The Future Arrived in June | Weeknotes #444

Baseline drift.Heat retained.Signals accumulate.Thursday arrives. The Future Arrived in June Start Select Reset 📑 Photo 365 Terminal Access Dipping the Stacks Reading Music Remember Kids:The Future Arrived in JuneI’m going with the ol’ British standby, writing about the weather. Because the UK and most of Europe is currently trapped under a massive heat dome, causing absolutely unprecedented June temperatures. Here in my part of London, the Met Office predicts we will experience two consecutive days of 39°C on Wednesday and Thursday, with a strong potential for the all time UK temperature records to fall elsewhere in the country.The main cause for concern is that our night temperatures aren’t dropping below 20°C. The Met Office calls these “tropical nights,” which sounds like a holiday until you remember that the vast majority of British houses are built to trap heat inside. Because of the sustained high night time temperatures, neither buildings nor bodies get a chance to cool down.…