Posted on 12/19/2012 1:07:11 PM PST by george76
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.
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The Moscow region saw temperatures of -17 to -18 degrees Celsius on Wednesday, and the record cold temperatures are expected to linger for at least three more days. Thermometers in Siberia touched -50 degrees Celsius, which is also abnormal for December.
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I guess we’ll have to call off the invasion.
No doubt. The mercury freezes 20 degrees above that point (más o menos)...
This is truly bitter news, I am honestly shivering at the thought of how terrible their lives have become.
Central Texas, turned my AC on a bit ago because indoor temp with no sources of heat burning except lights, computer and TV was 82 deg...
I count only five Fall-like days so far this season.
Yeah, it’s 80 degrees right now. But I think Mother Nature is joking and we’ll be hit with some serious cold in Feb.
“Its -58 Fahrenheit if youre used to using that scale. Yikes!”
Yes! My 1.8 x degrees C + 32 in my head formula works!
Mine goes to -80, but then its an "Alaskan Special"
-27 at my house north of Wasilla. About a normal winter cold for us, last time I saw a really cold winter here I think it was 2004 when it was -47f which is about the same in centigrade.
.I had the AC on last night
Here in Virginia, it’s been in the 50s to around 60 all this fall....definitely warmer than normal, although it’s nice.
What’s bad is the dryness. We’ve had no real rain in months. It’s strange, because we always get good rainfall in the autumn.
Bah. The temp is Moscow is 0F. This -50C stuff is one off the scale Siberian outpost. Which is more or less normal winter weather.
63 inches of snow in 3 days Mt Baker 4 to 5 more feet expected !!
India Nearly 500 people stuck on Jammu-Srinagar highway due to snowfall
Heavy snowfall cuts power to hundreds of Ukraine villages
Fairbanks Coldest back-to-back Novembers on record
Ninety-three village roads in Turkey closed due to heavy snowfall
It was about that temp when the German Army froze
to death in view of Moscow.
Napolean had a bit of a problem with Russian weather too
Tough place to invade and live in too
But this cannot be! Both James Hansen at NASA GISS, and Michael “Zamboni” Mann at some scandal-ridden northeastern university *insist* that Russia is experiencing sweltering temperatures far higher than have ever been recorded.
(( global warming ping ))
When I encounter idiots claiming that "global warming" can cause ultra cold winter weather or cause an ice age I ask them how warm must the Earth get before it freezes?
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