We’re all doomed then … 
It did sound a bit gloomy didn’t it.
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We had thunder storms this morning & rain, but not enough, by mid day it was hot again. Now I notice clouds are gathering again.
But you may be right … I’m not overly optimistic myself … 
So how does one stop a heat plume coming out of N Africa, build a barrier ?
The wind suddenly started blowing, sky dark grey, and now those big drops of rain that really donk you on the head.
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I don’t know where you got those figures Omah (daily express those well known meteorologists) but a couple of years ago the met office actually agreed that average summer temperatures were actually falling?
In fact, when I were a lad (well a younger than I am now) scientists predicted that the world was heading for a new ice age…They even made a film based on the findings.
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Sounds wonderful Mups … I wouldn’t mind a few dents on my head
Cut back on all Benefits for immigrants.
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Isn’t that why you have those hideous plastic window frames with double glazing? Very little double glazing in Australia and mostly aluminium window frames, we are very behind the times.
The clues are in the image:
which is extracted from the previously posted link:
The NASA source is here:
According to an ongoing temperature analysis led by scientists at NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS), the average global temperature on Earth has increased by at least 1.1° Celsius (1.9° Fahrenheit) since 1880. The majority of the warming has occurred since 1975, at a rate of roughly 0.15 to 0.20°C per decade.
In the animation at the top of the page and in the bar chart below, the years from 1880 to 1939 tend to be cooler, then level off by the 1950s. Decades within the base period (1951-1980) do not appear particularly warm or cold because they are the standard against which other years are measured.
The leveling off of temperatures in the middle of the 20th century can be explained by natural variability and by the cooling effects of aerosols generated by factories, power plants, and motor vehicles in the years of rapid economic growth after World War II. Fossil fuel use also increased after the war (5 percent per year), boosting greenhouse gases. Cooling from aerosol pollution happened rapidly. In contrast, greenhouse gases accumulated slowly, but they remain in the atmosphere for a much longer time. According to former GISS director James Hansen, the strong warming trend of the past four decades likely reflects a shift from balanced aerosol and greenhouse gas effects on the atmosphere to a predominance of greenhouse gas effects after aerosols were curbed by pollution controls.
Have you a link for your unidentified image?
Here’s one that has nothing to do with NASA or the BBC. This is BOM’s actual recorded observations since it started in 1910, there is a clear trend.
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Wasps are actually useful - not very nice - but useful.
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This may be today’s really silly question, Bruce, but don’t they warp in the heat?
No, they don’t warp but you can burn yourself on them. I changed all my wooden window frames for ali ones 40 years ago basically because I couldn’t afford to get the wooden ones working. I used to regret it but now I don’t as all the houses like mine in this area get bought up knocked down and replaced with town houses. It’s the quarter acre block that is valuable not the wooden house, most blocks sold nowadays are two thirds to a half the size of my block and being in the centre of town adds a lot to the value too.
I constantly get calls from agents wanting to buy it but it would be hard for me to find such a convenient location elsewhere. I would only sell it if I was offered a ridiculous price.
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Over the last 2 days I have kept all 3 cats indoors, easy with Rudi as he is not allowed out owing to his asthma, but Mr Grey & Tammy needed to be entertained! 
My house is old and has no wall cavity, so tends to be cooler in the summer but yesterday I still needed to keep the shutters and curtains closed so the cats wouldn’t over heat.
What a joy this morning when Mr Grey & Tammy went out and, 20 mins later, came back in cool and hungry.
The pollen levels have reduced so even Rudi was allowed to have a window open a little to let the cool air in.
I am so happy that my cats have remained well, but sad that this weather has made some people and probably some wildlife die! 
It was bliss this morning. Out with the dogs at 6.30 and breathing cool fresh air for the first time in days. Still 28c indoors so all doors and are wide open.
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I know exactly this feeling EZ! I got up this morning to 14°C, opened the blinds and windows for the first time in two days and loved the cool air coming in!
Highest today will be 19°C! 
25 degrees here today so quite an improvement!
Having said that apart from the chance of a few thundery showers this evening there’s zero rain forecast for the next fourteen days.
George (my cat 
)has his own door but very sensible he chose to stay in and slept most of the day until late evening when we both sat out in the garden cooling off 
…I had a gin and tonic…he declined
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