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.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.sky.com ...
Hot days don’t cause fires.
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.
When the data is against you, you change the data.
That’s how it’s done.
In 1915 or so it hit 98°.
No way that’s not within margin of error compared to today.
You seem to be of the opinion it means something, eg confirms global warming etc...
If I’m wrong, say so.
Reminds me of the week I spent in upstate Vermont...
Nope, someone started them all and it’s just a matter of figuring out who.
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.
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
“homes destroyed on UK’s hottest-ever day” in modern record keeping
Logic and facts at last!
I was watching Sky News when a small brush fire escalated and engulfed several homes in London.
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
Turns out that the Wennington fire (possibly the one you saw) started with the spontaneous combustion of a garden compost heap!
It’s the will of Allah.
My Dad was a keen gardener so there was always a decent compost heap around. Although never a fire risk in Northumberland!
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.
Thanks.
It’s Orwellian propaganda with a nefarious purpose.
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