Heatwave warning
The heatwave is set to continue until Friday, with temperatures soaring as high as 33 degrees in the south and east.
Both the BBC's Countryfile weather forecast and the news which followed it gave out a warning that elderly people and the very young could be seriously affected. They also gave the local-rate telephone number for NHS Direct, which can be found in the phone book ... page 3 under Health, or in the alphabetical listing (can't post it here).
Holistic
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Too hot for me and my dogs. we are stuck in doors with curtains drawn. gave my dogs ice cubes in their water..
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the kids are out playing with factor 30 slapped all over them, of which i must replenish supplies as i'm getting through the stuff like there's no tomorrow!!:D
warm wishes- calla lily x
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For animal owners, there's a thread over in the Pets forum:
Holistic
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Just wanted to pass on a piece of information which was given to me by a friend. In hot weather it's actually more refreshing and thirst quenching to drink water that's at room temperature rather than chilled in the fridge. Apparently if you drink cold liquids then your stomach warms up to counteract their effect, thus warming you up too.
Love
Sunanda x
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LOL Sunanda, a bit of mind-reading here, I think :D
I'vejust made up my "hot weather cocktail" which I think I've mentioned before .... powdered glucose and a pinch of salt dissolved in hot water, topped up with fruit juice. The result is blood temperature more or less, and just the job to revive me in the middle of mowing the lawn!
Another good tip, if you don't happen to have a swimming pool ;)... cold running water on pulse points, eg holding your wrists under the tap, is a good way to cool down all over.
Hol.
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Hee hee, have put a similar reicpe in the pets, but no fruit juice, (or wine) Mowing the lawn??????????????
Come back Winter please!!
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Come to Scotland, we don't have a problem with heat - had torrential rain, thunder and lightening yesterday :(
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I'm in Scotland too and fast developing webbed feet....... anyway - with the recommendation that you run cold water over pulse points - what about the water shortage?? When I lived in Malta,without the luxury ofairconditioning, we used to freezeplastic bottles half filled with water, and then put them infront of room fans at the hottest time of the day and at night.
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It was very hot here in the NorthEast yesterday, and i had a very sticky night as the bedroom window is locked and we can't find the key.....eeek!![:@]
But, i am not going to complain because i would much rather have hot weather than cold! I get really depressed in the Winter time when the cold freezes you to the bone and the months seem to drag on. I hope this nice weather lasts for the next few months so that i can get the most of my summer wardrobe before its banished back into storage ready for the winter again!
I also live right on the North East coast and the beach is a stones throw from my house, so the warm weather is great when you can lie on the beach all weekend!!!!
If this weather carries on they will have to rename us Costa Del England!!!!:D
Kate
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You are right, Sunanda. Warm or room temperature drinks and warm baths. They cool the body down.
Patsy.
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Yippee! I love the hot weather, heat rash, sore throat, coughing, sneezing, lethargy, poor energy levels and a general feeling of mankiness since March now, I feel so priveleged more is to come! (Do you detect a sense of sarcasm in this post?!?)
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On the News last nightwas a warningthat the heatwave was now at Level 3. More here on Heat-Health Watch:
Holistic
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* bump *
as there's another heatwave forecast, with temperatures rising over the weekend and into next week.
The link in my post above is to a useful site, regularly updated.
Holistic
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Mmmm, interesting isn't it that all this great advice is out there...thanks for the links Holistic, yet I work in a hospital and they refuse to turn the air conditioning on~ costs to much ~ or to allow ward staff to wear 'scrubbs' which are a darn sight cooler than uniforms, makes you think don't it[:-]
Kachina
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Does that come from a national-level directive, or just the one you work at? Is there anything you can do about it?
Holistic
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I'm not really too sure of the answer to that one Holistic, all I know is that the union reps have requested that the air conditioning was put on and the request was refused [:o]
Kachina
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Has anyone noticed that we're force-fed fear by the media day-in day-out? This is the first year I remember there being levels of alert in relation to heat in this country. I mean, it's not like we've not had hot weather before??!! Personally I think there's a very significant agenda to keep us all scared, of heat, of terrorists, of asylum seekers, of disease (and usually of diseases that the drug companies can make a fortunate out of vaccinating us against). Fear, fear, fear, then if you challenge the party line you're deemed irresponsible.
The biggest killer is fear, in my opinion. It makes you ill, it controls you and dictates your life choices, and creates strife and conflict between people. Far more destructive than a heat wave or an outbreak of measles. Fear creates disease, it creates terrorists, violence, the next bigger and better car (that'll cause more deaths on the road). You name it, fear is usually at the root of it.
Marilyn Manson once said that the American government keeps its people on a cycle of fear and consumption: it feeds them fear then they continue to consume and maintain the economy, whether it be guns for protection, drugs to avoid that feared disease, even some noxious spot cream because you fear being unattractive. It's all fear, and it's now happening in this country too. Shame!
