Pat Kenny
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10,449 appearances
253 recordings
2 series
first heard May 2025
last heard yesterday
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They would propose that you redesign buildings so you never need air conditioning.
Now, is this a wake-up call?
We had a massive heat wave way back in 2003, and so many thousands of people were recorded as excess deaths at that time.
You'd imagine we might be slightly better prepared at this point, but do you think that this will just pass and come a moderate September, all the politicians will forget it ever happened and nothing will be done?
Yeah, I drove through Seville some years ago, and I was in an air-conditioned car, and I stopped to get a coffee.
I opened the door of the car, and I felt like I was stepping into an oven.
I've never felt intense heat like it in Seville.
Now, it was around midday.
but I never want to visit that again.
We've got a comment here.
I'm living in Madrid at the moment.
The heat is profound.
Walking just 200 metres feels difficult.
Also due to the low humidity, you don't realise how much you're sweating as it dries out so quickly.
And yes, there are tourists still walking around.
I lived in Alicante for two years, never experienced that type of heat while living there.
Anyway, Naomi, I hope it stays temperate for you during the rest of your holiday.
And thank you very much for joining us on the programme.
First of all, I suppose I should say a happy Independence Day to all our American listeners, be they here, there or yon.
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And as Americans celebrate the 4th of July with many events marking the 250th anniversary of the creation of that country...
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