UK has to halt flights in and out of largest air base due to melting runways.

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Jul 18, 2022
"SKY NEWS REPORTER, CITING MILITARY SOURCE: UK ROYAL AIR FORCE HAS HALTED FLIGHTS IN AND OUT OF ITS LARGEST AIR BASE IN THE UK BECAUSE THE "RUNWAY HAS MELTED" IN THE HOT WEATHER

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BREAKING NEWS: Flights in and out RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire have been halted because the "runway has melted" in the hot weather, Sky News understands.

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9:24 AM · Jul 18, 2022

I read somewhere only something like 1% of people have AC in Britain.

[2naSalit]

1. And 99%...

Of the land mass of UK is north of the 50th parallel.

[BSdetect]

2. They can't cool the runway with water?

[Towlie]

4. Then they'd have a thick fog hiding the runway.

 
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[Towlie]

3. New York Times has it at "less than 5%".

 
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NYT: Why don’t homes in Britain have air conditioning?

[Nevilledog]

5. Either sucks

[Torchlight]

6. Nothing I'd wish on the northern latitudes.

I live in and around Dallas, TX and we're going through a brutal summer right now. Only one day since early June has the high been less than 100.

But we're used to it around here, expect it, adapted to it, and know when and where safety precautions are called for.

I've never been to Britain, but I'm guessing a heatwave like they're going through right now is as unexpected and dangerous to them as the February winter storm that shut down TX for three or four days was to us.

[Irish_Dem]

7. Climate change is a national security issue.

This is just the beginning of military disruption.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

8. Quick, somebody find a snowball to disprove global warming!

We are cooking ourselves and every other living thing.

[dalton99a]

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A police officer givers water to a British soldier wearing a traditional bearskin hat, on guard duty outside Buckingham Palace, during hot weather in London, Monday, July 18, 2022. The British government have issued their first-ever "red" warning for extreme heat. The alert covers large parts of England on Monday and Tuesday, when temperatures may reach 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) for the first time, posing a risk of serious illness and even death among healthy people, the U.K. Met Office, the country's weather service, said Friday. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)


Traffic crosses a bridge at Woodhead Reservoir in West Yorkshire, England, Monday, July 18, 2022 as water levels dip dangerously low amid record high temperatures in the UK. Millions of people in Britain stayed home or sought shade Monday during the country's first-ever extreme heat warning, as hot, dry weather that has scorched mainland Europe for the past week moved north, disrupting travel, health care and schools. (AP Photo/Jon Super)