Heatwave

Parts of the UK are bracing themselves after warnings of a heatwave were announced. Residents thanked the Met Office for the warning saying "Gee if they hadn't have warned me I wouldn't have realised that it was hot". There are however some criticisms of the four stage heatwave alert procedure which starts at Planning then moves through to Alert, Heatwave and Emergency. Some believe that the Met Office should be using the Mexican International Standard which would replace our current phases with Cold, Cool, Brisk and Normal.

When faced with these critics a Met Office Spokesman stated that "the UK simply doesn't cope well with weather. None of our cities or infrastructure were built to take into consideration large amounts of sunlight". He then added "or for that matter wind, rain, sleet, or snow. All our alert procedures are based on the premise that not much is likely to happen, which is why to outside eyes they may seem a little exaggerated."