Brits Are Sharing How They Are Dealing With This Record-Breaking Heatwave (40 Posts)

Thank you for this. I feel like a social pariah for loving Winter and hating Summer.

Is...is this a legitimate sign? Because this is fantastic. 😂

Greenery is good people!

I think this is both beautiful and effective! I am in Australia and would like it if they had things like this!

Poor baby 😟

Loose clothing or lose clothing? :D

Feeling the vibe, I want some of that!

I'm doing this for delivery drivers in the UK now, my grocery guy was blown away by a free cold bottle of water and the chance to refill his own bottle, I see American posts where people leave baskets out... never thought id be doing it in the UK.

Forget tradition, get them some lightweight summer uniforms!!

We'll never stop climate change while the mega-rich continue to have their d**k measuring contest, by sending rockets into orbit. (Looking at you Musk and Bezos.) 👀

and for the love of God don't leave small children or dogs in a car, whilst you just pop into a shop ...please

I think this graph is showing the difference in temperature between the two periods, rather than the actual temperature itself, which is why some people think it's fake e.g. "how can Antartica be hotter than the equator?" It's not, but the temperature increase is higher than at the equator, which is definitely a possibility. Maybe I'm mistaken, but either way, the info in the graph could be clearer

This should be higher!

See how much they enjoy it! Thank you!!! Please do this, everyone!!!

My niece’s school did exactly this until all the parents pushed back.

Well. Yes. But I understand you, 30°C is already too much for me too.

A bit ironic considering his name is Bunsen...bunsen burner...

we have high and low bird baths, hedgehog water bowls, big baths for washing in and little ones for drinking, our cats have fans and ice cubes and the curtains are closed and the conservatory is off limits its like a blast furnace in there

Thank you for saving the birb! <33

and there's me just thinking the 5 second rule was for noms dropped on the floor ...good advice thanks

I have to say my cheap Lidl fan is awesome!

TruMP saYS NIcE clEAn CoaL exISTS anD CoaL POweR GooD! AlsO! WInDMIllS CauSE CanCER!

Glug glug glug... now dry out your ears.

He's bin there, done that.

Ha ha ha! I loved those when I was a kid

During our similar heat wave last summer (high of 108 F) all you had to turn on for a shower was the COLD water tap. The water was plenty warm from the ambient heat, almost hot even.

96.62*F Hot dang.

90 Super-Mega-Corporations, most of the Energy Industry, produce about 70% of climate change pollution. The idea that you and I can't have plastic straws is a fable foisted on the world by a think-tank at BP in the 90's. Link: https://www.science.org/content/article/just-90-companies-are-blame-most-climate-change-carbon-accountant-says

Yes!!! Thank you again!!

You must be in pain. (A joke for the those who know French!)

We've been having lots of fires sadly🥺

For UK read Wales and England the heatwave jstops around the border

Works for people too. Pinch the skin up on your forearm. It should return in a semi-hippotamus (as measured by the new banana metric system).

Bassets can sometimes be smelly, but love love love those big ears.

Tradition trumps common sense and compassion? In this heat, the queen’s guards should not be outside.

No pussy jokes, please.

Time to get the shaver!

on casual Fridays its all of the above but swap the shoes for socks and sandals, maybe throw a cheeky knotted hanky on your head.

That chart has changed today.

And everywhere in the U.K. Why is it hot in a place that's mostly cold? WHY?We don't like this weather. The weather needs to change. We want our cloudy and rainy days back.

Absolutely agree! No good burying your head in the sand, it will just bloody burn off.

Sure, they will.

Eau de onion on a packed train? ick!

Surely you must be joking?

if that's a BYOB event I wonder how many peed during the film?!!

This is Pink Floyd's album cover (Wish You Were Here 1975). They actually lit him on on fire. They could not do that these days because half the city would end up on fire.

my Yorkshire terrier looks like a soggy Weetabix.

I always upvote the Inbetweeners

As imagined by Salvador Dali: "The Persistence of Memory of small boats"

A lot of dogs live in areas where it gets above 20-25°C regularly. I can't imagine they all are prone to just drop down half-dead all the time. Or am I missing something?

What are the requirements? And where do I sign up? 🌞😩🥵👻 (Actual images of me today. I couldn't find the melting emoji otherwise I would've used that as well)

Maybe some tinfoil?

Someone should.

According to this map, the only thing needed is for us to move to the blue area. Problem solved.

Extra extra ice please 😶

a**hole.

I mean the increase in storms, tornados, floods, etc are also a result of our planet being on fire (aka global warming)... So issue a health warning and do something about it (people's healths important too, cause a lot of people die from heat stroke)

That 1) looks kind of uncomfortable and 2) would make some very strange tan lines

Unfortunately here it's only getting below 25° at 4am :(

Dougal from the Magic Roundabout? x

And almost burned my skin off.😃🙃

My windows are open but the curtains are shut

I think it's currently cooler in Hell, than it is in the UK right now. 🤔

All thus advice is useful. But the biggest advice is change our lifestyles, stop abusing the planet or burn to death.