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And this is one of the reasons why I hate hot dry summers so much. Stupid thick brain dead teenagers with less than 2 neurons rubbing or rattling together in their empty juvenile heads. Late this afternoon whilst watering my neighbours pots and baskets I could smell burning and the tell tale shrieks emanating from the tinder dry woodland at the rear of my property. Given the strong smell of burning, the close proximity to dwellings and the dryness of the trees and woodlands I went to investigate. After a few terse words and a roasting (no pun intended) I moved around 10 female teenagers out of the middle of the woods only to discover they had - yes, a lighted portable barbecue They couldn’t have skedaddled any quicker to get away but I could see the contraption was not fully doused. The fire service have been out to check it and they have dealt with it fully. Where is the common sense? Such selfish stupid behaviour.
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Well, that and stupid thick brain dead teenagers with less than 2 neurons rubbing or rattling together in their empty juvenile heads. Late this afternoon whilst watering my neighbours pots and baskets I could smell burning and the tell tale shrieks emanating from the tinder dry woodland at the rear of my property. Given the strong smell of burning, the close proximity to dwellings and the dryness of the trees and woodlands I went to investigate. After a few terse words and a roasting (no pun intended) I moved around 10 female teenagers out of the middle of the woods only to discover they had - yes, a lighted portable barbecue They couldn’t have skedaddled any quicker to get away but I could see the contraption was not fully doused. The fire service have been out to check it and they have dealt with it fully. Where is the common sense? Such selfish stupid behaviour.
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To be honest no. They have hiked my energy monthly direct debit up anyway even though my gas consumption is very low. I hope that hike and the money the government will be giving me will cover me for winter. I suppose it also depends on the property and where you live? I live on the edge of woods and farmland so I find I still need to heat the bungalow even in a so called mild winter because if the weather is mild but damp and wet enough the property needs heating for that reason. It is a detached property and in close proximity to woods, which must have a bearing on it all. The multi-fuel burner works hard all winter to keep my home warm. The heating engineer suggested I needed to fire the boiler up to keel it ticking over so in winter I do oblige by putting the heating on each morning for 15 mins at most. I also get the woolly dresses and jumpers out in winter though. I can fully understand and appreciate why people are concerned though. -
It may due to the dry heat. I certain struggle with the dry conditions (Sjogrens) and I have to say my joints have been playing me up and I have crepitus in both knees and my elbow joints. Something snapped in my left knee during the last heatwave and I have only just been able to drive as I couldn’t keep my knee bent long enough to operate the clutch, wearing knee support in hot weather was uncomfortable as well. Very strange too during the hot dry summer in 2018 my plantar fasciitis was particularly bad. I’ve been largely free of it until this summer when it is threatening to kick off again - not sure if it is coincidence or not.
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Most likely the Park Hall Hotel. They were told about the stupidity of fireworks back in 2018 when it was a very dry summer as they border farmland an ancient woods. The management are always in trouble with councillors about something or other and always seem to be at loggerheads with the local residents.
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Everywhere is dry and primed for fires so some idiot starts letting off fireworks around here, thick as 3 short planks nailed together some people are
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I feel for you. My mums friend’s hubby is in heart failure using piped oxygen overnight and as needed during the day bless him. To add insult to injury he and his wife have caught COVID now and the only place they have been is to hospital appointments. I do fear for him next week with heart failure, COVID and having to cope with excessive heat. Rain wise, we done a little better in this part of the UK but everything is drying up like a crisp once again and I can fully understand your fears for wildfires. Our cul de sac of bungalows are surrounded on two sides by woods and farms - worrying indeed.
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We really could do with the weather backing off now rather than continually heating up……surely? EDF cuts output at nuclear power plants as French rivers get too warm | Energy industry | The Guardian WWW.THEGUARDIAN.COM Company says it is reducing production for few hours where possible as ability to cool plants is restricted
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Well, I can’t quite get why people keep wanting to ramp the heat up at the best of times but when it starts to cause trouble I understand it even less EDF cuts output at nuclear power plants as French rivers get too warm | Energy industry | The Guardian WWW.THEGUARDIAN.COM Company says it is reducing production for few hours where possible as ability to cool plants is restricted
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Beautiful. I’ve had a sunflower year this summer.
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Wishing you every happiness in your new house.
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Iceland must be a truly fascinating place to live even if a little daunting with all this volcanic activity on your doorstep.
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Problem is though around these parts we have had a very strong gusty hot wind for 2 days in a row. My garden is now bone dry again and I’m back to lugging watering cans around or the hosepipe rescuing plants. Two hydrangeas needing rescuing with water today, which sort of tells me the rain we had hasn’t really penetrated enough for plants and trees.
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Just scrolled through the model thread to see what is potentially in store for us weather wise going forward. Looks like we heat haters will need to prepare our defences again because Satans breath could well be about to visit yet again. I read somewhere else the hot spell described as Satans breath and and I thought it an apt description. There is talk of low to mid 30’s for several days. Anything over 23c is far too much for me.
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We get horrid iridescent green things. It doesn’t help that our general refuse bins are only emptied once a fortnight and I really think, over the summer months at least, bins should be emptied every week. yes a storm would be good although we are doing better than you guys, at least we have had some rain.
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The other aspect of hot weather that drives me nuts is things on wings. Have had a happy bumble bee nest under the cat pen and they haven’t been any trouble and the flutterbies are lovely. Flies, however, can’t stand the dirty horrid things
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Pleased to say we have had some rain overnight. Seems enough, for the moment at least, to help revive the lawns and some plants and to perhaps dampen down the woods at the rear of our properties. I don’t think it is enough to save trees perhaps as some have really droopy leaves, the lilac trees in particular look very unhappy. We noticed yesterday how awful some of the trees look alongside the estate roads, some look as if they have died off.
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I thought it was olive stones but then doubted myself. The e-coal is very useful though I have to say.
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Not a silly question at all but I see it has been explained. It is useful and does keep the the “fire” ticking over but goodness me it does create a great deal of ash compared to wood. If I remember correctly the stuff I used last winter was derived from (I’ll have to check for definite) from olive stones or something along those lines.
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My bungalow is heavy on electricity. However, the only gas appliance is the heating, which I use as little as I can. I’ve had my first batch of kiln dried logs delivered and a bigger bulk bag of logs is due end of August. I’ll also stock up on e-coal to keep the fire ticking over overnight. Would be nice to have some decent winter weather for a change. I’m particularly dreading summer dragging on and on through into October like it has this last year or so.
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So do I. Can’t be doing with much more heat Roll on autumn (a proper one!) and winter (again, a proper one), they simply can’t come soon enough for me.
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Storms and Convective discussion - 1st May 2022 onwards
Puddy Galore replied to Supacell's topic in Storms & Severe Weather
Awful really, so sad. Indian government seems set to pay compensation to victims. India lightning strikes kill at least 38 people WWW.ALJAZEERA.COM Officials say 20 people died in western Rajasthan state while 18 others lost their lives in Uttar Pradesh over 24 hours. -
Seems we are looking at heat building again weekend onwards perhaps?
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Just let my youngest cat outside to run some steam off in the garden for the first time since last Friday due to the intense heat. She’s a very active 3 year old, has not grown up yet and plays like a 3 month old kitten). She still managed to romp about inside the house and their catio despite the heat! My older cats struggled with the heat though I will say and lay about most of the days and nights.
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Much fresher (well at least outside!) around here thankfully. Feel much better today and at last feel I have the energy and concentration to start scoping for material for my next quilt project. Haven’t been able to concentrate on pricing the material up and converting from yards to metres. Finished the last one about two weeks ago.
