Oh, the weather outside is frightful

This would be neat to live thru-once.

The National Weather Service said Parish — about 25 miles northeast of Syracuse — reached a milestone early Saturday with 100 inches of snow during the past seven days. Late Saturday, the total had risen to 110 inches. Unofficial reports pegged totals at 123 inches in Orwell and 131 in Redfield, but those measurements include snow from another storm a couple of days before the current weather system. All three towns are in Oswego County.

A warning in effect until Monday morning said 2 to 4 more feet of snow was possible with wind gusting up to 24 mph
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reached a milestone early Saturday with 100 inches of snow during the past seven days. Late Saturday, the total had risen to 110 inches.
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they'll be skiing late into the season there. too bad there are no mountains....
 
Gonz said:
This would be neat to live thru-once.
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I remember when I was five or six we had to have a trench higher than my dad's head from the house to the barn (maybe 60 or 70 yards). An army helicopter came by and made sure we had food and such. I think the major US highway (US 90, not the same as Interstate 90) we lived on was closed for eight or nine days. The Watertown deal I mentioned before was intense, but it only lasted a couple of days (well, I left after a couple of days anyway) and the roads were never actually closed. I don't think either one of those matches this one though.
 
The Erie to Syracuse (sometimes Albany) snow machine makes winters interesting.
 
Dave said:
they'll be skiing late into the season there. too bad there are no mountains....
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umm...

The Bark Eater Inn and XC Ski Center
Keene, NY

Belleayre Mountain
Catskills, NY

Big Tupper
Tupper Lake, NY

Black River Environmental Improvement Assoc.
Boonvilleny, NY

Bristol Mountain
Canadaigua, NY

Cascade XC Center
Lake Placid, NY

Catamount Ski Area
Hillsdale, NY

Cunningham's Ski Barn
North Creek, NY

Fahnestock Winter Park
Cold Spring, NY

Four Seasons Golf and Ski Center
Fayetteville, NY

Friends Lake Inn and Nordic Center
Chestertown, NY

Frost Valley YMCA
Claryville, NY

Garnet Hill Lodge XC Ski Center
North River, NY

Gore Mountain
North Creek, NY

Greek Peak
Cortland, NY

Holiday Valley
Ellicottville, NY

HoliMont
Ellicotville, NY

Hunter Mountain
Catskills, NY

Kissing Bridge
Glenwood, NY

Labrador Mountain
Truxton, NY

Lake George REC Center
Lake George, NY

Lapland Lake X-C Ski and Vacation Center
Northville, NY

Maple Ski Ridge
Upstate NY

McCauley Mountain
Old Forge, NY

Mountain Trails XC Ski Center
Tannersville, NY

Mt. VanHoevenberg Cross Country Ski Center
Lake Placid, NY

Osceola Tug Hill XC Ski Center
Camden, NY

Peek and Peak Resort
Findley Lake, NY

Pineridge XC Ski Area
Petersburgh, NY

Salmon Hills XC Ski Resort
Redfield, NY

Ski Plattekill
Roxbury, NY

Ski Windham
Northern Catskills, NY

Snow Ridge Ski Area
Turin, NY

Song Mountain
Tully, NY

Swain Ski Center
Allegany County, NY

Thunder Ridge Ski Area
Patterson, NY

Titus Mountain
Malone, NY

Toggenberg
Fabius, NY

Tug Hill
Adirondack Mountains, NY

West Mountain Ski Center
Glen Falls, NY

Whiteface Resort
Lake Placid, NY

Whiteface Club Nordic Center
Lake Placid, NY

Williams Lake Hotel
Rosendale, NY

Gonz said:
The Erie to Syracuse (sometimes Albany) snow machine makes winters interesting.
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We didn't really live in the snow belt. Those folks get it every year.
 
Those are NY State "areas of elevation" (there isn't a mountain west of Colorado)

We may get a little taste, soon
Total snow accumulations through early
Wednesday morning of 10 inches or more are expected. In
addition... brisk northeast winds of 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to
40 mph will cause considerable blowing and drifting snow...
especially Tuesday into Tuesday night... with whiteout conditions
possible at times across Interstate 69... Route 30 and many outlying
areas.
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Dave said:
those all in the area where the 100+" of snow fell?
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No, not all of them. They're all having a pretty good year for snow though.

Gonz said:
Those are NY State "areas of elevation" (there isn't a mountain west of Colorado)

We may get a little taste, soon
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Tell you what, I'll take you to a little spot I know in the Adirondacks and push you off with a cell phone. You call me and let me know if it's high enough (before you hit though, please). ;)
 
Dropping to -25C tonight (not counting windchill) and we're expecting 25cms (just shy of a foot) of snow Tuesday night :D
 
When in Rome ....

or the Alps ...

(damn good way to travel huh? ;) )

Pissing it down here at the mo - an i gotta go out and spoil some trafiic warden nazi fuckers day!
 
High cliffs do not a mountain make.

Highest point along I80, easty of ther Mississippi is (about) 1700'. Highest point along I90 is like 1300'.

Vail pass is over 9000'.
 
Gonz said:
High cliffs do not a mountain make.

Highest point along I80, easty of ther Mississippi is (about) 1700'. Highest point along I90 is like 1300'.

Vail pass is over 9000'.
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And the elevation of the surrounding countryside????????

If you go by your definition the only real mountains are in Nepal and Tibet. :shrug:

You do understand that they try not to run interstate highways over the actual highest points when it's not necessary, right?
 
Vail Pass is the interstate route.

Flagstaff sits at nearly a mile, as does Albuquerque. Both interstate routes. Ever gone from Sacramento to Reno?

As someone who regularly passes from cornfields to plateaus, I agree it's relative. However,

Adirondacks said:
Highest Point Mount Marcy (5331 ft/1625 m)
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Appalachians said:
Highest Point Mount Mitchell (6684 ft/2037 m)
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Rockies said:
Highest Point Mount Elbert (14,433 ft/4399 m)
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Sierra Nevada said:
Highest Point Mount Whitney (14,491 ft/4417 m)
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get my drift?
 
The first REAL snowfall in a year.

Total snow accumulations through early Wednesday morning will range from
12 to 16 inches. In addition... brisk northeast winds of 20 to 25
with gusts around 35 mph mph will cause considerable blowing and
drifting snow... especially Tuesday and Tuesday night... with
whiteouts conditions and some impassable roads possible.
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maybe
 
on second thought
... Blizzard Warning remains in effect until 7 am EST /6 am CST/
Wednesday...

A Blizzard Warning remains in effect until 7 am EST /6 am CST/
Wednesday.

A combination of heavy snow and strong northeast winds will
result in blizzard conditions over much of northern Indiana and
Northwest Ohio today and tonight. In addition... it will be very
cold with wind chills falling below zero this afternoon and
continuing tonight. Storm total snowfall accumulations are
expected to range from 10 to 18 inches with heaviest amounts over
southern portions of the area.
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hey ive had to get the damn snowblower out twice today.... and for the first time in 24 years we actually closed the doors.
I cried all the way home.
 
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