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At the Olympic Games in Paris, we can see that some athletes are struggling with the heat in France. In some countries, such as Italy or Spain, there are currently some warnings about extreme heat.

Make sure to always drink enough and protect yourself from the sun. In the shade, you can take a closer look at this map of the highest officially measured temperatures in Europe.

Source: WMO

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[–] teft@lemmy.world 41 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Don’t just drink water. Eat some light snacks too. You want to balance out the electrolytes you lose through sweat as well as the water. Peanuts are what i used to snack on in iraq when it was 50Β°.

[–] DmMacniel 28 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Electrolytes? Nice for having a cold Brawndoo then

[–] roboto 16 points 3 months ago

It’s got what plants crave!

[–] franklin@lemmy.world 12 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Might I recommend a refreshing cup of Gatorwine, half Gatorade half red whine.

[–] DmMacniel 4 points 3 months ago (2 children)
[–] franklin@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

I know how it sounds, but half cheap red whine half blue Gatorade works! It's a poor man's sangria

[–] federalreverse 8 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

And here I was, thinking Tetra Pak sangria is the poor man's sangria.

[–] scoobford@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 months ago

The real poor man's sangria is a random collection of bulk fruit "juices" fermented and then back sweetened shortly before consumption.

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

We used to drink vodka mixed with Gatorade when I was clubbing. It helped with the hangovers.

[–] voodoocode 25 points 3 months ago

So if you live in Northern Ireland, simply cross the border to get refreshed.

[–] superkret 10 points 3 months ago (1 children)

They'll have to add a new shade of red next year.

[–] genfood 4 points 3 months ago
[–] daddy32@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Hmm what makes Malta πŸ‡²πŸ‡Ή so (relatively) cold?

[–] Fleppensteijn@feddit.nl 13 points 3 months ago

Small and windy. I would guess the higher temperatures are measured more inland.

[–] Evotech@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Island, pretty sure crete is also similar