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.

News said the Iberian peninsula may have 50°C / 122°F this week… And we have had 30-35°C / 86-95°F for weeks here in Stockholm. It’s really beginning to get to me… :(