Gr.Viper 131 Posted July 28, 2010 ...it smells like roasted cow pats. Some beautiful pictures of the lovely state of the "air" over my city http://en.rian.ru/photolents/20100726/159952609.html And a brief English description of what the F is going on there http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/Moscow-Peat-Fires-Rage-Amid-Record-Heat-Temperatures-In-Russian-Capital/Article/201007415672014?lpos=World_News_First_Home_Article_Teaser_Region_0&lid=ARTICLE_15672014_Moscow_Peat_Fires_Rage_Amid_Record_Heat_Temperatures_In_Russian_Capital You know what's funny? Those bogs burn every really hot summer in dry weather and no one collects that peat anymore (all the companies went belly up). Yet every single time is apparently comes as a surprise that the air gets crappy. A chart from a week ago. The number of fires has increased since but troop numbers stay abysmally low. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gr.Viper 131 Posted July 28, 2010 (edited) This is today's The Russian Emergencies Ministry says that some 60 new forest and peat bog fires have occurred over the past 24 hours, covering an area of 50 hectares in the Moscow Region.Alexei Yaroshenko, the head of Greenpeace Russia's Forest Program, said on Monday that the smog covering Moscow and its environs may be present for up to two and half months. The worst thing about a peat bog fire is that it doesn't burn on the surface but smolders deep beneath it, sucking the oxygen from cavities in peat and getting it from the chemical reacton. The areas should've been flooded when the heat started. Edited July 28, 2010 by Gr.Viper Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lexx_Luthor 57 Posted July 29, 2010 How widespread are these smolder fires? Peat is everywhere over there right, and not so deep the smoke gets out? CV:: hehe Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gr.Viper 131 Posted July 30, 2010 Peat fires my ass.. Now there are forest fires and burning houses in villages and small tows all over Central Russia. I'm very happy that wooden Moscow was burned down 200 years ago. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gr.Viper 131 Posted August 3, 2010 All Cental region is ablaze and over 2000 troops are fighting fires near Sarov Russian Federal nuclear center, former Arzamas-16, sister city of Los Alamos and the location of our nuke museum. Firefighting aircraft can't see s**t in the smoke and drop loads at given coordinates flying quite a long way since there aren't any lange bodies of water nearby. My, is Mother Russia hot this year Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gr.Viper 131 Posted August 6, 2010 Even NASA got pictures of out fires! http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=45046&src=eorss-iotd&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter In other news, the new scare is that fires in the West of Russia, in the areas bordering with Belarus and Ukraine can send back into the air the radioactive particles left there by Chernobyl disaster. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
