BFTD Posted July 19, 2022 Share Posted July 19, 2022 13 minutes ago, williemillersmoustache said: Not in England, they break up next week. Between the heat in temporary buildings and hay fever, the last month of school down south was a nightmare every year. f**k all in the way of work getting done. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abdul_Latif Posted July 19, 2022 Share Posted July 19, 2022 1 minute ago, williemillersmoustache said: Schools, transport and businesses do shut for all kinds of extreme weather events. Including it being too rainy. I’ve never known a work place (indoor) or school to be closed cause it’s pishing with rain. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted July 19, 2022 Share Posted July 19, 2022 1 minute ago, Abdul_Latif said: I’ve never known a work place (indoor) or school to be closed cause it’s pishing with rain. Aye ye have. It's the pishing rain that causes the flooding. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigkillie Posted July 19, 2022 Share Posted July 19, 2022 3 minutes ago, Abdul_Latif said: I’ve never known a work place (indoor) or school to be closed cause it’s pishing with rain. If the rain got in through the roof it probably would. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stellaboz Posted July 19, 2022 Share Posted July 19, 2022 40 minutes ago, BFTD said: How does Germany cope with high temperatures? 40°C is a standard daily summer temperature throughout the Southwest of America, and everything is refrigerated over there - people quickly hop between climate-controlled buildings. They'd find it intolerable to endure those kind of temperatures with just a wee desk fan or whatever. Unless you're in the bottom 10%, of course, but nobody gives a f**k about those poor b*****ds. We don't cope. Although loads of us have came to the office today to stay in the nice aircon environment instead of working from home. Most people just go about their business as usual. As I don't haveAC at home, I commute an hour (minimum) each way when it gets intolerable. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
williemillersmoustache Posted July 19, 2022 Share Posted July 19, 2022 5 minutes ago, Abdul_Latif said: I’ve never known a work place (indoor) or school to be closed cause it’s pishing with rain. Yeah well the admittedly loose definition of "rainy" would I believe fairly include the effects caused by said rainyness. Like flooding. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abdul_Latif Posted July 19, 2022 Share Posted July 19, 2022 3 minutes ago, craigkillie said: If the rain got in through the roof it probably would. Pretty sure that’s a structural issue rather than the conditions themselves. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newbornbairn Posted July 19, 2022 Share Posted July 19, 2022 Saw a video from one of the other companies in our group. When one of the storms hit earlier this year, the sheer volume of rain overcame the drains and gutters so water was pouring in the roof. About £100k of stock ruined and the offices damaged needing new carpets and decorated. Office staff were sent home. Somebody hit on it earlier, this is exactly what sustainability is about. Businesses need to factor in that these extreme weather events are becoming more common and so they need to ensure their buildings can cope. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigkillie Posted July 19, 2022 Share Posted July 19, 2022 Just now, Abdul_Latif said: Pretty sure that’s a structural issue rather than the conditions themselves. So you'd agree that if the buildings are unsuitable for the weather conditions then workplaces and schools are indeed closed. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abdul_Latif Posted July 19, 2022 Share Posted July 19, 2022 Just now, craigkillie said: So you'd agree that if the buildings are unsuitable for the weather conditions then workplaces and schools are indeed closed. If a building has failed structurally, in any circumstance, and there is danger to those inside, it should be closed. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigkillie Posted July 19, 2022 Share Posted July 19, 2022 Just now, Abdul_Latif said: If a building has failed structurally, in any circumstance, and there is danger to those inside, it should be closed. Great, so you agree that if it's too hot inside due to insufficient cooling and/or ventilation and there is a danger to health then these buildings should indeed be shut down. Because earlier it felt like you didn't. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted July 19, 2022 Share Posted July 19, 2022 3 minutes ago, Abdul_Latif said: Pretty sure that’s a structural issue rather than the conditions themselves. Park Road Primary School Rosyth. The local burns were inundated with constant rainwater which flooded the local streets including houses and the school. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coprolite Posted July 19, 2022 Share Posted July 19, 2022 52 minutes ago, Thorongil said: Many types of prediction huh? Can you list 5? It can also be safely argued that all predictions are forecasts, whether they are based on anything or not. Ok. A prediction based on juju, like a horoscope. A prediction based on weighing up what you perceive as relevant evidence subjectively, like pundits predicting the football scores. A prediction based on experience, such drinking a bottle of wine and expecting to become drunk. An axiomatic prediction. 1+1=2. Good people will go to heaven. A scientific prediction. Such as predicting that certain swirly patterns will appear on expensive kit because the Higgs boson exists. I think you would be safe to make that argument. You'd be wrong likes but stats nerds aren't going to batter you. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abdul_Latif Posted July 19, 2022 Share Posted July 19, 2022 Just now, craigkillie said: Great, so you agree that if it's too hot inside due to insufficient cooling and/or ventilation and there is a danger to health then these buildings should indeed be shut down. Because earlier it felt like you didn't. Is there really a danger though, or is it hyperbole? If there is genuine danger then of course such places should be shut. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coprolite Posted July 19, 2022 Share Posted July 19, 2022 1 hour ago, virginton said: No, climate scientists can punch in their best estimates of global solar variation and volcanic activity from the time, run their models (which require very loose estimates of the impact of these variables on circulation patterns), and can produce the MWP and little Ice Age conditions from that exercise. That doesn't mean that they've actually determined the causal relationship between them to any meaningful degree of certainty. A global climate model is an excellent broad brush guide for global conditions (the planet is warming and will continue to warm). They are not good for explaining regional events like the MWP from 1000 years ago, nor predicting regional changes to climate such as drier/wetter summers in this part of Europe. That doesn't stop some impact-seeking scientists from claiming that they can find the answers to those questions through the sacred model, but their claims should be taken with a shovel of salt. I didn't say the model could explain things, i said it could account for them. Fortunately most people working with models understand their limitations and how to use them in science. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dorlomin Posted July 19, 2022 Share Posted July 19, 2022 12:00 temperatures. Another couple of stations come within 0.1C of the previous record. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkey Tennis Posted July 19, 2022 Share Posted July 19, 2022 14 minutes ago, Sherrif John Bunnell said: Even though said men would have been 4 years old at the time? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Venti Posted July 19, 2022 Share Posted July 19, 2022 If we actually hit 40C I'll have a nice pint of Tennent's. Spill a libation for the cremated down south. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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