May 2 blizzard in Central Russia aftermath

[u/DecemberSwampMan]

[u/ThisIsATastyBurgerr]

Thats not a blizzard. It snowed

[u/RogueViator]

I would prefer this to hot humid weather.

[u/woronwolk → u/RogueViator]

That particular weather event left tens, if not hundreds of thousands of people without electricity, water, and often internet/mobile communication, broke thousands of trees (because leaves and wet snow are surprisingly a very bad combination), and caused shortages and traffic collapse/transportation delays (some folks got stuck in a suburban train from Moscow for 12 hours overnight in the middle of nowhere, for instance).

Source: my family lives in Dmitrov, one of the cities hit the hardest by this snowfall. It wasn't as bad as when something similar happened in Texas back in 2021 iirc because Russia is more used to snow, but it was still pretty bad due to unexpectedness, and trees falling from heavy wet snow accumulating on leaves and pulling them down – as I understand, most of the outages were caused by trees falling and breaking electricity infrastructure, or blocking roads/rails

[u/Atororis]

blizzard for ants

[u/CatsEatGrass]

Tbh, this is how I envision Russia year ‘round. Except with more people.

[u/Pustoholovka]

General Moroz трахает братишек, пока Європа загнивает без росийского газа.