No one necessarily needs me to join in the commentary about this utter pudding of a piece, but I *love* the idea of an comment article on how Westminster has lost track of the interests of ordinary people also utterly dismissing out of hand the political relevance of bus travel.
This is flat wrong from Unite. It’s just not true there’s been ‘almost no thought for jobs, skills and national security’. There’s been a huge amount of thought on all these issues and a decision has been made that jobs, skills, and security all benefit from a faster clean energy transition.
Next week is London Climate Action Week…
Last time it was a red heat warning in London in 2022:
- Wildfires burned down several homes, causing the fire brigade’s busiest day since the blitz.
- TfL and Rail asked people not to travel.
- And we came close to a blackout in parts of London as the electricity grid lost efficiency in the heat.
1:45PM, and BBC London News bulletin (late due to much shenanigans trying to film at Euston) only knows about the amber heat warning in place today.
Finally the weather bulletins at the end has the red warning (and for the first time all hour shows a map of where it is) but barely any advice. ‼️
Peter Walker
“Do take water and sun cream with you” says BBC News live on the red warning on extreme heat.
NOPE. Not the advice.
“Substantial changes in working practices and daily routines will be required”
weather.metoffice.gov.uk/warnings-and...
And incredibly BBC repeated the wrong advice at 11AM. All the BBC or any broadcaster need to do is read the detail of the warning and communicate it. It’s not that hard.
We had over 20 deaths from cold water shock alone during and after the last heatwave.
weather.metoffice.gov.uk/warnings-and...
weather.metoffice.gov.uk
Met Office UK weather warnings for rain, wind, snow, ice, fog, thunderstorm, lightning and extreme heat.
Of course, hot weather has other risks - so we’re going to have raised ozone levels this week in London as well.
Will there be any noticeable reduction in traffic this week?
Alex Ingram
Alex Ingram
Alex Ingram
Alex Ingram
⚠️⚠️🔴 Red weather warning issued 🔴⚠️⚠️
Extreme heat across parts of central/southern England and Wales
Wednesday 0900 - Thursday 2100
Latest info 👉 bit.ly/WxWarning
Stay #WeatherAware ⚠️
37 degrees in London for three days is it? YIKES.
Time to review the Shade the UK list of ideas again to see if there’s anything further I can do on the flat.
(Main thing is getting at least a temporary canopy up over the sunny patio, I suspect)
So many ideas:
www.shadetheuk.com/overheating-...
Well, it’s only one extra bit of shading - but it’s definitely one of the most helpful places to have it! Patio door now covered up ahead of the second london heatwave of the year.
