First Olympic delay: Women’s super-combined (“The snow is too heavy,”)

AP on Yahoo ^ | 2/12/10 | Graham Dunbar - ap

[NormsRevenge]

WHISTLER, British Columbia (AP)—Snow conditions forced the first delay at the Vancouver Olympics, postponing the women’s super-combined Alpine race.

The women had been scheduled to race Sunday, and a new date has not been set yet. A heavy overnight rain made the course soft and unsafe.

“The snow is too heavy,” women’s race director Atle Skaardal said Friday.

The status of the men’s downhill race, which is scheduled for Saturday, also is in jeopardy.

[KarlInOhio]

Is this natural snow, machine made snow or snow trucked in from other areas? Maybe they should have held the winter olympics somewhere snowy like Atlanta.

[386wt]

The MSM will play up global warming big-time during the Olympics.

It's Canada ya know.

How long has Vancouver, BC been know as the banana belt of Canada?

Perhaps some FRiends from Canada will let us know.

[NormsRevenge]

Extended Forecast

Banff
http://weather.yahoo.com/canada/alberta/banff-8465/

Vancouver
http://weather.yahoo.com/canada/british-columbia/vancouver-9807/

[386wt]

Bingo! See my post 22.

BTW Squaw Valley down this way, has a 110" base today.

[heysean]

Enjoy it while ya can!

Lol, you too man :)

[WellyP]

Greg Johnson and Ron Rupert are there from The Beaver Creek Race Dept. Greg is the FIS Tech. Deligate and Ron is head of course prep. They are the best in the business. NO racing will happem if conditions are not safe!

[Man50D]

NO racing will happem if conditions are not safe!

Then I'm not going to Vancouver!