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Bonnie and Kenny are back to talk about the beautiful but dangerous snow phenomena of avalanches and blizzards. (Content warning: this episode contains several mentions of death, please listen at your own discretion.)
Highlights include:
2:00 - Should you try to see an avalanche? Debatable
4:28 - Large avalanche in North America can equal football fields of snow
6:30 - Avalanche debris
8:15 - What to do if you're caught in an avalanche
11:28 - What criteria are needed to classify a storm as a blizzard
13:40 - The Long Winter
14:42 - The phone had been invented
16:13 - Deadliest blizzard in recorded history
19:17 - 5 Facts
Digital Snow Museum
Avalanche Links
Avalanches Explained
National Snow & Ice Data Center Avalanche Page
The Deadly Hazard of Avalanches
Blizzard Links
Atmospheric Research Blizzards
Deadliest Blizzard in History
National Geographic Blizzards
National Archives on the Dakota Territories
The Hard Winter of 1880-1881
By Bonnie Porter, Kenny Porter5
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Bonnie and Kenny are back to talk about the beautiful but dangerous snow phenomena of avalanches and blizzards. (Content warning: this episode contains several mentions of death, please listen at your own discretion.)
Highlights include:
2:00 - Should you try to see an avalanche? Debatable
4:28 - Large avalanche in North America can equal football fields of snow
6:30 - Avalanche debris
8:15 - What to do if you're caught in an avalanche
11:28 - What criteria are needed to classify a storm as a blizzard
13:40 - The Long Winter
14:42 - The phone had been invented
16:13 - Deadliest blizzard in recorded history
19:17 - 5 Facts
Digital Snow Museum
Avalanche Links
Avalanches Explained
National Snow & Ice Data Center Avalanche Page
The Deadly Hazard of Avalanches
Blizzard Links
Atmospheric Research Blizzards
Deadliest Blizzard in History
National Geographic Blizzards
National Archives on the Dakota Territories
The Hard Winter of 1880-1881