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Man cancels opening of new ski resort after becoming aware of tiny flaw on molehill location

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A local entrepreneur has hit the brakes on his plan to build a multi-million dollar, state-of-the-art ski resort after he discovered that the molehill he intended to build on had a small dent in it that could   potentially make the resort at risk of earthquakes.

Although the man has been accused of overreacting to such a minor problem, as the odds of an earthquake coming in the next hundred years is 1 in 25,000, he says he isn’t taking any chances on this enormous project and is also hopeful that he can manage to make a federal case out of his situation.

With files from The Idiom Inquirer

 

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