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Tuesday, July 18, 2006

Ladies and gentlemen, we're at Level 3

I've just got a delightfully ominous sounding email circular from the Met Office's "Heat-Health Watch".
Level 3 - Heatwave

The probability of heatwave conditions in parts of England and Wales between 0900 on Tuesday and 1500 on Friday is 100%
Forget your DEFCON's, it's hot. Anyone fancy a Solero?

Siobhan Curran  Aw crap.

You know on Friday, when you're all moaning about it still being too hot in your offices? Spare a thought for me in a suit and full academic robes OK? 
Selina  Anyone fancy a Solero?

No, I don't like foreign cars. 
Jane  Yes please I'll have a tropical fruit one. 
Billy  "The probability of heatwave conditions in parts of England and Wales between 0900 on Tuesday and 1500 on Friday is 100%"

Why don't they just say there will be a heatwave? 
Alli' Cat'  Ah, that explains it. I thought my skin was leaking! 
Kath Adams  A bikini and a beer belly is a really bad mix! Ah, it's too hot for a bikini anyway, I'll just have another Stella! 
Anonymous  we are over 100 degrees also, first time since 2001, and its hot 
Stepahnie ALysse  oopsy , i didnt want to be annyoomous 
christina de seize  Aw C'mon, 15 solid days over 90F in '76, absolutely no air-con anywhere, Austin Allegro's, Birds Eye Fish Fingers for tea, Solero? pah! Walls Faces,
Thatcher sharpens teeth to needle points on cuttlefish bone, Anarchy In The UK only reaches No 38, United blow cup final (sob!)
burn mouth on toasted teacake in 'The Milkmaid', Disco Tex and the Sex 'O' Lettes, Dickie Davies, Jim'll Fix It, Pinochet further consolidates power, only '75 & '82 worse..whew! isn't it warm in here? - oh! open a window, I think my wigs melting.......er....... 
Jane  Becky where is my Solero? It's been about 8 hours now and I've still not had it. 
Joanna  I'm guessing it would have melted by now Jane. 
VB-W  So the health service actually pays someone to stare at a temperature gauge all day and send emails (telling everyone what they already know) when it reaches certain levels. 
Cathii Scott  Victius in Australia during summer on building sites the unions have reps with a thermometer and they get paid to watch it all day. When the temperature reaches 100°F they shut the site down, everyone goes home and gets paid for the full day. Builders love Feburary!

I might point out though that my brother is currently in Darwin for his anual winter fishing holiday and is moaning about it being cold. It is ofcourse a lot cooler than that here in Perth, might reach 20°C today. 
Siobhan Curran  > "So the health service actually pays someone to [...] send emails (telling everyone what they already know)"

Yep - They're called "Becky" :-D 
Joanna  Which has just made me realise - what are Levels 1 and 2 then? Slightly Nippy and OOh its a bit warm? 

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