobu 4y ago
  This will be the hottest temp ever recorded in the UK though.
  - randomsearch 4y ago
    The hottest temperature by a couple of degrees. That’s a ridiculously large jump.
- dcomp 4y ago
  To be fair they have been monitoring deaths before [0], just the first time there's a national warning to the public. Quite a few schools have decided to use this warning to close as they are unable to manage heat on their premises [1] [0] https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/phe-heatwave-mortality-monitoring https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/phe-heatwave-mort...
- tfsh 4y ago
  It was introduced given the increase in temperature. This is the first time in recorded history that the temperature in the UK has been forecasted to reach 40°C
krona 4y ago
Most of the danger to life is people drowning in lakes, rivers etc.
- jameshart 4y ago
  British people are not normally found in lakes or rivers. If they are being driven into those dangerous environments by the weather, perhaps the weather could be considered dangerous.
  - bombcar 4y ago
    According to the Romans it's common to find them there: > Their form of rule is democratic for the most part, and they are very fond of plundering; consequently they choose their boldest men as rulers....They can endure hunger and cold and any kind of hardship; for they plunge into the swamps and exist there for many days with only their heads above water, and in the forests they support themselves upon bark and roots, and for all emergencies they prepare a certain kind of food, the eating of a small portion of which, the size of a bean, prevents them from feeling either hunger or thirst https://penelope.uchicago.edu/~grout/encyclopaedia_romana/britannia/miscellanea/geography.html https://penelope.uchicago.edu/~grout/encyclopaedia_romana/br... It's historical writing so it must be true.
    - jameshart 4y ago
      This is fantastic. I'm assuming that "a certain kind of food, the eating of a small portion of which, the size of a bean, prevents them from feeling either hunger or thirst" was Kendall Mint Cake.

by dcomp 4y ago

rozab 4y ago

..since that warning was introduced in 2021

mnobu 4y ago
This will be the hottest temp ever recorded in the UK though.
- randomsearch 4y ago
  The hottest temperature by a couple of degrees. That’s a ridiculously large jump.
dcomp 4y ago
To be fair they have been monitoring deaths before [0], just the first time there's a national warning to the public. Quite a few schools have decided to use this warning to close as they are unable to manage heat on their premises [1] [0] https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/phe-heatwave-mortality-monitoring https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/phe-heatwave-mort...
tfsh 4y ago
It was introduced given the increase in temperature. This is the first time in recorded history that the temperature in the UK has been forecasted to reach 40°C

krona 4y ago

Most of the danger to life is people drowning in lakes, rivers etc.

jameshart 4y ago
British people are not normally found in lakes or rivers. If they are being driven into those dangerous environments by the weather, perhaps the weather could be considered dangerous.
- bombcar 4y ago
  According to the Romans it's common to find them there: > Their form of rule is democratic for the most part, and they are very fond of plundering; consequently they choose their boldest men as rulers....They can endure hunger and cold and any kind of hardship; for they plunge into the swamps and exist there for many days with only their heads above water, and in the forests they support themselves upon bark and roots, and for all emergencies they prepare a certain kind of food, the eating of a small portion of which, the size of a bean, prevents them from feeling either hunger or thirst https://penelope.uchicago.edu/~grout/encyclopaedia_romana/britannia/miscellanea/geography.html https://penelope.uchicago.edu/~grout/encyclopaedia_romana/br... It's historical writing so it must be true.
  - jameshart 4y ago
    This is fantastic. I'm assuming that "a certain kind of food, the eating of a small portion of which, the size of a bean, prevents them from feeling either hunger or thirst" was Kendall Mint Cake.