20 hours ago, birdguy said:

How about this?  I guess they have no summer uniforms, do they?  

Noel

Noel,

Your link doesn't show anything. I'm guessing you're trying to show a photo of a guardsman outside Buckingham Palace being given a drink by a policeman. If so then no, they have one uniform used in all weather conditions. British soldiers are made of stern stuff! 😁 It's possible their time on duty may have been shortened given the conditions.

Many tourists including Americans would expect to see the traditional red tunic and bearskin.

20 hours ago, birdguy said:

How about this?  I guess they have no summer uniforms, do they?  

Noel

Was it this one, Noel?

 

24 minutes ago, Ray Proudfoot said:

British soldiers are made of stern stuff! 😁

 

Hard as nails, and don't mess with them. Tourists think its just for show... its not! 

Guy gets decked at 1:44. 😲

 

 

Yeah Charlie, that's the one.  The one I posted shows up for me here.  I wonder why it doesn't show up for you guys?

Noel

 

 

3 hours ago, birdguy said:

Yeah Charlie, that's the one.  The one I posted shows up for me here.  I wonder why it doesn't show up for you guys?

Noel

Stored locally I’m guessing.

4 hours ago, birdguy said:

Yeah Charlie, that's the one.  The one I posted shows up for me here.  I wonder why it doesn't show up for you guys?

Noel

 

 

This is what we are seeing, Noel.   Not a link!

 

Three days on from the short but intense heatwave today was refreshingly different. A maximum temperature of 20.1°C and 0.54” of rain. Bliss for the parched lawns!

The wettest day in Cheadle Hulme since 20 February. Meanwhile, France and Spain continue to suffer with very high temps. Thank god for the Atlantic and the jet stream. More rain over the weekend. I for one won’t be complaining.

http://www.cheadlehulmeweather.co.uk/betel_datasummary.php

1 hour ago, Ray Proudfoot said:

and 0.54” of rain. Bliss for the parched lawns!

The wettest day in Cheadle Hulme since 20 February.

a half inch of rain is your wettest day in five months?  ouch...sounds like drought to me.  We get inches of rain every on several days a week.  Im reportedly near one of the wetter parts of the USA though (Mobile Alabama)

3 hours ago, Ray Proudfoot said:

Bliss for the parched lawns!

We get up before dawn to water our lawns.  That's the coolest time of the day (24C) when we are hitting the warmest part of the day in late afternoon (40C).  We have a very large diurnal temperature swing.

Noel

7 hours ago, sightseer said:

a half inch of rain is your wettest day in five months?  ouch...sounds like drought to me.  We get inches of rain every on several days a week.  Im reportedly near one of the wetter parts of the USA though (Mobile Alabama)

It’s been a particularly dry year with significant rain in only February and May. All other months have been below normal. If you click on my weather link in my sig and choose NOAA Reports, click 2022 and the Precipitation section shows actuals against average. Wettest year was 2012 with 40”; driest 2018 with just 24.89”.

Your rainfall sounds intense for short periods. Ours tends to be light rain spread over longer periods.

5 hours ago, birdguy said:

We get up before dawn to water our lawns.  That's the coolest time of the day (24C) when we are hitting the warmest part of the day in late afternoon (40C).  We have a very large diurnal temperature swing.

Whilst we don’t have a hosepipe ban I’ve refrained from using it except for one evening on my front lawn which was suffering. Despite another 0.21” since midnight it’s taking a time to recover.

PS Thousands did not die in the UK as predicted in the truthful Media.  

47 minutes ago, G-RFRY said:

PS Thousands did not die in the UK as predicted in the truthful Media.  

 

In 2020 2500 died through heat related issues in the UK. In 2021 1500 died. So far, for this heat wave we know that 1500 plus have died across Europe due to heat. The figures aren't all in yet for the UK or Europe as far as I know.

Nobody said thousands WOULD die, but we know from previous heatwaves it's possible.

12 hours ago, martin-w said:

 

In 2020 2500 died through heat related issues in the UK. In 2021 1500 died. So far, for this heat wave we know that 1500 plus have died across Europe due to heat. The figures aren't all in yet for the UK or Europe as far as I know.

Nobody said thousands WOULD die, but we know from previous heatwaves it's possible.

The media did say just that, my daughter works in the NHS people are dying of underlying health issues as do old people in winter, but it fit`s the narrative to say heat or cold weather. People with underlying health issues die form catching a cold the cold never killed them pore health did,

My sister in law died a week ago we will put that down to global warming if you want (it was cancer),

Edited July 23, 20223 yr by G-RFRY

8 hours ago, G-RFRY said:

The media did say just that,

 

I personally didn't hear that. I heard warnings that it's possible, which is true. The figures are based on excess mortality compared to without a heat wave, seems a reasonable way to do it to me. We won't know those figures yet untill the analysis is done.

But of course, you shouldn't really pay to much attention to the media, it's the medical authorities you should listen to.

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/phe-heatwave-mortality-monitoring/heatwave-mortality-monitoring-report-2020

Poor health kills yes but poor health is more likely to kill if that person with a compromised system is experiencing 40 degree heat rather than 20 degree heat. Thus, why its vulnerable people that are said to be mostly at risk. 

 

Edited July 24, 20223 yr by martin-w

On 7/24/2022 at 3:30 AM, martin-w said:

 

I personally didn't hear that. I heard warnings that it's possible, which is true. The figures are based on excess mortality compared to without a heat wave, seems a reasonable way to do it to me. We won't know those figures yet untill the analysis is done.

But of course, you shouldn't really pay to much attention to the media, it's the medical authorities you should listen to.

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/phe-heatwave-mortality-monitoring/heatwave-mortality-monitoring-report-2020

Poor health kills yes but poor health is more likely to kill if that person with a compromised system is experiencing 40 degree heat rather than 20 degree heat. Thus, why its vulnerable people that are said to be mostly at risk. 

 

So we had 5 days of 100+ already.  The news has reported 1 heat related death and they clarified the individual had underlying conditions.  We are obviously calculating heat related deaths very differently... 

Edited July 25, 20223 yr by psolk