"Red Extreme" heat warning that temperatures might approach 104F. That's pretty unusual for the UK, to be sure, but it's super weird watching the UK media and

"Red Extreme" heat warning that temperatures might approach 104F. That's pretty unusual for the UK, to be sure, but it's super weird watching the UK media and government treat this like a mass-casualty event where they're advising people not to go outside and warning that even healthy people will die in large numbers when it happens weekly in large swaths of the US every summer and, other than being unpleasant, is no big deal. Also, it's super weird that the UK is worried that roads will melt, cars overheat, and railroads cease to operate. Are British roads and cars made to that much lower of a standard? (Every summer has days above 110F in Southern California, and days near 120F in some U.S. cities, and the roads don't generally melt -- though above 115F or so, airports do have trouble with runways sometimes). I've driven through the California high desert on days above 110F, and my car didn't seem to have any trouble running the A/C full blast to keep the inside a vaguely habitable temperature.