Red Alert

[vetran]

The Sainsbury's on the high street, or the one out a Burpham?

Burpham I was coming down the A3.

ALDi was fine but didn't have any decent pot plants.

Yep £10 for an Orchid. £3.99 in Lidl which I had forgotten were selling them this week.

[SueEllen]

Only 3 of us at art group yesterday. Everyone else copped out.

I went by the barbers at the end of my road this morning before they opened.

They had a sign in the window saying "Not working today. Too hot"

Thing is they wouldn't have had any customers anyway as the street was like

[d000hg]

I went by the barbers at the end of my road this morning before they opened.

They had a sign in the window saying "Not working today. Too hot"

Thing is they wouldn't have had any customers anyway as the street was like

But this way they possibly didn't have to pay any staff

[NotAllThere]

We had a red weather warning for storms. The temperature here dropped from 34°C to 26°C in about 30 minutes. Accompanied by gale force winds, golf-ball sized hail, driving rain and thunder and lightning. Minor damage to cars that were outside - dimples in the bodywork. I've seen worse hail damage. Many trees down in the local woods.

Quite pleasant now.

[SueEllen]

But this way they possibly didn't have to pay any staff

Actually that's not true. If they are staff and sent home for H&S reasons then they have to be paid.

However I know lots of people in that industry hire chairs/rooms. So if they don't work they don't earn.

[Paddy]

Record temperature of 40c was recorded at RAF Coningsby where the weather station is situated on a flat tarmac roof. Yet the press were showing photos of the seaside claiming people were basking on the beach at 40c when it was just touching 30c

[d000hg]

Actually that's not true. If they are staff and sent home for H&S reasons then they have to be paid.

Staff yes but shift-work/ZHC would be very common. As you say the "rent a chair" model is common too so that might be more complex... but quite likely all concerned were in agreement anyway.

[d000hg]

Record temperature of 40c was recorded at RAF Coningsby where the weather station is situated on a flat tarmac roof. Yet the press were showing photos of the seaside claiming people were basking on the beach at 40c when it was just touching 30c

39-40 was reported in several places. The people installing and verifying weather monitoring stations are not idiots. Huge parts of the country had temperatures in the mid-30s.
I just checked and Hartlepool reached 37C as did Worthing... probably other coastal locations I got bored.

[Paddy]

39-40 was reported in several places. The people installing and verifying weather monitoring stations are not idiots. Huge parts of the country had temperatures in the mid-30s.
I just checked and Hartlepool reached 37C as did Worthing... probably other coastal locations I got bored.

Again it depends where the weather station is located; for example in Bournemouth it is located at the Bournemouth (Hurn) Airport not on the beach.

[quackhandle]

I have a temp/humidity sensor thing 8 quid from Amazon.

In the direct sunlight it was showing 46 degrees C!

However in the shade it settled at 38.5C

Raining today, crappy British Summer!

qh