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

Waz said:
London is a blast furnace.....
The heat is absorbed by the concrete during the day, and then radiates out at night, keep the temperature very high at night. Now add the humidity, so sweating can't help much and the masses of insulation in our homes, you literally cook.
We also have a huge population and lots of buildings together.
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All those factors apply pretty much the same across the globe for large metropolitan areas. The correct solution - airconditioning - is often made impassible by local regulations, taxes and energy costs, cloaked in various garbs.
 
Waz said:
London is a blast furnace.....
The heat is absorbed by the concrete during the day, and then radiates out at night, keep the temperature very high at night. Now add the humidity, so sweating can't help much and the masses of insulation in our homes, you literally cook.
We also have a huge population and lots of buildings together.
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Consider it training for your trip to the desert.

On a serious note, the City of Phoenix came to the realization a few years back that if they'd plant more native trees, it just might help with the heat.
 
Same in Toronto, we have a heat wave this week…….
Next week looks a tad bit okay

Oh well, its “summer” here finally in Canada, our center of the universe
:p
 
AZ_HighCountry said:
Consider it training for your trip to the desert.

On a serious note, the City of Phoenix came to the realization a few years back that if they'd plant more native trees, it just might help with the heat.
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104°F heat index. Air conditioner still in box.

The shade from several 100 year old pecan trees around my house keeps the house in the low 80s.
 
Davey Crockett said:
104°F heat index. Air conditioner still in box.

The shade from several 100 year old pecan trees around my house keeps the house in the low 80s.
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Exactly!

At our former house in the PHX metro area, I had planted a couple Museum Palo Verdes and a Chilean Mesquite. Lot of shade on the west side of the house helped immensely.
 
Davey Crockett said:
104°F heat index. Air conditioner still in box.

The shade from several 100 year old pecan trees around my house keeps the house in the low 80s.
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Set automatic switchover thermostat to 70F daytime and 66F nightime. Press hold. Done for the whole year. :D
 
AZ_HighCountry said:
I miss the time when the US media actually reported the news rather than sensationalize or invent it to fit their agenda.

FWIW, it was 55F when we woke up at 0515. Currently have every window open in the house to cool it off. The high is supposed to hit 85F later this afternoon. If the day is like yesterday, I doubt we'll have the A/C on at all. The house is built that well.

The new house, which is finally starting to get underway, was purposely designed so as to keep the need for A/C to a minimum. Some of the newer building materials, such as closed-cell spray foam insulation, are outstanding in that regard.
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I stayed in multiple hotels in Europe in August of last year in Barcelona/Paris/Rome and they all had A/C. Certainly not US mega systems but I think many hotels have figured out long ago tourists demand it.

So the only people being played for suckers by the tree huggers in the government are the common man and their residences.
 
European bureaucracy is extremely severe, and its administrative efficiency is far lower than that of China and the United States.

Think about it, it’s truly ridiculous. Pig farms in China are equipped with air conditioning, while large numbers of Europeans die from hot weather because they lack air conditioning.
 
VCheng said:
All those factors apply pretty much the same across the globe for large metropolitan areas. The correct solution - airconditioning - is often made impassible by local regulations, taxes and energy costs, cloaked in various garbs.
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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
 
royalharris said:
European bureaucracy is extremely severe, and its administrative efficiency is far lower than that of China and the United States.

Think about it, it’s truly ridiculous. Pig farms in China are equipped with air conditioning, while large numbers of Europeans die from hot weather because they lack air conditioning.
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lol..

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Hundreds besiege French supermarkets in scramble to find air conditioners before next heatwave​

Jul 3, 2026

Hundreds of people besieged supermarkets in and around Paris Thursday, with scuffles and shouting matches breaking out as residents scrambled to get their hands on bargain air-cooling units before the next heatwave hits the French capital. FRANCE 24's Nicholas Rushworth reports.
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Waz said:
London is a blast furnace.....
The heat is absorbed by the concrete during the day, and then radiates out at night, keep the temperature very high at night. Now add the humidity, so sweating can't help much and the masses of insulation in our homes, you literally cook.
We also have a huge population and lots of buildings together.
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The people in the new build flats in London(and elsewhere in Europe) where they can't open the windows fully, have no AC and large "fancy" windows to let in the sun in for those majestic views - are literally cooking.
 
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