Temperatures have fallen to -30'C (-22'F) in Moscow and nearly -60'C (-76'F) in Siberia, for the first time since 1902. Cold weather has already claimed 100 lives in Russia this winter.
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I wonder how Russians live with -30c? In Balcan when the temps are -10c or -15c(Which almost never happens) the schools stop.
@Antigone
Well, the problems of extreme cold are nearly the same as extreme warmth.
You feel well up to 40C, but it it were 40C in The Netherlands, we would be in serious trouble.
The combination of again, moisture, temperature and the lack of wind would cause serious overheating.
Especially older people with health problems would have a high risk of death.
I once experienced such a warmth of 35C, and a colleague from Somalia (!) told me he had never felt such heath!
There is also acclimatisation factor. First year in Africa can feel much hotter than next one when body gets used to the heat. Feels at least 5c degrees cooler. Likewise feeling the cold first year in Siberia, or my home town Calgary, is terrifying. Almost every winter we have 3 weeks with -35C. Luckily Puerto Vallarta in Mexico is only 4 hours by plain.
You get on plain in -30C, 4 hours later you disembark the plain in +30C
Temperatures have fallen to -30'C (-22'F) in Moscow and nearly -60'C (-76'F) in Siberia, for the first time since 1902. Cold weather has already claimed 100 lives in Russia this winter.
I don't blame them for drinking vodka instead of water. What amuses me is the fact that they are selling all the heating gas. The Americans should immediately stop building the rocked shield. It will not be needed. 30 yrs from now, their gas will run out and they will be mumified from cold. There is no way of heating all those megacities with wood or coal. Everyone willbe suffocated.Personally for me the minus 30 degrees of Celsius is a border line with tolerant and intolerant. When frost more than minus 30 becomes difficult to breathe. Although for Siberians it's ok, probably because the frost in Siberia is "dry", not wet like in European part of Russia.
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