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Post by Eric on Jan 18, 2006 1:59:16 GMT -7
It is COLD in all of Russia today, with the ONLY exception being the immediate Black Sea coast. Parts of Siberia have been as cold as -60 C.
In Petersburg, our weather changed from very warm to very cold literally overnight. On Monday, we were +1 C, which was above average. Yesterday, we were -18 C. Today, we're -26 C. Tomorrow will be even colder!
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Post by rdywenur on Jan 18, 2006 3:52:53 GMT -7
Eric, How does one tolerate such cold weather? Are your homes well heated. I hate being cold. I guess I am lucky because the apartment I live in now is such that I can walk around in my t-shirt only and feel comfortable. I do not need even heavy pierzyna. It is very windy here today which makes it a bit colder but temp right now reading 41F.
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Post by varsovian on Jan 18, 2006 6:16:48 GMT -7
It's coming my way too.
Tempreatures are set to plummet to -25 here in Warsaw.
Doesn't affect me though - I'm driving off to Austria for a skiing holiday.
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Post by Jaga on Jan 18, 2006 9:06:07 GMT -7
Eric,
in Polish "moroz" is simply "mroz". We had lots of snow in Idaho the last night but it is not that cold.
Varsovien,
I wish you good skiing holiday!
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Post by kaima on Jan 18, 2006 13:52:28 GMT -7
It is warmer in southern Alaska. Then still worse is the moisture Europe suffers under - that make it muchmore of a bone-crunching cold to me.
Kai
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Post by Jaga on Jan 18, 2006 20:07:56 GMT -7
Kaima, allegedly Anchorage in Alaska is one of the worst place (with the most restrictions) against homeless. Somebody was making fun how is it that there are restrictions against homeless in... Alaska where it is probably too cold to be homeless! Maybe these restrictions are enforced to help homeless not to be on the streets?  are there any homeless in Anchorage? |
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Post by piwo on Jan 18, 2006 20:23:42 GMT -7
Anchorage is cold, but not as cold as Wisconsin and Minnesota. Anchorage has a warm water current that keeps it's temperatures moderate for a place as far north. Move inland 60 miles from Anchorage, and man, they get serious cold!
I saw some homeless in Anchorage, mostly Inuit (maybe spelled wrong). There are homeless in every major city in America. Many move to California, LA area where the weather is moderate year round. Santa Monica is considered the Homeless capital of the USA. Oddly enough, in the '90's, they built plastic "igloos", for lack of better term, in clusters for the homeless in LA. I've traveled to that city extensively over the past 15 years, seen things I couldn't believe, as well as being there for a major earthquake, and the LA riots of 1992. Then numbers of people who asked for money from me in Warszawa in July reminded me of LA: every block or two there were people asking for money. In Warszawa, it was some elderly, but mostly young people collecting money for "children's" organizations. Who knows.....
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Post by kaima on Jan 18, 2006 23:12:18 GMT -7
Kaima, allegedly Anchorage in Alaska is one of the worst place (with the most restrictions) against homeless. Somebody was making fun how is it that there are restrictions against homeless in... Alaska where it is probably too cold to be homeless! Maybe these restrictions are enforced to help homeless not to be on the streets? are there any homeless in Anchorage? I am quite surprised we have a bad reputation for homeless treating people poorly. What sort of restrictions are they talking about? We are supposed to have about 4,000 or 5,000 in Anchorage, with our main population fo about 300,000. Those numbers would make the Homeless one of the larger towns in Alaska if they all banded together and established a village! We ahve shelters and help programs, and a community patrol to assure they are safely off the street when it gets too cold or if they get too inebriated to stay outside safely. That also unloads the police and the jails and brings the "control" into social hands. Yea, that is a word some of our right wing participants will like, but would they rather waste time andmoney the police can better use elsewhere? Of course not. So I know the erality of it and the local efforts. Where do we ahve the bad reputation? Kai |
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Post by kaima on Jan 18, 2006 23:17:38 GMT -7
I saw some homeless in Anchorage, mostly Inuit (maybe spelled wrong). There are homeless in every major city in America. ... The Canadians have Inuit, we have them only when they visit. Our Eskimo are still called Eskimo, or more precisely Yupik, Inupiat and Chupik as sub-groups and cultures. Oh, and I would guess that natives do NOT make up the majority of our street people. The rest of us newer immigrants do, I do believe. Yes, we do have some homeless who migrate to the south, but then we also do so among the working people as well. Afterall, we are Americans! As to who is colder I would have to look at the weather indices, but I really don't care. Anchorge is not Alaska, as I suspect you know. Kai |
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Post by piwo on Jan 19, 2006 7:04:41 GMT -7
And I'm sure you would know best since you live there. I only commented on what I personally observed in a handful of visits to a single town.
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Post by leslie on Jan 19, 2006 12:16:02 GMT -7
Eric
Tonight, 1800h GMT, British Television showed Russians jumping into open water from which the ice had been thawed because it was Epiphany in Russia. I assume you were one of these brave (?) souls!
My God, you are having it cold - please keep it and do not send it over here on icy winds.
Leslie
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Post by Eric on Jan 24, 2006 4:17:09 GMT -7
Eric, How does one tolerate such cold weather? Are your homes well heated. I hate being cold. I guess I am lucky because the apartment I live in now is such that I can walk around in my t-shirt only and feel comfortable. I do not need even heavy pierzyna. It is very windy here today which makes it a bit colder but temp right now reading 41F. Fortunately, my apartment is always very well heated. I don't have a thermometer inside, but the coldest it has ever been, even during this "catastrophic" cold period that all of Russia has been suffering through, it just a little chilly. A hot water bottle at night in my bed actually began to make my bed too hot! To go outside, you just pile on as much fur as you can, grit your teeth, and bear it. It's one of the responsibilities for living in Russia.  |
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Post by Eric on Jan 24, 2006 4:18:16 GMT -7
It is warmer in southern Alaska. Then still worse is the moisture Europe suffers under - that make it muchmore of a bone-crunching cold to me. Kai Siberian winters are much easier to tolerate... it is a continental climate, little wind, and very dry. Petersburg, on the other hand, is surrounded by water, so it is a very humid, damp, wet winter, with a lot of wind. So, -20 C in Petersburg is miserable to tolerate, whereas -40 C in Siberia is easy. |
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Post by Eric on Jan 24, 2006 4:19:21 GMT -7
Eric Tonight, 1800h GMT, British Television showed Russians jumping into open water from which the ice had been thawed because it was Epiphany in Russia. I assume you were one of these brave (?) souls! My God, you are having it cold - please keep it and do not send it over here on icy winds. Leslie Yes, it is a popular tradition in Russia. Russians are known for "ice swimming", regardless of temperature. No, of course I was not one of those people. I did, however, watch the events on TV from my heated apartment, drinking a nice hot cup of tea. |
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are there any homeless in Anchorage?
