Posted on 03/01/2010 5:47:58 PM PST by JimWayne
..an article I wrote for The Vancouver Sun way back in 2003...But Vancouver has an average snowfall of just 48 centimetres and -- as most Vancouverites know -- it is rare for even that small amount to stay on the ground for more than a couple of days.
Vancouver's lack of snow will have no practical impact on the Games.
(Excerpt) Read more at communities.canada.com ...
I looked it up. There are palm trees in Sochi. Average January high ... 49 F .. average low ... 38 F. It would be unusual to have any serious snow accumulation there. It sounds about like Charleston SC or Wilmington NC climate wise.
Like Vancouver, the snow and winter weather is in the mountains east of the city.
I'd bet unless this AWG scam blows totally apart, the same hucksters who are talking about global warming in Vancouver will be crying about global warming in frigid Russia in four years.
Sochi Train Station.
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