Nicko999 wrote:According to NASA, the smoke plume covering western Russia would span from San Francisco to Chicago if it were situated over the United States.
That is mind-numbing! Wow ... hoping for better conditions soon for our Russian friends.
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Nicko999 wrote:According to NASA, the smoke plume covering western Russia would span from San Francisco to Chicago if it were situated over the United States.
Portastorm wrote:Nicko999 wrote:According to NASA, the smoke plume covering western Russia would span from San Francisco to Chicago if it were situated over the United States.
That is mind-numbing! Wow ... hoping for better conditions soon for our Russian friends.
The Great Russian Heat Wave of 2010 brought temperatures of 37°C (99°F) to Moscow today, and smog and smoke from wildfires blanketed the city for a sixth straight day. Air pollution levels were 2 - 3 times the maximum safe level today, and peaked on Saturday, when when carbon monoxide hit 6.5 times the safe level. The death toll from heat and air pollution increased to approximately 330 people per day in Moscow in recent days, according to the head of the Moscow health department. Yevgenia Smirnova, an official from the Moscow registry office, said excess deaths in Moscow in July averaged 155 per day, compared to 2009. The heat wave began on June 27. These grim statistics suggest that in Moscow alone, the Great Russian Heat Wave of 2010 has likely killed at least 7,000 people so far. A plot of the departure of July 2010 temperatures from average (Figure 1) shows that the area of Russia experiencing incredible heat is vast, and that regions southeast of Moscow have the hottest, relative to average. Moscow is the largest city in Russia, with a population just over ten million, but there are several other major cities in the heat wave region. These include Saint Petersburg, Russia's 2nd most populous city (4.6 million), and Nizhny Novgorod, Russia's 5th most populous city (1.3 million people.) Thus, the Russian population affected by extreme heat is at least double the population of Moscow, and the death toll in Russia from the 2010 heat wave is probably at least 15,000, and may be much higher. The only comparable heat wave in European history occurred in 2003, and killed an estimated 40,000 - 50,000 people, mostly in France and Italy. While the temperatures in that heat wave were not as extreme as the Russian heat wave, the nighttime low temperatures in the 2003 heat wave were considerably higher. This tends to add to heat stress and causes a higher death toll. I expect that by the time the Great Russian Heat Wave of 2010 is over, it may rival the 2003 European heat wave as the deadliest heat wave in world history.
Aslkahuna wrote:I doubt it. Adaptibility is the key if the Human Race can't adapt then by Nature's rules it must become extinct. Besides, if you buy the idea that it's all due to AGW then you must conclude that we brought it upon ourselves and have no room to complain.
Steve
Aslkahuna wrote:I doubt it. Adaptibility is the key if the Human Race can't adapt then by Nature's rules it must become extinct. Besides, if you buy the idea that it's all due to AGW then you must conclude that we brought it upon ourselves and have no room to complain.
Steve
Cyclenall wrote:I've been following this for a while and it seems so out of the ordinary it's almost unworldly. This will give the GW activists huge amounts of ammo for sure and I can't really blame them either this time. It's been really hot all over the world this year including here in Ontario where we are getting one of the hottest and longest summers ever. In my view this has been a perfect summer so far!
This is definitely the most epic heatwave I have ever read about and is probably the king of all of them. The media is not paying enough attention to this, similar to the situation in Pakistan. Some are thinking around 9,000 deaths and 700 a day in Moscow alone? Where is the outrage?
I also have a question to any mets willing to answer, I read that some overnight lows during this heatwave have been as high as 34ºC!!!!! Now when I read this I doubted it and this is because I haven't heard of such even in the warmest of areas and I know for sure that has never happened in Ontario that I know of. We are at a much lower latitude and never have seen such. What's going on?
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