Boo Khaki Posted July 19, 2022 Share Posted July 19, 2022 44 minutes ago, SuperSaints1877 said: With all these fires in London would it sense to lift the Thames Barrier? Would be a convenient time for another outbreak of Plague. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wee Bully Posted July 19, 2022 Share Posted July 19, 2022 6 hours ago, virginton said: Obvious bullshit is obvious: In central European countries like Slovakia the railway network is regularly exposed to summer temperatures of 40C and winter temperatures of -15C. Indeed it'll hit 40C there later this week. They don't rip up all the rails and lay down winter versions once per year. It's almost as if Eastern Bloc countries whose national infrastructure was built by state planning is more logical and resilient than crap designed to the lowest price point in a private market. He’s a railway engineering expert now too! What a skill set! Why is @virginton not in a serious position of power? He knows everything about everything! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSaints1877 Posted July 19, 2022 Share Posted July 19, 2022 1 hour ago, Sergeant Wilson said: Do you think dying in a fire then drowning is funny? No I was suggesting a good use of water to put out the fires. Btw if you have already died in a fire then I don’t think you’d be that bothered by a bit of water in the lungs. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted July 19, 2022 Share Posted July 19, 2022 2 minutes ago, Snafu said: The area around Inverness was one of the few areas in Scotland that had a thunderstorm this afternoon. Took this picture of the edge of the storm cloud facing west with its unstable air, but all I heard was one rumble of thunder from over towards the Culloden area. Within seconds after this photo was taken the sky opened and there was a short sharp deluge which cleared the air. Probably would have been a lot more comfortable for football fans out watching the League Cup games this evening. Disappointed with the lack of thunderstorm today after the build up to that. Aye, the clouds were fantastic, good picture. I thought for sure there would be massive thunder and lightning and a big downpour, bit disappointed tbh. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurkst Posted July 20, 2022 Share Posted July 20, 2022 12 hours ago, Billy Jean King said: Those scenes of the streets burning in the South of England are absolutely horrific. I flew over the area yesterday and it looked pretty bad from 6 miles up... https://www.itv.com/news/london/2022-07-19/major-incident-declared-across-london-as-heatwave-triggers-multiple-fires 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTChris Posted July 20, 2022 Share Posted July 20, 2022 7 hours ago, Snafu said: Still I doubt the UK would revert to forced labour gangs so they could spend less on the workforce thus affording better quality steel. Don’t give them ideas! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
101 Posted July 20, 2022 Author Share Posted July 20, 2022 Just now, throbber said: Don’t see why people are banging the global warming drum because of a few fires in London. Fires spread like f**k when the grass is dry and wam it’s hardly a new phenomenon. Probably because the scale and volume of fires haven't been seen before. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTChris Posted July 20, 2022 Share Posted July 20, 2022 Aftermath of some of the fires, apparently no-one died or was seriously hurt, which is a bit of a miracle looking at it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
101 Posted July 20, 2022 Author Share Posted July 20, 2022 9 minutes ago, throbber said: It happens in rural Scotland all the time when farmers set fire to the heather. Yeh but the fire service have more wildfire warnings in Scotland recently than I can remember even 5 years ago. Global warming is playing its part even if it needs an idiot with a disposable barbeque/ broken glass/ fag butt to get it started 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hk blues Posted July 20, 2022 Share Posted July 20, 2022 8 minutes ago, throbber said: Aftermath of the bed I slept in at the mother in laws: In centuries to come they'll be talking about this in the same way as the Shroud of Turin. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doulikefish Posted July 20, 2022 Share Posted July 20, 2022 Some row back from the gammon newspapers today -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted July 20, 2022 Share Posted July 20, 2022 11 minutes ago, doulikefish said: Some row back from the gammon newspapers today Snowflakes. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
101 Posted July 20, 2022 Author Share Posted July 20, 2022 23 minutes ago, throbber said: It could still have easily happened had it been 25 degrees though. Do you think? London will get to 25 degrees most summers but I think it's quite rare for the fire brigade to declare a major incident because of the number and size of fires 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamamafegan Posted July 20, 2022 Share Posted July 20, 2022 Don’t see why people are banging the global warming drum because of a few fires in London. Fires spread like f**k when the grass is dry and wam it’s hardly a new phenomenon. The scale of the fires is unprecedented. It was the busiest day for the London Fire Service since WW2. Then you look abroad to places like California and the Mediterranean which are dealing with huge fires. Australia also suffered devastating bushfires a year or two ago. In short - these fire events are becoming more frequent and more ferocious. It’s no coincidence that this is happening alongside global temperatures rising year on year and countries experiencing record breaking temperatures. It’s also no coincidence that temperatures are rising alongside greater C02 emissions than ever being pumped into the atmosphere…by us. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
101 Posted July 20, 2022 Author Share Posted July 20, 2022 10 minutes ago, throbber said: Setting fire to the grass would still be catastrophic In 25 degree heat if it had been dry for a while yes. It was probably climate change activists doing it deliberately for attention yesterday. Has Steve logged into your account? Absolutely wild. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DA Baracus Posted July 20, 2022 Share Posted July 20, 2022 1 minute ago, 101 said: Has Steve logged into your account? Absolutely wild. He's just doing one of his silly routines. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 20, 2022 Share Posted July 20, 2022 With all these fires in London we can only hope one breaks out in Westminster with every one of the c***s locked inside. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coprolite Posted July 20, 2022 Share Posted July 20, 2022 1 hour ago, throbber said: Not yet but it’s the sort of thing extension rebellion would do. Also it’s London we are talking about which is full of c***s. Loving the idea of a radical group taking direct action by lodging planning objections in suburbia. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J_Stewart Posted July 20, 2022 Share Posted July 20, 2022 1 hour ago, throbber said: Setting fire to the grass would still be catastrophic In 25 degree heat if it had been dry for a while yes. It was probably climate change activists doing it deliberately for attention yesterday. 1 hour ago, throbber said: Says the man who invented the sex pram and proudly owns a pocket pussy. 1 hour ago, throbber said: Not yet but it’s the sort of thing extension rebellion would do. Also it’s London we are talking about which is full of c***s. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikingTON Posted July 20, 2022 Share Posted July 20, 2022 (edited) 12 hours ago, Wee Bully said: He’s a railway engineering expert now too! What a skill set! Why is @virginton not in a serious position of power? He knows everything about everything! You don't need to be a railway engineering expert to run a coach and horses through Network Rail's tendentious bullshit excuses in Twitter, for running an absolute nick of a railway system. All you need is a capacity for critical thinking and (in this case) the ability to compare to analogous cases where temperatures are more extreme on a more regular basis than anything in the UK. And so it doesn't stand up to scrutiny. I can certainly see why you would be struggling with applying such basic concepts though. Edited July 20, 2022 by vikingTON 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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