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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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TOPICS: News/Current Events; United Kingdom
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Hot days don’t cause fires.


41 posted on 07/20/2022 4:13:41 AM PDT by maddog55 (The only thing systemic in America is the left's hatred of it!)
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To: ifinnegan; Winniesboy
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.

Apologies - memory playing tricks. Correction - The first observation to top 100° was in Faversham, Kent in 2003 (38.5C). The Cambridge observation was the highest before yesterday.

42 posted on 07/20/2022 4:15:23 AM PDT by Winniesboy
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To: Berlin_Freeper

When the data is against you, you change the data.

That’s how it’s done.


43 posted on 07/20/2022 4:20:17 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Contempt for pre-born human life breeds contempt for post-born human life.)
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To: Winniesboy

In 1915 or so it hit 98°.

No way that’s not within margin of error compared to today.


44 posted on 07/20/2022 4:58:24 AM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: Winniesboy

You seem to be of the opinion it means something, eg confirms global warming etc...

If I’m wrong, say so.


45 posted on 07/20/2022 5:01:46 AM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: House Atreides

Reminds me of the week I spent in upstate Vermont...


46 posted on 07/20/2022 5:45:42 AM PDT by mowowie
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To: hinckley buzzard

Nope, someone started them all and it’s just a matter of figuring out who.


47 posted on 07/20/2022 5:51:44 AM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith…)
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To: ifinnegan

You’re reading more into my posts than I intended or implied. I made, and make, no comment about any relationship with long-term climate trends. My observations are restricted to confirmed records in the modern (century-scale) era.


48 posted on 07/20/2022 5:51:47 AM PDT by Winniesboy
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To: Berlin_Freeper

A firefighter friend of mine said Friday they get a lot of calls , people get paid ,get drunk and then decide to cook something on the stove and forget about then bingo a fire


49 posted on 07/20/2022 6:28:24 AM PDT by butlerweave
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To: Berlin_Freeper

“homes destroyed on UK’s hottest-ever day” in modern record keeping


50 posted on 07/20/2022 8:15:56 AM PDT by Wuli
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To: Winniesboy

Logic and facts at last!


51 posted on 07/20/2022 8:24:13 AM PDT by Churchillspirit (9/11/2001 and 9/11/2012: NEVER FORGET.)
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To: Ex-Con777
The readings are taken at 10a.m. daily. Fires started later.

I was watching Sky News when a small brush fire escalated and engulfed several homes in London.

52 posted on 07/20/2022 8:34:03 AM PDT by Churchillspirit (9/11/2001 and 9/11/2012: NEVER FORGET.)
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To: House Atreides

I have never lived in a home with air conditioning.

NOW 82...still trucking

Local temps over 100 for past week & forecast == 100+ for next 8 days


53 posted on 07/20/2022 8:44:23 AM PDT by ridesthemiles
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To: Churchillspirit

Turns out that the Wennington fire (possibly the one you saw) started with the spontaneous combustion of a garden compost heap!


54 posted on 07/20/2022 11:31:54 AM PDT by Winniesboy
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To: Berlin_Freeper

It’s the will of Allah.


55 posted on 07/20/2022 11:33:11 AM PDT by SpaceBar
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To: Winniesboy
Yep. That's the one.

My Dad was a keen gardener so there was always a decent compost heap around. Although never a fire risk in Northumberland!

56 posted on 07/20/2022 12:04:06 PM PDT by Churchillspirit (9/11/2001 and 9/11/2012: NEVER FORGET.)
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To: ifinnegan

It has now cooled off in London - max temperatures back around 26c, and it is raining. But the media don’t bother to report that.


57 posted on 07/20/2022 6:55:41 PM PDT by BlackVeil ('The past is never dead. It's not even past.' William Faulkner)
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To: BlackVeil

Thanks.

It’s Orwellian propaganda with a nefarious purpose.


58 posted on 07/20/2022 9:02:11 PM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: Berlin_Freeper; Finnegan
The Met Office has now produced a detailed statistical summary of the events of July 18/19, which gives a clearer picture of the immediate causes, the extent of anomalies across the UK, the chronological relationship with previous recorded extremes, and other detailed data.

Met Office post event report

59 posted on 07/24/2022 3:58:28 AM PDT by Winniesboy
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