Have the Heat Wave Warnings been over the top?
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Have the Heat Wave Warnings been over the top?
Do we really need nine minutes of news time dedicated to the weather?
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BBC news on Friday night showed forests on fire, a little girl’s bicycle torched, and car tyres melted into the ground.
The BBC then announced: “THE WEATHER THAT CAUSED THIS IS NOW COMING TO THE UK”. They proceeded to tell viewers that the incoming heat wave is going to basically cause Armageddon (not quite, but pretty much).
Heat is dangerous and can hit certain people hard, but do we really need nine minutes of news time dedicated to the weather? Wouldn’t a quick warning do?
Continental Europe deals pretty well with the weather without leading to societal meltdown, but in the UK, the mercury hitting the 30s indicates the second coming of the apocalypse.
Of course, people will get heat stroke and suffer from sunburn if they aren’t careful, but this happens every summer. Common sense tells people that if the sun is out in the summer that you should apply sun cream, drink water, and not wear a jumper. If you are sensitive to the heat don’t go out running and take it easy!
In Birmingham, City Councillors are busily tweeting out guidance from the Director of Public Health, encouraging Brummies to “wear a hat in the sun”. Haven’t they got anything better to do?
Brits are flying off to Spain, Greece and Italy and they survive without a BBC journalist screaming panic at them at the airport. We may be more accustomed to perennial disappointment when the Summer comes around, but the British can still survive a touch of sun when it does appear!
CNN UK journalist Luke McGee suggested that the Conservative Party Leadership Debates should be cancelled to set an example over the hot weather.
Many are attacking Boris Johnson for missing a cobra meeting about the heatwave. There is a lot to attack Johnson for, but skipping out on a crisis meeting over a few days of sun wouldn’t be my go-to!
If you are susceptible to sunburn then buy sun cream. If you pass out then stay at home. If you get heat stroke then drink water. This isn’t something that needs government intervention. What can the government do that we can’t do ourselves?
Let’s see some good old British common sense returned so that the BBC can go back to telling us the news.
Written by Jack Dixon
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