Five years ago, the Met Office’s top scientist said that Scottish skiing is a thing of the past.
09 February 2009
Alex Hill, the chief government adviser with the Met Office, told The Scotsman there was no future for skiing in Scotland because climate change would see winters become too warm for regular snowfall.
Mr Hill said: “Put it this way: I won’t be investing in the skiing industry.
Skiing is ‘doomed’ … so enjoy it while it lasts – The Scotsman
Five years later, their problem is that the chair lifts are buried in snow
BBC News – Skiers warned of terrain traps in Scotland’s mountains
Britains just won’t know what an intelligence quotient is.
We can just about manage to spell Britons though… 😉
Whoops!
Doomed ski industry. Can’t ski if the chair lifts are buried. Maybe by May or June.
Wow
http://m.webcam-hd.com/ski-scotland/glenshee
Here is Dr. David Viner back in 2004 talking about the doomed Scottish ski industry.
Guardian – 14 February 2004
How old is the guy in the photo – is he young enough to be one of the children who just won’t know what snow is ?
Given it’s now 14 years on – probably !
Is that guy a licensed investment advisor?
Lying BBC media wanks have no memory of their own lies they told yesterday.
Obviously from the Glenshee webcams, the snow fences are not high enough. They’re about to be buried.
Shock news: unprecedented Droughtflood hits UK:
Wettest UK winter since Mad King George III was running England.
http://www.itv.com/news/update/2014-02-11/uk-on-track-for-wettest-winter-in-250-years/