You gotta love the Brits

Record heat raises climate fears
From The Independent (UK) Online:
Sun worshippers took to Brighton beach in their hundreds yesterday, where the temperature hit 18.1C. In Kinlochewe on the far north-west coast of Scotland, it was a balmy 22.4C.

Just four days before Hallowe'en, Britain was enjoying the warmest 27 October since records began in 1880.

I love the Brits. Their record 18.1C is 66F. “A balmy 22.4C” is 72F. When I worked in the lab years ago, my boss there had studied at Cambridge. He always talked about his favorite British headline, written during a heat wave before they went metric. "72 Again Today – No Relief in Sight".

When we have a high of 66 around here, we usually refer to it as “winter.” Perspective is everything.