Extreme Heat 2

Hottest temperature 40.3 degrees yesterday. Over 34 places surpassed the previous record of 38.7C.

 

More than 400 London firefighters fighting at least nine blazes. 40 homes destroyed in East London. Harvesting machinery sparked crop fires.

 

 

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/07/20/wennington-fire-pictures-london-wildfires-heatwave-record-temperature/

999 overwhelmed.

 

NHS coping with huge surge of Covid plus ambulance call outs for heat related illness. Ambulances on highest alert level, patients waiting for hours for an ambulance.

 

Trains cancelled because rails expanding in the heat & electric cables damaged. 3 London stations closed today.

 

Gritting lorries out because tarmac melting.

Unbelievable! If this doesn't "spark", (sorry), real action for climate change nothing will. We aren't set up for this, but we have known it was coming for a long time. We also know it will get worse.

Meanwhile the Conservative leader election looks as if it will go to the party membership between Sunak & Truss. Truss generally votes against measures to prevent climate change. Sunak hasn't hindered climate action, but he hasn't been a champion. At Cop 26 he wanted to fire up 6 North sea oil & gas fields. He has a picture of Nigel Lawson, a huge climate change skeptic, on his office wall.

I despair! What will our world be like for my grandsons?

At the moment the temperature is reasonable in my North facing study. The night time temperatures aren't condusive to a good nights sleep. Any activity is completely exhausting in the day time. 

Just chatted to my postie. They were sent home at 11.30 yesterday but now have 3 days post to catch up with & have to walk bigger routes whatever the weather does. She has water, but can't drink too much because there are no toilets!

We need to wake up & smell the fires burning!