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Topic: Down to -50C: Russians freeze to death as strongest-in-decades winter hits |
Down to -50C: Russians freeze to death as strongest-in-decades winter hits
RIA-Novosti, by Yakov Andreev
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Posted By:crimea river, 12/19/2012 7:54:08 PM
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| Russia is enduring its harshest winter in over 70 years, with temperatures plunging as low as -50 degrees Celsius. Dozens of people have already died, and almost 150 have been hospitalized. The country has not witnessed such a long cold spell since 1938, meteorologists said, with temperatures 10 to 15 degrees lower than the seasonal norm all over Russia. Across the country, 45 people have died due to the cold, and 266 have been taken to hospitals. In total, 542 people were injured due to the freezing temperatures,
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Comments: Something to share with your global warmist friends & relatives this Christmas.
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
silencedogood, 12/19/2012 7:59:33 PM (No. 9075197)
Hurry pay a carbon tax to the UN! It´s global warming! er, um, I mean it´s the climate changing. Give money to the UN!
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Topic Thunder, 12/19/2012 8:00:35 PM (No. 9075198)
I thought they had oceans of Vodka for dealing with emergencies like this?
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
FenwayFrank, 12/19/2012 8:03:56 PM (No. 9075206)
Let´s see if AssPress picks this up. My guess is hell will freeze over first.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
schnapps, 12/19/2012 8:08:55 PM (No. 9075211)
Those belching smokestacks in the pictures are the only reason more Russians haven´t died.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
anonymous, 12/19/2012 8:09:41 PM (No. 9075213)
There´s been a stationary and very strong (nearly 1060 hectopascals) high pressure system over the north of Russia this past week. When this type of system prevails, it direct winds clockwise down from the Arctic over Siberia and then westwards towards western Russia and eastern Europe in general.
When winds travel over land masses in winter, they become colder, not warmer, as land is cold - in fact, colder than water -during this season. In summer, the reverse occurs - ie land is warmer than water. Therefore, the same pressure system that is now bringing very cold weather to Russia would bring very hot weather if it occurred in summer.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
crimea river, 12/19/2012 8:11:47 PM (No. 9075219)
Al Gore to secretary/masseuse: Do I have any speaking engagements in Russia?
Secretary/masseuse: Why yes, you have a global war...
Al Gore: Cancel them all!
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
Democracy First, 12/19/2012 8:21:42 PM (No. 9075235)
It is George Bush´s fault. Global warming.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
walcb, 12/19/2012 8:21:53 PM (No. 9075237)
That glob of cold air will probably swing over to this side of the globe. I´m not looking forward to February.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
Blackeagle, 12/19/2012 8:35:06 PM (No. 9075264)
To give the Russians credit, their scientists have been predicting a mini-ice-age for some time now. Something to do with the orbit of the Earth I think.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
The Advocate, 12/19/2012 8:56:19 PM (No. 9075297)
The emails from the corrupt CRU controlled by Phil Jones and corrupt Penn State´s Michael Mann were first posted on a Russian server in the Russian Far East. One way they fudged the numbers for Gore´s fraudulent global warming was by not including many areas in Russia. Soviet science was corrupted by Lysenko and they paid for it dearly with his bogus beliefs- some with their lives. Prayers for the Russian people.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
busterman, 12/19/2012 9:08:52 PM (No. 9075310)
Coldest temp I´ve ever experienced was -20F with a -50F wind chill in Omaha, NE. Toasty warm in my Air Force issue cold weather parka.
Coldest I´ve ever been was water survival in Pensacola, FL on a sunny 60 degree day in December. I could NOT get warm after climbing out of P´cola Bay. Survival instructor didn´t even have any ´spirits´ to warm me. Can you believe that? ;-)
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
Bobn.T, 12/19/2012 9:15:42 PM (No. 9075322)
Yep, global warming is here. Oops, I meant climate change is here. Oh, global cooling is here.
Cold and snowy in Colorado today. But last summer was hotter than normal, dry and windy.
So which is it? Warming or cooling. It´s neither. It´s typical weather variation.
Man has been recording weather records for about 150 years. Are we to draw conclusions for such a short period. The Earth has had weather for 5 billion years.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
smcchk, 12/19/2012 10:33:20 PM (No. 9075402)
I have experienced -36 degrees in northern MN. It hurts to take breaths.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
mustang flyer, 12/19/2012 10:34:03 PM (No. 9075403)
Baudette, Minnesota...on the north western part of the state gets pretty cold in the winter. I was stationed up there at a Radar site (692nd)in 1964 and we had 60 degrees BELOW ZERO for weeks at a time. Getting frostbite is a court martial offense just like a bad sunburn in the summer. Wear your parka, parka pants, bunny boots and gloves...only saw one case of frostbite and that was a case of foolishness. Everyone survived very nicely, went ice fishing, hunting, played hockey, curling, cross country skiing, etc...it was NOT the end of the world. It made us laugh that the weather guys never reported our temperatures, instead they went to warmer places like International Falls (far warmer) and maybe Duluth...weenies!
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
Patchy Groundfog, 12/19/2012 10:35:12 PM (No. 9075407)
They call that ´summer´ #13.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
FormerDem, 12/19/2012 10:53:58 PM (No. 9075424)
It is the IPCC´s fault nobody is ready for cold. Outside their bubble, many people are saying that the quiet Sun could mean a climate cold snap. Which is, like, duh, but they are managing to obscure this obvious connection. It is their fault these people died. And those homeless people in Poland (last year?)
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
bogeegolf, 12/19/2012 11:32:01 PM (No. 9075463)
I will be in Baudette in a couple weeks. Most of the time I will be in a nice warm ice house though.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
ColonialAmerican1623, 12/20/2012 2:44:01 AM (No. 9075545)
Most of us will not experience such harsh winters, but with rising costs many will suffer because they cannot afford to pay for oil or higher electric bills.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
Trigger2, 12/20/2012 4:21:10 AM (No. 9075568)
Not true. Maybe taxpayers would suffer trying to come up with enough money to pay the fuel bill. They´d get a double whammy because their tax rates or fees would go up again to cover the cost of increased HEAP aid for the grifters.
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