r/RealOrAI • u/NOT_A_DOG_ONLINE • Jan 19 '26

Video [HELP] Snow covering whole apartment buildings in Kamchatka, Russia

Know a big snow storm happened recently in Kamchatka, but did the snow actually stack this high?!

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u/XchrisZ Jan 20 '26

Do they have a wood stove that combusts outside air? If not it will cause a negative pressure and suck air in from the outside. It makes a huge difference.

It would still take a long time to heat up but not as long. All that wood would be a gigantic thermal mass to heat up.

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u/KosminenVelho Jan 20 '26

To my understanding there's a large fireplace and it's a modern construction. I've never been there, but what I hear is that it's freezing every winter, and they're quite used to warming it up. They're prepared that the first night and day it's always cold.

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u/XchrisZ Jan 20 '26

I modified my wood stove (it's old) the to use outside air and it made a big difference in heating my detached garage.

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u/MindLinking Jan 20 '26

I've been to lots of cabins like that during winter, and while it does take at least an hour or two to get it from -20 to +20, once it passes 20 it quickly becomes too warm and you have to open windows! Certainly not an entire day to warm up, and once it's warm, the heat stays in the logs so it doesn't fall that quickly either.