How The World Works

How people feel about avalanches?

People feel scared about avalanches and they think the world is trying to hurt them. People can't tell when an avalanche is going to happen, so people have to be prepared. Rescuers used dogs to sniff out for victims that got caught in an avalanche. They also used dynamite and set it off in the mountains. If a big avalanche happens when it is set off, it is not safe to go there, but if it is a small avalanche or there is no avalanche, then it is safe to go and play there. Avalanches are here for a reason. One of them is if avalanches did not happen, the mountain would build up and up and up with snow. Then finally an avalanche happens and it would be so huge!! Also if there is a very weak layer of snow with ice under-neath, mountain climbers might step on it and fall through. In the World War one and two Soldiers triggered avalanches to cover and kill their enemies. Avalanches are a force of nature and we can't stop them.  
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