Sweltering Summer in UK Creates Chaos, Health Warnings and Record Sales of Desk Fans
In the UK the year round weather is so blighted by rain and clouds – but the population got a well deserved break recently with some thermometer busting conditions. During the end of June and beginning of July temperatures rocketed to a whopping 35 Celsius (or 95 in Fahrenheit), 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 (66-72F).
However when you subject such conditions on a people who hardly ever experience it, you can be sure of a little madness flying about.
Sunburn City
First thing you see when the sun comes out in the UK is people stripping down to bikinis to make the most of the sun. With temperatures like this you can’t but avoid swarms of sunbathers trying to get a natural tan for once, jostling for space in the best suntanning spots. 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. Inevitably complaints about it being too unbearably hot and sticky soon became commonplace, and people started longing for cooler conditions again. 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 one half of the British population are stripping down to their underwear, the rest 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!
Is That a Storm Cloud on the Horizon?
However these kinds of weather conditions are doomed to die out in the UK, and a week later the country was swept with heavy wind and rain.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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