Avalanche class
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Photo: Eric Engman
Using sugar, potato flakes, and flour layered on an angled board to simulate the different kinds and layers of snow, Philip Long triggers an avalanche as avalanche specialist Sean Dewalt of Wasilla, owner of Snow Dynamics Alaska, gives an avalanche education and safety seminar to Melanie Hinzman's second grade class at Joy Elementary School on Jan. 24, 2008.
