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cory777 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-15-10 02:46 AM
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Satellite images show scope of Russian wildfires
Source: CNN

(CNN) -- Satellite photographs on NASA's website show hundreds of hot spots generated by wildfires across central and western Russia.

State media reported that the images showed 368 hot spots across Russia on Saturday. RIA Novosti quoted a spokeswoman for ScanEx, which analyzes the images, as saying that central Russia's Moscow, Ryazan and Nizhny Novgorod regions are the most affected.

Smoke clouds, which have become a serious health hazard, can clearly been seen on the satellite images, blanketing large swaths of the country.

State media reported that carbon monoxide levels in Moscow were more than six times the maximum allowable concentration, and other toxic substances permeated the city air at nine times the normal level.



Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/08/14/russia.wildfires.nasa/



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napi21 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-15-10 02:49 AM
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1. I feel very sorry for the Russian people. That's terrible. I haven't
even heard of anyone knowing how to stop this disaster.
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Shining Jack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-15-10 03:27 AM
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2. K&R
This kind of disaster is going to happen more and more often.
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Trajan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-15-10 04:03 AM
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3. Totally sucks ...
I read about the Peat fires a few weeks ago .... sounds like a tough road to hoe ...
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Mrhyde719 Donating Member (171 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-15-10 08:36 AM
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4. ummm thats "tough row to hoe"
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Trajan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-15-10 07:55 PM
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6. Hoeing Roads is pretty damned tough too ....
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Uncle Joe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-15-10 02:18 PM
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5. Kicked and recommended.
Thanks for the thread, cory.
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OhioChick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-15-10 08:00 PM
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7. K&R n/t
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