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Posted on 1/19/17 at 7:51 am to Kafkas father
Those pics are making me claustrophobic, and knowing you're completely underground with no way out.
Posted on 1/19/17 at 7:51 am to crap4brain
Damn,
Posted on 1/19/17 at 7:56 am to CoachChappy
I'm saying not RIGHT AT the base of the mountain where it's pretty much guaranteed you'll be hit by the avalanche.
Posted on 1/19/17 at 8:00 am to TxWadingFool
I always wondered why they couldn't take a few propane torches and melt a road through there. Of course I was born and raised in Louisiana so what do I know about snow.
Posted on 1/19/17 at 8:01 am to crap4brain
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I always wondered why they couldn't take a few propane torches and melt a road through there. Of course I was born and raised in Louisiana so what do I know about snow.
it doesn't work as fast as you'd think
ETA: at least not that much snow
This post was edited on 1/19/17 at 8:02 am
Posted on 1/19/17 at 8:01 am to crap4brain
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I always wondered why they couldn't take a few propane torches and melt a road through there. Of course I was born and raised in Louisiana so what do I know about snow.
Kind of nothing
Posted on 1/19/17 at 8:03 am to sicboy
quote:Everywhere in that valley over the past five thousand years has been hit by at least an avalanche. It's what it do. It's the winter version of our 1,000 year flood events.
I'm saying not RIGHT AT the base of the mountain where it's pretty much guaranteed you'll be hit by the avalanche.
You could build the resort on top of the mountain I guess.
Posted on 1/19/17 at 8:08 am to soccerfüt
Like I said, have no idea so didn't know if that's a typical location for them.
Posted on 1/19/17 at 8:17 am to CoachChappy
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Where else would you put a ski lodge?
Um a little farther away from the base of the mountain?? No reason why there can't be some sort of buffer zone.
Posted on 1/19/17 at 8:30 am to AUbagman
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No reason why there can't be some sort of buffer zone.
or a wall
Posted on 1/19/17 at 8:39 am to tigerpimpbot
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Marcella said he immediately called police and the prefecture's emergency coordination centre, but the prefect's office assured him that the hotel had phoned two or three hours earlier reporting everything was OK.
Jesus
Didn't realize this is the same place where the NOPD recruits new officers from.
Posted on 1/19/17 at 8:41 am to ihometiger
Imagine calling 911 and the operator saying you're wrong.
Posted on 1/19/17 at 8:43 am to sicboy
Wow! Hope it was over Quick for those that died. Cant imagine being crushed by snow but from the photos thats what it looks like.
Posted on 1/19/17 at 8:44 am to Nado Jenkins83
I suspect that hotel is not in a typical avalanche path, that the rock/avalanche flow usually diverts to some other place in the valley. I can't imagine it being there otherwise.
If there were abnormal snow levels I'm surprised they had guests (particularly if the hotel has previously been impacted). Which leads me to think it hasn't.
Climbers typically know and avoid camps in avalanche paths, and they face a much more temporary risk, obviously.
If there were abnormal snow levels I'm surprised they had guests (particularly if the hotel has previously been impacted). Which leads me to think it hasn't.
Climbers typically know and avoid camps in avalanche paths, and they face a much more temporary risk, obviously.
Posted on 1/19/17 at 8:45 am to AUbagman
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Um a little farther away from the base of the mountain?? No reason why there can't be some sort of buffer zone.
That's like saying hey it's 1000 feet from the mountain base lets move it 1500 feet, an avalanche will keep picking up speed till it has reached a level plane. No ski lodge is going to be 3 miles away from the actual mountain.
Posted on 1/20/17 at 6:31 am to Adam4848
AP twitter:
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BREAKING: 8 people found alive in rubble of Italy's avalanche-struck hotel, including 2 children, ANSA reports, citing carabinieri.
This post was edited on 1/20/17 at 6:34 am
Posted on 1/20/17 at 8:04 am to Nado Jenkins83
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or a wall
Which would do nothing to help. Avalanches are a devastating force and when they stop the snow is like hardened cement.
Posted on 1/20/17 at 8:14 am to sicboy
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AP twitter:
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BREAKING: 8 people found alive in rubble of Italy's avalanche-struck hotel, including 2 children, ANSA reports, citing carabinieri.
Absolutely amazing.
Posted on 1/20/17 at 1:05 pm to sicboy
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Is this a typical location for a ski lodge, right at the bottom of a mountain? I'd figure the best option is to move it away a bit to avoid this kind of thing.
A lot of resorts are on the mountain so that hey are ski in/ski out. They usually know when snow is building up to a critical mass and they have teams that go up with dynamite to set off smaller avalanches ahead of time so it doesn't build up. Not sure what happened here but it must have been dumping for a while.
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