FF – Preparations
Here is my story for Friday Fictioneers, hosted by Rochelle. This week’s photo was contributed by Dale Rogerson.
Copyright Dale Rogerson
Trigg sat in his restaurant, so quiet without customers, and tucked into braised steak. He’d planned for everything. With storerooms stocked, employees furloughed and loans in place, he knew his hotel would weather the lockdown with ease.
He smiled as he took another sip of premium wine. He was completely pandemic-proof.
That night an avalanche, dislodged by unseasonably-warm weather, dumped a million tonnes of snow on his hotel, smashing it to bits and smearing him across five miles of mountainside.
Yep. Climate change is still a “thing”, pandemic notwithstanding.
It’s hard to plan for everything.
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draliman on life 
Dear Ali,
Pride goeth before a fall and false security before climate change. Good one.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Dear Rochelle,
He was so sure…
Thanks,
Ali
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I’m sure he had insurance though
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I’m sure his next of kin will be delighted!
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Damnation! Just when you think you’ve checked all the boxes…
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Such a loss, all that lockdown toilet paper gone forever 🙂
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🙂
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Poor Trigg, that really is a bit rubbish! Funny though.
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There’s nothing like smearing someone across a mountainside to raise a smile 🙂
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HAHAHA! Never get too self-satisfied because the inevitable will definitely happen. 😀
(I see you received your sausage and cheese delivery!)
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Yes, he forgot to order and install the anti-avalanche one-man ejection system 🙂
Yep, all my goodies have arrived, yay!
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Hella good story, especially that last line. Poor guy will be fertilizing the daisies in the summer.
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The cycle of life 🙂 I’m glad you liked it!
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🙂
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Oh, what a gory ending for Trigg! Good take on the photo prompt. 🙂
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He went out in style 🙂
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Cruel!
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Absolutely!
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like they say, when it rains, sometimes it pours.
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And sometimes even snows!
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Indeed, this is just the beginning. Buckle up, it’s going to be bumpy.
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Yep, you’re right. Trigg certainly hit a lot of bumps on the way down the mountainside.
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Oy. Best laid plans can …. well … fall flat.
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Yep. Very flat.
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ahem …
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Good channeling of the arbitrary nature of our current experience–or perhaps of human life in general. We’re just having it thown in our face right now.
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Yes, everything is going down at once.
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So does this mean my reservations for next winter will be canceled?
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Unless you’re happy to convert to an open-air picnic…
And don’t expect your money back either, these are “unprecedented times”…
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Well that’s one way to flatten trade, lol. Nice one.
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Hah, yes!
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Ew. Poor Trig. You don’t hear as much about climate change lately. The Pandemic is hogging the news. Climate change it seems is waiting quietly to squash anyone who forgets. Did he by any chance buy that land on the side of a mountain at a bargain price?
— Suzanne
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It was a real bargain!
I haven’t heard the word “Brexit” for a while, either 🙂
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Oops! One certainly can’t plan for everything! I hate to say it, but this kinda made me laugh.
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It was the smearing across the mountainside, wasn’t it? Made me laugh too!
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Haha teach him for being so cocky. Can’t escape fate. 😀
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Pride comes before a flattening 🙂
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HAHA! Now that’s the old Ali. You do know how to give us an unexpected twist. 😀
P.S. Keep safe still.
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I’m back!
You keep safe too 🙂
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Well, at least he enjoyed his last meal 🙂
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He went out in style 🙂
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‘Smearing him across five miles of mountain’ – not a pretty image. Good story, though.
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Yeah, a bit messy!
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A million tonnes? That’s some serious snowfall. At least when it melts, it’ll clean off all that smearing.
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Yes, nature’s self-cleaning!
I actually did “research” avalanches (ie looked it up on Wikipedia) – “They can exceed speeds of 300 kilometres per hour (190 mph), and masses of 10000000 tonnes”. So my avalanche wasn’t even a huge one!
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Wow!
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Loved it, smiling at a million tons of snow smearing him across the mountain.
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Made me smile too!
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Trigg certainly didn’t see THAT coming. Wait… maybe he did see the snow before it smeared him.
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I bet it was quite majestic in the seconds before impact 🙂
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Poor Trigg, thought he had everything under control. We can be prepared but sometimes it’s never enough.
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There’s always something. Not sure what he could have done to protect his hotel from that, though!
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No-one is ever ‘fully prepared’ I guess.
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No-one can be prepared for everything.
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A fierce warning about smugness, Ali I think. I like the exaggeration of ‘five million tonnes of snow’ and him spread over five counties ! He really had it coming to him didn’t he ?
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He certainly did. Thought he was sitting pretty…
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Seems that nothing is certain these days…poor Trigg 😺Extra Clean Pawkisses🐾😽💞
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Poor Trigg indeed. Nothing is ever certain, Binky 🙂
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Indeed and all the vintage wine spread over the mountainside.
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That’s the real tragedy 🙂
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The snow is white and makes everything seem still outside. It muffles the sound. Going to bed with a smile on your face should have been safe! Darnation – Your beautiful little snow globe just was smashed! Great story Draliman! WOW- very picturesque! Nothing is safe! Enjoyable!
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At least he never knew anything about it!
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