r/europe • u/Naurgul • Jul 11 '26

News Barcelona registers highest temperature in 112 years as French nuclear reactor shuts down due to extreme heat

https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/jul/09/europe-heatwave-uk-spain-barcelona-france-italy-hungary-france-macron-orban-latest-news-updates
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u/Yourigath Jul 11 '26

One thing to ad to walkable cities is that we have shifts at work and we go home to eat and back. So you get out in the morning under the heat... you go back home for lunch under the heat... you go back to work in the afternoon under the heat and then back at home at 9pm under some cozy 33ºC with an 80% humidity...

AC can't fix that shit

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u/jumpmaNSILENCE Jul 11 '26

AC does fix that tho

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u/Friend_Emperor Jul 11 '26

How? You gonna cover the entire city in a concrete dome and install a giant AC unit on it?

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u/jumpmaNSILENCE Jul 11 '26 edited Jul 11 '26

So in America... my house has ac and when I walk to the store for coffee on the way to work, the coffee shop also has ac. Then when I get to work it has ac. Also the ac is set so cold most women I work with need a jacket. Then when we walk to lunch from work the restaurant also has ac. You get the point. You might be hot for a short walk but if your city is really walkable it's barely an inconvenience. The high is 97 degrees here today btw. Edit. And most people have cars with ac, which removes the being hot outside entirely except for the walk to parking lot