British heat wave report on youtube
People in Britain got a welcome break from their usual rain and misery recently when a heatwave broke out across the country. The last week of June this year saw UK temperatures soar to a reported 35 degrees Celsius (95F), the warmest since 2006. It was also the hottest temperature in June for many years – the average for June is 19-22 degrees Celcius (around 70 degrees Fahrenheit).
However when you subject such conditions on a people who hardly ever experience it, you can be sure of a little madness flying about.
Sunburn City
The first thing British people do when even the smallest amount of sun is spotted is get their kit off. Any English town or city on a hot day will be littered with bodies lying around trying to get as much sun on as much of their pale flesh as possible. Several months down the line you can be sure of a few melanoma scares resulting from the overexuberant sun-worshipping.
The Complaining Starts
True to form, the British mentality can’t deal with simply being happy and counting there blessings for more than a few days. Inevitably complaints about it being too unbearably hot and sticky soon became commonplace, and people started longing for cooler conditions again. And, inevitably, there were petitions to demand the government do something about the awful hot weather and lack of air conditioning in public places!
Staying Cool
While one section of the UK population are stripping down to their underwear, the other half rushes down to the high street and sucks up the entire stock of desk fans like some sweaty, many-headed monster. According to Google, searches for the term “portable air conditioner” in the UK went from 9,900 in May to 49,500 in June!
Nothing Lasts Forever
Sadly the tropical heatwave didn’t last and since this scorching seven days the country has been hit by equally severe rain and thunder storms.Climate change campaigners are saying this is exactly the kind of effects they have been warning about for so long.The funniest part of it is that the same people who were complaining about the heat the previous week, are now complaining about the heavy rainfall. You just can’t win.