Palm Occasionalius
Sochi: The warmest Winter Olympics in history? A warm winter isn’t unusual for Sochi, a city often warm enough to support palm trees.
Sochi: The warmest Winter Olympics in history? | MNN – Mother Nature Network
Apparently the palm trees come and go with the moods of the weather.
The US skier who organised the letter worries that there is less snow in Vermont.
Unfortunately, NOAA says there is more.
http://notalotofpeopleknowthat.wordpress.com/2014/02/16/olympians-worry-about-climate-change/#more-7061
After reading this, they discovered the Face Palm.
I stopped listening to Vermont hippies when they elected a communist to the US senate, Bernie Sanders
Hilarious really.
Plockton in Scotland at 57 N has palm trees lining its streets – probably due to the Gulf Stream.
Sochi is a mere 44 N and on the coast of the Black Sea – the Olympics are held miles away in the mountains.
Are they deliberately twisting the facts – surely not ?
The Windmill Palm, Trachycarpus fortunei, is the tree seen at Sochi and probably Scotland as well. It is hardy down to 10°F
Link: http://www.sunpalmtrees.com/Cold-Hardy-Palm-Trees-Windmill-Palms.htm