Avalanche

[SayvilleSteve]

he's really worried about the rank-and-file losing their jobs this spring.

I know someone who is not in management there. He IS losing his job AND getting about 26 weeks of severance (paid weekly to avoid him collecting unemployment). Lotta thanks for the 30+ years of service he put in.

 

[Benny Profane]

Yeah, honestly, in the end, it was a miserable place to work at times. The family from Wisconsin who owns the company are selfish, nasty people. I wish them the worst, but they'll do fine if they don't blow their trust funds. But, I got to live right on Broadway in Saratoga for three years, and that will always be a great memory. Love that town.

 

[Benny Profane]

As long as people expect content for "free" this will continue. I put free in quotes, because what pays for content online is your personal information which gets sold to marketers. If you don't like the fact that Facebook, Google et al are mining you for data, then pay for content.

Print can't easily gather and sell your data, so they can't compete.

There are a few notable exception, the NYTimes seems to be solvent.

The people who claim print isn't dead are hoping it isn't true. Mountain Gazette comes to mind. The publisher says "print isn't dead" dozens of times a year, online to his digital audience. The same place where he talks about reducing his screen time to improve the quality of his life. MG is a luxury, not a necessity.

The loss of local newspapers is an issue that is more important then people realize. Those were the outlets that kept local politicians in check, by exposing corruption. Those outlets can't afford to do that kind of work anymore.

Craigslist killed newspapers (want ads were a huge income source) and the internet killed magazines. When I worked for SI, TV was the big competition, but they dealt with everyone getting the scores immediately with in depth coverage, but the ad suck from the web was the final blow. Well, that, and production costs and speed of delivery, of course. I have a subscription to the NYT (which sucks, but, we won't go there) and they change their virtual front page multiple times daily, especially on a hot day. Easy, push button. No more, Hold the Presses! Same is happening in music. Easier to create in a bedroom, which is cool, but, totally changed the industry.

 

[tirolski]

More inbounds avy action.

At a MCP Nevada place an hr outside Vegas.
Everyone safe.

Lee Canyon to remain closed following avalanche

Clark County officials reported an avalanche at Lee Canyon Monday afternoon.

www.8newsnow.com

The Super Duper Bowl is Sunday in Vegas.

 

[Peter Minde]

Craigslist killed newspapers (want ads were a huge income source) and the internet killed magazines. When I worked for SI, TV was the big competition, but they dealt with everyone getting the scores immediately with in depth coverage, but the ad suck from the web was the final blow. Well, that, and production costs and speed of delivery, of course. I have a subscription to the NYT (which sucks, but, we won't go there) and they change their virtual front page multiple times daily, especially on a hot day. Easy, push button. No more, Hold the Presses! Same is happening in music. Easier to create in a bedroom, which is cool, but, totally changed the industry.

I'm recording music at home and putting it out there on Bandcamp. The market can decide whether it has merit. The downside: recording into a digital audio workstation, the sound ain't the same as a Les Paul plugged into a 50 watt Marshall at Wife Not Home volume.

Upside: Not waiting for an A & R guy from a giant record company to grant you an audience, then have you sign your life away with an egregious contract.

 

[raisingarizona]

At a MCP Nevada place an hr outside Vegas.
Everyone safe.

Lee Canyon to remain closed following avalanche

Clark County officials reported an avalanche at Lee Canyon Monday afternoon.

www.8newsnow.com

The Super Duper Bowl is Sunday in Vegas.

That’s one hell of a spot to park a ski area.

 

[MarzNC]

Latest update on the Palisades Tahoe website said a male skier who died and 3 injured. The injured were treated and released.

January 10, 2024

Incident Update - Palisades Tahoe at Lake Tahoe

Please check here for updates regarding today's incident. We will update as we have more information.

blog.palisadestahoe.com

Best to start reading this detailed article about the KT-22 avalanche when you have some time.

February 14, 2024

Survivors Reveal What It Was Like to Be in the Deadly Palisades Tahoe Avalanche

The deadly slide that ripped through the California resort on January 10 transformed skiers and snowboarders into rescuers. The disaster forced survivors and eyewitnesses to reconsider the risk of dying inbounds at a ski resort.

www.outsideonline.com

 

[Ripitz]

Snow can break loose a lot of places.

Like Rumor breaking loose every now and then.

Yes, they can happen at Gore too. Stay safe out there.

 

[raisingarizona]

All you gotta do is add a slab on to the top of a good bed surface. That can happen anywhere. A Boy Scout was once killed in Indiana by an avalanche on a sand dune along the shoreline of Lake Michigan.

 

[tirolski]

More inbounds avy action.

Stevens Pass
Mission Ridge

Observations - Northwest Avalanche Center

We make every effort to populate the avalanche occurrence database (map and table) in a timely manner. We will record larger avalanches we directly observe, those with human involvement, and all other notable slides we can confirm within reason. The avalanche occurrence database will never be a...

nwac.us

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