Heat Wave in Britain Causes Strange Behaviour
British heat wave report on youtube
The weather in Britain is so notoriously miserable most of the time that you have to feel the Brits deserve the heatwave they recently experienced. 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 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. You can visit any town in Britain during such weather and be sure of spotting hordes of people fighting for a good patch to sun themselves. Several months down the line you can be sure of a few melanoma scares resulting from the overexuberant sun-worshipping.
The Grass Is Always Greener
True to form, the British mentality can’t deal with simply being happy and counting there blessings for more than a few days. Sure enough we soon started hearing people grumbling about it being too hot, and wishing for some cooler weather or even some rain. 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 half of the British population is 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!
Every Silver Lining Has a Cloud
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.Now, of course, the UK public is now starting to complain about the rain and harking back to the heatwave. You just can’t win.
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