There's only one thing missing from the Winter Olympics......Winter.

[marmar]

from the Toronto Star:



Olympic training scaled back to protect snow
February 6, 2010

Jim Byers
Staff Reporter


VANCOUVER—They're expanding the search for snow to cover bare patches on Cypress Mountain, where freestyle skiing and snowboard events are slated to take place at next week's Winter Olympics.

Officials Saturday also said they've had to cancel two of the five days of training for halfpipe snowboard athletes because of the lack of snow on Cypress.

This past month was the warmest January on record in Vancouver, and the snow at Cypress has been hard to come by. They've moved truckfuls of the stuff from higher parts of the mountain and also have brought it in by helicopter from nearby hills.

Saturday they announced they'll start hauling the white stuff in by helicopter from Yak Peak in the Coquihalla Pass/Coquihalla Highway region, which links the Okanagan area and the interior of B.C. to the lower mainland.

Officials said the basic competition courses are in good shape, but finishing areas and support areas—ski trails and such used to move people and goods up and down the mountain—still need snow. ..........(more)

The complete piece is at: http://olympics.thestar.com/2010/article/761644--olympic-training-scaled-back-to-protect-snow

[virgogal]

1. It's all gone south .

[DaveinMD]

2. they should move them

to Maryland. Plenty of snow here.

[Kingofalldems]

3. Yep---27 inches in my part of Md.

[DaveinMD]

5. we got 30

crazy.

[cherokeeprogressive]

10. Or So. Cal. We have 18" of new snow on top of a 48" base here outside of Los Angeles. n/t

[Rosa Luxemburg]

4. they can have some of the 3 ft snow here

[Blue_In_AK]

6. The northwest is havng a mild winter.

We've got snow up here, at least, but it hasn't really been cold at all. It's hard to believe it's almost spring and we've only had a few days of subzero.

[WheelWalker]

8. Gonna be a grim summer for hydro & fish, I think.

[MiniMe]

7. Take mine, please

We got about 30 inches, Take it please. In fact, keep it once you have taken it.

[Stuckinthebush]

9. The money spent for these events...

boggles the mind.