February 15, 2008

The Christianville Spirit: The Snow Storm I will Never Forget


The Christianville Spirit
The Spirit that touches Lives
February 15, 2008- TCS # 89
On This week of and before Valentines Day last year was too me, The Snow Storm I will NEVER Forget. Back when I wrote about it in The Christianville Spirit in February 2007 I called it “The Lake Effect Snow Machine of 2007”. Well, Today I think of that title and say “That’s definitely not a good title” Why? Is because
A. “The Lake Effect Snow Machine” happens every year
B. Syracuse and that part of Central New York is part of what is called the “Snowbelt”
So, what else can I call it? Well, WSYR Channel 9 of Syracuse called “winter in a Week”. In fact, this so called “winter in a Week” was so bad that they had a special on their news about. Now, back to the name, what do I call it? I think I’ll call it 2 names; “Winter in a Week of February 2007” and “ The Snow I will Never Forget”. For those of you who don’t know what happened, I’ll tell you. In Central New York around the Syracuse Area, there was a Lake Effect storm unlike any other. According to WYSR Channel 9’s website, Lake Effect Snow Storm’s only last a day or too and dump a lot of snow in one area. But, This Time was different. So; on February 4, 2007 it started to snow and it snowed until February 11. In the end, it snowed 100+ inches in Parish and Mexico, New York. And, of course the highest amount was around 140 Inches in North Redfield, NY. Now, you’d like to know what “Lake Effect Snow” I’m going to tell you. Well, first off, it occurs in The Great Lakes Region in the winter (Until the lake gets frozen over). When the lake water is warm, there’s an area of Low Pressure, the winds are blowing toward land, it makes it snow hard usually in one area. And, that’s how Lake Effect Snow works. If you would like to see pictures or video, go www.9wsyr.com and look for or search for “winter in a Week”. All in all, once you see the pictures you’ll see why I call it what I call it.

Thanks for reading The Christianville Spirit. This is the most snow I’ve ever seen!

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