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Snow To Be Trucked In For 2010 Olympics In Vancouver

by Yuliya Talmazan | January 21, 2010 at 05:07 pm

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Vancouver is set to welcome the Olympic Games in 22 days, but the weather does not seem to be cooperating. Winters are usually mild in Vancouver, but the pre-Olympic winter months have been especially warm. So warm in fact that the Cypress Mountain, an Olympic venue for snowboarding and freestyle skiing, was shut down for recreational use to preserve whatever snow was left on the slopes.

Now, there are speculations Olympic officials are planning to truck in missing snow for the Games. It turns out Vancouver Organizing Committee is faced with having to get snow from elsewhere, because it is too warm to make artificial flurries in Vancouver. Many Vancouverites are now wondering how much extra cost bringing in the extra snow will add to an already overbrimming Olympic bill.

"Our team is up there working 24/7 dealing with the situation that is unfolding," Furlong said on Wednesday.

He said organizers are optimistic enough snow can be trucked in, moved down the mountain and even helicoptered in to help bolster the snowpack.

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mudricky

at 00:05 on January 22nd, 2010

mental.

YankeeJim

at 04:08 on January 22nd, 2010

Polar bears are hitchhiking to the games, we hear.

Singh1973 (not verified)

at 08:28 on January 22nd, 2010

"He said organizers are optimistic enough snow can be trucked in, moved down the mountain and even helicoptered in to help bolster the snowpack."If only they would use the same effort and resources to help the homeless. Why not helicopter the homeless into houses that the tax payers have already paid for and built?