I CAN'T STAND IT THIS HOT!!! (this will be a short thread,timewise, no doubt)

Living in mortal fear of the AC shitting the bed. Not for any particular reason, just my brain deciding it's a new thing to be anxious about while temps are 105+.

also my new electricity plan that is exactly double the rate of the one I signed up for last July kicked in on 7/5 so it's an idle curiosity how many hundreds of dollars it will be this month

This is a rare opportunity for the UK and US members of Ilxor to suffer together, because here in the UK the temperatures are approaching thirty degrees centigrade! That's eighty-six degrees in Fahrenheit. And when I say "here in the UK" I mean "in London and the South of England".

And also Bournemouth. Whenever there's a burst of heat the Daily Mail sends a photographer to Bournemouth to photograph attractive people in their swimwear. Or they pick images from the news agencies of attractive people in their swimwear, in Bournemouth. I've been to Bournemouth in real life and I always associate it with heroin, not attractive people.

Because that's where I go to buy heroin! No, I'm joking. I was actually channelling Mark Prindle a little bit there. Apologies to Mark Prindle. In my life I've visited Seville and Hong Kong in similar temperatures and the only practical advice I can give - beyond the fact that you get used to it - is keep you hands out of your pockets with your fingers spread. Hang them by your side, like miniature radiators. It probably doesn't help much but it can't hurt.

I am in the southeastern U.S. (Atlanta, Georgia to be specific), and we've had pretty standard heat this summer--mid 80s to mid 90s Farenheit (roughly 29-35 Celsius), high humidity. We do seem to be getting more rain than usual.

One thing that separates us is electricity. We don't have air conditioning in the UK so the only thing that eats electricity is the refrigerator. It's not a huge factor. In the US everybody has air conditioning. The same was true in Hong Kong. I remember getting the bus to Victoria Peak partially to see Hong Kong but also because the buses are air-conditioned. Shops are air-conditioned in such a way that there's a blast of cold air on the pavement when you walk past them. Perhaps it's meant to entice you in. I remember seeing a film at the cinema and the temperature was uncomfortably cold.

I also remember thinking "is it like this in Singapore and Japan and all across China and India etc, and if so what impact is that going to have on the environment?" I grew up with science fiction so the idea of living on a metal planet covered in skyscrapers with a giant heatsink that spews hot air into orbit isn't so bad, but how are we going to evacuate heat into space? Vacuums aren't conductive.

Seville on the other hand had narrow, tall streets, made of stone, with shades:
https://thumbs.dreamstime.com/b/seville-spain-sept-th-shadow-curtains-street-protecting-tourists-harsh-sun-heat-which-common-summer-southern-158938631.jpg

On the surface its cute, but it raises the question of whether it would be more practical to cover the streets with a second layer of streets, as in The Caves of Steel.

It's even hot up here in Edinburgh! Admittedly with a stiff breeze howling off the Firth of Forth to keep things sensible.

I spend a lot of time in Los Angeles. It's remarkable how much more livable the ocean makes that city.