There was a push in the 70's to move the US to the metric system, even some road signs were made with kilometers...but it never took off.
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There was a push in the 70's to move the US to the metric system, even some road signs were made with kilometers...but it never took off.
No. I know, Johanna said they are used, but I don't think so. I don't remember anybody using them. Actually we have a half-meter (полметра) between centimeter and meter. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by DDT
In science and technology it is used where it is needed (though I don't remember now where exactly). Also 1 litre = 1 dm^3.Quote:
Originally Posted by DDT
Exactly! I thought I posted about this in another thread, can't remember now... but when I was in grade school, they forced us to learn the metric system stating that the US was going, for certain... any day now... SWITCH TO METRIC once and for all, and we needed to know it. To be ready for the big switch... I'm still waiting... tick, tock, how many years later???Quote:
Originally Posted by sperk
When my girls were in 5th grade they had a unit in math or science on metric. They asked me why they had to learn it. I told them so when they go visit a country that uses it, they will be able to understand it! :D
Darn it. We still have -20C here!!! Boo-hooo. The whole winter's been abnormally cold, -20, -30. There were just a few relatively warm (-10, -15) days since December. It's not normal for Novosib. :wacko: I've read on the net today that we haven't had a winter like this in a hundred years... Talk about Global Warming.
Oh, I forgot to tell you all about a scene I saw some weeks ago, where the frost in Moscow region was especially hard. I was in Balashikha (a suburb of Moscow), walking along a big tower block. It was VERY cold; I had a long дубленка (sheepskin coat?) on, and in whole, was very warm-clad. Anyway, I felt very cold - I was going and thinking "Oh my God, how cold it is!". Suddenly a door of one of the entrances opened, and a woman calmly went out of the house. She wore... a short housecoat and house slippers only! Her calves were naked!!! Oh, and she was not drunk! She pushed some buttons on the door intercom and was awaiting for an answer. She didn't look cold at all! She acted as if it was a summer. Finally someone answered through the intercom. The woman said "Hi, mom, it's me... No, nothing happened, I just wanted to check if the intercom works in your flat... Oh, so it works, okay." And she calmly went into the house again.
I felt proud for us stern hardy courageous Russian people.
Well, seriously, I was shocked. Because it really was VERY cold, and she didn't even shiver.
So what? You can't get cold too much in 10 seconds, if you come out of a warm place.Quote:
Originally Posted by Оля
At school we sometimes went to the nearby store to buy snacks in our shirts only even if it was -10 C (about 6 minutes outside). It was cold but entirely tolerable.
gRomoZeka, -10 and -25 is a great difference. When you get outside at -25, you right away feel quite cold, even if you have warm clothes on.Quote:
Originally Posted by gRomoZeka
And it was not 10 seconds while she was outside. It was probably about half a minute.
It takes time to get cold. Nothing would happen in several minutes.
I would like to bring back this thread as I have learned via a few PMs that it has been VERY hot in Russia (and surrounding areas) and up until a few days ago it has been very hot here on the East Coast of the US as well!
Now as most of you know... my knowledge of the Russia/Ukraine area is -1,000 so the idea of it being 100 degrees F in Russia took me by surprise! Now I don't think there could be snow there all year round, but I also don't think of it being a place that would get soooo warm. I think if you were to stop 100 Americans on the street and ask them how hot it would get in Russia in the summer, none of them would ever guess 100!
For June, we set a number of records for heat but it does tend to get very hot here and also VERY humid. Some of our commuter trains broke down due to the heat and the passengers could not get out of the trains and they got heat sickness while waiting to be rescued.
They call it "HHH" for "Hazy, Hot and Humid" and they have air quality alerts. When it gets to code red ... some of the buses and pools are free and they open up free cooling stations for people who don't have air-conditioners:
http://www.co.shasta.ca.us/departmen...rt_english.gif
:?: So, what has been been like in your area? :?:
У нас, как известно: "Спасение утопающих дело рук самих утопающих!":
http://img38.imageshack.us/img38/510...31p1110008.jpg
http://img580.imageshack.us/img580/4403/2255143.jpg
http://img31.imageshack.us/img31/5471/fontan07.jpg
Cool!
