Shock news: No snow on the ground just before the 1980 winter Olympics in Lake Placid
New York Times - January 17, 2014 - 'In Lake Placid, where there is virtually no snow, everybody talks about the weather, but nobody can surrender to it...A warm, rainy winter has left miles of Olympic ski trails soggy and bare, officials steadfastly maintain that the games will open here on schedule Feb. 12.'
1932 shock news: No snow just before the winter Olympics – ‘High temperatures and lack of snow’
