Wildfires spread very easily if there's any wind, and putting them out is a hideously complex process, even if there are good sources of water relatively close by. Firebreaks aren't easy to put in place while the fires are ongoing either, especially if there's a chance of the wind changing direction. Desperately dangerous.
Didn't the Democrats have a hurricane machine? I'm sure they were accused of controlling the weather. He could just point that towards Canada and problem solved.
So why not use greenhouse shading sprayed onto windows? We have an extendable canopy outside but in Mediterranean countries they use outside shutters. Maybe selling shutters would be a good new type of business.
The builders put on shutters either side of the upstairs windows of the house we moved into. Just for decorative purposes. What a waste.
What many don't understand about the wildfires is - that even if they look as though they are out they are still burning underground. Some will re-ignite the following year once the heat starts to build again.
Why on earth did they choose yogurt and not greenhouse shade paint? I painted all my south facing windows with it a couple of years ago when we had a hot summer. I'm not sure how much difference it made in reality, but the reduction in glare certainly made it feel better. I've currently got film on those windows which has a similar effect.
Students; they will be more familiar with yoghurt than greenhouse shade paint. I can also see that the flies stuck in the yoghurt will increase the shading and think of the follow up studies; is it better to use low fat or full fat, natural or flavoured, years of research there.
Whilst tooling around Somerset and Hampshire in the June heatwave in a coach with 42 French colleagues from the gardening club they were very interested in local housing architecture and noticed the complete lack of shutters on windows. They found it baffling as shutters help insulate against cold in winter and reduce excess heat in summer. We keep ours closed on the sunny side when it's this hot. The polytunnel has a green net we put on in late April to keep temps down in there.
Our greenhouse is permanently shaded by the dirt on the glass. We don't think it a good idea to put any pressure on the glass as the wooden frames are rotting. I put the greenhouse up in 1976 and have had to add wooden struts over the last few years to stop the roof panes sliding out (5'6" x 2'6") as the crossbars warp.
The Egyptians had curtains and closing them is still a very good way to keep the heat out. I saw the government were pondering air conditioning grants which seems a silly idea for a country that doesn't get that hot for most of the year.
Four waste bins????? Where am I going to put four waste bins????? I see this brilliant idea is going to be rolled out on April Fools’ Day next year. Exact date new bin rules start with every household given 4 bins
It's not necessarily four bins. The article says the total includes stackable containers, bags etc. I have a black wheelie for non-recyclable, black and green crates and a blue bag for recyclable, and a brown bin for food waste (which I don't use because I compost). So that's 5. Plus my green garden wheelie I pay for separately.
