Feb. 12, 2026 7 AM PT
To the editor: A scarcity of snow will definitely disturb those that watch or take part within the Winter Olympics (“How climate change is threatening the future of the Winter Olympics,” Feb. 6). Nonetheless, it’s a much more vital situation for the tens of millions of people that depend on a winter snowpack to produce water for ingesting, rising crops, sustaining animals, private hygiene and conserving our rivers flowing and wholesome. Any article bemoaning the shortage of snow for the Winter Olympics ought to closely deal with the position fossil gas industries have performed within the warming and drying of the planet.
As this warming pattern continues, and we proceed to fiddle whereas Rome burns, not having a Winter Olympics would be the least of our worries.
Susan Frommer, Murrieta
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To the editor: One other nice article within the Los Angeles Occasions displaying factual shifts because of local weather change. I moved to California 23 years in the past and it not will get as chilly within the winter or as cool in the summertime. We used to have ice type on our birdbaths within the winter, however now I by no means see temperatures beneath 40 levels. I didn’t have or want air-con 23 years in the past, however now we’ve it and it has grow to be a necessity.
It’s unhappy to suppose that the variety of venues for the Winter Olympics is getting smaller. Might it’s that we are going to additionally must restrict the place Summer time Olympics are, in order that it doesn’t get too scorching?
Larry Kramer, San Juan Capistrano
