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Great Pictures of Oswego, Mexico and Other Snow Pounded Towns

Posted by The Snowman on February 9, 2007
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There are so many unbelievable pictures of the major snow event that is going on still up in Oswego, Fulton, Mexico, Parish and a lot of other towns and cities between Syracuse and Watertown. Channel 9, WSYR has been having people send in their snow storm pictures and they have quite a few posted at their website at TV 9 Syracuse They also have some raw footage of the lake effect that has and is still pounding them. Hopefully they will get a good break soon. Albany who has a solid 6+ inches so far is sending some plows and other equipment to help out with the snow.

NYCO, whose blog keeps track of what’s going on in the CNY area has a good video on the Silent Edge site showing some white out conditions in Palaski. Check it out at http://www.silent-edge.org/wp/index.php She also has a link to the USA Today weather guys section that has a mention of the Golden Snowball contest and a couple others worth checking out. You can check out The Weather Guys section at USA Today which has some great weather info and facts with a fun spin to it at http://blogs.usatoday.com/weather/

There is a possibilty that come tonight or tomorrow that the lead might be switching again. Syracuse has picked up enough to barely slide by Buffalo by a few inches depending on how Buffalo’s snow stats come in. The lake effect that has been hammering the Oswego and Fulton area’s has finally drifted south enough to Syracuse and has been hanging around awhile now. No where’s near as intense as it has been up north but still some good bursts of snow and a steady light snow. Hopefully it will stay to the South for awhile not to put Syracuse in the lead, but to give the North a break. They have to be past the point of exustion by now and my guess is that the snow plow drivers and tow trucks haven’t been getting much sleep the last week. Have a great weekend and for you Northerners, lets hope it’s a snow free weekend.

Oh, one last thing. Wish me luck on the new lottery Raffle to Riches. Lets try that mind thing where we all think winner, kind of like the Super Bowl 😉 The drawing took place this morning and if you were one of the fools like me that bought a ticket, Good Luck!

One of My Favorite Winter Story’s

Posted by The Snowman on February 8, 2007
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Below is a Cute story that has been going around the internet
for a couple of years now about the weather in Good Ole New York State and is one of my favorites. It makes me wonder if someone from the south of Buffalo or the north of Syracuse isn’t thinking this right now. Author unknown!

Dear Diary

August 12th – Moved to our new home in New York. It is so beautiful here. The mountains are so majestic, can hardly wait to see snow covering them.

October 14th – New York is the most beautiful place on earth. The leaves are all turned colors with shades of red and orange. Went for a ride through the beautiful mountains and saw some deer. They were so graceful. Certainly they are the most wonderful animal on earth. This must be paradise. I love it here.

November 11th – Deer season will start soon. I can’t imagine anyone wanting to kill such a gorgeous creature. Hope it will snow soon.

December 2nd – It snowed last night. Woke up to find everything blanketed with white snow. It looks like a postcard. We went outside and cleaned the snow off the steps and shoveled the driveway. We had a snowball fight (I won) and when the snowplow came by, we had to shovel the driveway again. What a beautiful place, I love New York.

December 12th – More snow last night. I love it. The snowplow did his trick again to the driveway. I love it here in New York.

December 19th – More snow last night. I couldn’t get out of the driveway to get to work. I am exhausted from shoveling. Dumb snowplow.

December 22nd – More STUPID snow last night. I’ve got blisters on my hands from shoveling and I think the snowplow hides around the curve and waits until I’m done shoveling the driveway. The JERK!

December 25th – Merry Christmas. More STUPID snow! If I ever get my hands on that STUPID JERK who drives the snowplow, I swear I’ll kill the driver. Don’t know why they don’t use more salt on the roads to melt the darn ice.

December 27th – More snow fell last night. I’ve been inside for three days except for shoveling out the driveway after that snowplow goes through. Can’t go anywhere; car’s stuck in a mountain of snow. The weatherman says to expect another 10″ of snow again tonight. Do you know how many shovels full of snow 10″ is?

