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Sierra ski season begins with sparse man-made snow on slopes
AP on Bakersfield Californian ^ | 11/25/07 | AP

Posted on 11/25/2007 1:37:08 PM PST by NormsRevenge

The Sierra ski season is under way, but skiers and snowboarders aren't finding much snow on the slopes.

Thanksgiving weekend is traditionally when ski resorts in the Lake Tahoe region fire up the chairlifts.

But warm November temperatures in the mountains have meant that the sparse snow found so far has been made by the resorts themselves.

Even then, most of the runs that are open are short and low on the hills.

Last winter was unusually dry in the Sierra Nevada.

Snowmelt from the mountains provides much of California's fresh water supply.

Tahoe resorts say most slopes should be open by Christmas.


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Outdoors; Travel; Weather
KEYWORDS: california; sierra; snow; sparse; tahoe

1 posted on 11/25/2007 1:37:10 PM PST by NormsRevenge
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To: NormsRevenge

Time for the global warming crowd to make this news.


2 posted on 11/25/2007 1:38:30 PM PST by tips up
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To: NormsRevenge

I have a friend who owns a water store. The state just sent him notice that they will close his store and other stores that deal with car washes, etc. Socialism alive and well in California...the rest of the nation will follow esp if the dems get elected in this next presidential election.


3 posted on 11/25/2007 1:38:37 PM PST by television is just wrong (deport all illegal aliens NOW. Put all AMERICANS TO WORK FIRST. END Welfare)
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To: NormsRevenge

mudslides


4 posted on 11/25/2007 1:39:39 PM PST by Cinnamon
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For now, artificial snow will do the trick

&

Predictions abound for a dry winter season

http://www.examiner.com/a-1065775~For_now__artificial_snow_will_do_the_trick.html?cid=rss-San_Francisco


5 posted on 11/25/2007 1:40:02 PM PST by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed ... ICE’s toll-free tip hotline —1-866-DHS-2-ICE ... 9/11 .. Never FoRGeT)
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To: television is just wrong

Your friend is one more victim in the Western Water Wars that have raged for years.. It is a mess ,, a major one and to rely on those who got us into it to now get us out,, Yeah right!


6 posted on 11/25/2007 1:41:52 PM PST by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed ... ICE’s toll-free tip hotline —1-866-DHS-2-ICE ... 9/11 .. Never FoRGeT)
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To: television is just wrong

Sad because there is almost ZERO waste in purchased bottled water


7 posted on 11/25/2007 1:45:24 PM PST by al baby (Hi mom)
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To: NormsRevenge
Take a look here. There's little or no sea surface positive anomalies off the U.S. west coast. The same happened last year.

Two and three years ago, there were good positive anomalies and it rained cats and dogs. Europe, on the other hand is getting snow and ski-resorts have opened early.


8 posted on 11/25/2007 1:47:05 PM PST by stboz
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To: stboz

Wow,, strange huh,, some things run in cycles, I hear..

just a couple years ago,,

Sierra Nevada Range Gets Three Feet of Snow ^
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1543432/posts


9 posted on 11/25/2007 1:51:29 PM PST by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed ... ICE’s toll-free tip hotline —1-866-DHS-2-ICE ... 9/11 .. Never FoRGeT)
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To: NormsRevenge
But warm November temperatures in the mountains have meant that the sparse snow found so far has been made by the resorts themselves.

I've never skied on decent man-made snow. It feels like skiing on sand.

Tahoe resorts say most slopes should be open by Christmas.

That's a bummer for all the skiers and snowboarders.

10 posted on 11/25/2007 3:24:50 PM PST by MotleyGirl70 (We don’t have borders, we have swiss cheese lines.~~~Go Packers!~~~)
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To: al baby

he told me that laundromats, car washes, etc, types of businesses will be closed. What is a person to do,
the state’s governing purpose is to supply essentials for survival. support the instructure so everything runs.

they have failed miserably.


11 posted on 11/25/2007 4:42:14 PM PST by television is just wrong (deport all illegal aliens NOW. Put all AMERICANS TO WORK FIRST. END Welfare)
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