On Monday, Sun Valley ski resort was hit with a big avalanche. The avalanche happend on Lookout Bowl and it slid down the entire mountain. It covered part of Seattle Ridge Lift although there was no damage to the lift. There were no injuries in the avalanche and the resort is going to be open but skiers are being warned to stay away from the top part of the mountain.
Avalanches are big slides of snow down a mountain. They occur when big piles of snow are "shaken" off the mountain. Avalaches can be caused by skiers and snomobilers. When a skier is caught in an avalanche they are in a bad spot. Skiers often get covered by snow in an avalanche and die because they are unable to be found. When someone is lost in an avalanche, search and rescue teams are sent out as soon as the avlalanche is no longer flowing.
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Search and rescue teams get to, roughly the spot where the skier was buried within two hours. This may seem incouraging but stats show that only half of all victims of avalanches live after only thirty minutes under the snow. So the reality is that if you are caught in an avalanche, you better hope that you are rescued quickly or you have a good chance of dying.
Do you now anybody who has been caught in an avalanche? If so, what happened (if you are willing to share)? What do you think could be done to prevent avalanches?
First off, really sad and discouraging blog. Second, it was good except for some spelling and punctuation errors. I have not known anyone in an avalanche, and I consider an avalanche a natural disaster, so just like you can't prevent storms, you can't really prevent avalanches. Good job, though.
ReplyDeletethat is really cool. thank god for no injuries
ReplyDeleteIt is truly a miracle that no one got hurt. Also, I am surprised that Sun Valley already has snow. I'll be looking forard to getting up there some time.
ReplyDeleteGood job! My Grandparents live there and they were telling me about that. I think that it is cool because there is already that much snow up there. Personally I have never known someone that has been in as avalanche. And I think to prevent an avalanche you could do avalanche tests when there is a lot of snow.
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