Just checked ... current temp says -7 light snow - though a couple of hours ago snow was very heavy/dense and big fat wet flakes.
3 avalanches lately have claimed 4 lives ... 3 in BC - snowboarding? (one young man visiting from Australia
and one over by Lake Louise Alberta close to BC border ( from Quebic I believe but not sure ) avanlanche dangers a problem for a while now. These all very close together timing wise.
Quote:
RCMP have identified the missing snowboarder as Leigh Barnier, 21, an Australian working at a hotel at the resort.
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-col...owboarder.html
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Quebec man dies in Rocky Mountain avalanche
Last Updated: Monday, January 7, 2008 | 8:17 PM MT
CBC News
A Quebec man died Monday after an avalanche near the resort town of Lake Louise in Alberta caught him and a friend while skiing.
The two, both 19, were ascending the east face of Mount St. Piran around 3 p.m. MT when the avalanche struck. One man was buried by the onslaught of snow, while the other clung to a tree.
The buried man was rescued by his friend, who called 911 on his cellphone.
The two were flown by helicopter to Lake Louise, where an ambulance was waiting to take the injured man to Mineral Springs Hospital. He later died.
Officials are withholding the name and address of the deceased until his next of kin has been notified.
Meanwhile, in neighbouring British Columbia, officials have recovered a body following an avalanche Sunday at the Big White Ski Resort near Kelowna.
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Police have not confirmed that the body belongs to Leigh Barnier, an Australian-born employee of the Moguls Hotel at Big White, reported missing after an avalanche tore down the Parachute Bowl, an area designated for advanced skiers and snowboarders.
There were 10,000 to 11,000 people on the mountain at the time of the avalanche. Two others who survived the avalanche escaped without injury.
Two other avalanches in B.C. Sunday killed two men who were out snowmobiling with friends.
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Floods also a problem ... and ice jams in Prince George major problem that will have to run it's natural course ... homes/biz ... ouch (more norther wester BC)
So ... weather and natural events taking tolls.
Nevada sure badly flooded ...
Ouch ... prayers for a little less of all please.