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A Snowman Convention for Snow Lovers

Posted by The Snowman on January 8, 2013
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OK, call me clueless but I don’t remember ever posting about this contest.  I think I read somewhere that it is the 8th annual snowman contest.  You would think that after 10 years give or take of keeping this site going I would have posted about this before.  Like I said, call me clueless 🙁  It’s nice to know that someone gets what having winter fun is about in snowy CNY 😉

I was just reading an article that Sean Kirst of the Post Standard / Syracuse.com posted earlier about a snowman convention that they have here in the Syracuse area put on by Skiddy the Snowman.  There is a pretty cool picture of a grape snow ape on the site.  It seems to be geared toward the local teachers and their school children and also families but they area also letting you send in your pictures of your snow creations.  I’m not sure if this is just for the folks in the Syracuse area or if it’s open to all.  You can check out Sean’s post and a picture of the grape ape at http://www.syracuse.com/kirst/index.ssf/2013/01/post_395.html

There is more information about the snowman contest at Skiddy the Snowmans website at http://goskiddy.com/

It’s On Buffalo, Oh It’s On Now

Posted by The Snowman on January 7, 2013
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First off thank you to those who have recently donated.  Robert S., Barry K. and Dennis F..  It really is appreciated and I made up a little thank you page even though it really doesn’t quite express how much I appreciate it.

OK, on to Buffalo you coach stealing %^^&(%.  Syracuse finally gets a coach that I/We like and because you can’t grab the Golden Snowball trophy you come along and grab our football coach, Coach Marrone.  We finally have, No make that had a coach that gave us an exciting offense and an exciting explosive defense and now he’s gone.  Now he is moving on to his next dream job as head coach of the Buffalo Bills.   Shame on you Buffalo, shame on you 🙁

At least we still have Coach B. who isn’t going anywhere anytime soon 🙂 OK, End of Rant!

The rant was all in fun, sort of 😉  I do wish Coach Marrone the best of luck in Buffalo.  God only knows he’ll need some :p  I also hope this is what the Bills need to get them back on the winning track and back into the playoffs come next season.  For those of you in Buffalo I can tell you one thing.  Look for an exciting offense and explosive defense in the next year or two and Good Luck to the Buffalo Bills!

Have a Great Week All 🙂

 

Happy New Year All

Posted by The Snowman on January 1, 2013
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From our family to yours, We wish you a happy, prosperous and more importantly a healthy New Year.  Happy New Year Everyone 🙂

I think I may need to put up a thank you page for the donations.  Golden Snowball received it’s second donation ever 🙂  The first was several years back when I went to the mail and there was a letter that had $5.00 in it.  I still have that letter some where in the house.  It was from someone named Pat and it said to have a beer and some wings on them.  I thought that was so cool.

A few weeks ago I added some Pay Pal Donate links to the site in hopes of off setting some of the costs of the website, not to mention the time that is put into the site.  Well I just looked at my pay pal account and saw the first donation was made.  It’s nice to be appreciated and was a great way to start the New Year off.

Thanks Alison for the donation, it’s appreciated.

Have a Safe Happy New Year Everyone 😉

Binghamton’s Climbing the Snow Hill

Posted by The Snowman on December 30, 2012
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I just did an update on the snow stats and see that Binghamton has been making out pretty good with this snowfall.  They jumped from 4th place up to 2nd on the snow hill bumping both Rochester and Buffalo down.

After the slow start we have had the snow contest is starting to take shape and 3 of the Golden Snowball cities are within an inch of each other.  Most of us have made up quite a bit of snow last week to get closer to our normal averages for the season.  Here are the snow totals for yesterday.

Binghamton – 6.4
Syracuse – 4.7
Rochester – 4.2
Albany – 4.0
Buffalo – 2.9

Enjoy the rest of the weekend and rest them backs, that’s what I will be doing today.  Well, after I shovel one last time 😉

What a Difference a Year Makes

Posted by The Snowman on December 29, 2012
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Someone mentioned to me the other day about how nice last winter was.  Of course I replied with that depends on what you consider nice.  He then mentioned how we got most of our snow in December and then nothing after that.  I mentioned to him that most of December was pretty lame as far as snowfall went.

