Thread: Weather

Originally Posted by Hanna

No need for a conspiracy theory, it's the truth, and it's global warming!

Well, but what happened to the global warming when we were at the page two of this thread:

Originally Posted by rockzmom

Here, we are getting ready for yet MORE snow. They are saying anywhere from 12-23 inches. They had no school yesterday because of a stupid 3-4 inches. My girls want to know what happened to global warming???

Originally Posted by Ramil

Haven't you heard? There was a scandal about it not so long ago. They said some big egg-heads' mail had been intercepted and there they were saying to each other that there is no global warming.
It's +14 F right now in Moscow. There was some heavy snow yesterday but it's ceased already. They even cleaned up the streets (well, almost).
By the way, this winter is unusually cold. We had its first thaw only a few days ago and it's February already. The temperature seldom rose above 0 F during the whole January.

So we are here to wait for the forthcoming winter and check if there really is some global warming or there is no any at all.

Here in Kazan it is 38 °C, and we may get to 40 before the day is done. The city is almost at a standstill.

Originally Posted by rockzmom

Never heard of the term "peat" fire before... I need to read up on that one.

http://www.1tv.ru/news/social/158651
In this video from 1:00 to 1:44 you can see this phenomenon. It makes tree roots dry out so trees fall and they can also catch on fire. They hose water onto these areas but it boils and evaporates.

Originally Posted by sperk

Originally Posted by rockzmom

Never heard of the term "peat" fire before... I need to read up on that one.

http://www.1tv.ru/news/social/158651
In this video from 1:00 to 1:44 you can see this phenomenon. It makes tree roots dry out so trees fall and they can also catch on fire. They hose water onto these areas but it boils and evaporates.

Ramil... thank you for the graphic...and Sperk... thank you for the video
So it is the land underneath that is burning and then it burns the trees from the roots up and then I would guess that it also creates what I am used to a "brush fire" when all of the dried out grass and forest brush catches on fire.

It seems like it would be very hard indeed to stop this.

Пацаны чуть не сгорели
(мат)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOI6O...layer_embedded

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJSTQwEITkw

А первый дом горит потому что у него труба ниже конька или по другой причине? По-моему, это нарушение, но не буду утверждать.
А фотографы как мородёры. Набросились на остатки.

Originally Posted by Юрка

А первый дом горит потому что у него труба ниже конька или по другой причине? По-моему, это нарушение, но не буду утверждать.

Думаю, печкой или камином в такую погоду никто не пользуется. Перед стеной пламени обычно очень сильный ветер, он несет пепел и горящую кору/ветки. Видимо, от этого дом и начал гореть.

Originally Posted by BappaBa

Пацаны чуть не сгорели (мат)

Found this video with English subs. Warning! Lots of swearing. Really scary.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kB0T2...layer_embedded

I dunno, this picture really made my blood run cold:



Mor information here:
http://i-cherski.livejournal.com/1153156.html

Some apocalyptic photos:







This one looks exactly like decoration for Fallout Universe:

Originally Posted by Basil77

This one looks exactly like decoration for Fallout Universe:

Эх, Волгу 21-ю жалко, мечта моя.

great picture. but sure i am emphasizing on how the picture was taken. but i am sorely saddened by the fact that these things happened. i love russia.

A good description of these peat fires:
Peat (a fossil fuel that lays underground close to the surface) caused current fires. The fuel, usually moist from the rivers, swamp, and underground creeks, has dried up during the record-breaking two-months-long drought with temperatures reaching 120 Fahrenheit across Central Russia.

The greatest challenges in fighting the fires is that burning peat cannot be detected as the fire spreads rapidly underground and travels in random directions. At any given moment the fire almost instantaneously appears above the ground igniting trees and homes above. While firemen tackle the smoking ground, chances are high that they are pouring water on a fire that has been burning for days or weeks, and its major flames have already traveled dozens and hundreds miles away from where it is being fought.

I'm curious about weather forecasting in Russia. I check where some friends live with Weather Underground.
Ryazan for example.

I have personal weather stations all around me, weather radar, and quite a few other resources at my disposal like the current map. (We tend to talk about the "Weathah" a lot here in New England)

I can't seem to find much weather info for Russia. Any good sites? (next lesson: weather part 2)

Originally Posted by capecoddah

I'm curious about weather forecasting in Russia. I check where some friends live with Weather Underground.
Ryazan for example.

I have personal weather stations all around me, weather radar, and quite a few other resources at my disposal like the current map. (We tend to talk about the "Weathah" a lot here in New England)

I can't seem to find much weather info for Russia. Any good sites? (next lesson: weather part 2)

http://www.gismeteo.ru
http://pogoda.yandex.ru

Русская национальная идея (отдохнуть на природе ) + глобальное потепление = катастрофа. :fool"
Наши чиновники хотели, чтобы при учёте выбросов в атмосферу учитывалась площадь лесов в стране. Думали, что нам за это будут доплачивать, наверное. Как бы теперь с нас не стали брать за площадь пожаров.

Meanwhile at the Red Square, Moscow:

не думал что все так запущено

Originally Posted by Skiper

не думал что все так запущено

Всё ещё хуже. Дышать тут реально нечем. Пипец.