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-Avalanches...Just Chill-

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__<span style="color: #bc0e0e; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 170%;"> 2010 Kohistan Avalanche __

<span style="color: #ffffff; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">IIII <span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> The 2010 Kohistan avalanche occurred in the <span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Kohistan district north west frontier province of <span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Pakistan on February 17, 2010 striking the village <span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">of Bagaro Serai, and killing up to 102 people. Up to <span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">45 were missing. The avalanche came down on at <span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">least four house in the remote village, which has been <span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">struck by heavy snow storms in recent days. According <span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">to local officials, rescue teams faced difficulties getting <span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">into the village as all the roads were blocked due to <span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">the avalanche and further landslides. Policemen and <span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">volunteers had to hike through the night to reach the <span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">scene of the avalanche. They had problems with the <span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">radio because of the mountainous terrain.

<span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Kohistan]

__<span style="color: #b141d7; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 190%;">Are Avalanches Historic? Yes They Are! __ <span style="color: #ffffff; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">IIII <span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> In a little town of Wellington, Washington an avalanche occurred. First <span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> there was a blizzard. Then there was a forest fire, which meant there <span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">wasn't much for the avalanche to impede. Then a violent storm came. <span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">The storm struck lightning at the town's mountain which was called <span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Windy Mountain. Ninety-six people died from the avalanche which <span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">happened nine <span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">days at the end of February, 1910. Later on February 28 <span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;"> the snow was replaced with warm winds and rain at the end. It happened like <span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">this: Lightning struck Windy Mountain and snow broke loose in the <span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">middle of a violent thunderstorm. A ten foot wall of snow, half a mile <span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">long and a quarter of a mile wide hurtled toward the town.

<span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Wikipedia]

__<span style="color: #01ff00; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 170%;">Dos And Don'ts __

<span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">DO
 * <span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Ski Normally
 * <span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">"Swim" the snow
 * <span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> Find some breathing space
 * <span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> Use your mobile phone
 * <span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">When finding people mark places you've been

<span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;"> DON'T
 * <span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Panic
 * <span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Just save yourself (Don't be selfish)
 * <span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Get buried

__<span style="color: #3ca95a; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 160%;"> Preparing is Important! Let's Learn How To Prepare __ <span style="color: #ffffff; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">IIII <span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> There are a lot of things and ways to prepare for an avalnche. Earth <span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> mounds are placed in front of the avalanche's path to slow it down. <span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Large shelters called snow sheds are built directly in the slide of an <span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> avalanche to protect traffic from an avalanche. Barriers, called <span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">avalanche dams, is another thing we use. They stop or deflect the <span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">avalanche. They are built out of either concrete, rock, or earth.

<span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">[|Avalanche Prevention]

__<span style="color: #00ffff; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 180%;">Book Nook... Experience The Magic __

<span style="color: #ffffff; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">IIII <span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;"> For our book nook we recommended the book, __Snow Sense__. It takes you <span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">deep into avalanches. Get it on Amazon.com for just $26.61 for a <span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 27px;"> new book <span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 27px;">and $23.31 for a used book. It is also a guide for evaluating snow <span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;"> avalanche hazard. Another book we found was __Staying Alive In__ <span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">__Avalanche Terrain__. Get it on Amazon for just $14.97 for a new copy and <span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">$12.62 for a used copy.

[|Staying Alive In Avalanche Terrain]

[|Snow Sense]

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__<span style="color: #2373e6; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 170%; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;">I Don't Know Anything About Avalanches... Then ask Our Expert __

<span style="color: #ffffff; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">IIII <span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;"> Unfortunately, we couldn't get our expert to email us back. <span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">But we would like to tell you who we emailed. Our first person <span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;"> we did was Rod Slifer. Rod Slifer is the mayor of Vail, Colorado. <span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">He emailed us back but he didn't really know about avalanches. <span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">He gave us an address for someone else. That person was the <span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">Colorado U.S. Forest Service. However, they never emailed us <span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">back. So therefore no one is our expert. Thanks!

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