"JPG" wrote in message
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Le Bourget and Orly both reporting 40 C.

JPG

And I bet it's unbearable. When I lived in Paris, the temp once reached 36°C
(2001 I think) and that was enough. My appartment was on the top floor of of
an eight floor building and opening the windows wide at night did absolutely
nothing to bring down the stifling heat. Sleeping was virtually impossible,
if it wasn't the heat, you got eaten alive by mosquitos.

I pity my ex-colleagues tonight....

James from a pleasant 25°C in Shrewsbury.

"WasTA" wrote in message
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...wouldn't call 25 very pleasant!

With the breeze that's blowing here, it was...

To ME that is...

In uk.sci.weather on Wed, 6 Aug 2003 at 16:41:54, James Hurrell wrote :

"JPG" wrote in message
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Le Bourget and Orly both reporting 40 C.

JPG

And I bet it's unbearable. When I lived in Paris, the temp once reached 36°C
(2001 I think) and that was enough.

Would it be cooler on top of the Eiffel Tower, or would sitting on top
of a 900ft 'radiator' counteract that?
--
Paul Hyett, Cheltenham, England

"Paul Hyett" wrote in message
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Would it be cooler on top of the Eiffel Tower, or would sitting on top
of a 900ft 'radiator' counteract that?
--
Paul Hyett, Cheltenham, England

Whenever I went up there it was blowing a gale, so that would probably
cool things down!