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Europe Wilts As Punishing Heatwave Enters 2nd Week|London Hits 100f for 1st time

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Don Seer:
Europe braced itself Sunday for more blistering temperatures as a heat wave suffocating large parts of the continent dragged into its second week, with thermometers in Britain reaching record highs. For the past week, temperatures across Europe have shot up daily into the uncomfortable mid and upper 30s Celsius, with several cities topping 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit).

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London Temps Hit 100 for First Time

PARIS (AP) - Melting Alpine glaciers unleashed a cascade of rocks, London choked in a record 100-degree temperatures and with wildfires raging in seven countries, the pope urged people to pray for rain.

Europe sizzled this weekend, and there was no immediate relief in sight for much of the continent. The heat also broke a record in Germany.

http://apnews.excite.com/article/20030810/D7SR73BG0.html
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This shit aint a joke!

Don Jacob:
that's on the daily over here in BAKERSfield


i think the hottest it's ever been here is like 117 or 16

OpTiCaL:
Damn ive loved every minute of it !


Pity i gotta work thru it tho :(

Don Seer:
 :-\

rofl @ this

from http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/story.jsp?story=432477

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Heat threatens safety of nuclear reactors as France girds for electricity rationing



The French government is considering national electricity rationing after engineers warned that they can no longer guarantee the safety of the country's 58 nuclear power reactors because the heatwave is defeating efforts to cool them.

A crisis meeting this morning at the Prime Minister's office will be told that France - which depends more heavily on atomic energy than any other European country - faces the prospect of shutting down half its power grid.



etc etc... lol

Don Rizzle:

--- Quote from: Overseer on August 11, 2003, 07:08:24 AM --- :-\

rofl @ this

from http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/story.jsp?story=432477

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Heat threatens safety of nuclear reactors as France girds for electricity rationing



The French government is considering national electricity rationing after engineers warned that they can no longer guarantee the safety of the country's 58 nuclear power reactors because the heatwave is defeating efforts to cool them.

A crisis meeting this morning at the Prime Minister's office will be told that France - which depends more heavily on atomic energy than any other European country - faces the prospect of shutting down half its power grid.



etc etc... lol

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gutted

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