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So this hot weather here in the U.K has finally cooled down giving us all some kind of respite plus of course lots of rain and flooding. Even our house here took quite a while to cool down. Just coming in from the shops yesterday our front hallway entrance was still containing heat that has built up over the last few weeks. And they say that the warm weather will return next week. But something that frustrates many Londoners is why in 2018 we simply don't seem to have the technology to keep our London Underground cool at the height of Summer. And the worst Tube Line as everyone will tell you is The Central Line. In a London heatwave the Central line is pure Hell! Okay so I made up the picture below, but I'm surprised travellers don't vandalize Station signs on this Line. And yet every other few years London Underground tell us that they might have a solution but nothing ever comes out of it. Last week while travelling about on the Tube I risked a section of the Central Line and I saw several commuters carrying digital thermometers and taking pictures of the readings, no doubt for their twatter and Fussbook pages. In fact several of the pictures can be seen online. Here's one below. |
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Above: Writer Simon Usbourne who's thermometer is almost hitting the 40 degree mark. And yet that carriage he's in looks almost empty. |
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Apparently when the Underground tunnels were built back in the 19th Century there was barely any space left to create any sort of ventilation, and perhaps even less space on The Central line as it seems to be the most affected route. |
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| Below: Well there are similarities between our London Shard and The Transamerica Building in San Francisco. And going through my photo files I've always wanted to put the two images side by side. The Shard image is one I took around late 2016. And The Transamerica Building was taken recently by San Francisco resident and photographer BIRON. |
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Most of the South of England's grassy areas as well as all the gardens that I can see from my Flat window are all distinctly parched and looking very much a straw colour due to the heatwave. And the warm weather seems to have affected some of our Canals. In the above picture of the Canal in Maida Vale West London, the water seems fairly clean and clear. But I'm told now by someone who lives near that Canal that the water surface is completely covered by a thick green layer of algae. |
