Keep Warm, In-Laws

This post from Titivil led me to this picture from Boing-Boing. If that doesn't make you say some semblance of "Holy shit!" I don't know what will.

Chilly and wet the Scots are used to. Arctic, not so much. We're talking lows in the zero-degrees Fahrenheit realm. And most of the buildings are old and drafty. So I hope the in-laws in Edinburgh have durable central heating and properly double-glazed windows. And I hope the in-laws in the Highlands are burning toasty peat fires and huddling together over some delicious soup.

Probably the person doing best in this whole scenario is the missus' father, who has MS and rarely leaves his home. His flat is in a relatively new building with good heating and decent windows. Plus he has a stash of meals-on-wheels in his freezer. But that's the evils of a governmental safety net for you. Fucking socialists.

This kind of cold in Scotland is fucked up, B&E readers. And in case you don't already know, the UK is one of the places that will become decidedly colder due to global warming, as those warm North Atlantic currents that keep the islands relatively temperate become flooded by the ice cap runoff. So how long is it before this type of winter is the norm?