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I need UK journalists to not show 43 degrees is not beach weather like people are gonna die
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Im Australian, and 43C is NOT beach weather. That is VERY hot, even for us, but for the UK its apocalyptic. At 43C you should not even be going outside if you can help it, treating it like beach weather is a one way ticket to heatstroke.
I agree with not going outside for long periods of time but you will have to plan something to reduce the heat within your households. Especially if your house is designed to retain heat
Fans pointed at open windows will pull out hot air and allow it to circulate - don't put them IN the window, leave some room by the side for extra air to get drawn in.
If you can't afford cold packs (and if you can, stock up on some NOW), get some ziplock bags and freeze them, with wet washcloths or ripped up towel inside. You want them to be ready in the freezer when you need them. Wrap them in a tea towel and put them on your wrists and ankles.
A big bowl of ice water in front of a fan will blow cold air into the room and make a massive difference. Again, if you don't have ice cube trays get some and freeze them *now*, don't wait until you're already in trouble (although I am melting at quarter past nine but my thermoregulation is bollocks so I don't know if that's the heat or just the me). If you can't afford to get any, clean out empty yoghurt pots or Tupperware or whatever you have that can hold water. Even if you end up with a giant ice cube from a lunchbox, it'll help.
Even just opening two windows at a crack will allow some air circulation - I sometimes prop open my bedroom door and leave the bathroom door open, both windows are locked at a crack because of the cats but it creates a nice little line of wind along the landing.
If you're someone who needs something on them to sleep, take your duvet out of the cover and just use the cover.
Remember that water acts as a lens - you do NOT want to wear a wet t shirt in the burning sun. I did this when I was 8 and if I tan on my back you can still see the scars.
Read the instructions for sunscreen carefully, and use the highest spf you can find. Reapply as per the instructions. If you get burned, Malibu do an amazing aloe-based spray on after sun, I got mine from Savers for 3 quid and it lasts ages. I keep it and any other after sun in the fridge, which means it's incredibly lovely to put on. Aloe is magic for burns so definitely gravitate towards that if you can. My son got badly burned (he's ginger, he went to an outdoor pool and they forgot to give him sunscreen) and he's had 2 helpings of it and you wouldn't believe how much better he is (he couldn't even really wear a shirt).
Make sure your pets have plenty of fresh cold water to drink, and if they usually have dry food consider giving them some wet food for one of their meals (cats are notoriously not always great drinkers but wet food will get them some liquid). Keep the curtains and/or blinds closed in south-facing rooms. I have blackout curtains in the front room and the front bedroom (my son's) and they make a MASSIVE difference to the heat. Make sure pets have access to these cooler spaces if you can create them.
Keep oven/hob use to a minimum if you can. I like making a massive pot of something that can be reheated in the microwave if necessary - the oven especially adds a lot of heat. Or get some wraps and ham and cheese and eat those.
Cordial or fruit juice can be better than water if you're sweating a lot. Cordial is cheap as chips. Salty snacks are also good.
Go to Iceland and buy a billion lolly ices. It's especially a good way to make sure kids stay hydrated.
I realize op asked for Americans not to interact, and whether or not they're being cheeky, I feel obligated to reblog this to save lives.
That temperature is absolutely murder, even moreso with humidity.
Please, be safe and stay hydrated!
For reference, 43 degrees celsius is roughly equivalent to 109.4 degrees fahrenheit. That’s bad.
This is nearly DOUBLE the typical average temperature of the UK. I don't care if you grew up in Satan's asshole, if you woke up one day and it was twice as hot as it usually is, you're gonna have a bad fucking time. The infrastructure is not built for 40+ degrees, and with the government doing... The thing it's doing, I doubt they're gonna even bother to help people, so people need to see things like this post to be able to help each other instead.
Heads up UK folks, we're looking at hitting 40°C again in about two weeks. Now's a great time to prepare however you can, figure out what you can do to make things more bearable
Putting a wet tea towel in the freezer for 20 minutes (in a freezer bag so it didn't stick to anything) then tying it to my wrists/ankles helped a lot last year, so I'll share this post in the run up in case it helps anyone else
Keep an eye out for people struggling, including yourself
if you've got a small caged animal, look into getting a small terra cotta pot- if you stick an ice pack in it and turn it upside down when it's in your pet's cage, it'll give them something to lay on/against to cool off. they also sell small granite slabs that are meant to be popped in the freezer to cool and then put in the cage for your pet to hang out on. i use kaytee brand chin chillers for my chinchilla but tbh any granite slab should do.
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"scan the qr code to download the app" how about YOU scan my nuts to download kill yourself
Disabled people pointing out ableism by the wider queer community is not "ruining the vibes" of pride month
"make it accessible or burn it down"
"make it accessible or burn it down" includes Pride
and every other damn thing on earth
Honestly this has really got to me this year. Immunocompromised and disabled folks literally begging for scraps of access like masking and testing, and the absolutely appalling language we get in return, as if we’re less human than them somehow. Does that that sound familiar huh!?
We either get called crazy paranoids, or we’re somehow weaker, less important if we don’t want to risk our lives because the people around us prefer performative ‘activism’ over the horrible inconvenience of caring about other people.
It’s maddening. Look at your OWN DAMN RECENT HISTORY and tell me which side you’re on, because you either support us, or you leave us in the gutter, and we ARE YOU. We are you and yours, and you’ll be us and ours. Do you really care so little about the history your community has that you’ll be happy to facilitate it all over again because the government tells you that it’s okay? What other time do you ever listen to what our governments think is right? Have we just forgotten that they really don’t give a damn (and actively hate) minorities?
Or is it just disabled people you don’t give a shit about?
If you only take action when it doesn’t inconvenience you, and you get mad at people desperately trying to stay alive because they’ve asked for help, what are your genuine values?
I was so fucking /srs when i said i hoped there would be riots at pride events this year and i still am. we need to be fucking fighting back. we need to make the fascist politicians fear for their lives and i mean that 100% genuinely. im so fucking tired
and while im at it shut up about slur discourse shut up about flag discourse shut up about kink at pride shut up about identities you dont understand (yes even that one) !!!!!! people are DYING. there are bigger more important things to worry about and You Are Not Helping Anyone. other queer people are not your enemy.
we dont need to be protected from clumsy baby gays or it/its pronouns or "contradictory" identities. we need to be fighting the fucking fascists trying to genocide us right now in the REAL WORLD.
we need to protect each other, not hurt each other. you're doing our oppressors' work for them. stop fucking infighting.
