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Climate change is threatening winter sports' very existence (only 10.90 years left)
CNN via MSN ^ | 2/29/20 | Derek Van Dam

Posted on 03/01/2020 12:51:54 PM PST by Libloather

A warming planet has major ramifications on winter snowpack across the globe, including a long-term drying trend for many. That's a concern for winter sports enthusiasts and communities that depend on snow throughout the year.

Not many understand this better than the climate advocacy group known as Protect Our Winters (POW). The group is an organization of professional athletes and like-minded individuals fighting for policy to protect winter sports and mountain communities.

"Increased temperatures are melting away both my sport and my livelihood," professional ski mountaineer and POW representative Caroline Gliech told the US Senate late last year.

This year has been a prime example of what is becoming more common. Snowfall has been abysmal in California this winter. The state-wide snowpack is running far below average to date and there is little relief in sight before the season ends. This is a stark comparison to last year when California was walloped with above-average snowfall and ended the season 175% of average by April 1.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Conspiracy; Sports; Weather
KEYWORDS: cash; climatechange; fake; fraud; globalwarming; hoax; loot; morons; scam; snow; sports; winter
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To: Libloather

They told us this in Colorado long ago. They said the ski areas and other winter sports would go out of business. They also told us we’d never see our large reservoirs full again.

Since then the reservoirs have filled multiple times and we’ve had plenty of great snow years, with this one being off the charts high in some areas and heavy pack in all areas of the state.


21 posted on 03/01/2020 1:57:44 PM PST by SaxxonWoods (Epstein pulled a Carradine, the bozo.)
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To: LukeL

Except in the town of Lake Wobegon, “where...all the children are above average.”


22 posted on 03/01/2020 1:59:35 PM PST by Calvin Locke
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To: Libloather

“Snowfall has been abysmal in California this winter. The state-wide snowpack is running far below average to date and there is little relief in sight before the season ends. This is a stark comparison to last year when California was walloped with above-average snowfall and ended the season 175% of average by April 1.”

One year up, one year down, and they are having a fit.


23 posted on 03/01/2020 2:00:48 PM PST by SaxxonWoods (Epstein pulled a Carradine, the bozo.)
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To: Libloather

“”Increased temperatures are melting away both my sport and my livelihood,” professional ski mountaineer and POW representative Caroline Gliech told the US Senate late last year.”

Get a real job as a bartender or something, leftist idiot.


24 posted on 03/01/2020 2:04:07 PM PST by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: Libloather
I know, we can't cross country ski here... I mean, Global Warming hit our winter activities since 2004...

Er, sorry, I forgot I moved to Florida. 😋

25 posted on 03/01/2020 2:28:15 PM PST by Deplorable American1776 (Proud to be a DeplorableAmerican with a Deplorable Family...even the dog is, too. :-))
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To: Libloather

They’re all confused....again.
It’s not climate change affecting the future of winter sports.
It’s transgenders affecting the future of women’s sports.


26 posted on 03/01/2020 2:33:34 PM PST by lgjhn23 (It's easy to be a liberal when one is dumber than a box of rocks...)
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To: Libloather

I know a couple of people who work during snow season at Mammoth Mountain in CA. They have reported no concern about the impending end of snowfall as they know it. I’ll worry when they do.


27 posted on 03/01/2020 2:38:49 PM PST by married21 (As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.)
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To: Deplorable American1776

Sounds like you’ve got your own problems. Just wondering - how many seas does Florida have anyway?

Point of View: Gov. Ron DeSantis’ climate czar is leaving, but Florida’s seas are still rising

https://www.palmbeachpost.com/opinion/20200301/point-of-view-gov-ron-desantis-climate-czar-is-leaving-but-floridas-seas-are-still-rising


28 posted on 03/01/2020 2:45:39 PM PST by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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To: Libloather

We told Lindsey Vonn not to poke the bear. The Trump Curse is not easily removed.


