Pix From The Russian Wildfires... (Dial-Up Warning)

[WillyT]

A woman raises her hands to her face, walking away from a scene filled with heavy smoke and fire near Vyksa, Russia on July 29, 2010.


A man sits on the ground while a house burns behind him near Vyksa, Russia on July 29, 2010.


In this July 28, 2010 satellite image released by NASA, smoke from fires near Moscow is visible over central Russia. The small red boxes
indicate fires, the image covers 900 km (560 mi) from side to side. The city of Moscow is located near the left edge, in the lower third.


People walk along Moscow's Red Square with St. Basil's Cathedral and the mausoleum of Soviet state founder Vladimir Lenin seen in the
background through hazy smoke from forest and peat fires nearby, August 2, 2010.


Russian women remove jars of preserved food from the cellar of their burnt home 15km from Moscow in Ostafyevo on August 2, 2010.

More: http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/08/russian_wildfires.html

Damn...

[Kadie]

1. Wow

K&R

[seabeyond]

16. see, WOW, was my response, too. nt

[WillyT]

2. THIS Got Unrecced ???

:wtf:

:banghead:

:crazy:

:beer:

:shrug:

[gristy]

4. Are you a new member here?

n/t

[WillyT]

5. LOL !!!

No... but this is gettin reDICKulous !!!

:rofl:

:evilgrin:

:hi:

[Ricochet21]

6. I agree

I agree

[Lorien]

9. Recced to counter the dickishness. nt

[Oceansaway]

3. K&R...n/t

[femrap]

7. I've never heard of

such droughts and wildfires in Russia.

Mother Nature is pissed. And the flooding in Asia. Plus the U.S. is experiencing a very hot summer.

Don't tell me that TPTB don't know about Climate Change. They deny it so the masses don't get upset.

[Lorien]

10. But we're still not making climate change a top issue

for some insane reason the Powers that be-and many people here-think that it's a problem that only future generations will have to worry about and that the economy, war, etc. is far more important.

We HAVE to multi-task! NONE of the the other issues will amount to a hill of dirt if we don't have a planet that can sustain much more than insect life (at best). Climate change is here right now and it's only getting worse.

[bertman]

14. There is tremendous profit to be made in dealing with these natural

disasters and rebuilding after their destruction. Do the names KBR and Halliburton ring any bells?

[femrap]

25. Yep.....

look at this:

http://spiritofmaat.com/aug10/oil_spill.html

[bertman]

27. Interesting site. Thanks, femrap. The question I always ask when I read

about these international financial cartels--and there are several, not just the European version--is whether they ever consider that their machinations could produce negative consequences so great that they might destroy the atmosphere and environment that we oxygen breathers require for survival. They have the most brilliant scientists in the world at their disposal, so surely they have given that possibility some consideration.

But, maybe not.

[femrap]

28. They probably have underground

living quarters with oxygen tanks and whatever else that all their $$$$ can buy. And maybe they're truly so sadistic and pathologically evil that they want to destroy all the Earth, even if it includes themselves.

The Chinese Financial Cartel worry me...do you think they plan on dumping our Treasuries and then placing an embargo on us? I don't buy Made in China (since 1989) unless I absolutely have to....for example fans. But they make all the lightbulbs....even straws and toothpicks now (as of a couple of years ago.) And everything at Harbor Freight (I was told).

Oh well...I'm good with Mother Nature and that's all that really matters. I'm going to recycle some glass and papers today. I try to leave as small a footprint as possible. To live off the grid is my dream....which is funny since that is what I believe TPTB have set up for themselves.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

8. According to Yahoo, temps have been over 100°F for days

and that in a country with little air conditioning and crowded housing.

[bettyellen]

11. it's been over 90 pretty steadily since last June

[bettyellen]

12. it's been over 90 pretty steadily since last June

[JI7]

13. it seems like a lot of places that experience extreme cold weather during winter are getting

extreme hot weather for the summer. more so than usual. unlike places like the South in America many of these places usually don't have good cooling systems.

this is very sad. and these people have already suffered so much .

[defendandprotect]

15. What a horror . . . !! Thank you for continuing to report on these fires . . .!!

[DemoTex]

17. I heard a great interview on BBC (9740 kHz-USB) yesterday morning.

The Russian official being interviewed said that they have very little expertise in fighting wild-land fire. I have an article here in the lookout about Russian wild-land fire-fighting that would back that statement up 100%. Russian fire lookout towers are nightmares. The alidade is a wooden stick on a rough wooden compass rose.

Of course, the situation is exacerbated by 38-degree+ (Celsius) temps (100+ F). But guess what - it could (and will) happen here, too.

[WillyT]

19. Any And All Of Your Expertise On What's Happening There..

and what could happen here...

Is greatly appreciated.

Thanks, DemoTex!

BTW - Your photography is fantastic... keep 'em coming.

:hi:

[Raschel]

21. Not enough water and the pete fires are very hard to put out.

[Raschel]

23. PEAT fires. doh!

[lillypaddle]

18. so awful. nt.

[Raschel]

20. Some good pics here too. Other great pics as well on this site.

http://englishrussia.com/

[Raschel]

22. More pics. The comments are always interesting too.

http://englishrussia.com/index.php/2010/08/03/wildfires-effects/#more-16475

[Boudica the Lyoness]

24. Wheat prices up here

I heard 30% of Russian wheat has been burned in these fires!

[Brother Buzz]

26. Severe drought has impacted the Russian wheat crop.

20 per cent by some accounts.