Nice read. The first photograph of the two crossing a bridge is STUNNING!!!
Whoever took this just made my day. At first I thought it was a measuring device (like a level), then I thought it was a single ski across a dry patch between snow, then I had to look and look again. Shees!
THANK YOU!!!
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In spite of the problems, the pictures of the snow are spectacular, the landscape amazingly beautiful.!
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They can have the snow; we in NY do not want it nor its complications of car accidents, people hurting themselves, slipping on snow/ice etc. UGH!
The timing for Davos is perfect. Of course they'll continue to ignore signs of an impending disaster that will cost more than all attendee's assets combined.
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I'm sure this much snow causes all kinds of problems for the people who live and work there, but it's oh so beautiful!
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Does this mean the rivers that originate in the area of the heavy snowfall will be rejuvenated this coming spring? Last year there was drought and the rivers were very low. Hope the heavy snowfall does not lead to flooding.
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@underwater44 The snow will help, but the longer-term concern is the retreat of the glaciers. The region's water supply depends on glacier run-off. One winter's dramatic snowfall will have little effect.
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@ML glacial AND snowmelt. The snowmelt alone will help a great deal.
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@underwater44 depends on how slow the summer warm up is. This much snowpack could mean a prolonged runoff, but if the warmup is too quick then you could have massive flooding instead. Extremes like this event are to be expected in the new climate regime we are entering.
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Once in a generation seems to have changed. Maybe once a year?
Didn't this happen last year? I recall this NYTimes story about Davos:
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/22/business/davos-snow.html
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I don’t think it’s once a generation anymore.
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Mr. Haas, a 63-year old hotel owner, said the winter reminded him of those of the 1960s and ’70s.
“I wouldn’t give it too much importance, it just means the winter is finally really good again,” he said by telephone.
Well said, Herr Haus !
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