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It's quite amazing that mainstream media in the west are failing to provide good stories with the Russia fire situation. Half of the country, most of its populated part, is on fire. Some pics and videos are quite apocalyptic in nature. Authorities are proving next to useless - even The Russian Navy's materiel base was reportedly seriously damaged, and as of yesterday there were reports of a fire approaching a nuclear research center in Sarov (former secret town Arzamas-16).
238,000 firefighters were deployed in 14 regions, along with 25,000 vehicles and 226 aircraft, the ministry said.
A state of emergency is in effect in parts of Russia where high temperatures have ruined crops and fueled wildfires that have killed at least 28 people and forced thousands from their homes. TODAYshow.com's Dara Brown reports.
Stepanov said about 500,000 hectares of land were currently ablaze.
Originally posted by justadood
did you mean to post this in the deepwater discussion forum?
Originally posted by glebb
Guys! I'm here in Moscow, and I can hardly breath! This is nightmare. We have temeperatures in high 90s outside and those without conditionairs - the whole 105F. All windows are sealed!
Russia Today online covers fires more or less close to the truth. I assembled a bunch of videos in one page:
www.webarmy.ru...
Also, the RT youtube channel -
www.youtube.com.../u
As for corexit rains and other forum topics we also trying to keep russians informed:
www.webarmy.ru...
P.S. There are about 180,000 people are fighting with fires 24/7 including volunteers. All firefighters and emergency services involved, some hardware moved here from quite regions. Government just promised to rebuild those vanished settlements. What esle they can do?
Gleb
[edit on 8-8-2010 by glebb]
There are several reasons why fire is a major natural disturbance in Russian forests:
1. About 95 percent of the forests are boreal forests, and a major part of them is dominated by coniferous stands of high fire hazard;
2. A significant part of the forested territory is practically unmanaged and unprotected – large fires (>200 ha) play an important role in this region;
3. Due to slow decomposition of plant material, the forests contain large amounts of accumulated organic matter;
4. A major part of the boreal forest is situated in regions with limited amounts of precipitation and/or frequent occurrences of long drought periods during the fire season.
Originally posted by brutalsun
Glebb, Any idea on how it started? Was it a storm or was it a careless act (cigarette, un-managed campfire)? Hoping you guys get thru this, wildfires are a nasty business. How are you guys handling the heat? Are there alot of heat related deaths?
Stay safe.
Unofficially, they speak about plague in Russia, but first of all, about sharply elevated radioactive background in the city, caused by destruction of atomic bombs in fires at nuclear weapons arsenals outside Moscow. According to unofficial information, warehouses of chemical and bacteriological weapons were also burnt down.
Originally posted by djexploit
philosophers-stone.co.uk...
Unofficially, they speak about plague in Russia, but first of all, about sharply elevated radioactive background in the city, caused by destruction of atomic bombs in fires at nuclear weapons arsenals outside Moscow. According to unofficial information, warehouses of chemical and bacteriological weapons were also burnt down.
Confirm/Reject?!
Originally posted by Essan
reply to post by DClairvoyant
It's been very well covered by the BBC and other news agencies in the UK and elsewhere - and also on my blog weatherearthnews.blogspot.com... - many of the relevant links over the past few weeks being to UK news sources.
It's a pretty serious situation though. Although with ~500 wildfires in Russia it's worth bearing mind that there are ~400 wildfires in British Colombia, Canada, at the moment - though these are not so large, not having such an impact and far less 'impressive' when seen from space. Israel is also currently suffering wildfires due to the heatwave there.
Originally posted by antar
reply to post by justadood
You are too much, are you really that hard up for your needs that you troll these boards forkey words and then stand up for Deepwater and co.?
You wont be getting hired by them you know, they are laying everyone off.
The 1,000 sq km around the Mayak bomb factory is one of the most contaminated areas on Earth because the Mayak Uranium Project manufactured the most poisonous substances on Earth for the most lethal weapons on Earth.
Manufacturing thermonuclear weapons is a really nasty business. As far as Weapons of Mass Destruction goes, there are the real McCoy.
As of 8/15/2010 all personnel in Russia and the European Union are advised to evacuate immediately. I repeat. This is not a drill. If you can’t leave, get your kids out. It may be too late already.