Drunk Russians drown escaping heatwave

[Polymathic]

A heatwave has cost the lives of hundreds of vodka-drinking Russians who are drowning when they go for a swim to cool off.

More than 1200 people have died since June including 233 last week alone.

The authorities were forced to issue stark warnings when 49 people died in one day including two children.

Six children drowned in the sea of Azov in southern Russia because the summer camp employees minding them were drunk.

Vadim Seryogin, of the Russian Emergency Ministry said: “Ninety-five per cent of the people who drowned died while bathing at beaches or in recreation areas. Many of them were intoxicated. The death of the children has mainly been caused by parental neglect.”

Temperatures look set to reach a record 37 degrees Celsius this weekend and the scorching heat has led to a state of emergency being declared in drought hit areas where crops have been ruined.

Roughly a fifth of Russia’s entire grain crop has perished over nine million hectares, an area the size of Portugal.

Described by officials as the worst drought in 130 years – it has parched the land and defence forces have had to abandon night exercises for fear of starting fires with their flares and tracer bullets.

37C in Russia? Damn that global warming.

 

[sal12344]

I would have thought that with those temps and the amount of vodka they drink Spontaneous Human Combustion was more likely.

 

[d0b33]

37C in Russia? Damn that global warming.

Global warming is a hoax orchestrated by liberals, the earth warms and cools naturally.

 

[bleh69]

Yup. With cheap cameras and the Internet, issues are "magnified". There is nothing wrong with global warming, and more CO2 / Heat in the air will mean more trees. Which is a good thing.

 

[Ninja'd]

So hot they were russian to the water.

 

[crysis]

Yup. With cheap cameras and the Internet, issues are "magnified". There is nothing wrong with global warming, and more CO2 / Heat in the air will mean more trees. Which is a good thing.

Has any one told you, that you are wrong?

 

[Lycanthrope]

So hot they were russian to the water.

Ouch

 

[chrissy]

The parents/caretakers should be charged for the deaths of the children. Each summer our town goes above 40C and this doesn't happen!

 

[The_Assimilator]

The parents/caretakers should be charged for the deaths of the children. Each summer our town goes above 40C and this doesn't happen!

What part of "record 37 degree temperatures" and "worst drought in 130 years" did you not understand? If SA temperatures suddently dropped to -37, which is commonplace for Russian winters, we'd have a lot more deaths than the Russinas are seeing right now.

 

[chrissy]

So its okay for people to go craze just because of a change in weather. Children drowned because of drunk adults.

 

[Picard]

Seems like most of the Russian population are perpetually drunk.

 

[ponder]

Seems like most of the Russian population are perpetually drunk.

Spasibo. Na zdorovje!

 

[Polymathic]

not only that just saw on TV now moscow is also covered in smog caused by the fires that where triggered by the heats, looks like something out of a B rate movie.

 

[Pitbull]

not only that just saw on TV now moscow is also covered in smog caused by the fires that where triggered by the heats, looks like something out of a B rate movie.

The fires are not caused by the heat

In Russia you as a owner of a property lose your stake if the building on said land burns down. The land then becomes state property. There has been massive amounts of fires in Moscow specifically. Owners have people renting their flats/houses. There is a dispute and then out of spite the people renting the place burns it down. I'm sure there must be something about it on the net somewhere.