koenigurie:

just gonna make this post for all my fellow uk followers.. from tomorrow (30/6) until thursday (2/7) temperatures are expected to soar into a heatwave with temperatures up to 35°C. At this point many people are in danger of overheating causing possible hospitalisation and even death. These people are seen to be the most at risk:

• older people, especially those over 75
  
• babies and young children
  
• people with a serious chronic condition, especially heart or breathing problems
  
• people with mobility problems – for example, people with Parkinson’s disease or who have had a stroke
  
• people with serious mental health problems
  
• people on certain medications, including those that affect sweating and temperature control
  
• people who misuse alcohol or drugs
  
• people who are physically active – for example, labourers or those doing sports 
  

please PLEASE take care of yourself and your family/friends! drink plenty of water and stay out of the sun between 11am-3pm. and please check up on any vulnerable people you know! 

also PLEASE do not leave your dogs in the car! a story emerged today of a dog in europe left in a hot car for FOUR hours which later died of internal bleeding. it’s best either to take your dog out of the car with you or not take it out at all!

note: before anyone from another country starts with the “oh that’s nothing here we have temperatures higher than that all the time” - friendly reminder that here in the uk, the average temperature in summer 2014 was 14.8°C. our climate is NOT very warm and we are not used to these kinds of temperatures - people can and DO die in this weather (usually elderly/infant and the vulnerable), so please don’t mock us