but this year that has been combined with a drought, and in many cases, that led to wildfires on a scale that i have not really seen in europe. i know, as a weather presenter, meteorologist, that covering these stories, i get comments sent to me, people saying, "it's just summer, it gets hot in summer, you're taking the fun out of summer." do you get comments like that, do they get you down? yes, i do get comments like that, and people sent me lists of past heatwaves as if that would prove that climate change doesn't exist — because no—one says that we never had heatwaves without climate change. in the uk it is always, "oh, but it was hot in 1976," which is true, of course there are heatwaves without climate change. but with climate change we see many more heatwaves, and they are hotter than they would be. and if you are lucky and healthy and rich and have a well—insulated house,