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| #HottestDayofTheYear: The internet reacts to the heatwave | #HottestDayofTheYear: The internet reacts to the heatwave |
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| Few things prompt people to flex their satirical muscles on social media like a heat wave, and as the mercury has hit its highest point in nine years #hottestdayoftheyear has started trending on Twitter. | Few things prompt people to flex their satirical muscles on social media like a heat wave, and as the mercury has hit its highest point in nine years #hottestdayoftheyear has started trending on Twitter. |
| Most parts of the UK are experiencing temperatures between 30C and 33C – meaning it is hotter than Barcelona and Athens. | Most parts of the UK are experiencing temperatures between 30C and 33C – meaning it is hotter than Barcelona and Athens. |
| As public transport and offices struggle to cope with the heat, workers are venting in the only way they know how: by posting witty tweets. | As public transport and offices struggle to cope with the heat, workers are venting in the only way they know how: by posting witty tweets. |
| Packed trains filled with sweating commuters were an easy target for many tweeters. | Packed trains filled with sweating commuters were an easy target for many tweeters. |
| Some leaped on #ThingsHotterThanToday to emphasise the heat by comparing it to infamously hot things... | Some leaped on #ThingsHotterThanToday to emphasise the heat by comparing it to infamously hot things... |
| Others drew on art and pop culture including the Bayeux Tapestry, Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark, The Wizard of Oz, Lord of the Rings and Total Recall. | Others drew on art and pop culture including the Bayeux Tapestry, Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark, The Wizard of Oz, Lord of the Rings and Total Recall. |
| But Twitter users won't have ammo for long, as temperatures are set to drop on Thursday when thunderstorms are likely to hit, a Met Office spokesman told the Metro. | But Twitter users won't have ammo for long, as temperatures are set to drop on Thursday when thunderstorms are likely to hit, a Met Office spokesman told the Metro. |