Most places of the world seem to have some form of extreme weather, whether it be periods of sweltering heats, deluges of rain, intense icy storms, and or powerful winds. Many times this can be easily predicted by looking at the past and seeing the pattern of nature and the trends of recent times. Even so, much like the other natural hazards we have researched this semester, knowledge and preparations of what may come isn't always enough to ensure safety. There are times when the power of the weather exceeds what is expected and prepared for rendering the safety measures put into place ineffective.

As residents of the central coast we enjoy relatively stable conditions with little extreme variation between seasons. Much like how the size of our country means that there is a wide range of climate types the same goes for Russia. Russia is a massive country that experiences the majority of the climate zones. The only ones that it does not are the tropical ones. Often the first thought of extreme weather conditions in Russian lands deals with Siberia. Really you can't blame someone for this for Siberia is one of the coldest places on our planet. -35C degree temperatures is what you can expect for normal winters here. Central Siberia has an area that has nearly the coldest winters the world can offer someone. -50C is what you get to deal with here. That is so cold that boiling water instantly turns into vapor and ice if you throw it into the air. That is insane levels of coldness yet that might not even be considered extreme for the 500 or so inhabitants in this region. The coldest recorded temperature of this specific place is -71.2C which is hard for me to imagine what the experience would be like. Other areas of Russia have less extreme climates that experience the seasons what you could call normally. Hot summers and cold winters, with the intensities of each varied throughout. It sounds like Russia is similar to the US in that regard.

Hurricane that went after Moscow

Changes in temperatures have lead to what I described in a couple of my last posts. Landslide attacks or avalanche attacks caused by extra rain or snowfall and sinkholes due to permafrost thaw can be traced to climate change. I found an article from last may that explains some of the abnormally cold weather in parts of Russia is due to Polar air flows shifting their routes into new areas because of ice melt in the polar regions. This article references another short one about the strongest hurricane to attack Moscow in 100 years. I always associated Hurricane attacks in

Woman picking at her potato field after it was ravaged by a fire

that was in part caused by the heatwave

warm coastal areas which Moscow is not. I found another source from 2011 that deals with a 2010 heatwave attack in Moscow which caused temperatures to rise over 100F. Apparently this was likely the hottest heatwave attack to have struck in this area in the last 500 years. Some groups predict that with global temperatures on the rise this sort of thing will become more and more frequent. So colder colds and hotter hots, extremes will become even more so and areas not used to extremes will experience them. Comrades will be heated and comrades will be frozen.

From what I have learned about Russians response to natural disasters I think that the government agencies tasked with dealing with them will as they hit the country. Russia's Emergency Response Team will likely have to respond to situations in areas not previously struck by these natural attacks as climates change. From all the information I have gathered it looks like they are fairly good at dealing with disasters, at least as good as any developed country. For the citizens living in places with known extreme conditions, such as Siberia, preparation is key. For those who are in recent times starting to see episodes of powerful weather then it is time to start looking into what should be done to ensure their survival.



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