Wednesday 20 July 2022
The hottest day of the year was yesterday at 31d! Last night I had the fan running in the bedroom, It was 25d during the night. I sometimes don't understand why people are complaining as it is summer, I have thrown the duvet back and i'm hoping to wash two of my blankets. The heatwave was mentioned on the news, trains have been ordered to travel at only 20mph in case the rails buckle under the heat. There was a cobra meeting held because of the heat, they didn't hold one when the Beast from the East was on the way when people's boilers were breaking down all over the UK. A Housing estate in Wennington ( East London ) caught fire in the heatwave on a Tuesday afternoon, some of the houses are now just charred remains. The 300 residents living there had to spend the night at a leisure centre, up to 20 families were affected and most lost everything they owned. Nothing like this hasn't been seen since the Blitz. It started via a burning compost heap. I went to ...