On Saturday, March 13th there was a snowmobile competition in western Canada called the "Big Iron Shoot Out". The event was taking place on a mountain in British Columbia when an avalanche hit. Emergency crews used many resources such as canine units to search for survivors. They came to conclude that two people were killed. About thirty were injured from the avalanche as well.
It's always hard to read such tragic stories like this one. I feel sad for those who were killed, and for the friends and families of those two people. If only the avalanche would have hit before or after the competition, nobody would have lost their life. Avalanches appear to be very unpredictable, but I wish there was a way that we could have prevented this from happening. I'm glad emergency crews did all they could in the situation. Hopefully nobody was missed and everybody was found. I'll remember to keep this event in my thoughts and not forget how lucky I am that this won't happen in a place like Minnesota.http://http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/03/14/canada.avalanche/index.html?eref=rss_topstories&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+rss%2Fcnn_topstories+%28RSS%3A+Top+Stories%29
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I agree with Sam, this is a very tragic story and I wish it could have been preventable. An avalanche is a very scary situation and it's not easily preventable but I just feel so bad for the families who lost members to this avalanche.
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