re: #289 Dr Lizardo

So, we’re having quite the heatwave here in Europe and it’s getting problematic.

Man, I hope this isn’t gonna be a repeat of the 2003 heatwave; that killed over 70,000 people in Europe.

Yeah………air conditioning is not common here. It’s usually just the shopping centers and new(ish) office buildings that have it. Some older buildings have been retrofitted with A/C units, but it’s really expensive to do that and with some buildings, like the concrete panel apartment blocks, it’s often quite difficult to do the retrofitting owing to the nature of their construction.

I am lucky to live in an old farmhouse with thick walls that is easy to keep cool, but even the masonry is starting to warm up.