December 28th – The darned weatherman was wrong again! We got 34″ of snow this time. At this rate it won’t melt before the summer. The snowplow got stuck in the road and that STUPID JERK had the nerve to come to the door and ask to borrow my shovel. After I told him I had broken six shovels already shoveling all the snow he pushed into the driveway, I broke my last one over his STUPID head!

January 4th – Finally got out of the house today. Went to the store to get some food and on the way back a darned deer ran in front of the car and I hit it. It did about $3000.00 dollars worth of damage to the car. Those beasts should be killed. Wish the hunters would have gotten them all last November.

May 3rd – Took the car to the garage in town. Would you believe the thing is rusting out from the STUPID salt they put all over the roads.

May 10th – Moved to Florida. I can’t imagine why anyone in their right mind would ever live in that god forsaken state of New York.

Gotta Love New York!!!

Pictures and Videos Of Some Snow Storms

Posted by The Snowman on February 7, 2007
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There is a pretty good conversation with some good pictures going on in the Golden Snowball forum right now. Check out the posts and pictures at http://goldensnowball.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=393 WeatherT posted some pictures that his brother in law took from New Haven. There are also some good maps and some good information about when the lake Erie freeze over and Tony has been keeping us updated on some of the totals from up north and the numbers just since Saturday blow all of our cities season totals away. This is one of the biggest snow events that I can remember. WeatheT by the way has a good site with great snow stats and info for the Fulton area. Check his site out at http://www.geocities.com/tsforecast/

New snow reports are out:

Oswego: 62″
Mexico: 57″
Parish: 54″

You can also checkout a picture of the Generals Sabre’s hockey pre-game festivities and Tug Hill Tina from the Champion area came up with a phrase that I love “it’s lake effecting pretty good” and it will be a keeper here at GSB. Tina also mentions she’s starting to get a little battle weary from all the shoveling.

The general put together a video that I believe is from his work parking lot that is time lapsed showing some lake effect snow from February 3rd, 2007 and it’s pretty cool.

Below is another video from youtube.com showing the Buffalo blizzard of 1977 which gives you an idea how bad that storm was. It’s from the book written by Erno Rossi. Visit www.whitedeath.com for more information and to get your own copy of the book and extended, full length DVD by Erno Rossi.

The Snowman is a Sissy Man

Posted by The Snowman on February 6, 2007
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Yeah, I’m slamming myself this morning. When I seen the snow bands that were the biggest I have seen this season I thought to myself, “Yes Bring it South to Us”. Then as Sunday went on by I was mad that the band wasn’t dropping down to Syracuse. I watched yesterday as it sat just miles away from giving us what could of been the best snowfall of the season. My anger went to jealousy as Monday turned into Monday night and the North was still getting all the snow. As I watched it last night on the Weather channel and some of the local channels I just kept saying Wow along with a few other words that I won’t mention. When I woke up this morning and seen that the band is just sitting there and just dumping snow faster than a snow machine could make it I started thinking a little bit differently. I thought to myself does my back really want to deal with all that snow? My soul says Hell Yeah Bring it On, but my body is saying Don’t be a fool, let them have it. So because the thought is in the back of my mind about passing on all that snow I give myself the sissy man medal for the day ; )

WeatherT who is a schooled meteorologists posted some stats and a map of some of the totals from up north which are below. The funny thing is that I expected to wake up and see that Buffalo had buried us in the snow totals because there is a lot of snow falling all around them also. Mostly some towns to the south of them which should have some decent totals to report also. The chances are that some of the people in Buffalo were expecting Syracuse to maybe pull ahead the way the lake effect was knocking on their door yesterday. Well Syracuse never opened the door and only picked up a couple of inches. Once again it still amazes me after living in the Syracuse area all my life how localized our snow bands can be. Below are some stats that WeatherT gathered up which are impressive and the scary part is that there is no sign of it letting up. Have a great day all and for those of you in the Snowbelts right now, Good Luck and stay safe.