29 posted on 03/01/2020 2:47:08 PM PST by Rastus
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To: SaxxonWoods
I predict most US ski resorts will be forced to shut down for all of this coming summer, with legions of people thrown out of work!

All due to global warming.

Where's that Uncle Joe Goebbels photo?

30 posted on 03/01/2020 3:09:00 PM PST by CardCarryingMember.VastRightWC ("Blessed are the young, for they shall inherit the national debt" - Pr. Herbert Hoover)
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To: Libloather

In Hawaii, waterskiing is a winter sport as is beach volleyball. That is their normal. In fact, when they have the ‘Winter Olympics’ isn’t it actually summer in Australia?


31 posted on 03/01/2020 3:13:55 PM PST by LeoTDB69
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To: SaxxonWoods

Anyone with a brain would think to store the excess runoff because the next year probably won’t equal it, or run below average in fact.

But not Californians....flush the water to the ocean.....a policy that has now been halted thanks to DJT. Or knock down their reservoirs. They’re frkn’ sick.


32 posted on 03/01/2020 3:23:06 PM PST by chiller (As Davey Crockett once said: Be sure you're right. Then go ahead. I'm goin' ahead.)
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To: Libloather

Cancel all winter sports. Too much hot air being expended from individuals and arenas. It’s the only way.


33 posted on 03/01/2020 3:39:26 PM PST by PGalt (Past Peak Civilization?)
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To: Libloather

420,000 years of ice core data from Vostok, Antarctica, research station. Current period is at left. From bottom to top: insolation at 65°N due to Milankovitch cycles (connected to 18O); 18O isotope of oxygen; levels of methane (CH4); relative temperature; levels of carbon dioxide (CO2).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vostok_Station#/media/File:Vostok_420ky_4curves_insolation.jpg


34 posted on 03/01/2020 3:44:25 PM PST by theBuckwheat
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To: nascarnation

Yes.. it was cold there today! Did you see that Trump 2020 flag?


35 posted on 03/01/2020 4:12:08 PM PST by Deplorable American1776 (Proud to be a DeplorableAmerican with a Deplorable Family...even the dog is, too. :-))
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To: Libloather
The other day the area around Watertown,NY (home of Fort Drum) got somewhere around 25 inches of snow in about 6 hours.
36 posted on 03/01/2020 4:44:21 PM PST by Gay State Conservative (The Rats Can't Get Over The Fact That They Lost A Rigged Election)
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To: Libloather

Instead of some future global warming they should be concerned about men and boys competing as women and girls in winter and summer sports.


37 posted on 03/01/2020 5:47:10 PM PST by libertylover (Socialism will always look good to those who think they can get something for nothing.)
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To: LukeL

50% of all students test below the median, but the % below average can vary based on score distribution.


38 posted on 03/01/2020 6:33:05 PM PST by Gil4 (And the trees are all kept equal by hatchet, ax and saw)
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To: xp38
Bryant Gumbel is fine with this.

Is that jack ass still alive?

39 posted on 03/02/2020 6:30:48 AM PST by Hyman Roth
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To: Hyman Roth

No death date on his wiki page so yeah. He’s been out of the spotlight for a while now but of course the reason I referenced him was for this....

In February 2006, Gumbel made remarks that some viewed as “reverse racism” regarding the Winter Olympics and the lack of African-American participation, and others considered important sports journalism commentary.[15]

So try not to laugh when someone says these are the world’s greatest athletes despite a paucity of blacks that makes the Winter Games look like a GOP convention.

and his most recent jackassery on his wiki page is this

In a Rolling Stone article dated January 20, 2015, Gumbel said: “There are a few things I hate more than the (National Rifle Association). I mean truly. I think they’re pigs. I think they don’t care about human life. I think they are a curse upon the American landscape. So we got that on the record.”[18]


40 posted on 03/02/2020 6:42:05 AM PST by xp38
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