Can Ireland profit from hotter summers

greenttc

So spain and portugal are going through hellish temperatures, scandinavians are sleeping in supermarkets and there are heat related deaths across mainland europe.

We had a very hot summer but seem to be faring a bit cooler than everywhere else. Do we think that if this trend continues that ireland may become a major holiday destination for tourists wanting to escape the extreme heat in their own countries?

We could definitely be seeing this weather as a major advantage!

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Not if we haven't enough water to meet their needs.

bear1

greenttc wrote: »

So spain and portugal are going through hellish temperatures, scandinavians are sleeping in supermarkets and there are heat related deaths across mainland europe.

We had a very hot summer but seem to be faring a bit cooler than everywhere else. Do we think that if this trend continues that ireland may become a major holiday destination for tourists wanting to escape the extreme heat in their own countries?

We could definitely be seeing this weather as a major advantage!

If Ireland reaching 31 degrees a couple of weeks ago led to hose pipe bans, droughts, fires and whatnot then I can't see how the country could manage with a sudden influx of tourists looking for ****e weather.
In some ways we are lucky when it comes to this, I'm in Warsaw now and it's 35 degrees during the day.
It's a pain in the ass and I'm actually missing 24 degrees such as it is in Dublin now as it's a relief.

jcorr

Irish people aren't cut out for long term hot weather.

Harry Palmr

I suppose if "le heat" becomes le norm on le continent then crappy Atlantic Irish summers cold certainly be a marketing angle during the holiday season - basically when the kids are off so mid July to early Sept.

Skyfloater

Harry Palmr wrote: »

I suppose if "le heat" becomes le norm on le continent then crappy Atlantic Irish summers cold certainly be a marketing angle during the holiday season - basically when the kids are off so mid July to early Sept.

Isn't that already the case?

Atlantic Dawn

They need to relax current laws so fellas/fellaettes can sell alcohol on the beaches to people chilling out.

Harry Palmr

Skyfloater wrote: »

Isn't that already the case?

I've not yet seen Bord Fallshort sell Ireland as "refreshingly cold and damp this summer" ever

jcorr

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

They need to relax current laws so fellas/fellaettes can sell alcohol on the beaches to people chilling out.

Fellaette. Lol. Ah gender equality gone mad. Bwahahaha.

jcorr

Harry Palmr wrote: »

I suppose if "le heat" becomes le norm on le continent then crappy Atlantic Irish summers cold certainly be a marketing angle during the holiday season - basically when the kids are off so mid July to early Sept.

I think u missed a few le's like le holiday season and le kids.

Le absolute shock of my life. Hahaha

Lorelli!

Ibrahim Fluffy Polo wrote: »

Not if we haven't enough water to meet their needs.

We should have been building big water reservoirs during the Celtic Tiger when we had the money and we could have sold what we didn't need.

rossie1977

We don't have the facilities to deal with hot weather, barely any of our homes, hotels, public buildings, public transportation have air cconditioning which makes doing anything even stuff like sleeping extremely uncomfortable.

Also when the weather gets hot here and in the UK it stays hot. I was in Austria and Slovakia last week and it was very warm at around 30c most days but in the evening it cooled off or rained for about an hour. If we had hot summers here every year you would have widespread drought and the landscape looking like the Mojave desert..southeast England isn't far from looking that way right now

Skyfloater

If the Gulf Stream is slowing down, we will have far bigger issues to worry about.

REXER

My vote would be for vineyards and a prosperous wine industry.

Roger Mellie Man on the Telly

Nobody wants more Johnny foreigners in Eire

MayoForSam

Could La Passeggiata take off here, I somehow doubt it.....

stimpson

It’s too ****ing humid. My scrotum has been stuck to my thigh for months.

Cork Boy 53

Roger Mellie Man on the Telly wrote: »

Nobody wants more Johnny foreigners in Eire

Au contraire mon ami.

davidglanza

Skyfloater wrote: »

If the Gulf Stream is slowing down, we will have far bigger issues to worry about.

What issues......

Jeju

Think I read somewhere that the Russians spread some crystals to make the weather good so everyone could enjoy the world cup. Will be back to normal soon.

Cork Boy 53

Jeju wrote: »

Think I read somewhere that the Russians spread some crystals to make the weather good so everyone could enjoy the world cup. Will be back to normal soon.

If so they must not have spread them in St Petersburg area as the weather there was cool and wet for much of the World Cup.

Abel Ruiz

Roger Mellie Man on the Telly wrote: »

Nobody wants more Johnny foreigners in Eire

Dont be a silly Billy.
Ripping of tourists is the Irish way. Everyone loves the johny foreigner

Silent Running

davidglanza wrote: »

What issues......

Ice age.

bear1

davidglanza wrote: »

What issues......

Silent Running wrote: »

Ice age.

Not exactly an ice age but would result in cooler temperatures through-out the year.

Mike Hoch

rossie1977 wrote: »

We don't have the facilities to deal with hot weather, barely any of our homes, hotels, public buildings, public transportation have air cconditioning

You really could have stopped that at the word Homes. All of the rest have AC as standard.

Mint Sauce

Even if Ireland just had drier weather, we would profit. Even in the pissing rain, alot of out tourist, and scenic spots are busy, imagine it if the weather was just good.

As the saying goes...

She'd be a lovely little country if you could only roof it

bear1

Mint Sauce wrote: »

Even if Ireland just had drier weather, we would profit. Even in the pissing rain, alot of out tourist, and scenic spots are busy, imagine it if the weather was just good.

As the saying goes...

She'd be a lovely little country if you could only roof it

Do I remember correctly that in Killarney they wanted to roof the centre in order to stop the tourists getting wet?

Harry Palmr

davidglanza wrote: »

What issues......

We'd have a climate similar to that of Nova Scotia as the warm water current of from the Gulf of Mexico ceases to reach us or drops off dramatically. This could happen as Arctic melt water is carried on the Labrador current from north to south down the east coast of North America and disrupts the Gulf Stream in either volume or direction.

Roger_007

We get one hot dry summer about every 20 years or so. Each time we do we are told by the experts that every summer will be the same into the future due to climate change.
The following summer it's back to normal and the experts tell us that we can expect wetter summers in future because there is more water vapour in the atmosphere.
It's the same with our winters. When we get a mild winter we are told that winters will be getting milder in future due to climate change. When we get a harsh winter we are told winters will become harsher in future due to changes in the Gulf Stream.