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Major incident declared across London after 'huge surge' in fires and homes destroyed on UK's hottest-ever day
news.sky.com ^ | 20 July 2022 | SKY News

Posted on 07/19/2022 10:34:17 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper

Firefighters tackling blazes which have ripped through homes and buildings in London have described the conditions as "absolute hell" on what is the UK's hottest day on record.

Residents were evacuated, people were taken to hospital and a major incident was declared by the London Fire Brigade (LFB) which was "under immense pressure" after a "huge surge" in blazes across the capital as temperatures topped 40C (104F) for the first time.

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To: MAGAthon

FakeNewsMSM is desperately trying to find deaths they can attribute to the current so-called heatwave, yet the following barely got mentions:

30 Nov 2018: Daily Mail: Winter death toll highest since 1975: Failure of flu jab to combat severe outbreak resulted in more than 50,000 extra people dying in England and Wales last year
The number of excess deaths in winter exceeded the daily five-year average
Excess winter deaths doubled among males aged 0 to 64 compared to last year
Experts at ONS are blaming the flu epidemic, failing vaccines and colder months
By VANESSA CHALMERS
Excess deaths refer to the amount of patients that died unexpectedly, calculated by comparing the mortality rate from winter months to the rest of the year...

The most recent peak was observed in 2014 to 2015, when 27 per cent more people died in the winter months compared with the non-winter months...
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-6446399/More-50-000-people-died-winter-England-Wales-severe-flu-outbreak.html

27 Nov 2020: NEA: New ONS figures reveal cold homes death toll
New ONS figures for Excess Winter Deaths in England and Wales reveal 28,300 more deaths last winter
Charity warns 8,500 deaths due to cold homes – almost 20% higher than the previous winter
Fears that this winter [2020-21] will be even worse as COVID-19 and cold homes combine with more people spending longer at home, using more energy while earning less
Hundreds of organisations take part in Fuel Poverty Awareness Day to highlight the risks of cold homes this winter...
https://www.nea.org.uk/news/271120-01/


21 posted on 07/20/2022 1:19:46 AM PDT by MAGAthon
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To: rktman

Most people don’t realize the relatively small number of accurate temperature records going not very far back. Which is understandable as they’ve been lied to by omission and commission by government paid scientists with an agenda and the media.


22 posted on 07/20/2022 1:41:38 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: MAGAthon

George Carlin revisits Al Sleet, the hippy-dippy weatherman.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1uaw3WIOlc&t=55s

“Temperature at the airport is 88 degrees, which is stupid, man, ‘cause I don’t know anybody who lives at the airport.”


23 posted on 07/20/2022 1:50:44 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: FreedomPoster

“Al Sleet, the hippy-dippy weatherman”

My long time favorite.

“Sing along with Mitch”


24 posted on 07/20/2022 2:05:21 AM PDT by Paladin2
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Dry grass can spontaneously combust when it’s temperature reaches 572°F.

Is it that hot over there?


25 posted on 07/20/2022 2:11:33 AM PDT by nesnah (Infringe - act so as to limit or undermine [something]; encroach on)
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To: hinckley buzzard

The Lucifer and his man Antichrist. Most familiar with the fire realm.

The Lazarus and the wealthy man record.


26 posted on 07/20/2022 2:11:37 AM PDT by Varsity Flight ( "War by the prophesies set before you." I Timothy 1:18)
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To: dfwgator

Well done! Great movie!


27 posted on 07/20/2022 2:11:50 AM PDT by lefty-lie-spy (Stay Metal)
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To: Winniesboy

“Nowhere in the UK got anywhere near 100° on those occasions.”

Wrong.

But let’s say you’re right.

So?


28 posted on 07/20/2022 2:18:24 AM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: Winniesboy

You’re a true believer, aren’t you?


29 posted on 07/20/2022 2:19:39 AM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

“Hottest in UK history?” Really? Why should we even believe that? The media lies about so many things! They called a large Antarctic iceberg “unprecedented” and “proof” of “climate change” a few years ago. I looked one up in my 1984 Guinness Book of World Records. It broke off an Antarctic ice shelf back in the 1950s and was SIX times as large as the one the media called “unprecedented.” I took a picture of the Guinness entry and posted it to Facebook as proof of what liars the “mainstream” propaganda ministry are.


30 posted on 07/20/2022 2:20:05 AM PDT by Big Brother Go to Hell
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Electrification, batteries, solar heat, wires ...hum.


31 posted on 07/20/2022 2:31:18 AM PDT by Varsity Flight ( "War by the prophesies set before you." I Timothy 1:18)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

What came first, the fires or the higher temperature reading?

EC


32 posted on 07/20/2022 3:07:32 AM PDT by Ex-Con777
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To: ifinnegan

I’d be pleased to see your evidence that 100°+ was ever confirmed by a recognised weather station in the UK before 25th July 2019, when 38.7C (101.6F) was recorded at Cambridge Botanic Gardens.
And a true believer about what?
And so? - what? Nothing at all, except that the last two days have been exceptionally hot, significantly hotter than anything which has been reliably recorded in modern times (ie centuries-scale). And temperatures have been consistently recorded in the UK for longer, and in more locations, than more or less anywhere else, largely because of the many scientifically-minded clergymen in the 19th century who made a daily record taken in the porch of their parish church (Stevenson screens not introduced till the 1880s, of course). 19th century mercury thermometers, many of which survive, were pretty accurate.


33 posted on 07/20/2022 3:09:35 AM PDT by Winniesboy
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To: Ex-Con777

The latter. Temperature records were already widely broken the previous day, Tuesday was hotter still..


34 posted on 07/20/2022 3:11:27 AM PDT by Winniesboy
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Next up we will here our stupid politicians saying climate change has caused these fires


35 posted on 07/20/2022 3:17:30 AM PDT by ronnie raygun
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To: MAGAthon

40 was reached only at a few of locations, including Heathrow Airport. But the previous high of 38.7 (Cambridge July 2019) was exceeded at 34 locations in the east and southeast. Highest recorded also in Scotland and Wales. |I’m in the southwest, which was significantly cooler - 32°C.
If you want comprehensive info on all this uncluttered by mass media hype, look at the reputable weather sites.


36 posted on 07/20/2022 3:24:46 AM PDT by Winniesboy
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To: Winniesboy

“...significantly cooler - 32°C.”

For you folks in Rio Linda:

The above temperature equals - 25.6 degrees Fahrenheit...


37 posted on 07/20/2022 3:33:56 AM PDT by dakine
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To: dakine

However, if one realizes that the - is a dash and not a negative sign, it translates into a fraction below 90 Fahrenheit.


38 posted on 07/20/2022 3:42:38 AM PDT by Hieronymus
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Why? Its 40 deg...folks trying to stay warm, maybe..

;]


39 posted on 07/20/2022 3:55:36 AM PDT by Adder (Dumblecrats: Spending $$ we don't have on crap we don't need for people who pay no taxes.)
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To: dakine

You have wittily misread my dash as a minus.


40 posted on 07/20/2022 4:08:43 AM PDT by Winniesboy
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