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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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GordonFreeman, It was high for the area in general I think - due to the recent weather.
I dont underestand why they put the statistics as XY died or injured by avalanche in year 200X. Surely the important figure is the death rate, why bundle it with injury?
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| Shimmy Alcott wrote: |
GordonFreeman, It was high for the area in general I think - due to the recent weather.
I dont underestand why they put the statistics as XY died or injured by avalanche in year 200X. Surely the important figure is the death rate, why bundle it with injury? |
Depends who wrote the article I guess.
Injuries can also be a guide as to number of people affected by avalanches whether increasing or not.
High being 4+ ? Think it happened on either the 3rd or 4th.
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3 is "high", it's not a linear scale.
As far as I understand it.
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I was just reading on PlanetSKI that there has been an avalanche in Val Thorens leaving one man dead. Apparently they were skiing with a ski instructor - surely he should know better and where not to ski? http://www.planetski.eu/news/1210 
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The European scale is 1 - low, 2- moderate, 3- considerable, 4- high, 5- very high. But I think Paulio is right to note that 3 actually carries quite a raised risk (or in fact as it says a "considerable" risk).
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| nozawaonsen wrote: |
| The European scale is 1 - low, 2- moderate, 3- considerable, 4- high, 5- very high. But I think Paulio is right to note that 3 actually carries quite a raised risk (or in fact as it says a "considerable" risk). |
It depends entirely where they were, what time of day, how long after snowfall, etc. etc. but level 3 is common throughout most of the ski season.
It is usually raised to 4 during and the day after heavy snowfall.
These are all generalizations...altitude, slope direction, etc. all play a part but for rescuers to also be buried, it must have been pretty dodgy.
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