Erie, Pa is Throwing Snowballs at New York

Posted by Patrick on December 17, 2013
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Erie, Pa has cushioned their lead with some more of the white fluffy stuff falling since the last update. I heard from a lot of people from Erie saying how hard the lake effect snow was coming down the other night. The rest of us better hope that it’s stopped by now because they have over a foot lead now on the second place city, Da’Cuse.

I know it seems like it’s Erie, Erie, Erie, Marsha, Marsha, Marsha right now but you have to be impressed with their snow totals this early in the season. Just think, they have more than double of what their normal snowfall should be for this time in the season. Right now they are at 45.0 inches of snow and counting compared to their normal of 21.1 inches of snow. What stands out the most is that last season at this time they had a whopping or make that wimpy 3.1 inches of snow. They are almost 42 inches ahead of last season at this time. WTG Erie but watch your back. We are all coming to knock you down that snow mountain ;)

Erie, Pa, one of the heavy weights when it comes to snowiest big cities better keep it up though because they are being chased right now from the great state of New York cities and they are the Big 3. Syracuse, Rochester and Buffalo, NY. It’s been snowing off and on in a couple of those cities and most likely they will be adding to their snow totals.

Up to the north of Syracuse in places like Fulton, the Tug Hill area, Oswego and Watertown just to name a few have been piling up several feet of snow this past week or so. I’m sure there are a lot of the smaller cities and towns around Erie and in a couple of other states that are getting pounded also. I get a lot of complaints or comments about how much snow they get and why aren’t they in the snow contest. I respect all of you who live in those places that get hammered, with snow that is ;) and how you have to deal with it. The reason is that when the storms hit in the big cities it obviously affects a lot more people. One of the other reasons is that The National Weather service doesn’t report the snow stats for most of the smaller cities. They do for some but it would be almost impossible to get Official snow stats for most of the smaller cities. That and not to mention there would probably be a couple of hundred of them and by the time I finished the first update the season would be over. So like I mentioned, my respect kudos to all of the smaller cities and towns like Booneville, Tug Hill Oswego and so on.

Have an Awesome Night All!

Been Working on Site Problems 24 Hours Now

Posted by Patrick on December 17, 2013
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I just wanted to give everyone a heads up that I’m hoping to have the website up soon.  I have almost literally been working on it for around 24 hours now.  The problem is with my hosting company and the time it is taking them to get back to me.  Most likely changes are coming down the road.

This is something that should have taken no longer than 2 hours to straighten out but unfortunately I am on the phone with them right now as I type.  Keeping my fingers crossed that this support person knows what they are doing :(

A few errands to run and hopefully the site will be back up and I can get an update in :)

Erie PA Piles On The Snow Totals

Posted by Patrick on December 15, 2013
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Make sure you check out Stephens post below to see how a group of us are doing in the Fantasy Snowfall Contest ;)

Wow and way to go Erie, Pa :) Erie has been piling up the snow the last couple of days and have almost a foot of snow lead on the next closest city which Buffalo, NY who has also had a pretty impressive couple of days of snowfall. My guess is that a lot of the North East cities profited from that snow storm that passed by yesterday and today and I’m sure some good lake effect snow also helped out some of the cities by the big lakes.  Erie is the first city to hit the 3 foot mark.  WTG!

I had some tweets and emails saying that Erie and Buffalo were getting some decent snow but I have to admit I was surprised when I just did this new update. Erie, Pa has been going back and forth since the season started but I believe this is the biggest lead that any city has had this season. Can they hold on to it though ;)

Buffalo, NY has been having a hard time getting into the lake effect snow the last couple of seasons but it’s looking like they have their groove going again. Let’s hope they can keep it going. They climbed from the 13 spot on the snow mountain to the number 2 spot but that may be tough to hold onto with a lot of cities right behind them just waiting for them to take a slip down the mountain.

I think the biggest mover this update was Grand Rapids, Michigan who climbed up 19 spots to jump into the top 10 at number 7 now. Chances are that there is still more snow to add to the totals so look for at least a top 10 update sometime soon, most likely tomorrow.

Have an Awesome Week Everyone :)

Fantasy Snowfall 2014: 12/14 Update

Posted by GSG Fantasy Snowfall on December 14, 2013
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It’s the first Fantasy Snowfall update of the season! So let’s get right to it. The table below shows the month’s snowfall totals, through 12/13, for the 24 cities in this season’s Fantasy Snowfall contest.

GSG Fantasy Snowfall 2014
Brent Mike Pat Steve
25.0 20.9 34.4 41.5
Starters (Full Credit)
Denver 3.1 Flint 1.3 Buffalo 9.2 Anchorage 3.8
Erie 10.0 Madison 6.5 Cleveland 5.1 Billings 12.5
Lansing 3.1 Rochester(NY) 8.1 Green Bay 8.7 Grand Rapids 14.7
Worcester 2.5 South Bend 1.9 Salt Lake City 10.1 Minneapolis 8.2
Total 18.7 Total 17.8 Total 33.1 Total 39.2
Bench (Half Credit)
Milwaukee 3.9 Boston 0.8 Rochester(MN) 2.4 Akron 3.7
Sioux Falls 8.8 Pittsburgh 5.3 Spokane 0.2 Hartford 0.9
Total 6.3 Total 3.1 Total 1.3 Total 2.3

In this season’s contest, all four competitors are given the option to start Syracuse for one month as a bonus 5th starter. None of the four chose to start Syracuse in December. However, I feel it is worth pointing out that Syracuse has 6.3 inches in the month so far.

