Shhhh… Don’t tell anyone, but there will be no snow at the Winter Olympics

Published on January 20th, 2010

It looks like this in the middle of winter.

No snow at Olympics site. — Bad timing, I’d say. I blame the whole thing on the bad karma from NBC.

Winter Games officials have given up on Mother Nature and are planning to truck in snow for the freestyle skiing and snowboarding events at Cypress Mountain on Vancouver’s North Shore.

The Vancouver Olympic organizing committee (known as VANOC) says the forecast suggests there won’t be any new snow falling before the Games kick off Feb. 12, and they won’t be able to make enough in time for the skiing and snowboarding competitions.

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# 1 The DON said, on January 21st, 2010 at 12:03 am

This is all due to the FACT that we are entering a new ice age.

P.S.
How much is the permission to use the tag? (said just in case it was not noticed)

# 2 Greensaab said, on January 21st, 2010 at 12:05 am

We had a nice spring weather day here in Spokane. Love the sunshine. 2 weeks ago it was cold cold cold. 1 year ago we had record snow. That is climate change.

# 3 Ah_Yea said, on January 21st, 2010 at 12:11 am

Just get Al Gore over there. He’ll fix everything.

# 4 Honeycomb said, on January 21st, 2010 at 12:53 am

They should hold it at Gatwick Airport in London, I was snowed in for 3 days.

# 5 L1A said, on January 21st, 2010 at 1:42 am

Umm it’s Vancouver, i didn’t know it actually snowed there.

# 6 jim said, on January 21st, 2010 at 1:49 am

Maybe next time they should choose a city that actually gets a winter. Also, wouldn’t it be easier and cheaper to move the events to a mountain that has snow. Idiots!

# 7 Waltersobchack said, on January 21st, 2010 at 2:08 am

What will be the carbon footprint of trucking in all the snow?

I sure hope someone is buying carbon credits to offset the snow job;)

# 8 ArianeB said, on January 21st, 2010 at 5:05 am

So move the skiing events down here to Arizona, we are supposed to get 4 feet of snow in the mountains today.

# 9 Proud Alien said, on January 21st, 2010 at 5:12 am

This is a prime example of rogue reporting/blogging. Cypress Mountain is just one of the facilities. Because of its location, it gets less snow compared to Whistler/Blackcomb which is much higher in the mountains. On top pf that, ever heard of snow making? Dvorak, you live in California, ever got to ski there? It’s your blog, sure, but it’s amusing to watch you rail against the “big media” BS and then get to do the same thing on a smaller, “blogger”, scale.

# 10 pedro said, on January 21st, 2010 at 5:36 am

#9 Ever heard of baiting? I guess you didn’t since you fell for it. Although I’m more amused at #1′s comment

# 11 RTaylor said, on January 21st, 2010 at 5:37 am

#9, I’ll let some Californian explain the snow in their state.

# 12 bac said, on January 21st, 2010 at 6:00 am

Obviously, the calculations that scientist use for Global Warming/Ice Age Theory are wrong so this leads us to have faith that evolution theory is wrong.

Back to my comic books which are the truth.

# 13 SparkyOne said, on January 21st, 2010 at 6:20 am

You throw hay on the hills issue each team a big man made ice block and let them slide down the hills. Really this is crap entertainment made to placate the masses

# 14 ChuckM said, on January 21st, 2010 at 6:49 am

Whistler/Blackcomb is up for auction… the parent company missed a debt payment and so now assets are all on the block.

Olympic venue for sale!… get them while they’re hot!

# 15 ha ha said, on January 21st, 2010 at 6:54 am

ha ha #13 well said – by an obvious fat tube-steak eating tub-o-lard. Believe it or not there are people in the world who aspire to more than being a fat arse moron who posts on blogs, they actually achieve great feats with their fitness levels and perseverance. Obviously not you.

