A severe heatwave gripped much of Europe on Sunday, with temperatures nearing 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit), prompting nationwide warnings, transport disruption and signs of strain on wildlife and at tourist hotspots.
The heat surge on June 21, the summer solstice in the northern hemisphere and typically the start of the three hottest months of the year, raised concerns of an early and persistent onset of extreme conditions.
It will only get worse as time goes on. The heat we are seeing now has a lag time on the order of decades. So give it another 20 years and it will only get hotter.
For a while, and then it’ll get really cold when AMOC collapses.
From what I’ve read, not exactly.
AMOC collapse would cause weather patterns in Europe to swing wildly between scorching hot to frigid cold, causing crop/local ecosystem collapse.
So first you’re going to be really hungry, then–depending upon how long you make it–you’ll be bitterly cold or insufferably hot.
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I lived in a small city in Wales a few years back.
Pretty much no one had AC in their house/apartment.A lot of other places didn’t either. Like restaurants and pubs.
But the grocery store did. So if it got crazy hot I would sometimes wander around the tesco across the street.
The university I was attending had AC in the newer building but I do believe it wasn’t in all buildings.
Train had AC.
The Bus most certainly did not. Riding the bus on a hot rainy day was like being in a sauna. Condensation running down the inside walls and windows. All fogged up windows.They just aren’t prepared to handle this heat.
The windows I had in my apartment were like…they opened like a fridge door on its side. Not slide up like how it is common here in the U.S. Making it difficult to use window AC units.
Plus the additional demand on the power grid for people getting AC for homes and apartments is probably not currently supported.
The windows I had in my apartment were like…they opened like a fridge door on its side. Not slide up like how it is common here in the U.S. Making it difficult to use window AC units.
Basically how all european windows work
40C is just June through August where I live.
I have a window AC, but most summers I don’t bother installing it. I did order a ceiling fan for my bedroom, though. Should be here tomorrow.
You’ve heard, “but it’s a dry heat”? Yeah, that makes a huge difference. It’s currently 9% humidity and dropping here.
On the weekend I hat maybe 27°C in Germany but 90% humidity. It was unbearable…
This is fine.
(/s obv.)
I’m moving to Iceland
