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Originally Posted by Denis
In Europe it's a nightmare for people whose income come from the white gold.
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Maybe hiking and backpacking could be introduced to offset the lack of snow. Utah and Colorado are packed with skiers. There is already so much snow they should be skiing until May or June. Anyway, the bitter cold has affected the US all the way south to the Alamo.
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US in an icy grip
Thursday 18th January, 2007 Posted: 13:59 CIT (18:59 GMT)
SAN ANTONIO (AP) – A bone–rattling blast of sleet and snow kept Texas and Oklahoma residents shivering in its icy grip, while a blizzard north of Los Angeles caused big–rigs to jackknife.
At least 65 storm–related deaths have been reported in nine states since Friday, including 10 in Texas and 23 in Oklahoma. The Alamo was closed Wednesday, as was a 300–mile stretch of Interstate 10 in Texas from Fort Stockton to San Antonio. In California, a four–night cold snap wiped out as much as three–quarters of the state’s citrus and harmed virtually every other winter crop, from avocados to flowers.
A fast–moving cold storm dropped snow in the mountains above Malibu, left white coats of hail in the city and unleashed a blizzard Wednesday that closed Interstate 5 north of Los Angeles.
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Texas is not prepared for blizzards and Texas also risks loosing citrus crops like the one billion lost in California. Pretty soon they will be skiing in L.A. between the dead palm trees.