Thursday, February 7, 2013

On Gloominess in Mockba
8 февраля 2013

When we first came to Mockba we were warned that some people have trouble with the lack of light in the winter time. As I’ve noted in a previous post until January 21 the “sun” rises at about 11AM and sets about 4PM making for some very short days.


As it turns out, it’s not the short days but rather the unrelenting overcast and general gloominess that starts to get you. Since early December I’m not sure we’ve had more than 10 sunny days and never 2 in a row. And just to cheer you up a little more many days are accompanied by fog. When the temperature gets a tick above 00 C and there’s a bit of a melt we get an extra bonus:  wet, slushy days.

After experiencing this for a while you start to realize why Russians have a reputation for being grumpy… makes sense…

Today’s weather at 10:30AM: Cloudy overcast with fog; temperature: -20 C; expected precipitation: wintery mix.

Have a nice day!

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