IDITAROD DOGSLED RACE HAS TO TRUCK IN SNOW

They will have to truck in some snow to start the 2016 Iditarod dogsled race in Alaska. Course officials say the ceremonial opening of the storied, 1,000-mile-long dog sled race in Anchorage, Alaska, might be cut short Saturday over the missing snow, which is disappearing thanks to unseasonably warm temperatures. Officials are planning on trucking in around 1,000 loads of snow in order to run the full 11-mile start. The Alaska Railroad has offered to haul 300 cubic yards of snow down from Fairbanks, more than 350 miles north. In 2015, the course had to be moved to accommodate a lack of snow, and in 2014 a barren segment of the course injured several teams, causing them to drop out.
* How about sleds with detachable wheels?
* Finally a new phrase to replace carrying coals to Newcastle.
* Let’s try it out: “This is like taking snow to Alaska.”
* Okay, if you don’t believe in global warming, what the hell is this all about?
* Wait – won’t burning the fuel to haul 1,000 loads of snow more than 350 miles ALSO add to global warming?
* You can rearrange the letters in Iditarod to spell “Rad Idiot.”
* Maybe it’s time to move the race to Siberia.
* Now Leo DiCaprio is feeling even more smug about his Oscar speech. (He pleaded for action against global warming.)
* You hate to see Iditarod dog teams wearing sneakers.
* I blame Sarah Palin. Why not? She gets the blame for everything else up there.