Friday 2 February 2007

Rotten snow

The BBC featured a report that snow had fallen in the area around the central Siberian town of Omsk which was oily to the touch, yellow in colour and had a rotten smell. The cause of the discoloured snow is being investigated, but it has already been reveiled that it contains four times the normal level of iron. Omsk is a centre for the Russian oil industry.
Residents have been advised not to use the snow for household purposes or allow animals to graze on it.

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7 comments:

  1. Anonymous2 February 2007 at 16:24

    Oh yuk!  That sounds nasty.  I hope the officials can get to the bottom of that issue.  Sounds very dangerous.  That would be worse than snirt (snow mixed with dirt)  Linda in Washington  

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  2. Anonymous2 February 2007 at 18:16

    Holy cow....that gives new meaning to 'Don't eat yellow snow'....

    ~Amy

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  3. Anonymous2 February 2007 at 20:41

    That sounds awful, I know the water in Russia contains high levels of heavy metal but not the SNOW!

    Sandra xx

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  4. Anonymous3 February 2007 at 00:48

    I liked Amy's commenet!!

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  5. Anonymous3 February 2007 at 04:53

    Wierd!  I hope they find out what caused it.
    Lori

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  6. Anonymous3 February 2007 at 05:34

    UGH it sounds horrible!  I hope they discover why snow falling from the SKY is yellow and OILY!  GROSS!
    Pam

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  7. Anonymous3 February 2007 at 12:09

    Yuck!  That's terrible...interesting info for sure...take care!
    Joyce

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