As of 9 AM Eastern Standard Time, Twenty-Nine Hours!!!
Can you tell I'm just a little bit excited about the Torino Olympics (btw, I'll be using Torino as opposed to Turin throughout the Games, since it's not like Italian is a hard language to spell or pronounce)? The Today Show was in the Piazza San Carlo, their equivalent of Centennial Olympic Park, albeit WAY older & not specifically for the Olympics.
The weather there is exactly the same as Atlanta today. Strange, but it's below average here & above average there. Plenty of snow though in the Alps around Sestriere & they apparently are very good at making snow in the Italian Alps as well.
Chris Witty, a speedskater who made her debut in the 1994 Lillehammer Games, will be holding the flag in the Opening Ceremonies. For those not in the know, that is a HUGE deal. She also competed in the 2000 Sydney Summer games (From yesterday's Cauldron discussion, that lighting was the COOLEST!!!), which is a very rare thing.
GRAMMYS: Alison Krauss apparently now has more Grammys than any other living woman. She definitely has the talent for it, but I wasn't aware she had the fanbase as well. I've never heard a song of hers I didn't like.
SNOW: They told us we may get some snow. Some of the northernmost Georgia Counties & some counties in North Carolina that for some reason get the Atlanta local stations are closed for schoold today. Apparently though a new system is forming & there is a chance for a good old fashioned snowstorm Friday night. Right now the forecast for us is all rain, but there are Special Weather Statements posted all over Alabama, extreme NE Georgia, Tennessee & South Carolina. We'll see what happens. This same cold air should go down all the way to the New Orleans metro area (or what's left of it), making tricky times for those in FEMA trailers or those with tarps on their roofs.
The weather there is exactly the same as Atlanta today. Strange, but it's below average here & above average there. Plenty of snow though in the Alps around Sestriere & they apparently are very good at making snow in the Italian Alps as well.
Chris Witty, a speedskater who made her debut in the 1994 Lillehammer Games, will be holding the flag in the Opening Ceremonies. For those not in the know, that is a HUGE deal. She also competed in the 2000 Sydney Summer games (From yesterday's Cauldron discussion, that lighting was the COOLEST!!!), which is a very rare thing.
GRAMMYS: Alison Krauss apparently now has more Grammys than any other living woman. She definitely has the talent for it, but I wasn't aware she had the fanbase as well. I've never heard a song of hers I didn't like.
SNOW: They told us we may get some snow. Some of the northernmost Georgia Counties & some counties in North Carolina that for some reason get the Atlanta local stations are closed for schoold today. Apparently though a new system is forming & there is a chance for a good old fashioned snowstorm Friday night. Right now the forecast for us is all rain, but there are Special Weather Statements posted all over Alabama, extreme NE Georgia, Tennessee & South Carolina. We'll see what happens. This same cold air should go down all the way to the New Orleans metro area (or what's left of it), making tricky times for those in FEMA trailers or those with tarps on their roofs.
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