Click Snow Map to Enlarge

Some stats posted in the forum from NOAA for OSWEGO COUNTY…

SCRIBA 45.0 600 AM 2/6 27″ LAST 12 HOURS

PARISH 46.0 214 AM 2/6 HEAVY SNOW VSBY 200 FT

OSWEGO 31.0 600 AM 2/6 CITY OF OSWEGO

PALERMO 29.0 515 AM 2/6 BAND MOVED SOUTH

WEST MONROE 25.0 600 AM 2/6 11″ LAST 12 HOURS

Buffalo Adds to Their Snow Lead

Posted by The Snowman on February 5, 2007
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Buffalo has added another 5 plus inches to their totals since the last update and snow is in the forecast for most of the Golden Snowball cities for today. Cold is an understatement to describe the conditions outside. Most of the schools in the Syracuse area are closed most likely due to the wind chill temps in the -10 to -20 degree range. Just a light snow right now in the Syracuse area but looking at the radars that could change to heavier snow if the lake effect snow keeps coming down south from the Oswego area.

The weather channel has been reporting from Oswego which is on it’s way to picking up probably at least a couple of feet of snow. If your home it’s worth watching because the reporter from the Weather Channel has been mentioning a lot of stats and so on. The Tug Hill and Watertown area got pounded and it will be interesting to see the snow totals from that area. I talked to my cousins wife Connie who lives in the Watertown area and she said they got a ton of snow yesterday morning and that was only round one and another round of snow was going to hit them again. I figured her 3 little ones would be having a blast in the snow but she said it was over their heads and I think she was afraid to let them out because she might lose them. That’s a lot of snow. Tug Hill Tina from the forum said that they were getting quite a bit of snow and unfortunately she is having some battery problems other wise we would probably get a few good pictures from her.

It looks like Rochester is on the same path as Syracuse is for the lake effect snow. Looking west towards Buffalo it looks like lake Erie is starting to fire up just south of Dunkirk so today should be a snow filled one. Stay safe, dress warm and have a great day all!

Happy Super Bowl Sunday

Posted by The Snowman on February 4, 2007
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Buffalo Slips into First – Happy super bowl Sunday all and to Buffalo, Happy Super Snow Bowl Sunday! Buffalo has slid past Syracuse and inched it’s way back into the lead showing 3.4 inches of new snow so far compared to just a trace for Syracuse. I woke up in the wee hours this morning and took a peak at the radar. Wow was the word that came to mind looking at 2 huge snow bands that were stalled up north of Syracuse and one South of Buffalo. My guess is there are going to be some big numbers posted for the towns that the lake effect snow was settled over. Watertown or just north of them should be one of them. I’ve seen reports where some of the usual snow band cities could be receiving a few feet and maybe over 5 feet of snow by or thru Monday. Check your local forecasts and you can check out http://www.weather.gov/view/prodsByState.php?state=ny&prodtype=warnings for any current warnings and advisories.

My team, the Eagle’s didn’t make it to the Super Bowl so I am rooting for me once again this year to win. Last year I asked everyone to think of 2 numbers. To really concentrate on 2 numbers that I posted here. Believe it or not it worked. So this year I will once again ask for everyone who doesn’t have their own office pool numbers of course to think of 2 numbers again. We have a friendly little family super bowl board. Ya know, we just play for match sticks. Anyways, this years numbers to think about and concentrate on especially at the end of each quarter, half time and the end of the game are 9 – 7. So lets see if maybe with a lot of people thinking of those 2 number we can decide the outcome of the quarters. Maybe we are on to something. Hey if this works we can all concentrate on world peace and see if we can make that work too 😉

Have a great football day all, keep an eye on the road conditions and stay safe! Remember, Snow Means Slow!