Tuesday, July 15, 2014

Wake Turbulence

We were in the Grand Tetons and Yellowstone.  Here's what's happened:

  1. A woman and her husband were on a guided climb of Grand Teton.  She fell off and perished.
  2. A private boating party (unguided) on a float trip down the Snake River flipped the raft, killing one aboard.
  3. Heavy rains in Yelowstone caused a mudslide temporarily closing a road.
  4. A combination of heat and chemicals in the ground closed a road leading to a geyser basin in Yellowstone.  It's since reopened.
  5. A bus full of Chinese tourists flipped onto its side, skid about 10 feet and closed the road between Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks.
  6. A driver put his black pickup truck well into the woods in Yellowstone, but no one is certain how.
When a jet flies through still air or a boat cuts through the water it creates wake turbulence.  The effect is disruptive.  So far, except for heavy rains today, nothing consequential has happened in Acadia.

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