Avalanches are in the news on an almost daily basis. Snow slides are killing people this year and it doesn't seem to matter where they are. One 85-year-old woman near Spokane was killed when snow slid off her roof while she was shoveling snow on her front walk! People are even getting killed "in bounds" at major ski resorts. You have to read this New York Times article on the situation to really appreciate the depth and scope of the situation. Check this snippet: "Two patrollers witnessed the slide and located Mr. Nodine’s beacon within two minutes. They uncovered his head within another six. Patrollers quickly recovered him from a deep, concretelike tomb, but it was too late; he had suffocated."
January 9, 2009
Attention: AVALANCHE!
Avalanches are in the news on an almost daily basis. Snow slides are killing people this year and it doesn't seem to matter where they are. One 85-year-old woman near Spokane was killed when snow slid off her roof while she was shoveling snow on her front walk! People are even getting killed "in bounds" at major ski resorts. You have to read this New York Times article on the situation to really appreciate the depth and scope of the situation. Check this snippet: "Two patrollers witnessed the slide and located Mr. Nodine’s beacon within two minutes. They uncovered his head within another six. Patrollers quickly recovered him from a deep, concretelike tomb, but it was too late; he had suffocated."
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