Steve has the early lead, but this is a marathon, not a sprint. With a storm impacting the eastern portion of the country this weekend, we could be in for a big shift in the standings.

We are planning on getting the next full Fantasy Snowfall update in next week. Stay tuned!

Erie PA Takes The Snow Lead Again

Posted by Patrick on December 13, 2013
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Just got a top 10 update in – I could only go down 10 cities but unless a city not in the top 10 got a lot of snow, Erie, Pa climbs to the top of the snow mountain. Way to go Erie!!!

Just a quick heads up that I currently lost my internet connection until tomorrow, Saturday, which is why no updates recently. Right now I am at my local Library and will try to get at least a top 10 snowiest city update in. I’ll see how long it takes them to kick me off of the computer. Hopefully I can get this done by the time the kids get out of school ;)

I haven’t been able to answer or for that matter get to any of my emails but I will as soon as they come and climb the pole tomorrow to get me going again. I wish I could say it is down because of the tons of snow we are getting here in Syracuse but so far most of the heavy snow is staying to the north of us and they have been getting pounded with feet, not inches of snow up there.

I’m also without the program that I use to do the updates so if I end up messing up the computer programming coding I’ll fix it sometime tomorrow when I’m back online at home. OK, enough for now so I can get to work on the updates.

Have a Great Snowy Day All!

Lots of Shuffling on The National Snow Mountain

Posted by Patrick on December 8, 2013
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Nothing going on with the top 5 snowiest cities since the last update but a whole lot of shuffling going on from the cities below. The cities from Ohio and Minnesota did pretty good this update moving up the mountain. There are still a lot of cities staying close and it should be interesting to see what happens when this storm that is hitting the east coast is done and over with.

Pittsburgh joined the top 10 snowiest cities pushing Buffalo, NY out of the top 10. Pitt, PA may still be climbing as it looks like it is still snowing there. I’m watching the Philadelphia game and no doubt come the next update they will be climbing the snow mountain. It’s been snowing the whole game so far with some heavy snow falling at times. Being a Giants fan the game is starting to head in the wrong direction score wise and I’m sure I’ll be hearing from my brother who lives in Philly sometime soon unfortunately. It’s not looking good for the Giants either way so the chances are if they get eliminated I’ll be pulling for Philly who I normally root for after the Giants and the Jets.

Is it snowing in Erie today? Not a whole lot here in Syracuse or central New York yet and last I looked it’s going to be more of a mix than just all snow for us so this could be a chance for Erie to cushion their lead over the New Your cities. I’ll be checking the totals off and on as the National Weather Service reports them and will maybe do a top 10 update later if things change.

Enjoy What’s Left of the Weekend All ;)

Provo Utah’s New Snowfall Moving Them Up the Snow Mountain

Posted by Patrick on December 5, 2013
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There was more movement in the snow contest than I expected and Provo, Utah made the biggest move climbing up 32 spots on the mountain. Provo added 10.5 inches of new snow to bring them all the way up to the top 10 snowiest cities group. They only had 0.5 inches the last update and I’m now showing 11 inches of snowfall for Provo. Utah’s totals. Pretty impressive but not even close to enough to challenge the top spot on the snow mountain.

Billings, Montana continues to hold on to the title of King of the Snowiest big cities. So far anyways ;) The problem is, for the rest of us that is, is that they continue to cushion their lead it seems every time I do an update. All we can do is sit by and hope that when that cold air moves across the country that the rest of us can tap into it and pick up some new snow to add to our totals.

It’s been quiet this side of the country in the east/northeast but that cold front should be moving in sometime this weekend. I think I may go and get a generator to jump start that lake effect snow for all of us in the northeast. Erie is still holding tough in the second place spot. Right now there are probably about 13 cities right behind them though and just waiting to push them down the snow mountain a few spots ;) I think it will come down to which way the wind blows this weekend and who will get rain or snow.

I’m still loving how the contest this season is staying really close with a bunch of cities in striking distance of taking the top spot from Billings. That is if they ever slow down to give us a chance. The movers this last update were the Colorado cities, obviously Utah, South Dakota and Billings. Enough for now and have a Great day All :)

Billings Montana Sleds Past Erie Pa

Posted by Patrick on December 3, 2013
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First off a BIG Thanks to Robert S. for his donation to the site which I believe is the second time he has donated. Your donations do really help to offset some costs. Thanks Robert, I do appreciate it :)

Congrats to Billings, Montana retaking the lead and dropping Erie, Pa from the top of the snow mountain. If my memory serves me right which it normally doesn’t this is the second time that Billings has been on the top of the mountain. Billings, Montana had a record snowfall yesterday, 11/2/2013 picking up 6.2 inches of snow on the day breaking the old record of 4.6 dating back to 2008. Now we’ll have to wait to see if they have more snowfall to add today to cushion their lead.

