we are talking about kevin coop cooper. there he is in his bright red jacket. he's the director of communications and pr for california mountain resort company. they own several sierra resorts. coop always a pleasure to. >> yeah, good to see you guys. so thanks for having me on. right before this storm, the calm. >> oh, boy. wow, he is so animated. as always. all right, coop, it's been a very quiet winter in the sierra. not a lot of snow. i had a friend who was lamenting about how her ski resort weekend was going to be over, but there must be a lot of excitement now about what's coming. >> absolutely. you know, mother nature just sometimes just takes a little bit of time, you know, to kind of get it all together. taylor two winters last year, we had all the snow starting early november and then going all the way through june. two years ago, we had all of our snow in december this year, it looks like we're really starting to get into a groove as we move into january 2024. looks to sit up really good. we're looking at the gfs and the euro models and they're all s