Both the BBC's Countryfile weather forecast and the news which followed it gave out a warning that elderly people and the very young could be seriously affected. They also gave the local-rate telephone number for NHS Direct, which can be found in the phone book ... page 3 under Health, or in the alphabetical listing (can't post it here).
Holistic
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Too hot for me and my dogs. we are stuck in doors with curtains drawn. gave my dogs ice cubes in their water..
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the kids are out playing with factor 30 slapped all over them, of which i must replenish supplies as i'm getting through the stuff like there's no tomorrow!!:D
warm wishes- calla lily x
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For animal owners, there's a thread over in the Pets forum:
Holistic
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Just wanted to pass on a piece of information which was given to me by a friend. In hot weather it's actually more refreshing and thirst quenching to drink water that's at room temperature rather than chilled in the fridge. Apparently if you drink cold liquids then your stomach warms up to counteract their effect, thus warming you up too.
Love
Sunanda x
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LOL Sunanda, a bit of mind-reading here, I think :D
I'vejust made up my "hot weather cocktail" which I think I've mentioned before .... powdered glucose and a pinch of salt dissolved in hot water, topped up with fruit juice. The result is blood temperature more or less, and just the job to revive me in the middle of mowing the lawn!
Another good tip, if you don't happen to have a swimming pool ;)... cold running water on pulse points, eg holding your wrists under the tap, is a good way to cool down all over.
Hol.
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Hee hee, have put a similar reicpe in the pets, but no fruit juice, (or wine) Mowing the lawn??????????????
Come back Winter please!!
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Come to Scotland, we don't have a problem with heat - had torrential rain, thunder and lightening yesterday :(
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I'm in Scotland too and fast developing webbed feet....... anyway - with the recommendation that you run cold water over pulse points - what about the water shortage?? When I lived in Malta,without the luxury ofairconditioning, we used to freezeplastic bottles half filled with water, and then put them infront of room fans at the hottest time of the day and at night.
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It was very hot here in the NorthEast yesterday, and i had a very sticky night as the bedroom window is locked and we can't find the key.....eeek!![:@]
But, i am not going to complain because i would much rather have hot weather than cold! I get really depressed in the Winter time when the cold freezes you to the bone and the months seem to drag on. I hope this nice weather lasts for the next few months so that i can get the most of my summer wardrobe before its banished back into storage ready for the winter again!
I also live right on the North East coast and the beach is a stones throw from my house, so the warm weather is great when you can lie on the beach all weekend!!!!
If this weather carries on they will have to rename us Costa Del England!!!!:D
Kate
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You are right, Sunanda. Warm or room temperature drinks and warm baths. They cool the body down.
Patsy.
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Yippee! I love the hot weather, heat rash, sore throat, coughing, sneezing, lethargy, poor energy levels and a general feeling of mankiness since March now, I feel so priveleged more is to come! (Do you detect a sense of sarcasm in this post?!?)
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On the News last nightwas a warningthat the heatwave was now at Level 3. More here on Heat-Health Watch:
Holistic
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* bump *
as there's another heatwave forecast, with temperatures rising over the weekend and into next week.
The link in my post above is to a useful site, regularly updated.
Holistic
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Mmmm, interesting isn't it that all this great advice is out there...thanks for the links Holistic, yet I work in a hospital and they refuse to turn the air conditioning on~ costs to much ~ or to allow ward staff to wear 'scrubbs' which are a darn sight cooler than uniforms, makes you think don't it[:-]
Kachina
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Does that come from a national-level directive, or just the one you work at? Is there anything you can do about it?
Holistic
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I'm not really too sure of the answer to that one Holistic, all I know is that the union reps have requested that the air conditioning was put on and the request was refused [:o]
Kachina
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Has anyone noticed that we're force-fed fear by the media day-in day-out? This is the first year I remember there being levels of alert in relation to heat in this country. I mean, it's not like we've not had hot weather before??!! Personally I think there's a very significant agenda to keep us all scared, of heat, of terrorists, of asylum seekers, of disease (and usually of diseases that the drug companies can make a fortunate out of vaccinating us against). Fear, fear, fear, then if you challenge the party line you're deemed irresponsible.
The biggest killer is fear, in my opinion. It makes you ill, it controls you and dictates your life choices, and creates strife and conflict between people. Far more destructive than a heat wave or an outbreak of measles. Fear creates disease, it creates terrorists, violence, the next bigger and better car (that'll cause more deaths on the road). You name it, fear is usually at the root of it.
Marilyn Manson once said that the American government keeps its people on a cycle of fear and consumption: it feeds them fear then they continue to consume and maintain the economy, whether it be guns for protection, drugs to avoid that feared disease, even some noxious spot cream because you fear being unattractive. It's all fear, and it's now happening in this country too. Shame!