European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 26, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Ski Europe 94 will there be Snow Long term predictions Are too Flaky to Trust by de Reavis staff writer while millions of people around Europe get ready for the ski season by dusting off ski gear trying on ski togs and lumbering up ski Muscles there is one area Over which they have no control. And experts in the area Aren t being much help either. Meteorologists will not go on or off the record to address the subject that concerns All skiers will there be enough Snow this Winter to predict the snowfall More than 14 Days in Advance would be pure speculation with no basis in scientific research said Meinhard Giebel meteorologist and spokesman for the German weather Bureau in Frankfurt. On Long term predictions Giebel said it was like the native american chief who went to a meteorologist in Idaho in october to find out what kind of Winter to expect. It s going to be a very Tough Winter the chief was told. The chief returned to his tribe and ordered them to Start collecting firewood. As soon As other meteorologists around the country heard How Busy the indians were Giebel said they began predicting a hard Winter offering As proof that native americans who knew these things were collecting Wood. Giebel also Pooh poohed the predictions of the German Hundred years. Calendar a kind of Farmers almanac that some use As an authority As Little More than myth and fun. This sentiment was shared by Wolfgang Ruder meteorologist with the Institute for meteorology at Berlin University. But at least he was willing to go out on the limb with a Long term prognostication on european snowfall. Last year i was off by predicting a Long cold Winter for Central Europe with a Strong possibility of a lot of Snow but i m certain it will happen this year Ruder said. Ruder said All the meteorological data that his office has gathered shows a pattern that indicates that we re due for a Tough Winter. Ruder did t say if he observed any native europeans out collecting Wood machines churn out a blizzard of White stuff during a Low Snow Winter in Italy. Ski with the pros top Quality ski instruction in the bavarian and austrian Alps daily weekly private groups local accommodation available Call Ewan Cameron or Andy Kropp 08641-7694 08642-940 spas Iii -.-_.  store Germany t a. " Tiv in Ftp skis k2 Salomon Dynastie Rossignol Kastle ? boots Raichle salom6nf.Nordica poles Scott k2 Salomon bindings Marker Salomon Tyrolia goggles Alpine Scott ski boots Salomon Raichle Nordica clothing Columbia cd sports North fade snowboards & bindings Burton sponsored in part by Sie sports Qew Ramstein Community 5j activities Center o 48o-66oo m0/v 86th a i Nordica services s no fort Rel in floor Norm it of sponsors Lolon tort october 26, 1994