Same with Paris? Average temps are pretty close to Chicago or New York.
http://sultanknish.blogspot.com/2019...europeans.html
Really.
Same with Paris? Average temps are pretty close to Chicago or New York.
http://sultanknish.blogspot.com/2019...europeans.html
Really.
"The government is a child that has found their parents credit card, and spends knowing that they never have to reconcile the bill with their own money"-Shannon Churchill
I’s say the average for the U.K. is well less than 5%
Look at a world map, the U.K. is as far North as middle Canada, our houses for the most part are designed to keep heat in, these freakish (and yet seemingly now common) spikes in temperature are not something we’re prepared for, for good reason.
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We never had air-conditioning as kids unless you count a window fan that would blow in one room only-- the kitchen.
Was tough in these hot Southern summers here but we managed.
First air-conditioning I got was when I rented my first place at age 18.
I have never been without it since, that is 47 years now.
They want to die following a damn lie--(global warming scam), I say let 'em, as they already invited in their executioners---the muslims.. --Tyr
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Yep, we never had any a/c in any house we lived in either. The first a/c my parents ever got in a house of their's was a window unit. First a/c I ever had was in the first apartment I moved into, and like you bro, I've had a/c everywhere I've lived since. I have central a/c in my house now. Wouldn't be without it. It not only cools the air, but it removes humidity as well, and I just can not sleep when it's STICKY hot. I need to be cool with no humidity. Speaking of which, it was 56 here in SW WI last night, nice night, with nights coming possibly in the 40's. They're saying the month of September could all be colder than average temps. Fine with me. I'm always ready for cooler weather after a hot summer. I can get back outside and work without being drenched in sweat.
Yeah the Europeans... that's just nuts.
Last edited by High_Plains_Drifter; 08-22-2019 at 08:09 AM.
Much though it goes against the grain to do so, I'm in agreement with Noir on this one. Air conditioning in British homes is a rarity (I've certainly never had it). That's usually reserved for office environments.
Ours isn't a particularly warm climate ! Noir overlooks that the British Isles gets environmental help from the Gulf Stream .. we usually have warmer winters than would be typical for this latitude. I don't think it helps in summer, though.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/...rature-of-387c
See the link .. our highest ever temperature was set last July 29th, at 101 degrees Fahrenheit. Normally even London is lucky to get to the mid-Nineties in summer. Where I am, in Wales, we think of 80 degrees as heatwave territory. A ten degree difference between here and London (only around 150 miles distant from me) is typical of our summers.
Today ... our 'high' will be just 68 degrees. We're in for a warm spell, though, which may take the temperature to the upper Seventies ...
Last edited by Drummond; 08-22-2019 at 09:57 AM.
It's That Bloody Foreigner Again !!!
We didn't have AC when I was a kid. Yes it's nice. It also has defined later generations here. It's ridiculous to me. Our street was loaded with kids all summer when I was one. This place now is a ghost town all summer. AC and video games and some fat-food snacks and who needs to leave the house?
I recall teeny-boppers working in the malls here looking down their noses at us when we were working a job there because we were hot and sweaty and worked outside in the S Texas sun with not one thought given to the fact I was getting paid 2 and a half times what their pampered asses were. But the mentality here for teens is "get an inside job for the summer THEN worry about the money".
Wimps
“When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle.” Edumnd Burke
You're a fucking whack job, too bad you're also a pussy who has me on ignore because you can't handle being called out for being an idiot. Europe's not having AC in most residences has NOTHING to do with climate change you idiot. I have several European friends and they don't have AC in their homes for the same reason you don't see many homes in South Africa with heaters. It's just not necessary. They pop over here for a visit in the summer time when the temperature is 90 degrees with 85 percent humidity and not one of them is like "oh don't turn on the a/c think of the environment"
I reiterate, you're a pussy moron.
Same here Gunny, my parents didn't put AC in the house until well after all us kids had moved out. Now when I built a new house, yes it has central air lol. And in the summer time I make my kids go out and play no different than my parents made me. Some of these kids I see today, I wonder if they ever spend ANY time outdoors.
Hmmm, you're not playing nice, bad day? Seems Tyr read the OP article, here's the link in case there's a problem with your finding it: http://sultanknish.blogspot.com/2019...europeans.html
"The government is a child that has found their parents credit card, and spends knowing that they never have to reconcile the bill with their own money"-Shannon Churchill
Last edited by Drummond; 08-23-2019 at 09:34 AM.
It's That Bloody Foreigner Again !!!
"The government is a child that has found their parents credit card, and spends knowing that they never have to reconcile the bill with their own money"-Shannon Churchill
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Like many here, my family didn't get central air in IL until 1980 or so. All of my homes since have had it, but in all honesty I used it 2 or 3 days in IL most years. Heat? All the time in winter! LOL!
Here, I start it when the outside temp reach 105, end of June this year. Set at 83 and that's where it stays. My bill runs about $75 per month. Heat? 2 days last year that it kicked on, kept it at 68 I believe. I wear a sweater..
If anyone reads the OP they would find that literally tens of thousands have died from not having air conditioning on 'those few days' when the temps go too high. That would mostly be infants and the elderly.
"The government is a child that has found their parents credit card, and spends knowing that they never have to reconcile the bill with their own money"-Shannon Churchill
There's the big difference. In the UK, I'd say that the only location that could possibly 'need' AC was London, and then only during comparatively short heatwaves (.. or, what we CALL 'heatwaves').
In the next couple of days, if I believe the BBC's forecast report, my location may see a peak temperature rise approaching 80 degrees F. THAT, to us, is a 'heatwave'.
I'd make this point. We're an island nation, and this lends itself towards naturally humid conditions. Any great temperature rise invariably has high humidity as well, making for an oppressive environment.
I'll never forget one of my visits to America's Eastern seaboard, early one winter ... standing outside Hartford station, waiting for a train when I was making the return journey back to New York ... it had been snowing, with a thick blanket of snow on the ground. I marvelled at the fact that I didn't even feel chilly, even with all that unmelted snow around me. There I was, unzipping my jacket, not feeling cold !
I was perfectly well at the time !
I put the experience of being 'warm' down to a lack of humidity in the air. No appreciable water vapour in the air, to lock in any coldness, no coldness 'bite' to the air, which we ALWAYS get here. It makes a quite remarkable difference. When hot -- when cold -- humidity is significant.
It's That Bloody Foreigner Again !!!