Long Lining Snow?

[Cosmo]

The Crane Comeith with a few flakes...... and some snow too!

[Helilog56]

[helidoug]

Watched a sky crane flying snow on the news last night. There is no money for my kids softball league, our local hospital is slowly being shut down but I am watching them make the worlds most expensive snow.

[DutchmanJr]

Ya i saw that too last night. Cranes and looked like an Astar as well. It very well may be some of the most expensive snow ever for a sporting event, but I for one am looking forward to the olympics.

 

It may cost us lots in the long run, but I am going to enjoy the Olympics for what they are... a grand spectacle of sport. Seems that a lot of supporters at the start are nay-sayers now that they know the games are gonna cost real money lol. Just quit whining and enjoy the experience.

 

PS

Wish I was up there slinging snow instead of making whoosh noises when I fly my couch everyday

[Over-Talk]

try this link, it should take you straight there.....

 

http://www.ctvbc.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/C...BritishColumbia

 

 

(mmmmm, Pamela Martin, mmmmmmm)

[Zico]

What is the size of a snow bucket? And how many straw bales did they haul?

[NDN Air]

Nothing a little tax hike won't cover. At least there's some operators getting some work out of this. But why would they truck the snow in from Manning park? What's wrong with the snow over on the other mountains in the area?

[Over-Talk]

VANOC spokeswoman Renee Smith-Valade. "If we should need a little bit of extra snow at Games time, it's there."

 

Asked why snow couldn't have been trucked in from a closer mountain, Smith-Valade said organizers needed the "right snow."

 

"We had to get the best, cleanest snow," she said. "We wanted pristine white snow."

 

 

CBC is reporting the bale count at 1065 so far.

 

Let's also remember the warm conditions before the 1988 Calgary Winter Olympics Opening Ceremonies at McMahon Stadium, where white sand from B.C. was used to simulate snow because it was guaranteed not to melt. With a warm chinook, snow also had to be moved around the Canmore Nordic Centre and snow-making machines were forced into overtime at Nakiska prior to the games.

[Cosmo]

What is the size of a snow bucket? And how many straw bales did they haul?

 

Size is about three Large Excavator Buckets.

 

Over 2000 bales. Lots by chopper and lots by forklift.

[Guest bag swinnger]

HG56, curios to know what weights your puling with the snow? Looks small from here but I am sure its significant.