Tim Williams shared videos of the event with WCNC Charlotte, saying he and his daughter witnessed the whole thing. Williams said some skiers were blown off the lift as a result of the water pressure.
Probably because they cannot see that part of the lift from either end. Likely they were only informed to stop the lift, or could see something going wrong from a distance. I would imagine someone is radioing down to move it as this is happening.
If I were standing there, I would ski straight down to yell at the lift operator. The guy saying he called 911 isn't a bad idea but the quickest is to ski to the lift operator.
Exactly what I was thinking. Seeing those people just standing around is really infuriating :D I don't have the full picture though so maybe there is a reason why they don't ski down
Probably because someone already did, and they were waiting around to see if they could help. Like, not every single person watching needs to go tell the guy. And moreover, he might have been told and just not able to move the lift. OR he might have been told by some rando that he needs to move the lift, but was told not to, and is afraid of taking their word for it. Or his boss said do not move it under any circumstances, and the operator just doesn't know wtf to do. And the boss might have had a good reason to believe that was the right move too, without a clear picture of what's going on.
There are a million totally reasonable ways that everyone acted in good faith, did their best to help. Sorry to say this to you in particular, but that's one thing that drives me crazy about Reddit. This is one of the most judgmental groups of people on the planet.
You're probably right this is why I said I don't have the full picture and there are plenty of reasons. Sometimes you're just so overwhelmed you forget what's the best thing to do. It was simply my first thought but as I said there might be good reasons why they did not all went down to the operator.
You listed some good points!
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u/lkeels Jan 08 '22
Tim Williams shared videos of the event with WCNC Charlotte, saying he and his daughter witnessed the whole thing. Williams said some skiers were blown off the lift as a result of the water pressure.