Instructions For A Heatwave

We're heading for another heatwave by the end of the week here and it will apparently be hotter than Dakha in Western Sahara, Nassau in the Bahamas, Kingston in Jamaica, Malaga in Spain and Athens in Greece.
We've again been instructed that we should close windows and curtains during the day, walk in the shade, apply copious amounts of sunscreen, wear a wide brimmed hat and avoid caffeine and alcoholic drinks - that last two ain't happening and I look ridiculous in a wide brimmed hat!
On top of this a hosepipe ban is now being imposed here on Friday and it looks like a drought will be declared too. We've been told that we need to save water with suggestions such as don't leave taps running (duh!), not having baths or power showers, flushing the toilet less often, making sure you only use your washing machine on a full load and even self washing your hair (shampoo and conditioners apparently take a huge amount of extra water to wash out and proponents of no-wash hair swear that after six weeks natural hair oils will clean and condition your tresses and you will no longer smell like a sheep!). That last one will definitely not be happening - my hair looks like an oil slick after three days never mind six weeks!
I'm prepared to do my bit on saving water but it does stick in the craw when there are millions of litres of water disappearing in leaks that have not been fixed by our privatised water companies (more than 70% of which are owned by organisations from overseas, large banks, hedge funds, foreign governments and businesses based in tax havens) who have underinvested for years and spewed sewage into our rivers and seas illegally but still find enough cash to pay their executives fat cat wages and dole out large dividends to their shareholders.
Today's shot is just a representation of what the present conditions feel like - cacti (my apologies for not using a real one in this image) can tolerate the heat so much better than us less adapted humans!