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The report itself is here:
Fossil fuel emissions have rapidly worsened European heatwaves in just a few decades
Just weeks after a severe heatwave that broke all-time May records, Europe is experiencing another major heatwave that is breaking June and annual records. This is particularly remarkable given that June is not historically the hottest month in Western Europe. Across France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and southern England, temperatures are reaching 5–12°C above seasonal averages, driven by a persistent high-pressure system. This pattern has transported hot air from North Africa into the region while also bringing clear skies and strong sunshine, which have further intensified the heat.
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No worries, we’ll elect climate change deniers even harder until the issue goes away
Exterior blinds should be mandatory everywhere, as well as AC installed correctly to allow heating in the winter.
And solar panels on everything. Everything.
Yeah its very sad that sweden doesnt have better heating because now that there are suddenly days with 34c people who were never used to this kind of heat cant cool their house down. ACs are just better all round.
It was fucking brutal, we have a first fresh morning at 23° now at 8 a clock 🫠
I checked the weather just before midnight the night before last, and it was 25 degrees two hours after sunset. The average high temperature for June 24 was 20 degrees, and the high that day was 34 degrees 🫠
where? It’s not finish here yet 🥲
The big problem is that we are still adding fuel to the fire without caring that the effects are lagging. What we do today will be rolling on to us in the near future but not today. If we reduce emissions today, it’s going to be some time in the future before things moderate a bit.
The heat has been so high I have almost gone and got adhesive hooks to hang dust sheets in front of the windows. I haven’t. But it’s tempting.
Living room hit 30c yesterday evening, largely because it’s a few days in and I can’t cool it off very well overnight. Small window that is only opened a crack because we don’t want the cat to get out. Suppose that is another thing I should probably do, get some kind of net I can put over the window so I can open it more at night.
What are dust sheets?
And by in front of the windows you mean on the exterior? That’s probably not a bad idea.
Large cheap sheets you put down when doing various DIY things to protect the carpets. Dust obviously is in the name but could also be painting.
Adhesive hooks may not hold in the heat. I’ve had that problem in the north of Australia.
Maybe, you can get ones designed to be used outside and if you add a few for redundancy it might be alright. A dust sheet isn’t much weight for them to hold.
If it really doesn’t work you could stick a bamboo cane against each side of the window and then another between them and hang the sheet from that. Tie the verticals to something like a few bricks to hold it in position.
same problem here, with the cats and all, and it’s the kind of things you don’t want/can’t do when it’s so hot
It was so cool this morning outside compared to my living room which only cooled to 29c overnight. Might be time to look at the window net idea. Suspect that the living room would have cooled down a fair bit more if I had been able to open the windows more at night.
Other rooms are more variable as they get direct sun in mornings or evenings. Normally the living room is coolest but now after days of heat it’s warmed up quite a bit. Looks like the worst of the heat is over now though so it should start cooling off. Might open the doors when I get home and contain the cat in the bedroom for a bit.
There are semireflective films you can install on the outside of the window to keep more of the energy out. Just needs some mild soap water and a simple flat tool to install. You can get them in different strengths, i.e. you probably want the mildest option for windows you want to look out of, but max strength for your bedroom (which you want to be dark anyway).
Aware of those but we plan on getting new windows soon anyway. They also seem to cost a fair bit. Covering all our windows would cost many tens of pounds, maybe even over £100.
