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Posted on 07/11/2025 5:28:05 PM PDT by BenLurkin
More than seven million people had hosepipe bans imposed on them as temperatures soared in the UK's third heatwave of 2025.
Astwood Bank in the West Midlands recorded the highest temperature of 34.7C by 18:00 BST on Friday, while Wales saw its hottest day of the year with 32.7C recorded in Usk.
Amber heat health alerts for southern England, the Midlands, and East Anglia were issued on Friday and will remain in place until Monday, the UK Health Security Agency said.
Less severe yellow warnings remain in place for northern England, while Scotland and Northern Ireland face warnings of wildfires on Saturday and Sunday.
Yellow weather alerts are issued during periods that are only likely to affect those who are particularly vulnerable, such as the elderly, and those with existing health conditions. Amber alerts are issued in situations that could put the whole population at risk.
Yorkshire Water's hosepipe ban came into effect on Friday, affecting customers across much of Yorkshire, parts of north Lincolnshire, and areas of Derbyshire.
South East Water, which has also introduced a hosepipe ban, said demand for drinking water had "reached record levels" since May due to the extended spell of warm and dry weather in the region.
It added that it was continuing to monitor the situation in its Western region, where it serves customers in parts of Surrey, Hampshire and Berkshire.
A hosepipe ban could include restrictions on certain activities like watering gardens, washing cars, or filling up paddling pools, and people who break the ban could face a fine.
The weather alert service warns the public in England when high or low temperatures could damage their health or lead to disruption to critical public services.
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People in Arizona laugh at England’s “heat wave”.
“What’s a hose pipe?”
A garden hose. They also tax it (a “hose pipe tax”)
Yeah, I could wish for a high in the mid-90s this time of year. But it’s a dry heat (well, not so much when the monsoon gets going).
Poor Evelyn Gullo...they forget her in the locker rooms...and it took a while to figure out where she was.
Knock up your neighbor for a fag.
This weather is weird but awesome.
To have everything green in the middle of July!
Our watering bill is way down.
When heatwaves hit the UK, many people compare them to the extraordinary summer of 1976. That year still holds the record for the longest-lasting heatwave in the UK—16 consecutive days—and the highest June temperature ever recorded: 35.6C in Southampton.
God: I want you to build an ark.
Noah: Right ... What’s an ark?
God: Get some wood and build it 300 cubits by 80 cubits by 40 cubits.
Noah: Right ... What’s a cubit?
Hello,
sorry to butt in once more, but couldn’t it be that, in times past, an apartment used to be called a „flat“ in America, too?
I once read, in Bill Bryson‘s book „Made in America“, a very instructive and enjoyable read on American English and American culture. In this book, the author quotes the following little poem, which was a roadside advertisement from the 1930s for a - then very famous - brushless shaving cream:
„He had the job,
He had the flat,
but his face scratched
And that was that. Burma Shave“
From this, I concluded that, maybe, before the mid 20th century, Americans used the therm „flat“ as well. Maybe…🙂
They are still called flats in some parts of the country. My oldest son has the middle floor of a three-floor brownstone outside of Albany, NY. You can call it an apartment or the second-floor flat.
I am afraid that in the Northeast apartment and flat has been interchangeable for many many years.
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