Advice and best wishes from "Down Under" to those in the EU and UK heatwaves
Stay cool (literally, not just figuratively) is the best advice that we can give to our northern fellow Trainzers in their current summer heatwaves.
From our long experiences with 40C and above heatwaves:-
- Stay out of the sun.
- Stay inside with the blinds closed.
- Drink plenty of water.
If you can, escape to anywhere that has good air conditioning. When the summer heat strikes and becomes unbearable here, and if we don't have good aircon at home, then we flock to shopping malls, cinemas, indoor ice rinks (yes we do have them) and similar places - even pubs but they have other "hazards". Those of us with good sense stay away from hot places with little or no shade, like beaches. The news videos you sometimes see of Bondi Beach covered with sun worshippers developing their melonomia spots on days of extreme heat are mostly of tourists from colder climates. If the air temperature is 40C then the sand temperature will be 45C or higher, perfect for blistering bare skin.
My thoughts.
Stay cool (literally, not just figuratively) is the best advice that we can give to our northern fellow Trainzers in their current summer heatwaves.
From our long experiences with 40C and above heatwaves:-
- Stay out of the sun.
- Stay inside with the blinds closed.
- Drink plenty of water.
If you can, escape to anywhere that has good air conditioning. When the summer heat strikes and becomes unbearable here, and if we don't have good aircon at home, then we flock to shopping malls, cinemas, indoor ice rinks (yes we do have them) and similar places - even pubs but they have other "hazards". Those of us with good sense stay away from hot places with little or no shade, like beaches. The news videos you sometimes see of Bondi Beach covered with sun worshippers developing their melonomia spots on days of extreme heat are mostly of tourists from colder climates. If the air temperature is 40C then the sand temperature will be 45C or higher, perfect for blistering bare skin.
My thoughts.