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Funny Snow Story and Snow Video

Posted by Patrick on March 5, 2014
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I think right about now some of us are feeling a bit tired of the snow. Below is a Cute Winter video by Michael Coleman I believe and also a funny 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 Erie area, Michigan, Billings area or the north of Syracuse isn’t thinking this right now. Author unknown on the story!


A Cool and Funny Winter Video that A Friend Posted

Below is a funny story, just replace NY with your state as you’re reading it ;)

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!!!

Have a Great day All!

Snow For A Lot Of Cities in the US

Posted by Patrick on March 2, 2014
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First off as always I want to thanks some people for their donations to the site. I checked my PayPal account today to send my son some money and was surprised to see that 3 people made donations to the last two days. It really made my day and makes the work that goes into the site feel like it’s appreciated :) A Big Thanks to Janet S., Nancy S., and Paul B. I think that is just about how many people who have donated to the site this entire season. Thanks again to all 3 of you, they really do help and I truly appreciate the thought and you taking the time :)
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It seems like it is still snowing in most of the Golden Snow Globe cities. Erie added to their totals again and have now had their 8th snowiest season on record and most likely they will continue to move up on that list. Syracuse added enough snow to at least keep pace with what Erie is getting which is a good thing for Syracuse, NY. Grand Rapids did take second place away for a little while earlier when I was peaking at the snow stats but Syracuse wasn’t reporting their overnight snow at the time and Grand Rapids was. Some of the National Weather Service stations report at different times.

Either way both Grand Rapids and Buffalo are hanging close to Syracuse right now for the second place spot on the snow Mountain. Now one of the cities need to put some pressure on Erie, PA ;) Billings, Montana seems to have a decent enough lead over the cities below them to be sitting in the fifth place spot comfortably right now. Adam, who is from Billings posted a comment that they have received 28 inches in the last 7 days. Just think about it, in the last 7 days Billings had had almost what they should have for the whole season up until today which is 35 inches. No doubt some records are being set there.

I was listening to one of our local news stations here in Syracuse tonight, Channel 3, which is CNYCentral and meteorologist Mike Brookins had a pretty good line about how this winter has been for most places this season. He said something like “Don’t you kind of feel like we are all inside a snow globe and someone just keeps on shaking it”? I loved it and it does sum up this snow season doesn’t it?

Have a Super Week Everyone ;)

Almost Every City Over Average Snow Totals

Posted by Patrick on March 2, 2014
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Here is a COOL Graphic chart that was tweeted to me by a guy from Billings, Montana, twitter handle @bigjshow Thanks for sharing and a shout out to The Big J Show :)

Cool Picture From @bigjshow on twitter

I think that those of us on top really better start paying attention to Billings, Montana. They added another 7.3 inches of new snowfall yesterday setting a date record that was 3.3 inches going back to 1979. I was also reading an article at the Billings Gazette website about how this is their 3rd snowiest season ever and they just blew away their snowiest February on record I believe. Why we need to worry is that the upcoming storm looks like it is going to miss most of the cities on top now staying more to the South. According to the article Billings will be grabbing some snow from the storm. This guy isn’t taking any chances and YES I did just do the last Snow Dance of the season so keep an eye on Syracuse, NY too :)

Secondly, HAPPY MARCH everyone :) For some reason after keeping snow stats for something like 12 years now on the New York snow site, the Golden Snowball March doesn’t excite me as much as it use too. April is a totally different story though. March is that month where you know Spring is just around the corner but it seems to never get here. April, other than last year where Syracuse picked up something like 11 inches of snow we can pretty much figure the snow season is over. Not too many cities get more than a couple of inches of snow in April where as March has been known to produce some pretty big snow storms including the blizzard of 1993. OK, OK, I know, enough already of me depressing you on the first day of March ;)

I just went down the list of snowiest big cities in the United States and even though I knew it’s been a snowy season I was surprised that almost every city is over their average snow totals for this time in the season. The thing is most of the cities aren’t just over their average snowfall but they are blowing the averages away. I think Philadelphia, PA really stands out. Philly has over 3 times the normal snowfall for this time in the season.

Billings, Montana it seems has had snow just about every time I do an update lately it seems. Billings just set a date record for snowfall yesterday picking up a fresh new 7.3 inches of the white fluffy stuff breaking the old record of 3.3 inches set in 1979. Billings is also a city that those on top may want to keep an eye on now. They just went over the 90 inch mark and are currently in 5th place. Billings normal average to date should be 34.5 inches, just one of many blowing away their average snow totals this season.

