At least four people were killed and several others injured on Saturday after a hot water pipe burst at a shopping mall in western Moscow, the city's mayor said.
  • SpaceBar@lemmy.worldEnglish
    22·
    1 year ago

    Hot water as in ‘super heated water’ used in building environmental control.

    It was probably under extreme pressure and such a high temperature that when the pipe burst it instantly created a super heated steam explosion.

  • atlasraven31@lemm.eeEnglish
    121·
    1 year ago

    I would ask how but I’ve seen a Russian mall detonate like a fuel air bomb. Sanctions or no maintenance?

    • hh93@lemm.eeEnglish
      10·
      1 year ago

      Most countries except for the US still have them afaik

      Here in Germany they are in every city and very successful

      I think the problem is that the US malls are in the middle of nowhere and you need to take your car there and spend a lot of time there.

      Here they integrated as part of the inner city and flourishing and you can just walk to the old town or other things nearby

      • Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.caEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        Also I’ve found where I live in Canada 90% of the outlets in malls are clothing store, mostly younger and hipster clothing stores too.

        Have no interest in browsing through 16 clothing stores all selling jeans and t shirts.

      • 133arc585@lemmy.mlEnglish
        42·
        1 year ago

        Most countries except for the US

        They still exist in the USA as well. They just aren’t popular.

        • EnderWi99in@kbin.social
          4·
          1 year ago

          Guess that depends on where? Where I live there’s a mall on like every damn town, and there are two within like 10min from my house.

          • 133arc585@lemmy.ml
            32·
            1 year ago

            I meant not popular as in they don’t have as much foot traffic as they did a few decades ago. Many exist, but the number of malls that don’t feel “dead” is pretty low in my experience.

            • sugar_in_your_tea
              1·
              1 year ago

              Yup. We have like 4 within 30 min driving distance (assuming we’re talking indoor malls), and they all feel pretty empty whenever I go. Granted, I don’t go very often, but it definitely seems a lot less popular than even 10 years ago.

      • EnderWi99in@kbin.social
        2·
        1 year ago

        The US has shit load of malls. You can find at least one in just about every town and city across the country. They are literally everywhere…

      • FartsWithAnAccent@lemmy.world
        2·
        1 year ago

        Where I live all the malls have been dying, most of them have been repurposed or demolished but apparently that’s not the case for a lot of places.

    • Cipher22@lemmy.worldEnglish
      41·
      1 year ago

      We still have some where I live, but I haven’t been in years and they’re all dying. As an older dude, I really only went for games, shirts, and someplace social to walk around and see interesting or new stuff with my wife. Games are all online and I can get next day delivery from Amazon if I want the finest textiles China has to offer. (Not entirely negative, they’re the just not known for high quality, dat price tho.) Especially after covid, we generally don’t go out to public places for social interaction. Anymore, we just go to gatherings of friends and play different board games people have gotten recently