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British Heatwave: This is what happens when a country starved of sun gets it all at once!
People in Britain got a welcome break from their usual rain and misery recently when a heatwave broke out across the country. During the end of June and beginning of July temperatures rocketed to a whopping 35 Celsius (95F), the highest recorded for three years. It was also the highest recorded temperature in June for many years – the average for June is 19-22 degrees Celcius (around 70 degrees Fahrenheit).
Yet one of the things that’s bound to happen in a country which hardly ever sees a ‘proper’ summer, people start to go a bit loopy.
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. No doubt doctors surgeries will get more than a few patients through their doors with worrying signs of skin cancer.
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. As sure as the sun sets, people soon started to complain about it being too hot, getting nostalgic about how cool it was last week. And, inevitably, there were petitions to demand the government do something about the awful hot weather and lack of air conditioners in public places!
Staying Cool
While half of the UK population is getting into their beach wear and throwing themselves on deckchairs directly under the sun, the remainder 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!
The Inevitable Demise
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. Predictably, everyone is now moaning and complaining about the wind and rain, and wishing the heatwave would come back. I guess there’s no winning.
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