Free Case Study About Cascade Simulation Reflection

These are people are from different walk of life from students to parents who come to Cascade Tunnel, Seattle, Washington to ski and have a good time. Additionally, there are business individuals such as the Rudolph who is a marketing director at the Stevens Pass. The business individual’s aim is to promote and organize ski activities so as to attract clients to their business premises. There are also reporters and journalist who come to this area to cover ski activities, accidents and other interesting activities during winter. These people have the mindset that everything is going to be okay in a matter of time there is no reason for alarm. This is demonstrated by Elyse Saugstad when she was involved in an Avalanche accident; she knew she had to cover her face with her hands to avoid suffocation as she awaits rescue team. She also told herself “Do not panic. Help will come” (John, 2012). Additionally, the locals have a common cliché “If you don’t like the weather, wait five minutes” (John, 2012)
The conditions were fragile since most of the skiers were believed to be covered in snow and their location unknown. According to Saugstad everything was silent after the avalanche; this means the other members of the group were most likely covered in snow. The resources available to these people while skiing were their safety gear such as goggles, nose ring, boots and air bag. They also had helicopters and rescue teams on standby in case of emergency or an accident has happened. There were also other resources on the ground such as rail transport, chairlift, resorts, bar, parking lot for campers and accommodation facilities.
Most of the people in this group were not locals; hence, they rely on the people like Rudolph to organize skiing activities including transport and accommodation. Thus, it was the duty of Rudolph to estimate the weather and snow condition then inform the group if it was safe to go skiing. Additional, the group also relied on Rudolph to provide direction or the rout to Tunnel Creek. Once the skiing date was confirmed invitation messages were send to friends and close acquaintances. The disaster was fatal. The group underestimated the condition of the snow, hence once they started skiing, the snow started to crumple down the hill hence trapping the group inside the snow.

References

John Branch. (2012). Snow Fall: The Avalanche at Tunnel Creek - Multimedia Feature - NYTimes.com. Retrieved from http://www.nytimes.com/projects/2012/snow-fall/#/?part=tunnel-creek