# 16 Awake said, on January 21st, 2010 at 6:59 am

There’s Olympics coming? Oh yeah, the winter thing… where much of the ‘sports’ is gravity based… slide down a track in a sled with 4 people, or 2 people, or one crazy person on their back… or slide really fast down a hill on skis.

You can also spend hours watching the king of all sports: shuffleboard played with big rocks on an ice skating rink.

Then you have the same ice skating competition that they have three times a year in other places…

Frankly… who cares?

# 17 Dallas said, on January 21st, 2010 at 7:07 am

The Jamaican bobsled team is an early favorite.

# 18 pedro said, on January 21st, 2010 at 7:26 am

#15 Obviously, you eat from the Olympic Committee crap.

Curling must be quite demanding.

# 19 The0ne said, on January 21st, 2010 at 7:26 am

I could have sworn Cherman, John and the whole DU staff was in agreement we are in a cooling stage due to all the cold weather going on.

In fact, I’m 100% sure because I stated they all should go and fck themselves in various threads.

So if there are no snow, should everyone be saying we are in a warming stage? Holy fck I guess my theories were right after all…

1. Dark matter/Energy effecting Earth’s climate
2. Unknown forces/states/masses affecting…
3. Other dimensions, such as the 4th, affecting…
4. Mother Nature is actual working her butt off
5. Affects by the SUN are not entirely known, including solar flares
6. Exploding Nova’s sending whatever we dont’ know yet affecting….
7. The unknown force that keeps the universe going and together
8. The mthr-fcking REASON that we should at least do good if NOT ONLY for oneself or one’s family.

That last one, IF you don’t believe in climate and or pollution, why they fck do you do what you do everyday to clean yourself, clean things and others?

And if you still don’t understand, invite me and my lawyer over and I’ll happy prove it to you and your stupid family.

# 20 Glass Half Full said, on January 21st, 2010 at 8:01 am

I thought Jesus told the conservatives we’re really entering a new ice age and it’s colder than EVER? Huh.

# 21 chuck said, on January 21st, 2010 at 8:05 am

Cypress Mountain is just one of the venues. But they are screwed. It’s currently 7c (45f) in Vancouver.

Whistler has loads of snow, but that could be a problem. 2 feet of fresh powder is fun to ski through, but you can’t have a downhill GS race in it. It’s currently -2c on the mountain, but +2c at the bottom.

If you want to buy the resort, you can put a bid in at the auction on Feb 19th (right in the middle of the Olympics). If your bid is successful you could seize the assets and blackmail the IOC.

# 22 MAOM7 said, on January 21st, 2010 at 9:23 am

Why is this news? Most ski resorts make their own snow to supplement mother nature.

# 23 Nobody said, on January 21st, 2010 at 9:39 am

>Most ski resorts make their own snow
Tricky when its +7C

>What will be the carbon footprint of trucking in all the snow?
They are only snowcatting it from the other side of the mountain – although they may have to use helicopters !

It’s ok though – Vanoc have some hydrogen powered cars for officials. Unfortunately they are trucking in the hydrogen from Quebec (3000km away)

# 24 Faxon said, on January 21st, 2010 at 9:59 am

What Olympics? Geez. Now we have the stupid crap every two years??? Make it go away.

# 25 RBG said, on January 21st, 2010 at 10:12 am

Echoing chuck, the snow base at Whistler, the main Olympic site, the snow base is currently 9 1/2 feet after opening the ski season 2 weeks early due to record snow falls.
http://tinyurl.com/83l83

Besides that, new natural snow is the worse thing that could happen for the Olympics there. The down hill must artificially groom the snow to hard, compact icy snow for the skiers. They would have to remove any unexpected natural stuff.

At the lesser Cypress Mountain location overlooking the city, all the required snow has already been warehoused at higher elevations. Sports like moguls and aerials don’t require much snow.

Until recent years, the City of Vancouver was lucky to see one day of snow.

I’m not sure how much snow is needed for the hockey, speed skating, curling figure skating and other indoor events.

RBG

# 26 The0ne said, on January 21st, 2010 at 10:31 am

In other news, my hometown of San Diego has been hit with gusty winds and rainfall for about a week now.

