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Climate change threatens Winter Olympics
Truth Dive ^ | 1/24/14

Posted on 01/24/2014 2:59:09 AM PST by Libloather

Washington, Jan 24 (ANI): Only six of the previous Winter Olympics host cities will be cold enough to reliably host the Games by the end of this century if global warming projections prove accurate.

Even with conservative climate projections, only 11 of the previous 19 sites could host the Games in the coming decades, according to a new study from the University of Waterloo (Canada) and Management Center Innsbruck (Austria).

“The cultural legacy of the world’s celebration of winter sport is increasingly at risk,” said Professor Daniel Scott, a Canada Research Chair in Global Tourism and lead author of the study.

“Fewer and fewer traditional winter sports regions will be able to host Olympic Winter Games in a warmer world,” he said.

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KEYWORDS: climatechange; globalwarming; olympics; winter
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Make Algore the spokes-idiot.
1 posted on 01/24/2014 2:59:09 AM PST by Libloather
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To: Libloather

The crazy _astards just can’t stop, even when it’s cold enough to freeze the balls off of a brass monkey.


2 posted on 01/24/2014 3:08:02 AM PST by iontheball
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To: Libloather
Blah blah blah.

Too hot global warming. Too cold climate change.

Blah blah blah.


3 posted on 01/24/2014 3:24:22 AM PST by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: iontheball

What happen this winter season is that the polar cold was diverted by a flex in the jet stream, that sent the greatest surge of cold over the Western Hemisphere, while what would have been the normally frigid winter that usually has encompassed the Sochi region was diverted at just a critical time for the Winter Olympics.

The greater picture is much more defined than it has been made out to be, but most people cannot see further than what is going on in their own street.

Greenland is probably actually getting a more than average increase in their seasonal ice coverage. But northern Siberia is not.


4 posted on 01/24/2014 3:27:02 AM PST by alloysteel (Obamacare - Death and Taxes now available online. One-stop shopping at its best!)
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To: Libloather

It`s that Bush & Rove weather machine !!!


5 posted on 01/24/2014 3:29:37 AM PST by Einherjar
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To: Libloather

Brain rash...


7 posted on 01/24/2014 3:30:44 AM PST by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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To: Libloather

In Other News:
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The Super Bowl may be delayed due to winter conditions...


8 posted on 01/24/2014 3:32:20 AM PST by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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To: Libloather

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Several fundamental changes have taken place in the South Asian region in the Social milieu, empowering the citizens. However, we find the South Asian media to be still sensational and old-fashioned run by opinionated corporate or political parties. We are committed and proud to enter this space with an objective of bringing fundamental change.

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9 posted on 01/24/2014 3:32:54 AM PST by savedbygrace (But God!)
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To: Libloather

We don’t have any mountains but its plenty cold here.


10 posted on 01/24/2014 3:33:39 AM PST by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: Libloather

What BS! I was freezing yesterday and I’m in Tampa.


11 posted on 01/24/2014 3:36:48 AM PST by ExCTCitizen (2014theyearofdeadRINOs)
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To: Vendome

Stupid plan having SB in February in NJ, in an open stadium.


12 posted on 01/24/2014 3:39:21 AM PST by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: Libloather

Warm temp in Russia is climate. Cold temp in North America is weather.


13 posted on 01/24/2014 3:44:02 AM PST by SampleMan (Feral Humans are the refuse of socialism.)
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To: Vaquero

No duh

Even better is changing the schedule to tentative.

It’s not like anyone is going to SB party with about 150 friends and watching on nearly 20 screens...on a Sunday.

Besides, it’ll likely be 70 some odd degrees where I am and my home team, 9’ers, can watch in the same comfort


14 posted on 01/24/2014 3:46:17 AM PST by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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To: iontheball

You don’t understand. As global warming leads to global cooling, global cooling leads to global warming.


15 posted on 01/24/2014 3:50:35 AM PST by ETL (ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
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To: Libloather

Even if this happens, which is doubtful, would anyone really miss the winter Olympics? Few people wake up in the night worried about this non-crisis.


16 posted on 01/24/2014 3:51:53 AM PST by txrefugee
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To: Libloather
May God help us from these Global Warming loonies! Here in our neck of the woods, the Seattle City Council is talking about banning gas driven leaf blowers, for God's sake! True, leaf blowers do blow out more CO2s. But, how many leaf blowers are being used compared to all the other internal combustion engines? How about one airliner trip from New York to Los Angles?

After we act like Chicken Littles about all of man's CO2 emissions, we can get a better perspective by eating a little pie chart:


17 posted on 01/24/2014 3:52:43 AM PST by jonrick46 (The opium of Communists: other people's money.)
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Two Rules About Global Warming

1 - Record Setting Cold Temperatures:
Snow or ice does not disprove the existence of Global Warming. They are just anecdotal evidence of a temporary condition and cannot be regarded as valid indicators.

2 - Record Setting Warm Temperatures:
Drought, rain, storms, melting ice, or other unusual conditions are undeniable empirical evidence that man caused Global Warming is destroying the planet, and maybe even the entire galaxy.

18 posted on 01/24/2014 3:57:06 AM PST by preacher (I am not a global warming hoax denier.)
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To: cripplecreek

Hey now, we got da Porcupine Mountains, and Crystal Mtn. and all dem other ski Mtns. We could easily do da Olympics in da UP, eh? And it sure as heck has been cold enough, we could have the figure skating on Lake Michigan, hockey on Pick Any Lake....


19 posted on 01/24/2014 4:02:08 AM PST by blu
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To: alloysteel
What happen this winter season is that the polar cold was diverted by a flex in the jet stream, that sent the greatest surge of cold over the Western Hemisphere, while what would have been the normally frigid winter that usually has encompassed the Sochi region was diverted at just a critical time for the Winter Olympics.

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I saw a great article the other day by a climatologist (believe it was posted on this site) that said the sun, which provides all the external heat on earth, is in a decline that will likely lead to a mini ice age. When the sun's energy lowers, it affects the earth's jet stream causing large north/south elliptical sweeps across the planet. These huge swings lead to extremes, such as we now have in the U.S. with California baking and the rest of the country in a deep freeze.

20 posted on 01/24/2014 4:06:21 AM PST by iontheball
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