You'd think we Brits would be used to changeable weather by now, but it always amazes me how poorly we cope whenever it gets a bit hotter, colder or wetter than usual. Unless it's fair-to-middling outside we can't function properly.
Whenever there's a heatwave, folks get dehydrated, start fainting all over the place and then cart themselves off to hospital. Or they decide to strip off and lay in the sun for hours on end without any protection, getting themselves hideously burnt. Don't count on being able to catch a train anywhere, they've all been cancelled because the rails are buckling in the heat.
On the other hand, when it snows or gets a bit icy all our roads come to a standstill, and half the people in the office will decide that they won't be able to make it into work today because of this. How on earth the Canadians and Russians manage I'll never know, because their winters are far more severe than ours will ever be.
If we get too little rain, our reservoirs start drying up and everyone panics because they think they only be allowed one bath each week. As for too much rain, I think the video clip Jon linked to says it all really.
Is it really just us, or do people in other countries live at the mercy of the weather too? LOL
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