Man, that sucks for them. I know AC is not a typical thing in Europe at all but may end up being as common as it is here in the US:

Barcelona recorded its hottest June in over a century, the summit of Paris’ iconic Eiffel Tower was closed to visitors and hundreds of French schools shut on Tuesday as Europe sizzled in its first major heat wave of the summer. Health warnings remained in effect in several European countries. The worst was felt in southern Europe while punishing temperatures were forecast to reach 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) in Paris and to stay unusually high in Belgium and the Netherlands.

I remember Germany 30 years ago was always pleasant even in the middle of July and August, coming home on leave to Philly in the summer was always rough due to not being acclimated.

Arabs are used to the heat?


A friend of mine was in Spain last week, she was saying it was 100 - 105 during the day.

Why should we care about 104-degree temperature in Paris? Seriously. We have that, and more, all over the US all the time. BFD, I say.

Grandson left Paris yesterday. He said riding the Metro was brutal...heat and Body Odor.

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Why should we care about 104-degree temperature in Paris? Seriously. We have that, and more, all over the US all the time. BFD, I say.

I just saw a news headline about it and Europe is not used to or set up for these kinds of temps like we Americans are.

Hell, parts of America can't handle 90+ degree heat, let alone 100+!

I was in Maine last week as they had a heat wave with temps in the low 90s for a couple days. Most houses and many businesses don't have AC there. Restaurants were closing because they were worried for their kitchen staff's safety. Outdoor activities were cancelled. Lots of locals were freaking out about how they didn't know how they were going to handle it, or how they were going to be able to sleep at night, etc.

Meanwhile, 90+ is the norm for nigh on the entire summer for much of the rest of the county. But we're used to it, and have the cooling infrastructure built in to deal with it...

In the Colonial era, Europeans used to die off, from heat, in the U.S.

There’s a gene which conveys cholera resistance, but impedes the ability to sweat, which is fairly common in Europeans.

We used to have to watch them for it, when a bunch of J1 kids worked in our ice cream shops.

That smell

Hot baked ass

Mesa ,AZ called ,
They said p f f f f t.

Small potato's

Hey Mesa, Yuma AZ called and said p f f f f t to your p f f f f t

Paris' occupants will feel right at home. Warms the heart.

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Originally posted by 12131:
Why should we care about 104-degree temperature in Paris? Seriously. We have that, and more, all over the US all the time. BFD, I say.

Yep, you know it brother. My app in NTX already says “feels like 98” now. Already hitting mid 90’s and 100 and above, isn’t far. 2 summers ago I was out riding in 106 degree actual heat and it melted the logos on my suit so bad I had to replace it. Then it wasn’t long ago we hit 0 for a week and all hell broke loose. Plan accordingly or get fucked.

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We used to have to watch them for it, when a bunch of J1 kids worked in our ice cream shops.

Would you please explain what “J1 kids” are, for those of us who are not familiar with the term?

People in our country under visa's

The Euros aren't equipped to handle this heat and can lead to premature deaths. I was with my wife and two small kids in southern France visiting her family in the 2003 heat wave. Would believe almost 15,000 heat-related deaths were recorded in France that summer? Visiting her grandparents, we'd put the kids to bed around 9pm then we'd sneak outside and layout on the lawn chairs in our underwear, sucking on popsicles. It was hot.

So, yeah, it's a big deal because it isn't the norm.

^^^^ The French have been through it before, so there’s no excuse not to be prepared.

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Originally posted by Aglifter:


We used to have to watch them for it, when a bunch of J1 kids worked in our ice cream shops.

Would you please explain what “J1 kids” are, for those of us who are not familiar with the term?

I’m going to guess and say they are like the same hires they do or used to do at the Jersey Shore each summer where kids from Ireland and other European countries would come over and work at various restaurants and shops on the boardwalks for the summer.

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^^^^ The French have been through it before, so there’s no excuse not to be prepared.

You’ve never been to Europe before have you?

It’s NOT NORMAL to have hot scorching summers like we do

They don’t have air-conditioning like we do, they just don’t have the infrastructure for it

Fuck the French.

Their main population is used to desert temps anyways

At one time, a lot of European business schools required students to work a summer in the US.

It’s a way for kids to work in the US on summer vacation.

US college kids either keep working their college jobs, or have internships.