Exactly my thinking in reverse!
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The best thing re: fahrenheit & celsius is -40° is the same in both systems.
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I read this morning on Reuters that the British Air Force had to close their largest airport base because the tarmac melted.
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Oooh don’t make that mistake - that’s the Northern Line.
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And it sucks to experience. The snow was never louder! My nostrils froze together! The occasional -30F I can handle if there’s no wind, but I will never intentionally walk into -40F again (they didn’t used to cancel school in the Twin Cities due to temperature).
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Can confirm!
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It is SO depressing, it’s very tough sledding.
If I hadn’t read a review saying it ended on a positive note, I’d have quit reading. Be warned. And, hugs, you’ll need them to get through it. 
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Yep. When I lived abroad, I switched my phone/etc. to Celsius so I could be on the same page as everybody else, but then missed the greater precision and switched back.
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Quick tip for when you only have a towel: soak it in water, wring it until it stops dripping, then toss it in the freezer for half an hour. Wrap that around your neck for some quick cooling-off. I use this in the forge when I’m doing hot work in the summer.
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Iceland! That’s my plan, anyway. I can dream…
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It has the useful property that the temperatures you’re likely to encounter range between zero fahrenheit (equ. -17c) and 100 fahrenheit (London today). So it’s decimal really.
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I lived in Calgary for over a decade. -40 is brutal, though it was fortunately very infrequent. No desire to go back to those temperatures.
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I think I understand that name now – it’s where they’re soon going to store a giant hoard of the last of the world’s ice! 
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Hear hear. I have no idea whether 80°F is a winter temperature or a summer temperature. Like, no intuitive idea at all. Yet I know exactly what 15°C and 25°C feel like. The idea that Fahrenheit is somehow more intuitive is ludicrous.
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I don’t get that. I can’t feel the difference between 18.0°C and 18.3°C. It probably changes with every change in the wind anyway. Do I really need the precision of Fahrenheit in my life when it comes to weather?
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Worth reposting:
No matter how hot you are now, you are experiencing the coolest summer of the rest of your life. Be sure to thank your politicians for doing FUCK ALL about it.
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Please please please tell me this is sarcasm. Over here we can’t tell anymore. 
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Yep, we use misters to keep our chickens from dying in Australia’s 44+ C heatwaves (111 F). Bad day to be wearing a feather duvet.
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“The Daily Mash” is roughly the British equivalent to “The Onion”.
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