Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Welcome to the coldest village on Earth where the temperature can hit -71.2C, mobiles don't work...
Dailymail ^

Posted on 02/02/2014 12:17:23 PM PST by chessplayer

If you thought it was cold where you are at the moment then a visit to the Russian village of Oymyakon might just change your mind.

With the average temperature for January standing at -50C, it is no wonder the village is the coldest permanently inhabited settlement in the world.

Known as the 'Pole of Cold', the coldest ever temperature recorded in Oymyakon was -71.2C.

Unsurprisingly, locals are hardened to the weather and unlike in other countries - where a flurry of snow brings things grinding to a halt, Oymyakon's solitary school only shuts if temperatures fall below -52C. (-61.6 F)

The frozen ground makes it difficult for working indoor plumbing, so most toilets are outhouses.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS:
KEYWORDS: globalcooling; oymyakon; russia
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-4041-6061-66 next last

1 posted on 02/02/2014 12:17:23 PM PST by chessplayer
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: chessplayer

Pretty cool (pun intended). And no political prisoners as far as the eye can see . . . .


2 posted on 02/02/2014 12:20:07 PM PST by 1rudeboy
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: chessplayer
at least they have hot chicks


3 posted on 02/02/2014 12:23:32 PM PST by bigheadfred
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: chessplayer
Oymyakon has never reported a temperature above freezing between October 25 and March 17 of any given year.

But for a short time in the summer, it does get hot. Average high is 73 in July.


4 posted on 02/02/2014 12:24:03 PM PST by SamAdams76
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: chessplayer

Wow. I bet that they get their “business” done in short order in those ice-cold outhouses! :-)


5 posted on 02/02/2014 12:24:15 PM PST by man_in_tx (Blowback (Faithfully farting twowards Mecca five times daily).)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: man_in_tx

prolly easy to wear depends


6 posted on 02/02/2014 12:25:17 PM PST by bigheadfred
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 5 | View Replies]

To: bigheadfred

BRRRrrrrr,,Ivana tellyou sumting.


7 posted on 02/02/2014 12:25:21 PM PST by mylife (Ted Cruz understands the law, and he does not fear the unlawful.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: chessplayer

By reading that article I just found out Phillip Seymour Hoffman OD’d today.


8 posted on 02/02/2014 12:27:07 PM PST by autumnraine
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: chessplayer

I’d hate to think of the jog through -50 weather to use the out house.


9 posted on 02/02/2014 12:30:00 PM PST by tbw2
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: chessplayer

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/01/22/article-0-1715E3F0000005DC-885_470x523.jpg

She would keep you warm!! Russian women are beautiful.


10 posted on 02/02/2014 12:32:38 PM PST by ZULU (Magua is sitting in the Oval Office. Ted Cruz/Phil Robertson in 2016.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: chessplayer

Staying warm is a full time task.

11 posted on 02/02/2014 12:33:47 PM PST by concentric circles
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: chessplayer

WOW!

January temperature at -58 degrees Fahrenheit!

Just think how much colder it would be if we didn’t have man-made global warming.....


12 posted on 02/02/2014 12:37:01 PM PST by Iron Munro ("Sooner or later everyone sits down to a banquet of consequences." - Robert Louis Stevenson)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: mylife

After living seventy miles from Fairbanks, I have had my share of cold weather...-60. It looks as though they keep the extreme cold temperatures for a long time instead of just periodically. Therein lies the problem. The longer it is cold, problems multiply fast. We all have
heater plug-ins for batteries and block and you
know when to use them. There are plug-ins everywhere
up here and people leave there cars running for hours
at a time. Most people have auto start so they can
start their cars to warm up at a distance. Our water
lines are 8 ft. deep and you can’t just insulate, you
must use plastic too are frost will creep in everywhere.
I wear two sets of cleats on my boots as there is ice everywhere since we had a few warm days that left the snow a sheet of ice.

We are starting to see more sunlight and by March our days
will be bright all the time until it never gets dark
in June. I love that. Anyway, it is a different
way of life but I’m able to get out and snow machine
most of the winter and enjoy the beautiful scenery.
There isn’t a stop light on the road going south for
450 miles. I can only go north 70 miles until I
reach a stoplight. There are no roads going east or
west as that except for a few dirt roads is vast wilderness.
I don’t dream of being on a beach, but
I do love the summer as the weather is perfect.
I am glad I moved to Alaska.


13 posted on 02/02/2014 12:43:56 PM PST by Cowgirl
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 7 | View Replies]

To: Cowgirl

Yeah, cold is like high heat,you can only take it in small doses.


14 posted on 02/02/2014 12:47:38 PM PST by mylife (Ted Cruz understands the law, and he does not fear the unlawful.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 13 | View Replies]

To: autumnraine

RIP


15 posted on 02/02/2014 12:49:42 PM PST by mylife (Ted Cruz understands the law, and he does not fear the unlawful.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 8 | View Replies]

To: chessplayer

All I can say is that place needs more C02!!


16 posted on 02/02/2014 12:49:45 PM PST by mc5cents (Pray for America)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: bigheadfred

prolly easy to wear depends

/////////////////////
True.

Wonder if they even know about Depends.

Village almost seems stuck in the 1940s.


17 posted on 02/02/2014 12:52:54 PM PST by man_in_tx (Blowback (Faithfully farting twowards Mecca five times daily).)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 6 | View Replies]

To: Cowgirl

Wow!


18 posted on 02/02/2014 12:54:57 PM PST by man_in_tx (Blowback (Faithfully farting twowards Mecca five times daily).)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 13 | View Replies]

To: concentric circles
I had a Swedish Girlfriend once.
Her idea of fun was to sweat yer *** off in a sauna, wrestle in the snow and have me spank her *** with birch twig.

go figure ☺

19 posted on 02/02/2014 12:55:05 PM PST by mylife (Ted Cruz understands the law, and he does not fear the unlawful.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 11 | View Replies]

To: autumnraine

RIP Phillip

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


20 posted on 02/02/2014 12:59:15 PM PST by mylife (Ted Cruz understands the law, and he does not fear the unlawful.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 8 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-4041-6061-66 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson