After some amazing winters with all-time record snows in the Pacific Northwest over the last few years, El Nino gives us a dud. I have lived here all my life, over 50 years , and it has never failed yet to have a dud year about every 5 or 6 years. predicted long ago when Vancouver got the Olympics, that that 2010 will be the low snow year, and I was right.
Yeah, if you have not read the article at the link yet, please do so. It is a good one especially since it was written in 2003.