Our current King of the snow mountain Erie, Pennsylvania is almost 40 inches over their average snowfall right now. A ton of the cities in the contest have more than doubled the average snowfall they would normally have this time in the snow season. Syracuse, NY, Rochester, NY and Sioux Falls, SD are all right around where they should be right now but still a little over.

There are only a handful of cities that are below the amount of snow that they should have at this time. Salt Lake City, Utah, Spokane, Washington, Anchorage, Alaska and I’m guessing maybe Denver and a couple other cities from Colorado that don’t report what the average should be for this time in the snow season. Just think of all of the other cities that we don’t have listed. My guess is there has to be well over one hundred if not more that are way over their snow totals.

I’ve been trying to keep an eye on all of the cities that are having one of their top 10 snowiest season on record but I think there are too many probably to keep track of. I’ll try and get some info on that hopefully next week but if you read the comments section several people are posting where their city is at right now. To those of you in Erie, PA I have 4 words for you. GO FOR THE RECORD ;) Less than 30 inches away, why not have a historic snow season to brag about to the Grand Kids years from now…

Ok, I know my teacher pals that visit here are going to hit me with a ruler for personalizing the cities so many times in this post :(

Have an Awesome Weekend Everyone :)

Fantasy Snowfall 2014: February Results

Posted by GSG Fantasy Snowfall on March 1, 2014
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With February over, it’s time to take a look at snow totals for the little snow month that could. Some cities show some impressive numbers for the month, especially considering there are 3 less days in February than any of the other Fantasy Snowfall months. So, who took February? The table below shows the totals for all 25 cities in this season’s contest.

GSG Fantasy Snowfall 2014
Brent Mike Pat Steve
106.0 108.8 134.6 151.8
Starters (Full Credit)
Erie 28.9 Ann Arbor 23.7 Buffalo 23.3 Akron 17.0
Milwaukee 15.9 Boston 22.9 Cleveland 23.8 Anchorage 9.9
Sioux Falls 9.0 Flint 21.8 Rochester(MN) 18.6 Grand Rapids 29.0
Worcester 41.5 Rochester(NY) 26.3 Spokane 17.9 Hartford 27.1
Syracuse 41.1 Syracuse 41.1
Total 95.3 Total 94.7 Total 124.7 Total 124.1
Bench (Half Credit)
Denver 3.3 Madison 12.0 Green Bay 17.7 Billings 37.0
Lansing 18.0 Pittsburgh 16.1 Salt Lake City 2.1 Minneapolis 18.4
Total 10.7 Total 14.1 Total 9.9 Total 27.7

In this season’s contest, all four competitors are given the option to start Syracuse for one month as a bonus 5th starter. Brent and Mike used that option in January, while Pat and Steve have used it now.

Just like with January, those who started Syracuse this month finished ahead of those who didn’t. Syracuse had more snow this month than any other thus far, so it would appear Pat and Steve made the right call this season. However, Syracuse didn’t have the most snow for the month as that distinction goes to Worcester. In all, 12 of the 25 cities listed had at least 20 inches of snow for February, not bad for the shortest month!

With 3 months down, and one to go, here’s an updated look at the overall standings:

GSG Fantasy Snowfall 2014 Standings
Players December January February March Total
Brent 103.0 125.2 106.0 0.0 334.1
Mike 92.2 129.7 108.8 0.0 330.6
Pat 98.8 104.2 134.6 0.0 337.6
Steve 110.2 107.7 151.8 0.0 369.7

With a little help from the biggest monthly total so far, 151.8, Steve has regained the lead, this time ahead of second place by over 30 inches. Everyone else is in close, only 7 inches separates second from last. And if you think this contest is over, remember what happened last season, as a big lead fell in the final month. That could easily happen again this time.

Finally, here’s a look at each participant’s starters for March:

March 2014 Starters
Brent Mike Pat Steve
Denver, CO Ann Arbor, MI Green Bay, WI Akron, OH
Lansing, MI Boston, MA Rochester, MN Billings, MT
Milwaukee, WI Madison, WI Salt Lake City, UT Hartford, CT
Souix Falls, SD Pittsburgh, PA Spokane, WA Minneapolis, MN

In this season’s contest, every city must start and be benched for at least one month. With this lineup, every city has now met that requirement.

The next update will happen around the 11th. Will Steve take the crown, or will there be a late surge by Brent, Mike or Pat? Stay tuned!