It had been that dreadful wet summer, you know, and places that were safe in other years gave way suddenly without warning.

你知道，那是个特别潮湿的夏天，平常年头，那地方安全得很，没想到却毫无征兆地出了事。

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Utah is blessed with powdery snow that is slippery without being particularly wet, a resource that it shares with very few other places.

ECONOMIST: Lexington