By DU’s standard, hell is above to surface on the entire world!

# 27 pedro said, on January 21st, 2010 at 10:36 am

#25 said: “Until recent years, the City of Vancouver was lucky to see one day of snow.”

Why did you have to say that. Now, the lefty loons & warmers in here won’t be able to sleep at night. Reality doesn’t work for them.

# 28 MikeN said, on January 21st, 2010 at 11:48 am

So how long before the media and various environmental groups claim this is proof of global warming?

# 29 rectagon said, on January 21st, 2010 at 12:37 pm

There are another 15 world class ski hills within a 5 hour drive from Vancouver. One of them will have what they need to do this if hauling snow from up higher doesn’t work.

# 30 vancouver 2010 said, on January 21st, 2010 at 2:24 pm

#16 Another dumb American. Go back to your couch and watch TV

# 31 meetsy said, on January 21st, 2010 at 2:32 pm

HEY! It’s a CANADIAN ARTICLE! It’s all they’re talking about on the CBC in British Columbia. And, yes, usually there is more snow..but we’ve had an unseasonably warm period…
Cypress Mountain is the issue — that’s the venue for most part of the Olympics — snowboarding and freestyle-skiing courses.
Whistler, meanwhile, is on the verge of a bankruptcy auction….during the Olympics

Vancouver, the city, doesn’t get much snow, no. But the whole damn place is surrounded by MOUNTAINS. Check the map.

# 32 meetsy said, on January 21st, 2010 at 2:35 pm

RGB…
I don’t know where you are, but I’m IN THE Pacific Northwest…and we’ve had several days of unseasonably warm weather, following several weeks of unseasonably warm rains. The rivers are overflowing with snow pack run-off.
Don’t speak unless you are HERE.
As for Whistler opening early…duh, everything around here opened early because we had snow in early November…and really, really cold temps for a few weeks. But, weather changes, man.

# 33 Skeptic said, on January 21st, 2010 at 3:19 pm

When a season gets warmer than usual in any given location
… it’s global warming.

When a season gets colder than usual in any given location
… it’s climate change

When seasonal storm activity is more than usual in any given location
… it’s global warming.

When seasonal storm activity is less than usual in any given location
… it’s climate change.

When a season is warmer and drier than usual in any given location
… it’s global warming.

When a season is colder and wetter than usual in any given location
… it’s global warming.

Many of you are not old enough to remember this, but before 300 years ago the seasonal weather in any given location never changed. Every year was so exactly the same, that you could depend 100% that your crops wouldn’t suddenly be in a warm dry growing season when the year before it was wet and cold. If you got an average high of 81 degrees and 47 inches of rain… it would be the same every year for eternity. …Or so we thought.

Frozen oranges in Florida. Climate change or global warming?

Hint, cold winds from Canada have never blown south since the beginning of time… until now.

# 34 Mr. Fusion said, on January 21st, 2010 at 5:59 pm

#33, Denier,

When a season gets warmer than usual in any given location
… it’s global warming.

When a season gets colder than usual in any given location
… it’s climate change

When seasonal storm activity is more than usual in any given location
… it’s global warming.

When seasonal storm activity is less than usual in any given location
… it’s climate change.

When a season is warmer and drier than usual in any given location
… it’s global warming.

When a season is colder and wetter than usual in any given location
… it’s global warming.

I know you’re trying to funny, but come on, really now. All you are doing is feeding the idiots that don’t understand the difference between weather and climate. Posting such funny stuff to people that think you’re serious is just wrong.

# 35 deowll said, on January 21st, 2010 at 6:48 pm

I think I will leave this one alone.

# 36 pedro said, on January 22nd, 2010 at 3:12 am

#34 Good to see you hard at work avoiding reality. I hope that’s what your therapist told you to do.

# 37 Rick Cain said, on January 22nd, 2010 at 4:59 pm

Why not have it in Alberta? Its always snowing there.

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