Nafon

#1 Vanilla Coca-Cola fan & Full Time bowling guy

[MP Arizona☀️🏳️‍🌈💙🌵🐕🐕‍🦺🫂💦🏜🐟🌴🎙🌎🌻♍️🌊 @AzPetrich]

If I had a quarter for every U.S. president who died on July 4th, I would have $0.75.

I would love to have a dollar. 🤞

[Nafon @NafonClover]

@Dykeocletian My local kebab man is a king, you just give bad vibes.

[Dr Rob @rob_heighton]

Someone on r/LegalAdviceUK has beef with Tesco for not counting bananas as berries

[匚ㄖ几匚卄乇ㄒ凵爪卂尺乇 SUPREMO 🗿🇨🇱 @Lightbolt80370]

EL CHISTE CON EL PREÁMBULO MÁS LARGO DE LA HISTORIA

[jayribus @coldharbors]

asked hungry british coworker if he was so hungry he could eat a horse and he asked if i was referencing the tesco horsemeat scandal

[Nafon @NafonClover]

@pompyhq @_Zackkyy It's never a race, Wrap. Sometimes a girl wants to walk in peace

[SipSipStefen @SipSipStefen]

Can we all just admit that the men who see a female lead in a video game and scream woke immediately are all cry baby losers.

[Nafon @NafonClover]

@kikiiivt 👀

[Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @NYCMayor]

Today, I signed an Executive Order temporarily repealing bedtimes in the City of New York so that kids of all ages can watch our team in the NBA Finals.

As Mayor, you’re forced to make many difficult decisions. This was not one of them.

Go Knicks.

[Molly Morrison @mollyhannahm]

the entire world watching OKC lose game 7:

[Nafon @NafonClover]

@kylewearner @CardPurchaser Probably SGA falling like this with each jump shot.

[Nafon @NafonClover]

@zach_vet @dxminicchavez Yep, that sure is me! Excellent work.

[Nafon @NafonClover]

@hunny__bee__ https://t.co/x52gOonjjl

[𝙲𝙾𝙼𝙿-𝟹 𝙸𝙽𝚃𝙴𝚁𝙰𝙲𝚃𝙸𝚅𝙴 🐷 @comp3int]

Just let us have a moan, we only get it 3 days a year ffs

[Coinvo @Coinvo]

WILD: 🇮🇱 UFC fighter Sean Strickland says he hasn't seen many Israelis that are 'tough.'

"They're just used to bombing kids."

[Nafon @NafonClover]

@BlackWyrmVex @DiaLancea If you think it's so cheap to go buy an AC unit, why don't you buy one for me instead.

[The Cynical Crusader @Cyn1calCrusader]

So, jokes aside, to understand why the heat is worse in the UK than say Arizona for example, the answer is quite long...

First it's the Humidity, it's far higher here.
The UK's island location and prevailing south-westerly winds bring moist sea air, so heatwaves are often humid rather than dry.

In contrast, many of the hottest US states (e.g., Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico) have dry desert heat where sweat evaporates quickly, so you actually feel cooler despite higher temperatures.
Even humid US regions (like the Southeast) usually have widespread air conditioning to offset it.

Second, the buildings and Infrastructure that we have all are designed to Trap Heat, not Release It.

UK homes are built for cold, damp winters: thick brick/stone walls, heavy insulation, small windows, and designs that retain warmth.
During a heatwave, they turn into ovens, solar gain through windows builds up, and there is poor ventilation or passive cooling features like overhangs, shutters, or light-coloured roofs.

Plus, poor air conditioning: Only about 5% of UK homes have AC (vs. ~90% in the US).
It's not standard because it's rarely needed most of the year, but during spikes it's a nightmare.
Also, retrofitting is expensive and tricky in old terraced houses or listed buildings.

This extended to public transport, schools, offices, and even hospitals as they often lack cooling.

Finally, most importantly, we have zero acclimatisation.
Meaning it's just as hot at night as it is during the day.

Britons aren't physiologically or culturally used to sustained heat.

We're properly white!

So, a sudden jump from typical UK summer temps feels extreme, and the body struggles more without gradual adaptation.
Heatwaves often bring "tropical nights" (temps staying above 20 °C), so homes don't cool down overnight.

You can't sleep, recover, or anything which just compounds fatigue, dehydration, etc.
Drier US heat often cools significantly at night.
That is all topped up with the fact that we have longer summer daylight at the UK's higher latitude meaning more hours of solar heating.

Hope this long explanation that no one wanted clears this right up...