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Described as the snow whisperer. he's from finland. he's a snow specialist. and i asked him, is there going to be snow a little bit over a week from now? take a listen to what he had to say. >> first of all, don't worry about the snow. snow will be guaranteed. >> guaranteed? >> yeah. >> why? >> because the concept is based on three steps. >> uh-huh. >> first of all backbone, order a snow making system. >> snow machines? >> snow machines, below zero temperatures we will start them. again, then as a first backup we have snow storages on the mountain. we transport snow. >> and this is snow from l...

Also a winter wonderland, ski area. i will bring in someone from the sun valley ski resort and make sure she's on the line. jack, are you with me? >> caller: i'm here, paul. >> glad you're here. you've gotten rather creative defending your property. tell me what you're doing with snow blowers. >> caller: we did this in 2007 with the castlerock fire. we have the largest customerized snow making system in the world and we can wet some areas of involved mountains just in case of spot fires. >> basically, you're protecting your area, ski lifts and lodges and more building up a nice perimeter by pu...

2,200 homes and six communities. the beaver creek wildfire has burned more than 100,000 acres and is only % contained. paul, we learn snow guns are being used to protect some areas from the fire. tell us how that works. >> basically the sun valley resort seeing the fire could be getting dangerously close decided it would use the snow guns to lay a soggy perimeter around the resort. earlier today, i smoke spoke with someone from the resort. >> we have the largest computerized snow-making system in the world. we can turn it on in the summertime to wet some of the areas in case of spot fires. we ...