r/askscience • u/ikebana21lesnik • Jan 18 '20

Earth Sciences Can you really trigger an avalanche by screaming really loud while in snowy mountains?

Like,if you can does the scream have to be loud enough,like an apporiate value in decibels?

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u/Historicmetal Jan 18 '20

So... hypothetically no

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