[pct-l] Deer question?

[walkinglarry at yahoo.com (larry hillberg)]

Good point.  How do any of us know when we're at risk?

In 2000, walking across mid-America on backroads, I
tented one mile from a tornado.  One May night, at
10:30 PM, in the middle of Nebraska, I was awakened
by roaring winds.  In the midst of lightning, thunder,
and a wind that twisted, turned, and flattened my
Stephenson 2RSLD beyond belief, I soon realized there
was nothing I could do but wait it out.  For over 20
minutes, time passed as it does during a California
earthquake.  I was terrified, no, scared shitless.

The next day I learned that it was a tornado.  Two
miles away, a one hundred year old oak tree was torn
from the ground and dropped on the roof of a house,
injuring the residents.

Who was at risk, me in my tent on the prairie, or them
safely tucked into bed at home?  In the big picture of
things, we of course have no idea.

Larry H

--- Jerry Goller <jerrygoller@backpackgeartest.org>
wrote:
> People's risk assessment has always amazed me. They
> think nothing of
> driving to the trail head, the most dangerous thing
> the average person
> can do, but want to wipe out mountain lion
> population because of one
> death. It makes no sense....
> Jerry
> 
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> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pct-l-bounces@mailman.backcountry.net
> [mailto:pct-l-bounces@mailman.backcountry.net] On
> Behalf Of
> Slyatpct@aol.com
> Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2004 12:33 PM
> To: ilja@cs.caltech.edu; pct-l@backcountry.net
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] Deer question?
> 
> 
> LOL..  Thanks.  
> 
> I ask the deer question to form a response, in
> another forum, that was 
> discussing the recent mountain lion attacks in
> Cleveland NF.  They were
> also of the 
> conviction that mountain lions should be done away
> with.  
> 
> As far as I'm concerned, if you want to play and/or
> live in the
> territory of 
> the beast you should accept the fact you may be
> injured or killed.
> 
> Sly
> 
> > No deers, but lions from the rec.backcountry FAQ: 
> >
>
http://groups.google.com/groups?q=eugene+miya+distilled+wisdom+16/28&h
> > l=en&
> >
>
lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&scoring=d&selm=3fdf06ce%241%40darkstar&rnum=1
> > 
> > >Cause   Deaths/year
> > >
> > >Bees     40 
> > >Lightning  12
> > >Mtn Lions   0.11
> > 
> > Lets kill all those lions, to make LA a safer
> place.
> > 
> > 
> 
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