parrotingfantasist

Cork hospital cancels all outpatient appointments and is under "lockdown" as a man in his 40s tests positive for coronavirus in intensive care without any contact with known infected patients or travel history to anywhere with an outbreak, so proving my fear that its now spreading freely in Ireland. I reckon in 2 weeks Ireland will see an explosion in cases like in Italy. First community transmission case of virus in Ireland WWW.RTE.IE Health authorities are trying to trace patients and healthcare staff at Cork University Hospital who may have been in contact with the first case of Covid-19 here that is a result of community transmission.

Latest update from the American NHC.

Still so much uncertainty for what is coming in only 48 hours time!

Autumnal morning today.

Generally speaking, the land to our east has not cooled down as much as it had done in previous years?

Whats the use of blocking when there is no cold air to tap into, since the arctic has melted into oblivion? We're seeing it already. Synoptics needs to be more and more exceptional to get any good results.

Scary. Really scary...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-49157898 Was indeed hottest day ever recorded.

Only got one flash and a bit of thunder here. Looks as if the southern end of it has more to offer ATM.

Heavy rain, but just narrowly missed the lightning here. Well needed rain though!

You're so correct. If we just stuck our heads in the sand now, in a few decades we'd have an economy in tip top racing condition perfectly capable of handling millions of refugees, crop failure at home, poisoned and rising seas, a destabilised and eroded democracy along with global conflict over simple resources like water and arable land!

37.1 Heathrow - Friday 28th June

It doesn't matter what we want anyway, the weather will do its thing regardless of our wishes or concerns...