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<h1 style='margin-top:12.0pt'><b><font size=4 color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>As Olympics Near,
They’re Ordering Snow <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></h1>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:12.0pt'><b><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
font-weight:bold'>By <a
href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/b/john_branch/index.html?inline=nyt-per"
title="More Articles by John Branch">JOHN BRANCH</a> and <a
href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/a/ian_austen/index.html?inline=nyt-per"
title="More Articles by Ian Austen">IAN AUSTEN</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:12.0pt'><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>With
seven years to prepare and a budget of about $2 billion, organizers have nearly
everything in place for next month’s Winter Olympics in Vancouver.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:12.0pt'><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Except
snow. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:12.0pt'><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>A
dearth of snow, and dim forecasts showing not a flake in the near future and
temperatures too warm to manufacture it with machines, have forced Olympic
organizers to go to the much-dreaded contingency plan at Cypress Mountain,
where six skiing and snowboarding events are scheduled to be held. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:12.0pt'><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The
Games will go on, but not without some massive maneuvering. Snow, some man-made
and stockpiled during the season, will be brought in from higher elevations by
land (snow-moving equipment and dump trucks) and possibly air (a helicopter),
according to the Vancouver Organizing Committee. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:12.0pt'><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>In
some cases straw and wood forms will be used as foundations and topped with
snow, further reducing the amount of snow needed. At least one helicopter is already
in action, moving straw bales that will give shape to competition courses
normally made entirely of snow. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#0f243e" face=Arial><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0F243E'>Article
continues at: </span></font><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a
href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/22/sports/olympics/22snow.html?hp=&pagewanted=print">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/22/sports/olympics/22snow.html?hp=&pagewanted=print</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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