The melting of Sochi

I'm hearing grumblings that the American winter olympic team isn't doing that great because of the horrible conditions due to global warming. However, people seem to be ignoring the fact that Sochi, Russia, is a semi-tropical, coastal city where the most noticeable plant life is it's beautiful palm trees. Sochi is NOT an ideal place to hold an Olympics that so depends on snow and cold weather. In fact, engineers in Russia have been trucking tons of snow up to the tops of mountain peaks, with the thought that the snow could be brought back down when needed. They spent years doing this. They already knew it would be needed. 

Regardless, go USA!