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Search and Rescue for Sale

by wooster on 8/4/15, 4:54 PM with 2 comments

• by Gustomaximus on 8/5/15, 12:17 AM

  I'm some countries if you can be charged if you don't assist a victim. Especially medical practitioner who can lose their licence for failure to help.

  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duty_to_rescue

  While there is always going to be grey zones there should be rules these companies fall under 'Duty to rescue'. So at least in the more obvious cases they can have a chopper sitting there idle because someone doesn't have the funds. This can be considered a cost of doing private business in the disaster recovery business and would remove some ethical dilemma.

• by ggchappell on 8/5/15, 12:05 AM

  > Then the avalanches started: one, two, three. They were aerosol avalanches—wind-driven thin layers of snow.

  TIL that there are aerosol avalanches. It seems to be a difficult topic to learn more about. The search hits I get are articles that assume you know about aerosol avalanches, while general articles on avalanches do not mention the aerosol kind. An "aerosol avalanches for complete morons" would be nice. Regardless, it's an interesting concept.