Nothing else really changed in the top 10 snowiest big city lineup other than all of the other cities dropped a spot. It’s still a close snow race with Erie, Pa staying close to Billings in second place, followed by Syracuse, NY in third, Rochester and then Anchorage. So far the past champion of the 2011-2012 season Anchorage, Alaska has been pretty quiet in the Golden Snow Globe contest this season and are way behind their normal snow totals for the season. Right now they are reporting 11.2 inches of snow so far which is only half the amount of their normal snowfall this time of the year which should be 22.5 inches of snow. Let’s all hope it stays like that ;) Stay Tuned, a lot of snow season left.

Have and Awesome Week All and as always, See Snow, Drive Slow :)

Fantasy Snowfall 2014: Overview

Posted by GSG Fantasy Snowfall on December 1, 2013
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Last season, Pat and I did a trial version of Fantasy Snowfall, and overall it was a great success. We’ve brought it back this year, though with some changes. First off, we have 2 more people participating: Brent and Mike. With 2 more people, we’ve reduced the number of full cities to 6 per person. Also, everyone has Syracuse, NY, but can only use it as a starter once. All other times, Syracuse counts as 0 inches.

With there being 6 cities, 4 will be starters and 2 will be bench. Starters will have full credit while the bench is worth half. All cities must start at least once, and be on the bench at least once. Roster updates occur at the end of each month.

This year’s contest will run from December through March. I’ll try to get full updates done every 10 days, depending on snow totals of course.

The draft took place last week and starters were submitted by November 30th. Here are the cities each participant has, with starters for December in bold:

Brent:
Denver, CO
Erie, PA
Lansing, MI
Milwaukee, WI
Sioux Falls, SD
Worcester, MA

Mike:
Boston, MA
Flint, MI
Madison, WI
Pittsburgh, PA
Rochester, NY
South Bend, IN

Pat:
Buffalo, NY
Cleveland, OH
Green Bay, WI
Rochester, MN
Salt Lake City, UT
Spokane, WA

Steve:
Akron, OH
Anchorage, AK
Billings, MT
Grand Rapids, MI
Hartford, CT
Minneapolis, MN

A quick “Power Ranking” of these cities, based on their season average, shows that Pat has a slight advantage. Coming in second is Brent, then Mike, with Steve being last. However, the difference between first and last is about a foot, which suggests this will be a close contest.

We hope you enjoy following along this year’s contest! Who do you think will win this year’s Fantasy Snowfall contest? Let us know in the comments!

It’s Erie, It’s Rochester, It’s Syracuse, It’s Giving Me a Headache

Posted by Patrick on November 28, 2013
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Updated Right Around Midnight - It seems like I am trying to make a Snow Angel but I just keep going around in circles the last few days. With the Thanksgiving Day holiday I am having a hard enough time trying to figure out what day it is let alone trying to keep up with which city is leading the National snow contest. In the voice of President Ronald Reagan all I can say is “Here We Go Again“. Some snow stats came out a little earlier and the New leader who was an old leader a few updates ago is once again Erie, Pa. Congrats again to all of you from Erie on pushing Syracuse down the snow mountain and reclaiming the top spot :) I guess I’ll just leave it at that and say STAY TUNED once again ;)

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Updated 2:30 PM Friday 11/29 - Wow, talk about a lot of different lead changes. We have a new leader in the Golden Snow Globe National Snow Contest and go figure it’s Syracuse, NY., last seasons champion. This is something like 3 different leaders in 3 days and the good news is that the snow race is still really close. Only 4 tenths of an inch is separating the top 3 cities which are Syracuse, NY, Erie, PA and Rochester, NY. Just 0.1 inches separating Erie and Rochester for second place. If I were a betting man, oh yeah I am :) I would bet that there will be quite a few lead changes on the top of the snow mountain before this season wraps up. Enough for now and if anything changes come the next update from the National Weather Service then I’ll post another update. Stay Tuned ;)

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Updated Noon Thanksgiving – Sorry Erie but your spot as King of the Snow Mountain was pretty short lived.  I just updated the New York snow contest and as of the wee hours of the morning Rochester, NY has taken the lead by a couple of snowflakes now.  Rochester is reporting 11.6 inches of snowfall as of the end of yesterday.  You were there for a few hours at least Erie, more than my Syracuse can say ;)

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!

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Congrats to Erie, Pa for taking the lead in the National Snow Contest by a couple of snowflakes. Erie picked up just enough snow to overtake Anchorage, Alaska for the top spot on the snow mountain with this last storm that seemed to benefit the northeast cities. Not mine of course but a lot of the other cities in the snow contest moved up the mountain and as of about 3:00am this morning Erie is the king. The question now is can they hold onto the lead with the top being pretty close between a few of the cities? The cold air looks like it is here for awhile so most like the snow will keep falling. Enough for now on this Thanksgiving Day. Enjoy All!

Happy Thanksgiving From Our Family to Yours! Have a Safe Happy Holiday :)