A friend of yours has built up a reputation in hospitality management and is an avid skier. Your friend is considering two equivalent job offers to manage services at ski resorts. One is in the town of Mt. Shasta, CA, 15 km SE of the peak of the mountain. The other is in Winter Park, CO, on the slope of the continental divide. Write a short email to your friend concerning factors from volcanic
hazards only that may affect their decision.
What will be an ideal response?
ANSWER: Mt. Shasta is an active volcano, and even if it does not have a major eruption it is a dangerous place to live. The biggest dangers you would need to worry about are rock avalanches and mudflows, which could happen in a minor event. A mudflow would be particularly dangerous during ski season when the mountain is covered in snow. A mudflow could very easily reach the town with very little warning. The town is close enough to the mountain that an eruption could cover the town in a deadly pyroclastic flow with almost no warning. Even if an eruption only made volcanic ash, it could cover the town and collapse roofs. Even though an eruption is unpredictable, Mt. Shasta is a serious risk. Winter Park isn’t near any volcanoes and would be pretty safe from the standpoint of volcanoes, or even earthquakes. Why take the risk of living on a volcano if the two job offer is equally good in either place??
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