bushpig 0 Posted January 20, 2006 Share Posted January 20, 2006 Russia is getting a huge cold snap . Has any one seen or heard about whether this is likely to bring much here?? Link to post Share on other sites
mattlucas 0 Posted January 20, 2006 Share Posted January 20, 2006 Quote: At a zoo in Lipetsk, south of Moscow, director Alexander Osipov said monkeys would be given wine three times day, "to protect against colds," the RIA-Novosti news agency reported. Link to post Share on other sites
bushpig 0 Posted January 20, 2006 Author Share Posted January 20, 2006 What a life eh! Link to post Share on other sites
alferg 0 Posted January 20, 2006 Share Posted January 20, 2006 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10364408 MOSCOW - Animals at zoos across Russia were being given shots, or in some cases buckets, of vodka, to keep them warm yesterday as temperatures in the European part of the country plunged towards an exceptional minus 40 degrees Celsius. In the ancient town of Yaroslavl a travelling circus there said it had been forced to start giving its trio of Indian elephants vodka mixed with water in buckets as the mercury dipped. Link to post Share on other sites
woywoy 0 Posted January 20, 2006 Share Posted January 20, 2006 I read somewhere that it has been so cold that the branches of trees have frozen and broken off. Nuts. Link to post Share on other sites
joshnii 2 Posted January 20, 2006 Share Posted January 20, 2006 I read something like -25 in the daytime. Wow, cannot imagine that. I think the coldest I experienced was about -12 Link to post Share on other sites
Kraut_in_HongKong 0 Posted January 20, 2006 Share Posted January 20, 2006 I had once -35 in Germany. Had to go 100Km to work. Car ran OK, but shock absorbers where frozen. The highway was LITTERED with diesel cars and trucks, since diesel becomes milky below -20 (just like olive oil in the fridge) (you have to add normal petrol to keep it from freezing). BTW, I doubt the vodka to animals story. It's cute, but probably not true. To have them survive you have to KEEP them warm, not let them think they are warm. Link to post Share on other sites
Svetik 0 Posted January 20, 2006 Share Posted January 20, 2006 Yes, it's been almost a week that Moscow and near areas has been suffering from very frosty weather (-30-25 C daytime). Last day 5 people died in Moscow because of freezing. Link to post Share on other sites
joshnii 2 Posted January 20, 2006 Share Posted January 20, 2006 What is the process of dying from freezing?! Like, how long does it take. And can you start not moving because you are ice, like in the movies? (though it is in fact not funny of course!) Link to post Share on other sites
bushpig 0 Posted January 20, 2006 Author Share Posted January 20, 2006 One of the old basans who died in Japan recently basically died on the road because her legs couldn't move any more due to the cold. She fell and died right there. So yes, it does happen. Link to post Share on other sites
sock_monkey 0 Posted January 20, 2006 Share Posted January 20, 2006 > read somewhere that it has been so cold that the >branches of trees have frozen and broken off. >Nuts. a little freezing rain and wind'll do that too. Link to post Share on other sites
daver 0 Posted January 21, 2006 Share Posted January 21, 2006 freezing rain and wind will break branches, but cold weather won't. i have had my windshield crack because of the cold though. every year in the canadian rockies we get at least one week where the temperature drops to about -40 as a day time high. and that does not include wind. not a good time to be out on the slopes. Link to post Share on other sites
bushpig 0 Posted January 21, 2006 Author Share Posted January 21, 2006 That's true spanner weather! Link to post Share on other sites
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