Europe sees more than 1,300 excess deaths amid brutal heatwave, WHO says

[RescueRanger]

btw - Is that you backyard or a random one ?

Brother that is a bhetak from the farm in my village.

 

[VCheng]

The humidity in London is bad, like with many other bit cities far from the coast. Milan is really bad, 30 degrees feels like 40 there. Sweat on your skin does not evaporate, breathing is a chore. Really bad. Ironically, summer in Pakistan Punjab in a village is much more bearable

Many major metropolitan areas are near the ocean, and hence just as humid. The solutions are easy, but the framework necessary to implement them is the problem, as my previous comment said.

 

[Yasser76]

Many major metropolitan areas are near the ocean, and hence just as humid. The solutions are easy, but the framework necessary to implement them is the problem, as my previous comment said.

From personal experience if near a big ocean and not built up it can be quite nice, like Lisbon, Istanbul or Nice, but yes, places like Athens and NYC turn into ovens too

 

[VCheng]

From personal experience if near a big ocean and not built up it can be quite nice, like Lisbon, Istanbul or Nice, but yes, places like Athens and NYC turn into ovens too

Oh the ocean breezes are wonderful indeed. In NYC they crank up the AC but in Athens they do not, or can not.

 

[Yasser76]

Brother that is a bhetak from the farm in my village.

What district is your village?

 

[RescueRanger]

What district is your village?

Bhakkar

 

[Trailer23]

London is a blast furnace...

I was just in Ljubljana (Slovenia) for a couple of days.

Not nearly as hot as the UAE, but i'd say that is the hottest weather I have ever experienced in Europe.

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Kinda off Topic, but some of the hottest places I have ever been to were Djibouti, N'Djamena (Chad) and Basra (Iraq).

The guys in Shahbaz tell me that nothing is worse than Jacobabad (in Pakistan), so I suppose i'm gonna have to experience that too.

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

My post in another thread was that one of the reasons Europe didn’t join the window A/C revolution in the 1960’s was that their window designs open like doors instead of sliding up.

In the US you can buy an old school air conditioner for $200 that you stick in your window with a 30 second install time…but this is incompatible with the European window design.

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[VCheng]

My post in another thread was that one of the reasons Europe didn’t join the window A/C revolution in the 1960’s was that their window designs open like doors instead of sliding up.

In the US you can buy an air conditioner for $200 that you stick in your window with a 10 second install time…but this is incompatible with the European window design.

There are other types of portable ACs that can work with types of windows other than USA's available too. They usually require a small flexible hose to dump hot air outside, plus plastic adapters and sheets that makes its use quite easy.

 

[313Ghazi]

Last week i woke up at one point at night and the air felt so thick and warm, even to breathe. I wished i'd bought a charpai, i'd have just set it in my garden and slept under the open sky.

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

There are other types of portable ACs that can work with types of windows other than USA's available too. They usually require a small flexible hose to dump hot air outside, plus plastic adapters and sheets that makes its use quite easy.

The days before central air led to ugly window A/C units dominating the sides of buildings

I’m sure the Europeans are horrified that the ugly aesthetics of 1960’s American window air conditioners covering building walls is going to filter into their cities in the 2020’s through just as ugly mini-splits.




I’m skeptical that the “not green” excuse is really the issue.

 

[Yasser76]

consdiering this to make it look nicer external covering if we get inbuilt AC now

 

[AZ_HighCountry]

consdiering this to make it look nicer external covering if we get inbuilt AC now

Before you do that, do a little research on how much open area is required for the planned unit to "breath". Dec. 2018 we had the HVAC system replaced in our former house. The contractor who did the work is a friend of mine. He mentioned the original installer did not install the condenser correctly. Did not have minimum clearance all the way around for proper air flow.

 

[Watandar]

My post in another thread was that one of the reasons Europe didn’t join the window A/C revolution in the 1960’s was that their window designs open like doors instead of sliding up.

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I doubt this is a big deal. Expensive electricity is usually the biggest reason countries, including in Europe, stay away from A/C.

 

[Waz]

Get ready for another heatwave next week bro.

Yes, but thankfully it's just 30/31 max, not the crazy 38 c plus.