Where are these fountains? Are they famous?
Could you add a comment to the photos?
I have never been in Moscow but I am guessing they might be there....
I'm not quite certain about the second and the third one, but the first picture shows famous Frendship of Peoples fountain at ВВЦ (Всероссийский Выставочный Центр), former ВДНХ (Выставка Достижений Народного Хозяйства) in Moscow:Quote:
Originally Posted by Hanna
http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/606...pofpeoples.jpg
Btw, my sonny loves this fountain (it's at Europe Square, near Kievskiy Railway Station in Moscow):
http://img691.imageshack.us/img691/1847/europeo.jpg
Btw, the bunch of bended metal rods in the center is a sculpture entitled "The Abduction of Europa". :mosking:
That is TRULY grand. Impressive. I like it.
The ВВЦ building is very elegant too.
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London has no fountains that impressive!
The best fountains I have seen were in France. But these ones in Moscow seem just as impressive.
Stockholm has one large modern fountain at the centre of town, just outside the "house of culture".
It's totally illegal to swim there of course, and there is technically no way of getting into it, because it's surrounded by traffic:
http://www.dn.se/sharedmedia/dn/blog...6/student1.jpg
more pictures of nice fountains, from everyones cities!
This small one is in my town:
http://img340.imageshack.us/img340/1...1a114ac1xl.jpg
The most beautiful fountains I ever saw are in Petergof:
http://img693.imageshack.us/img693/1...oto6170409.jpg
http://img94.imageshack.us/img94/206...26fff988xl.jpg
http://img708.imageshack.us/img708/112/261396.jpg
In my area 100 F (38 C) is possible but considered to be an extremely hot temperature. Such a temperature will not stay for a long time, only a two or three days and never longer than one week. 90 F (32 C) is more typical for Novosibirsk but also considered as hot. Today it is about 80 F (27 C). This past weekend it was about 70 F (21 C).Quote:
Originally Posted by rockzmom
Второй - это фонтан из комплекса на Манежной площади. Это самый центр Москвы, 50 метров от Кремля. Там вся площадь такая.Quote:
Originally Posted by Basil77
Вот это место осенним вечером, когда фонтаны спят.
http://s42.radikal.ru/i096/1007/e8/4a8f02c19587.jpg
Mother of pearl, in New Jersey it's about 100 degrees today, and will be hotter tomorrow! This is madness!
http://www.businessweek.com/news/201...heat-wave.htmlQuote:
July 13 (Bloomberg) -- Russia’s public-health chief urged companies to adopt a siesta regime for workers struggling to cope with a record heat wave.
“Employers should consider moving shifts to earlier and later hours and allowing extended breaks during the peak of the heat,” Gennady Onishchenko said on Rossiya 24 state television.
Temperatures have broken July records in dozens of cities in European Russia, including Kazan, Nizhny Novgorod and Samara. Moscow on July 15-16 may break the all-time record of 36.8 degrees Celsius (98.2 Farenheit) set in August 1920, Tatiana Pozdnyakova, chief specialist at the Moscow Meteorological Service, said by phone.
The government has declared a state of emergency in 16 grain-producing regions as the worst drought in at least a decade damages crops and livelihoods. Russia, which is vying with Canada to rank as the largest wheat exporter after the U.S., expects this year’s grain harvest to decline at least 12 percent to 85 million metric tons.
Temperatures in central Russia will exceed the norm by more than 7 degrees Celsius this week, reaching as high as 38 degrees Celsius in some areas, according to the Meteorological Service’s website.
Some pictures:
http://english.sina.com/world/p/2010/0712/328872.html
Drunk Russians drown escaping heatwave:
http://www.euronews.net/2010/07/15/d...ping-heatwave/
Actually it's a sensationalist header and quite silly really
After mentioning about the people who died goes on to say that the heatwave has caused a lot of damage across Russia.
The title gives an impression that all those hundreds of people died because they were drunk. =/
Exactly. This is interesting in a way, because the header is implying that the problem is not the heat, but that people were drunk. Newspaper story spin. I wonder what they would have said if this happened in France or Italy.
