blow off

“In 2019, the conditions lined up with the snowpack, wind, moisture blowing off the mountain and the light filtering through the clouds that creates a perfect orange.”

There were several people who did not lift a finger and blew off their work shifts, forcing other campers to step up and keep things running.

No one in the press blew off the gaffe and the substance of his comments went virtually unreported.

Up to a foot of land movement per week has been recorded in recent months, fracturing the walls of homes and blowing off roofs, shearing underground pipes and opening massive fissures in the earth.

"We booked it so we could either celebrate or blow off some steam - a good night out to forget the stress," she says.