2 Olympic items

1. For all those people who like to claim that all the snow in the U.S. shows there's no global warming, would you please offer all us ignoramuses an explanation for why there's no snow at the Olympics?

2. I want to thank Toyota, Chevrolet, Mercedes, and Nissan for the very nice commercials you interrupted the Olympic Opening Ceremonies to show me. I will bear your products in mind when next I buy a vehicle, although I doubt I will be able to buy one of each.