Just looking at the chart and last season snow stats to date it really shows how lame it really was this far into December.  With all of the cities below their average total snowfall to date, we are all blowing away last seasons totals to date now.

I think that’s what makes this contest so much fun to watch throughout the winter.  We all know that all it takes is one or two decent snow storms to change the season around and also to decide who is on top of the snow mountain.  It looks like the bell rang for round 3 looking out the window and seeing the snow come down.

Go Orange Football, Go Orange Basketball.  Can a day of sports get any better than today?  Well if Duke was to lose then yes 😉

Have a Great Day All…

Winter Storm Warnings for All GSB Cities

Posted by The Snowman on December 26, 2012
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Another quick update – The Syracuse snow stats were just posted a little while ago.  They are showing 7.9 for today bringing their 2 day storm totals to 12.5 inches of new snowfall.  The chart is as up to date as the National Weather Service is now 😉

Updated 12/27 – The new snow stats were just posted with the exception of Syracuse which is showing MM meaning the stats aren’t being reported yet.  Surprisingly there were no changes in the lineup and the totals although pretty decent were a little lower than I expected them to be.  Here at my house east of the city of Syracuse I measured 13 inches of snow.  Buffalo took the honors with this snow storm picking up 12.3 inches of snow for the 2 days.  That is unless Syracuse can top it when an update for them comes out.  Here is the way it all played out the last 2 days and keep an eye on my fuzzy math 😉

Buffalo – 12.3 inches
Rochester – 11.1
Syracuse – 12.5
Albany – 7.8
Binghamton – 6.3

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6:00 AM Update – I just updated the snow stats and they are from what has fallen as of yesterday so far.  No doubt this has been a decent storm because I can tell by how many cars come into the yard taking the turn 🙂 2 so far for this storm with the last one being about an hour ago.  One was able to get out on her own and the other one was buried pretty good so we were able to get him shoveled out about 4 am.  Time for a nap and it will be interesting when the next update comes out. So as of the end of yesterday the storm totals are and don’t let them fool ya just yet, many more inches to be added to some of the cities 😉  Good Night

Buffalo – 10.1
Rochester – 8.5 Record
Binghamton – 5.1
Syracuse – 4.6
Albany – 2.9

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10:30 PM Update –  As of right now Syracuse and Binghamton are the only cities that have updates out thanks to the Binghamton NOAA station.  Buffalo and The Rock normally come out around 2:00 am give or take so you may not see them posted until tomorrow.  Right now Binghamton is showing 4.1 and Syracuse is reporting 3.8 as of 10 PM for this snow storm.  Any Guesstimates as to which city will have the highest totals for this storm?  I’m going with –

Rochester – 15.5
Syracuse – 13.0
Buffalo – 11.5
Binghamton – 11.0
Albany – 8.5

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Winter storm warnings are / will be in effect for all of the Golden Snowball cities so if you need to travel you should do it early.  From reading around at the National weather service most of the heavy snow won’t be starting until later on for some of the cities.

Most of the forecasts are calling for at least a 8 – 14+ inches of snow between tonight and tomorrow afternoon.  They are also saying we can expect 2 – 3 inches an hour at times which is a lot of snow coming down and normally will stop traffic.  In other words as much as we are use to the snow you should stay off the roads for this storm.  Keep an eye on your favorite news channel for changing conditions and take it slow.  Below are links that will get updated by the National Weather Service as the snow storm gets closer.

Warnings for the Buffalo and Rochester Areas

Warnings for the Syracuse, Utica and Binghamton Areas

Warnings for the Albany and Surrounding Areas

Most of the Cities and Counties in New York

Have a Great Day Everyone and Stay Safe 😉