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GLENN STONEHAM
07-01-08, 22:08
We never seem to get any really cold winter weather in the UK any more. When it occasionally dips below freezing and only a few inches of snow arrives (maybe once a year down south anyway) the transport system goes to pot.
see here
http://uk.weather.com/weather/local/RSXX0122?x=11&post=post&code=code&y=10

This place is not at the top of a mountain but a sizeable town in Siberia with over 200,000 permanent inhabitants. This is normal winter weather for them & not a cold snap. It fascinates me how the place functions at such bitterly cold temperatures.
In July they often had highs of 30 deg C when we struggled to reach 24 C last summer.

marbleapple
07-01-08, 22:14
That is my favourite place in Russia... used to always try own it when playing Risk. (Very irrelevant post I know)

MrRalphMan
07-01-08, 22:18
I like it..

-45

Feels like -54

Ouch.