On Jul 9, 6:40*pm, "Lawrence Jenkins" wrote:
Everyone was a buzz at work today in Dulwich people fanning themselves email
warnings galore about how to survive deadly heat waves even in Sainsbury's
the till girl remarked to the customer in front
"it aint half 'ot out"

to which the customer murmered well it is'nt that bad.

The media is advising us how to stay cool, blimey I haven't seen it this bad
since that film with Edward Judd 'The Day the earth Caught Fire"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MYGonuA4_o* This is as bad *if not worse
than the great 'swine *flu over the cuckoos nest' of 2009.

The mad met goricalshttp://www.dh.gov.uk/en/MediaCentre/Pressreleases/DH_117306take this all
very seriously linking us to the NHShttp://www.nhs.uk/Livewell/Summerhealth/Pages/Heatwaveamberalert.aspxwho
asurre us that they take it equally seriously and are doing everthing in
their power to hype up the situation. They also offer some *crucial life
saving advise

a.. Stay tuned to the weather forecast on the TV or radio.
a.. If you're planning to travel, check the forecast at your destination
too.
a.. Plan ahead: stock up with supplies so that you don't need to go out
during extreme heat and think about what medicines, food and non-alcoholic
drinks you'll need.
a.. Keep plenty of water to hand and stay in the shade whenever possible.
a.. Identify the coolest room in the house, so you can go there to keep
cool.

Hmmm some sound life saving advise there, I think you'd all agree.

Stay tuned to the weather forecast on the TV or radio.

Now this is very important because at any time the situation could
deteriorate things like the wind suddenly changing direction and a hidious
facial expression will form becoming a fixed personal feature. AKA Garvey's
Palsey
There is also a chance that sudenly the temperature may drop ten degrees and
once again it will be safe to venture down to Tescos again and being the
first to hear this news will save you having to queue.

If you're planning to travel, check the forecast at your destination too.

So if were were planning to travel to Malaga and the temp there is lower
than yours here *then don't bother going, especially *if you can get a total
refund

Plan ahead: stock up with supplies so that you don't need to go out during
extreme heat and think about what medicines, food and non-alcoholic drinks
you'll need.

This one is very important; for example if you plan to cross the river
thames ensure that there are still bridges in place and they haven't melted.

If you plan to walk across the lounge ensure there are cold drinks on the
other side, also warn or tell someone that you plan to do this. If halfway
across you feel you can't make it, then stop say three hail gores and start
again.

If you do plan to risk life and have a BBQ please avoid alcolic drinks as
hot sausages under the influence of drink can be dangerous in the wrong
hands.

Keep plenty of water to hand and stay in the shade whenever possible.

Now this one puzzles me as who is going to volunteer and risk their lifes to
get this water so you can have it at hand? Well someone has to do it ; can I
suggest the wife if you have one. Myself I lost my fisrt wife in the great
heatwave of 2007, half way across the axeminster and puff........she was
gone turns out she ran of with the milkman.

Identify the coolest room in the house, so you can go there to keep cool.

Well the coolest room in my house is the lounge as I've just decorated it Al
La Homes *& Gardens, it looks great I'd love to sit in there.

So there we are fantastic simple advice that could save lifes.

The NHS/UKMO saving lives today from imaginary problems that didn't exist
yesterday

I'm just fed up with this selfish rubbish from this one.

About 15,000 extra people *died* in France alone during the canicule
of 2003. You are *far* too selfish to realise that people with
existing health problems in the SE will have them exacerbated tonight
and some will be at risk of *dying* as a result. Yes Jenkins, actually
dying as a result. The increased awareness and better training, of the
emergency services and others, might just, save some of them, but I
can assure you that, had it been cooler tonight, there would be some
older, very young and very ill people that would be alive tomorrow.
Because of the heat, some in the SE will *die* tonight, who wouldn't
have done, had it been cooler; however, some will survive because of
the timely advice from the MetO and the support from the NHS, social
service and neighbours.

You, however, are hopefully not yet old enough, or vulnerable enough,
to suffer.....*yet*. Others can make their judgements on what they may
wish for you in heatwaves in, say, 20 years time, should you be lucky
enough to survive that long.

The problems existed "yesterday", it's just that people died quietly
and no-one collected the stats.