> were you.  Been there, done that and the response isn't pretty. :-)  Rumor
> has it that we are going to have a very snowy December that will help but
> supposedly the rest of the winter is going to suck.  If scientists are

Where'd you hear that? I thought this was "supposed" to be a good winter via
La Nina effects?

> correct about what's happening with the globe in the upcoming years then
> even eastern areas heavily dependent on snowmaking may not survive.

Mad River will. Remember last year's "snow poor" winter? They actually made
money. That same winter almost killed ASC with all their snowguns. Global
warming with bring more variable weather - a hotter atmosphere has more
energy for bigger storms. Every rainstorm will bring a hurricane, every
snowstorm a blizzard. The news media is gonna love it.

> Can anyone imagine prime mid-winter conditions being like what's at
Killington
> right now?  Scary thought.   Jim

I don't think anyone skiing in Northern VT two weeks ago could have imagined
it would be this crappy right now. All this teaches us is that you cant plan
on the weather..if it's good now, you drop everything and go skiing now; if
it sucks, you work. I for one would like to extend a big I-told-you-so to
all of you who bagged skiing in March and April to go play golf or sail your
pretty boats. This is your punishment, too bad the rest of us have to suffer
through it as well.

Jerm

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