Blizzard Blows Woman From Balcony
By M.-L.
@MALUSE (69409)
Germany
December 26, 2017 11:36am CST
I've just read an article on the internet news page which makes me glad to live in Central Europe.
It so happened on the Island of Sakhalin which is located in the far east of Russia (opposite Japan so-to-speak) that a 70-year-old woman felt the urge to smoke outside on her fourth-floor balcony. The blizzard she encountered was so strong that it blew her off it.
Did she die? No, she didn't. Snow can mean death but it can also be a life-saver. The heaps in front of the building were so high that she landed softly. Nevertheless, she had to be taken to hospital to see if she had got inner injuries. Before that could happen, however, she had to be pulled out of the snow heap.
The ambulance couldn't get near enough so a wheel-mounted front-end loader was ordered to get her out.
That wasn't the only accident that happened during the blizzard. Sixty cars and one bus with 30 passengers got stuck in the snow and had to be liberated, too.
Skiers, snow-boarders, bobsledders and other snow aficionados love snow. I did, too, when I was a child and went tobogganing. Not anymore. Now I can do without it.
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Photo: google
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@nanette64 (20364)
• Fairfield, Texas
26 Dec 17
I wonder if this incident will urge her to quit smoking @MALUSE ? Probably not but next time maybe she'll tie a bungee cord to her waist belt. 
I went through so many blizzards when I lived in Nebraska. I hated them then and I would hate them even more now. It's coldern' a woolly-booger outside today; plus it's raining too. But I guess that's better than snow.
I went through so many blizzards when I lived in Nebraska. I hated them then and I would hate them even more now. It's coldern' a woolly-booger outside today; plus it's raining too. But I guess that's better than snow.4 people like this
@MALUSE (69409)
• Germany
26 Dec 17
@nanette64 I like the idea of an old woman smoking on a balcony with a bungee cord tied to her waist belt. Heehee.
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@nanette64 (20364)
• Fairfield, Texas
26 Dec 17
@MALUSE That's a visual for sure. Or a Youtube moment.
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I do not like snow and very cold weather, I have never understood the pleasure to go skiing.
@lovebuglena (43103)
• Staten Island, New York
27 Dec 17
This was a true story? Wow! Wouldn't think a blizzard can blow a person off a balcony, especially since a person is blocked on all sides.
I am a winter baby and love snow!!!!!!!!!!
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@MALUSE (69409)
• Germany
29 Dec 17
@lovebuglena I guess so. There can't be so many 70-year-old women being blown off a balcony! :-)
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@MALUSE (69409)
• Germany
27 Dec 17
It was a story from a news agency. A balcony is *not* blocked on all sides. At least I've never seen one that was.
I don't know what kind of balcony it was. But if it looked like the one in the photo, you could easily be blown off it, especially when it was on the fourth floor.
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@lovebuglena (43103)
• Staten Island, New York
29 Dec 17
@MALUSE My husband told me this happened in Russia. So guessing it's the same story.
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@Unmaskedsoul (46)
• Qatar
26 Dec 17
It’s so disheartening to read news like these. Thankfully she survived because of snow. I hope everyone stay safe in places with such extreme climatic conditions.
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@RasmaSandra (73861)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
26 Dec 17
That is some story. Meanwhile, here in Latvia, we have a situation like in early spring with green grass and a cold rain falling.
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@RasmaSandra (73861)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
26 Dec 17
@MALUSE that would be very bad. I am all alone and I could get completely snowed in we are out in the suburbs and it can get rough so I hope not.
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@MALUSE (69409)
• Germany
26 Dec 17
@RasmaSandra I hope you've got enough food in the freezer.
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@garymarsh6 (23393)
• United Kingdom
3 Jan 18
I too hate the snow now it is an inconvenience although fortunately we do not get much of it here! She was very lucky to escape unhurt!
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@PainsOnSlate (21854)
• Canada
2 Jan 18
I loved the snow until I had a knee replacement and my doctor said no more skiing. Thanks for the laugh, and I love the idea that a smoke started it all. It amazes me what some will put up with to have a smoke. Thankfully i quit long ago. We see masses of snow caused car problems but never large machines to find people in the snow.
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@celticeagle (159650)
• Boise, Idaho
27 Dec 17
Snow makes for a good packing. That is good. What a story!
@Fleura (29236)
• United Kingdom
8 Jan 18
Snow is great as long as you don't have to go anywhere! That's why it's so much fun for children - they don't have to drive to work. Now I no longer have to do so either I am finding it much more fun! My parents still went sledging/tobogganing in their 70s!
@creativeaashish (2609)
• Kathmandu, Nepal
27 Dec 17
Well, sad to hear in the beginning but great and heroic endings. Thank to everyone who rescued her! It is for sure not good thing to be out in such drastic climatic conditions but sometime we have to for several unquestioned conditions. And we happen to be in such trouble. Hope she is all right now and is doing better.
Good luck to everyone in every circumstances. May God bless you all!
Thank you very much!
@misunderstood_zombie (8142)
• United States
27 Dec 17
I can do without it also, but is so freezing with snow in the North right now. That's amazing she lived, especially being at her age.
