Another nervous shock had experienced residents of the Russian capital April 26, 2012.From the southwest with strong gusty winds brought close all the sky greenish yellow cloud.On top of chilling pictures on the road, cars, window sills and balconies began to settle fine dust-like substance is green.For a long time after the event was gay Internet frightened entries on the theme of "green cloud, Moscow" in blogs and social networks.All this was seasoned with impressive photographs.Indeed, the images from the scene look scary and even mystical, it is not surprising violent reaction of people on served in the day Moscow green cloud.
Go was invented a lot of explanations for what is happening.Most versions provide for a plot authorities to hide from humans some manmade disasters.Write different: a chemical plant exploded in Podolsk (referred to as the city of Kaluga, and Chekhov);there was a fire and the release to manufacturing plant glue;toxic mixture is sprayed from helicopters.Some even tried to link with a strange green cloud coming apocalypse (pessimistic forecasts predicted it at the end of 2012).Panic then succumbed to many residents of Moscow and the Moscow region.Passions heated up and some employees of educational institutions and kindergartens, to tell the children about the explosion at the Podolsk chemical plant and spread them home.
Fortunately, the next day the situation is cleared up.EMERCOM of Russia and the Moscow region government unanimously denied rumors of harmful man-made emissions.According to the official version, the green cloud over the capital is a suspension of pollen from birch and alder.Trees massively and simultaneously bloom and pollinate, just for one night throwing of earrings into the air enormous amount of pollen.Experts estimate that during air sampling concentration of substances emitted by trees significantly exceeded the usual annual volumes (19654 units. / Cu m., When in previous years recorded 950 units. / Cu m. - That is 20 times higher).
Wednesday confirmed that information sources were representatives of Rospotrebnadzor, the Emergencies Ministry, the Moscow Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection, Moscow State University branch of Greenpeace in Russia, and others.Experts agreed that the thick green cloud over the metropolis appeared because the come sharply that year warming.As a result, trees are usually blossoming at different times, this time caused a kind of natural phenomenon.Easy pollen can be lifted by the wind into the atmosphere to an altitude of 10 km and did not settle on the land for a long time.That's from suburban birch pollen slurry was transferred to the capital.
To the delight of the Muscovites, harmful chemical emissions in the industrial cities of the Moscow region at the time were not recorded.But the pollen brought problems to many people.After all, in addition to the fear caused by her appearance, she marked the threat to the health of thousands of allergy sufferers and asthmatics.Therefore, the Ministry of Emergency Situations, and the doctors have advised anyone who is prone to allergic reactions to pollen of trees, and take appropriate medications as possible to stay at home for several days until the slurry settles or not washed away by rain.
I wonder if we'll see the sky in shades of green in this and subsequent years?
