What makes me laugh is that you would think that was the last hot summer we had! 1990 was really hot, water shortages etc, 2003 & 2005 also very hot summers plus loads of heat waves in between. Through most of the 90s and early 2000 there water shortages over many years.

If anything we are better equipped than we were in any previous years, even TFL have managed to put air conditioning on four lines! Most cars have air con now as do the majority of offices! Even fans you buy for your home can actually provide cool air as opposed to the old ones that used to just swirl around hot air!