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[Loud Whispers]

Yeah but I get to complain about it forever

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[hector13]

Where I live the only day it’s not 30 or above this week is Wednesday. Then it rains, and will probably make the remainder of the week utterly horrible with extra humidity. Rinse and repeat until… I dunno, hopefully September but it might go a bit longer, and then I might get some sensible weather for a week or two until it’s too cold and starts snowing for 5 months.

[Great Order]

Joys of the UK, we don't get dry heat it seems.

I assume being surrounded by ocean does that.
EDIT: https://twitter.com/lewis_goodall/status/1549071998369792000

Apparently Boris has lost the plot.

(Can someone remind me how to make links into text, I've forgotten in my year-long absence)

[Loud Whispers]

He lost the plot when he sided with Carrie's dog over his most trusted advisor

[MorleyDev]

Where I live the only day it’s not 30 or above this week is Wednesday. Then it rains, and will probably make the remainder of the week utterly horrible with extra humidity. Rinse and repeat until… I dunno, hopefully September but it might go a bit longer, and then I might get some sensible weather for a week or two until it’s too cold and starts snowing for 5 months.

What's the temperature inside your house? Because at midnight last night the coldest room in my house was 28c (downstairs living room). And you can feel when you hit the wall of heat that's above that when you go upstairs.

[scriver]

Joys of the UK, we don't get dry heat it seems.

I assume being surrounded by ocean does that.
EDIT: https://twitter.com/lewis_goodall/status/1549071998369792000

Apparently Boris has lost the plot.

(Can someone remind me how to make links into text, I've forgotten in my year-long absence)

You press the little symbol of the globe to summon the url tags, and then you put the link like so. You can quote this post to see the formatting

[Great Order]

I think you butchered that one.

[scriver]

Goddammit

Edit: There.

[Great Order]

Oh no, I recognise that URL now. I'm not touching it.

Anyway, to get back on topic, any recommendations for high humidity and high temperatures since the UK is presently getting baked like a stoner? I've got a cooler/evaporative fan, but it only works well as long as the packs are cold. Once it's warmed up it's too humid for the evaporative cooling to work. I'm keeping the windows and curtains shut during the day too.

[MorleyDev]

If you can remove it then washing the filter of the evaporative cooler and keeping it in the freezer for 30 minutes can help keep it cooler and running for longer.

[scriver]

If you got a well isolated home, avoid the temptation to open doors or windows. Keep then closed to keep the cool air in. Open during the evening and nights. I know this sounds counterefficient (at least it goes against everything I ever knew growing up here in Sweden, where summer heat meant "Open every fricking hole in the house there is and let the air blow through") but it works. My indoor temperature is 10 degrees or do below the outdoors temperature right now.

I don't know how to handle heat in less isolated buildings though.

[Loud Whispers]

In my house it's weird. All the sunward and roof windows obviously must be kept shut to keep everything cool, but specifically the top westward facing room is the coolest with the curtains shut and windows open. But the lower westward windows open just blast hot air in. Some weird air current is going on that just makes that one room blessedly cool

[MorleyDev]

10c cooler than outside is still not much good for comfort and health when outside is 39c at the moment

[scriver]

Really because I'm pretty sure the difference between 29 and 39 is the difference between "I can't stand this heat" and "funking lethal mate"

[Great Order]

I'm going through periodic cold showers to stop myself from melting in my 30C bedroom. I'd leave but my computer's in here and there's nowhere else to set it up.