Summary: What Happened At Squaw Valley Ski Resort

Long ago, the middle of the North American continent was a treeless prairie covered by tall grasses and roaming buffalo. When European settlers came, they called this area the Great American Desert. Today, this "desert" is covered with fields of wheat, corn, and alfalfa made possible by center-pivot irrigation. My grandfather used to sell center-pivot systems and when my family drove to my grandparent's home in Nebraska, we would count how many "sprinklers" were watering each section of land. At the time, I didn't know that this water was being pumped from somethng called the Ogallala Aquifer, a huge underground water supply. Throughout the years, this aquifer has made the Great American Desert one of the best farming

"This contaminated water should only be used -- if they just have to use it at all -- for the purpose of showering and flushing toilets. A better filtration system for our drinking water is the only solution to this problem, and according to risk manager Emily Davidson, this [filtration system] has been a long anticipated solution to be installed in the near future. [Note: A water-polishing unit supposedly cured the contamination problem, but a risk management official has recently admitted to Caples that more filtration is needed! Until that extra filtration installed, the Hobby Unit inmates remain exposed to contaminated water.]

The worst started between 1878 and 1985 when solution salt miners started to drill in the Tully Valley brine field located in Onondaga County. Started by Solvay Process Company, it soon became the site of 162 wells. Many companies followed this lead using reckless extraction techniques including wild brining, and uncontrolled air padding to create interconnected multi-well caverns with large, unsupported roof spans (Sanford, 1996). Not unexpectedly the results of these practices paved way for multiple sinkholes widespread subsidence, and increased mudboil

Kathryn Schulz has provided insight of the dangers of the Cascadia Subduction Zone and the lack of our countries preparedness. Seismologist has detected and proven probability of an enormous earthquake and/or tsunami that is over due to take place along the western coast line and yet the lack of preparedness is evident. Thousands of lives will be lost due to unpreparedness.

When people are on winter break, most want to go out and play in the snow, but who knew that the snow could be one's worst nightmare when stubbornness comes into play. Most people go out on an enjoyable snow-white day to sled down snowy hills and fling semi-hard snowballs at each other. No one would think that maybe sledding down the snowy hills could be so dangerous when they are having fun, and trying to show off. I certainly did not think that it was dangerous, but boy was I so wrong. Normally being a Los Angeles girl, going up to Big Bear is such an amazing experience, because down in the Los Angeles region it does not snow at all. However, I was not ready to face what was slowly going to change me in the mountains of California.

The water supply was officially switched in April of 2014, and shortly after, residents began to complain about the smell and color of their water. Months after resident’s complaints were essentially ignored, E. coli and coliform bacteria were detected in the water (NPR, 2016). Residents were advised to boil their water until pipes were flushed and water was treated with chlorine. The exact same scenario occurred for a second time in September.

Finally, this Drowling Mountain will be the popular ski resort in the future. (Appendix 8)

If the well fails to demonstrate mechanical integrity during a test or a loss of mechanical integrity becomes evident during operation (such as presence of pressure in the tubing - casing annulus, water flowing at the surface, etc.), the Permittee shall notify the Director within 24 hours (see Part III Section D.11(e) of this Permit), cease injection, and shut-in the well within 48 hours unless the Director requires immediate

Another effective technique the author uses is referencing examples of inherent dangers in regard to avalanches. The author references three cases in which avalanches occurred on ski areas to show how avalanches themselves are unpreventable from occurring. This helps benefit the argument since it emphasizes the reality of ski patrollers being helpless when avalanches occur and therefore something that is unavoidable.

“You never think that something like this will happen,” Student Council President Wanda Brandman said. “You hear about people getting injured on the slopes, but this was unbelievable”

After calculating the fair value of Snowy Ridge’s assets it was necessary to test for impairment. Impairment was tested by comparing the carrying value of each asset to its fair value (see table 2). The carrying value of marketable securities as of June 30th was $4,500,000. The current fair value of marketable securities was found to be 4,565,000, a positive difference of$ 65,000. Changes in marketable securities are reported even without impairment, thus an adjustment was made (see table 3). The carrying value of the mountain division as of June 30th was $12,360,000. The current fair

It has been a busy couple of weeks for residents in Kelowna this past May. The tragedy all began on May, 4th, 2017. This is when a large storm hit Kelowna without warning which in turn caused a flood. A state of emergency was not declared until two days after the storm occurred. (McCullough, pars. 2, 7) The natural beast that struck Kelowna was a flood. (McCullough, par. 3) Many parts of Kelowna were affected by the flood, including the local businesses and residents. Two local golf courses were affected by this event: Shadow Ridge, which were forced to close all of their 18 holes; and Kelowna Springs who closed only their back 9 holes. The general manager at Kelowna Springs reassured that the holes would be back in operation sooner rather

On March 22nd, 2014, one of the deadliest landslide disasters occurred in Northwest Washington. There was tragic loss of life and destruction of property. Debris covered approximately 40 homes and nearly a mile of State Rt. 530. It is commonly known as the “Oso Landslide” because of the location of this tragedy. On this day, Steelhead Haven, near Oso, WA would suffer the loss of 43 fatalities.

The well (BOE 16-16) is deep and it is thought that the plunger will need extra assistance to operate properly. It is important to note that there is a high pressure line next to the well. The current set up will allow for an easier and cheaper poor boy gas lift installation. In addition, a poor boy gas lift system will allow chemical and foamer injection into the well as needed. These injections would help correct the salt build up issues that the candidate well experiences.

coli outbreak at a county state fair that was a result of poor water treatment. The quality of treatment had been far overlooked because private companies monopolized New York’s water systems. They sought profit over quality and their ineptitude led to deadly containments leeching into New York’s water. Not only did many fall ill, but also a three-year-old girl and an elderly man succumbed to the deadly waterborne illness (Olsen et al. v). Afterwards, the state of New York regained control over its public water system, but impurities continued to damper the water of the city.