Hot enough for ya?

[Taro Toporific]

1 dies as season's highest temperatures recorded
TOKYO Aug. 4 Kyodo - One person died and over 200 others were taken to hospitals Monday as summer temperatures hit their highest point in many parts of Japan, with the mercury reaching 38.2 C [101 F] in Isesaki, Gunma Prefecture.

WTF! Gunma is up north where it's cooler.
I can't take it and the heat's only just started!

[ramchop]

I can't take it and the heat's only just started!

Any word on how Tepco is coping?

[jingai]

It looks like they are having to resort to pretty drastic measures!

[Taro Toporific]

I can't take it and the heat's only just started!

Any word on how Tepco is coping?

I'm too cheap to buy a generator for my 'aircon' so I've been watching this everyday closely.

Tokyo Power Demand May Rise to Highest This Year (Update3)
Bloomberg - 17 hours ago (Aug 4)
-- Tokyo's power demand may rise to the highest so far this year as soaring temperatures in Japan's capital force residents and offices to use more air conditioning, the city's main power supplier said.

[Caustic Saint]

It looks like they are having to resort to pretty drastic measures!

Without translating the whole thing, what's the gist of that? Or is it just somebody's joke pic?

[Gaisaradatsuraku!]

It looks like they are having to resort to pretty drastic measures!

Without translating the whole thing, what's the gist of that? Or is it just somebody's joke pic?

It says basically, get half nude and leave your window open like people used to do in the past. The side benefit is that someone may come through your window who you may like. Very cute.

[Taro Toporific]

I can't take it and the heat's only just started!

Any word on how Tepco is coping?

Tokyo power consumption at highest point this year
BLOOMBERG AND APTuesday, Aug 05, 2003, Page 10 The Taipei Times
Tokyo Electric has sufficient supply capacity to meet the city's power demand after it received government permission to restart four of its 17 nuclear reactors ...seeking to restart more nuclear units to secure supplies to the city as summer demand may rise further.

...[Tepco] has completed safety checks on four more reactors and is seeking the approval of Niigata and Fukushima prefectures, where the reactors are located, to restart them...

Meanwhile, amid a brutal heat wave sweeping France, technicians sprayed cold water on a nuclear power plant to see whether the technique helps keep its reactors from overheating, utility officials said yesterday....

...Temperatures at the plant rose to 48.5 degrees centigrade, less than two degrees short of the point at which an emergency shutdown would be required. However, utility officials also said the 50 degrees centigrade limit ...

[Taro Toporific]

It says basically, get half nude and leave your window open like people used to do in the past. The side benefit is that someone may come through your window who you may like. Very cute.

Sounds like these folks got overheated by that "side benefit."

Tokyo's hottest day claims 18 heatstroke victims
Mainichi Interactive Aug 5 2003
... an 82-year-old woman, was found lying on her back in the Tokyo suburb ...

[Taro Toporific]

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[Big Booger]

They should export to France, England and the US.. it's hot as ballz there.

[ramchop]

They should export to France, England and the US.. it's hot as ballz there.

Not sure that happoshu would sell in France or England... might do well in the US though :P

[Taro Toporific]

They should export to France, England and the US.. it's hot as ballz there.

Not sure that happoshu would sell in France or England... might do well in the US though :P

They do! It's called COORS, Colorado pisswater.