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Description

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