Improper functioning of the adrenal glands can arise from multiple causes and leads to a wide variety of symptoms. Cushingâs syndrome is related to the overproduction of cortisol (a hormone produced by the adrenal gland).
Avalanches occur in the backcountry where we like to play. Most avalanches occur on slopes between 35 & 45 degrees. Slopes less than 30 degrees rarely produce avalanches, and slopes greater than about 50 degrees tend to sluff off the snow often, and not build up slabs, not to say they will never avalanche down. Stay alert, always pay attention to your surroundings.
Most of the worldâs earthquakes take place in the Pacific Ring of Fire, and some seismologists are warning that a single quake may claim the lives of millions of people if it occurs in a mega-city such as Tokyo. In the pre-Middle Ages, earthquakes were though to be caused by âair in the cavities of the Earthâ. Pliny the Elder called earthquakes âunderground thunderstormsâ. In Norse mythology, earthquakes were explained as the violent struggling of the god Loki. In Greek mythology, Poseidon was the cause and god of earthquakes.