[lbo-talk] Time of the great freeze

[Peter Lavelle]

Wow!  It is cold here, dangerous and many  people are at risk.  I have lived in this part of the world for  over 20 years (E Europe and Russia) and today was the coldest I have  experienced. Being outside is clearly a health concern. During a normal  winter it is not hard to find Russians eating ice cream outside while  indifferent to the elements. Not so today. Those of us on foot are  determined to get to the underground as fast as possible to later make  it to work and think about the return trip. Tragically, 3-4 percent of  the city at night (3 million people travel to Moscow from near by each  day to work) are homeless. There is, finally, some kind of safety net  to care for the most at risk (like people in the 70s and 80s living on  the street). Today made me and many others I know reflect on the  simplest things in life -- like being warm. 

			
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