Wednesday, November 28, 2012

In Moscow, the snow came apocalypse

In Moscow, the snow came apocalypse
In Moscow, a day has dropped about 14-16 cm of snow, which is about a third of the monthly norm. To fight the weather, as we are assured power, cast serious state public utilities, but the situation remains complicated.
According to RBC spokesman Deputy Mayor for Housing and Public Works Igor Pergamenshchikov on the roads this morning, there are 12 thousand pieces of cleaning equipment, including two thousand trucks. According to him, all the life support system of working at this time, despite the bad weather. Incidents related to heavy snowfall and wind, with gusts of 17 m / s, no.
"Public utilities operate in a continuous mode. Prometanie Special equipment left on the streets, followed by treatment of the roadway reagents at 12:00 and 23:00 MSK on November 28 and at 05:00 MSK on November 29. Processing reagents yards, sidewalks, bus stops, approaches to Metro stations and other socially important facilities "- said I.Pergamenschik.
Note that, despite the work of public utilities, traffic in the capital almost paralyzed. According to the service "Yandex", according to 9:30 MSK, traffic congestion is estimated at 9 points out of 10.
Add that due to heavy snowfall today has been broken and the work of the capital's airports. At Domodedovo Airport, which was delayed because of snowfall over 70 flights, the situation is gradually stabilizing. According to an online scoreboard, this morning there detained about 10 flights. About 20 flights delayed at Sheremetyevo, about the same in Vnukovo.
The official pointed out that the city is still in the zone of the cyclone. During the day, snowfall will continue with the intensity of a "strong" to "moderate" will drop another 4-8 cm of snow. The air temperature is around minus 3.2 degrees.

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