ID: GIER02

 Date Identified: 3 Apr 20
WBS Item:

Not applicable

 Threat: Bad weather can make the island inaccessible. Rating

High
Severity:

Catastrophic

 Context:

Goat Island is an island on the Missouri River.  Bad weather can make accessing the island unsafe.  If this happens, then the only caches available to participants are low D/T caches on either side of the river.

 

The Missouri River is prone to Spring flooding.  The Missouri River flooded in the Omaha area 2018 and 2019 so it is possible.  The likelihood of having a third heavy flood is unlikely, but not impossible.  Hence, the “Seldom” rating.
Probability:

Seldom
Originator:

PM
Owner:

All
Trigger:

This is a risk inherent to cache hunting.  When it is on a river
Risk Responses:
Avoid: Cache hunters must be prepared to postpone the excursion to a time when the weather is safe for recreational boating.
Accept: There is no way to control the weather.
   
Risk Controls:
Accepted There is no way to control the weather.
   
Status:

Risk will remain open until after the excursion.

 

 
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