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May be this is the reason: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipAnwilMncI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipAnwilMncI Every single Putin's friend has become a do

May be this is the reason: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipAnwilMncI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipAnwilMncI Every single Putin's friend has become a dollar billionaire and they build multiple big palaces/resorts/etc. for him. But no money for fighting wildfires...

munk-a 6y ago
Regardless of any involvement of a government or any factors of corruption - I'm just purely interested in the fact that nature could sustain a fire like this in -50C weather.
- bserge 6y ago
  Why wouldn't it? Cold (within its limits on Earth) does not affect burning, in fact it probably makes it more effective due to convection.
  - munk-a 6y ago
    I am confident enough in my general knowledge that I can be interested in an article on a thing that I can rationally explain but never imagined independently. It's interesting that this fire is happening in blisteringly cold temperatures which is against my intuition as a being that feels like 110F is pretty hot and 40F is pretty cold.
    - engineer_22 6y ago
      Yeah pretty neat. -50F is as far from 40F as 130F is. (The absolute difference is 90 degrees F)
- redis_mlc 6y ago
  Just to provide some context, and since Canada and Siberia have a lot in common, some old memories: :) - -24C is a normal winter temperature in Ottawa when the arctic air mass is over the city. You can still walk to work. (Ottawa is the original Shopify HQ.) Most film cameras don't work because of metal contraction and frozen batteries. Don't touch any metal objects like fences or your fingers will freeze to the surface. - -30C is not that common, but you need mittens and a hat. This starts causing problems, like frozen eyelashes, fairly quick frostbite. So on a clear day with no wind, those temperatures are livable. But if there's wind, then the situation can get serious. "On the coldest days of the year, the temperature can drop to -25 °C (-13 °F) or even below. In 2018, it dropped to -30 °C (-22 °F)." https://www.climatestotravel.com/climate/canada/ottawa https://www.climatestotravel.com/climate/canada/ottawa
bserge 6y ago
You're probably downvoted because it's "not relevant", but that was a good documentary. It's good to be the king, huh.

munk-a 6y ago

Regardless of any involvement of a government or any factors of corruption - I'm just purely interested in the fact that nature could sustain a fire like this in -50C weather.

bserge 6y ago
Why wouldn't it? Cold (within its limits on Earth) does not affect burning, in fact it probably makes it more effective due to convection.
- munk-a 6y ago
  I am confident enough in my general knowledge that I can be interested in an article on a thing that I can rationally explain but never imagined independently. It's interesting that this fire is happening in blisteringly cold temperatures which is against my intuition as a being that feels like 110F is pretty hot and 40F is pretty cold.
  - engineer_22 6y ago
    Yeah pretty neat. -50F is as far from 40F as 130F is. (The absolute difference is 90 degrees F)
redis_mlc 6y ago
Just to provide some context, and since Canada and Siberia have a lot in common, some old memories: :) - -24C is a normal winter temperature in Ottawa when the arctic air mass is over the city. You can still walk to work. (Ottawa is the original Shopify HQ.) Most film cameras don't work because of metal contraction and frozen batteries. Don't touch any metal objects like fences or your fingers will freeze to the surface. - -30C is not that common, but you need mittens and a hat. This starts causing problems, like frozen eyelashes, fairly quick frostbite. So on a clear day with no wind, those temperatures are livable. But if there's wind, then the situation can get serious. "On the coldest days of the year, the temperature can drop to -25 °C (-13 °F) or even below. In 2018, it dropped to -30 °C (-22 °F)." https://www.climatestotravel.com/climate/canada/ottawa https://www.climatestotravel.com/climate/canada/ottawa

bserge 6y ago

You're probably downvoted because it's "not relevant", but that was a good documentary. It's good to be the king, huh.