But it is pretty tragic! So many dead people and state of emergency!
37 degrees on Saturday in Russia! I was in Stockholm earlier this week and it was 33 degrees - way too hot!
But although it was funny at first glance, I think this news story is an example of Vadim Mos question about stereotypes!
So back at EuroNews (German channel): A funnt but very sad video of drunk German person (extra sad if you listen to the lyrics of the drinking song (in German)). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBJu8MKZEhI
What a cruel world when somebody films this chap on their mobile, instead of HELPING him!!
Frost! I love you.
Похоже, жара действует на мозг. Хотя как можно воздействовать на то, чего нет?
"Москвичи на пляжах рубят друг друга лопатами и давят катерами"
http://www.k2kapital.com/news/293059/
This thread is turning into "sensationalist and stupid header thread" instead of just "weather thread". :roll:Quote:
Originally Posted by Vadim Mo
Famous American fountain:
http://usefulthings.com/blog/wp-cont...-the-grass.jpg
I have one.
No 'slip and slide' here though. I believe it was discussed a while back.
Ahh... Ya know, I never did have a slip and slide!Quote:
Originally Posted by capecoddah
I do have a more "modern" version of the sprinkler though! And with the temps going to be back over 100 this weekend... we are going to need it!!
http://img.alibaba.com/img/imagerepo...9286377jpg.jpg
In the Volga Area, we're having 90-100 F for weeks... Someone kill us... :)
Rocksmom...
Are the static or do they move?
I have some neat stuff
In addition to life-consuming heat we now have smoke from forest and peat fires. The whole city is filled with smoke.
I wonder where is the exact sourse of this smoke? Considering that the most turfaries in Moscow region are located in the east, where I live, it's strange that it was a clear blue sky in my home town (Electrostal') today's morning and I only saw the smoke then I got closer to the city borders today on my way to work.
They say it's from forest fires and only partially from burning turf. Anyway - there is smoke. Today's the worst morning so far.Quote:
Originally Posted by Basil77
Я думал горит торф под Шатурой, но тогда Электросталь должна быть в дыму по ...Quote:
Originally Posted by Basil77
Странно.
Вот и я о том же. Когда несколько лет назад горели торфяники, у нас стоял такой дым ,что ..., на порядок хуже чем в Москве. Сейчас же дым появляется только после Балашихи при подъезде к Москве по Горьковскому шоссе. Я слышал, что в этом году шатурские торфяники пожарные для профилактики проливают водой, поэтому пожаров не было на удивление долго для такой длительной жары.Quote:
Originally Posted by BappaBa
So it's hotter than the surface of the sun, there are fires outside of the city and people speak Russian.
Sounds like Sunny Isles Beach, Florida.
On a lighter note, I'm teaching 2 maids to swim. I'm working on how to say "swim" and all the variants.
Drowning is NOT an option!
they spin around and are very pretty and send the water very fsr...Quote:
Originally Posted by capecoddah
That is when you have water!!
we had a major summer storm here on Sunday and it knocked out the power to most everything including one of the big water filtration sites so we are not to use the water .
it was interesting today to find any place with power, everyone using any outlet they could find to plug in their phones and laptops...even the restrooms.
So, here I am in the dark for the second night with no power in this heat which is why I am up at this stupid time while you are working the graveyard shift...heat and migraines do not play nice together!
Sad to hear about the disaster, I hope the water and power supplies will be recovered asap.
What about car chargers?Quote:
Originally Posted by rockzmom
Today it is only 10 degree C (50 F) in Novosibirsk. And we don't need no any water it pour upon us over and over again :flazhok: .
Here in Yasenevo I can see no smoke. A few years ago the smoke from the burning peat was very thick. You could both see and smell it, it was like a fog, but not this year. But then, of course, we had a very heavy rain (practically a tropical one) yesterday, and perhaps it helped to clean the air.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ramil
What's the latest weather news from Moscow?
Sounds like there will be a terrible economic impact of this too; crops, damage in cities.....