Small Avalanches and Other Stories
by Joyce Carol Oates
Results Small Avalanches and Other Stories
Wilderness ~ Wilderness Getting Lost There are many ways to get lost in the wilderness Following an obvious road trail or feature such as a stream or shoreline prevents any possibility of becoming lost but travelers striking off crosscountry may become disoriented—especially in conditions of poor visibility or in difficult terrain
Dyatlov Pass incident Wikipedia ~ The Dyatlov Pass incident Russian Ги́бель тургру́ппы Дя́тлова refers to the unsolved deaths of nine ski hikers in the northern Ural Mountains in the Soviet Union now Russia between 1 February and 2 February experienced trekking group who were all from the Ural Polytechnical Institute had established a camp on the slopes of Kholat Syakhl in an area now
Why the Swiss are experts at predicting avalanches SWI ~ It may seem quite a leap from studying snowflakes with a magnifying glass to forecasting one of the greatest natural threats in the Alps but the step is part of how Switzerland manages avalanches
Ski safety how to avoid avalanches Telegraph ~ Ski safety how to avoid avalanches Henry Schniewind who runs Henrys Avalanche Talks HAT is a leading provider of offpiste safety information and training
No mistake about it Business blunders must be stopped ~ The internet is rife with stories about small errors that turned into huge mistakes for businesses and other organizations In some of the most memorable NASA’s 125 million Mars orbiter was lost in space in 1999 because engineers at Lockheed Martin used English measurements in the design process while NASA used metric A record label passed on a fledgling band called the Beatles because
PNSN Pacific Northwest Seismic Network ~ Landslide still moving but seismic monitoring is over We have removed our seismic stations from the Rattlesnake Ridge landslide even though it
Mount St Helens Pacific Northwest Seismic Network ~ Mount St Helens is the most historically active volcano in the Cascade range having produced four major explosive eruptions since 1479 and dozens more smaller eruptions including pyroclastic flows lava flows and domes and lahars
LiDAR Scanners and Sensor Solutions Orlando FL Riegl USA ~ SAM LLC Using Technology to Enhance Solutions Posted by RIEGL on September 26 2018 Editor Note This article features one of our customers Surveying and Mapping LLC SAM LLC and how technology has helped them become the largest geospatial service company in the United States
Thoughtful and inspirational stories Roger Darlingtons ~ The donkey An old man a boy and a donkey were going to town The boy rode on the donkey and the old man walked As they went along they passed some people who remarked it was a shame the old man was walking and the boy was riding
Snow Fall The Avalanche at Tunnel Creek Multimedia ~ The snow burst through the trees with no warning but a lastsecond whoosh of sound a twostory wall of white and Chris Rudolph’s piercing cry “Avalanche Elyse” The very thing the 16
