Comments on: RMNB’s Fedor Fedin: Living Through A Hot Summer In Moscow

By: IRockTheRed

IRockTheRed — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 13:54:50 +0000

@Jessica: actually, I was semi-serious. (Only semi-)…

By: Jessica

Jessica — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 21:13:56 +0000

@iRockTheRed: ummm, comic relief?

By: IRockTheRed

IRockTheRed — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 15:01:42 +0000

Wow. If I knew where to send it, I’d ship you a fan, Fedor. A window air conditioner would be way too expensive to ship, unfortunately, and due to power requirements, it would be hard to make it work.

I’m not sure what kind of power inverter you’d need to make a US-made fan work, though; I believe Moscow uses 220v, 50Hz power, and we run on 110v over here, plus there are about a zillion different types of outlets… Most fans don’t require a whole lot of electricity to run, but trying to run something that normally takes 110v on 220v does require a power inverter (just like running a laptop from a car 12v outlet).

Calling on RMNB Fans:

Let’s send Fedor some relief. Somehow.

By: BobbyG

BobbyG — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 00:34:29 +0000

Fedor, as others have noted on other fan sites and blogs, it seems so terribly unfair that some parts of the world are cursed by floods while poor Russia has to suffer through the relentless fires and no rain in sight. If I could, I’d send you relief in the form of cool rain showers. I hope that you get some much needed relief very soon.

By: mcawful

mcawful — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 19:13:16 +0000

Don’t they evacuate? (Not that there are a lot of places to evacuate TO…)

I saw Medvedev on TV this morning standing in a field looking all sad and butthurt about the agricultural losses. The whole thing reeked like propaganda. You’d think he’d have more important things to do with this kind of shit going on.

Poor Fedor! I wish I could send you rain. Or an air conditioner.

By: Chris Gordon (Caps Snaps)

Chris Gordon (Caps Snaps) — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 17:39:36 +0000

Unbelievable. I used to live in Moscow and cannot imagine how nasty the situation is now. Temperatures are finally lowering though so that should bring some relief to the Russian people. After reaching 100 the last couple days, it’s lowered to 90 today and should be down to the low 80s-high 70s by the middle of next week.

By: sleza

sleza — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 16:54:36 +0000

the leftover smoke we got was bad enough, i can’t even imagine how bad it must be in russia :/
hopefully the fires will stop soon

By: Jessica

Jessica — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 08:07:33 +0000

Woah, if I were more vulgar I’d be cursing more with no censorship about how much mother f—ing fire there is everywhere! It looks like the City of Angels but like a million times worse when there’s wildfires.
Nature is being a b—-h to the world. Hurricanes, earthquakes, storms, fires, seriously what next?

Fedor, if I were a person of faith and spirituality, I’d be praying for you and your country.
Since I would probably make it worse by doing so, I am hoping for the best for you.
‘Cause seriously, 8 in the morning? Shucks. Fires make breathing AND summer lame as hell. [crappy unintentional pun? ugh.]
Well, like I said a few days ago, at least there’s no bugs around. And just lay on the floor. More air circulation.

By: madcap

madcap — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 05:48:34 +0000

My thoughts and prayers are with those affected by and trying to contain the fires tonight…..

By: Mily

Mily — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 04:45:03 +0000

Some troubling news: The fires burning near the Chernobyl incident affected areas might cause the nuclear particles to fly up in the air and get carried by wind.