Now, with weather history about to be made - a possible third 20-plus inch storm in the same season - we're talking a maybe once-in-500-years occurrence, where am I? In Florida, waiting for the pitchers and catchers to show up. Not sunny Florida, either. This is the coldest place on earth when it is in the low 50s and the wind is howling off the Gulf. On the southern tail of the weekend Snowpocalypse, tornadoes and severe thunderstorms raked the Tampa Bay area. My son rubbed it in by e-mailing photos of a 5-foot drift against our front door.
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So in the generous spirit of the Olympics, I think the Delaware Valley should reach out to snowless Vancouver, Canada's warmest city in winter, and invite the British Columbians to move their cross country skiing, their biathlon and trick skiing events to Buffalo on the Delaware. Dump 40 inches of snow in South Jersey's pristine Pine Barrens and you've got instant Norway. All you need is 50,000 folks camping out for a week to cheer their national heroes to victory.
And the demonstration sport can be the one that was improvised Saturday in Philly: the Art Museum Steps Toboggan Run. But we'll replace curling - bowling with brooms - with a sport derived from the rich tailgating tradition of Eagles fans: hurling.
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