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Дерьмо случается, увы. Определенно, какой-нибудь вредитель мог бы здорово подзаработать на саботаже запуска системы, аналогичной американскому GPS. Или может он даже вредит из принципа, чтобы Путину нагадить, есть и такие психи. Однако, чтобы прямо заявлять о существовании такого, нужно его найти. Иначе все это лишь демагогия.

Я и говорил, что это предположение.
К слову: если там что-то произошло с топливными или окислительными магистралями — это одно. А вот как в прошлый раз — залить в разгонный блок «Бриз-М» лишние полторы тонны (!) окислителя — это совсем другое.

Universiade in Kazan starts. Opening cerenony: 06.07.2013, 21:40 msk.
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Я рассматриваю это как репетицию к Зимней Олимпиаде 2014.

Поздравляю всех с праздником Ивана Купалы.
Мира и счастья в ваши дома.

Жуткая авария: неуправляемый грузовик протаранил автобус с людьми.
Жертвами (по обновленной информации) крупного ДТП в Новой Москве с участием рейсового автобуса и грузовика стали 18 человек, в том числе один ребенок. Пострадали еще 39 человека, среди них двое детей.
Вести.Ru: Неуправляемый грузовик протаранил автобус с людьми. Запись видеорегистратора

Tuesday, August 20, 2013
Russia

Thousands Evacuated Across Russia's Flood-Hit Far East


Вести.Ru: Паводок: ситуация остается сложной


Леонид Иванович, как вы там?

Уровень воды в Амуре возле Хабаровска за сутки поднялся на 7 см и достиг 797 см —


Наш МастерАдмин там в составе медицинской бригады помогает пострадавшим.

That's some really epic flooding! I thought it was going to peak August 23 but now they say not till Thursday. I hope people can get away from the danger and stay safe till it's over.
Water Level in Amur River Near Khabarovsk to Peak This Week | Russia | RIA Novosti

Originally Posted by UhOhXplode

That's some really epic flooding! I thought it was going to peak August 23 but now they say not till Thursday. I hope people can get away from the danger and stay safe till it's over.
Water Level in Amur River Near Khabarovsk to Peak This Week | Russia | RIA Novosti

The flood itself is not the biggest problem. The real problem is that winter is pretty harsh in the region and usually comes quite early. Hundreds of houses are ruined and thousands are not suitable for living after they got flooded. People will not get drown but they will definetely freeze! There is no time left to build new houses or even properly repair the damaged ones!

Do you think most of them own the houses, and have insurance, or what is the setup? Are they renting?

Originally Posted by Basil77

The flood itself is not the biggest problem. The real problem is that winter is pretty harsh in the region and usually comes quite early. Hundreds of houses are ruined and thousands are not suitable for living after they got flooded. People will not get drown but they will definetely freeze! There is no time left to build new houses or even properly repair the damaged ones!

I didn't think about that. It was 100*F (38*C) yesterday and we almost never went below freezing last winter. We still had some flowers outside on Christmas day. And we didn't get any snow.
Okay, so I checked out the weather and daylight issues. And modular housing.
10 Day Weather Forecast for Khabarovsk - weather.com
Sunrise and Sunset for Russia – Khabarovsk – September 2013
Modular building - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

If there's a company in Russia that makes modular housing sections, a small modular house can be constructed in 10 days. The next 10 days in Khabarovsk there's no rain in the forecast and the highs will be around 70*F (21*C) with lows around 55*F (13*C).
The government needs to get a rescue effort moving fast to setup modular relief shelters for those people cause it would still take time to ship the materials.
People have used modular housing, in relief efforts, when time was critical.
Another possibility is mobile homes.

I would even suggest an International Disaster Relief organization but they are unbelievably slow. We had a disaster here in December 2007. Trees were falling everywhere and one almost hit our house. We lost our power for a whole week and we had to chop up wood just to cook. The Federal Disaster team didn't get here till spring and we already had all the trees moved and chopped up!
They got here tons faster last spring for all the tornado damage so maybe they just don't like working in the winter.

Are there the data how mobile homes do at -40*C?
I doubt it's possible to survive in them. Anyway, we don't have them.

Originally Posted by maxmixiv

Are there the data how mobile homes do at -40*C?
I doubt it's possible to survive in them. Anyway, we don't have them.

-40*C? That's scary! I think the coldest weather I've seen was maybe -9*C. Yeah, a mobile home wouldn't work cause they are made of metal. But they do have modular homes that can work. Here's one example:
Arctic Mobile Unit Keeps North Pole Visitors Warm | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building

That's a small one for the North Pole but they probably make them larger too.

-9*C is considered here to be a warm winter weather
I live in the middle part of the European Russia, it is not Siberia, and we do not have extremely cold winters here. So, -40*C is very-very rare, but theoretically can happen. The normal winter temperatures in my area are -15*C - -20*C. When it comes above -10*C, it's warm already
We can have a few weeks (in total) per a winter period with temperatures below -20*C, and -30*C is really cold.
And it's very rare when we have below -30*C, but sometimes we do. 2-3 years ago we had -39*C in January, it was the lowest point per the recent decade as I remember.

Originally Posted by Hanna

Do you think most of them own the houses, and have insurance, or what is the setup? Are they renting?

In Russia 90% of population own their houses or flats and don't have insurance. Renting is widespread only in big cities but still it's not more than 10-15% of flats. The rest are owned by people.

Originally Posted by Basil77

In Russia 90% of population own their houses or flats and don't have insurance. Renting is widespread only in big cities but still it's not more than 10-15% of flats. The rest are owned by people.

It took me 30 minutes to get one, so it's very fast and easy, just about 1000 - 1200 rub. for minimum 1 year insurance. When the flat is new people tend to get insurance, if it's old, yes, often they don't think about it.