If you want to do colleges as well as universities, this year Hope College (Holland, MI) could compete. As of yesterday, we've had 90 inches of snow halfway through winter--with the snow drift outside my office window so high that I can't see across the street, and the snow banks along the streets at the middle of car windows, meaning we need to be cautious at intersections. This is thanks to lake effect snow that makes for near continuous snow on cold days such as we're having now. As Lake Michigan now chills and gains ice, the lake effect diminishes, and will disappear if the lake freezes over to WI, as has happened only once in the last half century--but could happen this year. Having prayed for snow as a child in my hometown of nearly snow-free Seattle, I find this quite beautiful and exciting.
But we in western MI usually don't compete with the western NY folks, and certainly not with the northern Michigan colleges, such as Finlandia University in Hancock, MI, where lake effect snow from Superior makes for 220 inches in an *average* winter. So far their area has had a reported 219 inches, with 44 inches on the ground and a long way to go before this unusual winter is over. Meanwhile, if you need a counter example for climate change skeptics, the warm Alaskan winter has made for avalanches that currently are blocking the highway to Valdez. Dave Myers www.davidmyers.org www.hearingloop.org On Mon, Jan 27, 2014 at 6:06 PM, Christopher Green <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > On 2014-01-27, at 5:09 PM, David Hogberg wrote: > > I cannot resist: -40F = -40C. > > > Been there. Done that. (For real. None of this "wind chill" fiction. And > not in Winnipeg, but in Québec.) > > Chris > =========== > > > > On Mon, Jan 27, 2014 at 5:02 PM, Jim Clark <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> >> The real test of toughness is who gets the most cold! Especially with >> wind chill … we’re down in the -40s (centigrade) today. >> >> >> >> Jim >> >> >> >> *Jim Clark* >> >> Professor & Chair of Psychology >> >> 204-786-9757 >> >> 4L41A >> >> >> >> *From:* Wuensch, Karl L [mailto:[email protected]] >> *Sent:* Monday, January 27, 2014 3:21 PM >> *To:* Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) >> *Subject:* [tips] Which of us gets the most snow? >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> http://www.foxnews.com/weather/2014/01/21/10-snowiest-colleges-in-us/ >> >> >> >> I think SUNY Oswego should be at the top of this list. >> >> >> >> --- >> >> You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. >> >> To unsubscribe click here: >> http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13251.645f86b5cec4da0a56ffea7a891720c9&n=T&l=tips&o=33551 >> >> (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) >> >> or send a blank email to >> leave-33551-13251.645f86b5cec4da0a56ffea7a89172...@fsulist.frostburg.edu >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> --- >> >> You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. >> >> To unsubscribe click here: >> http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13152.d92d7ec47187a662aacda2d4b4c7628e&n=T&l=tips&o=33553 >> >> (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) >> >> or send a blank email to >> leave-33553-13152.d92d7ec47187a662aacda2d4b4c76...@fsulist.frostburg.edu >> >> >> >> >> > > > > -- > David K. Hogberg, PhD > Professor of Psychology, Emeritus > Department of Psychological Science > Albion College > Albion MI 49224 > > Tel: 517/629-4834 (Home and mobile) > > --- > > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=430248.781165b5ef80a3cd2b14721caf62bd92&n=T&l=tips&o=33556 > > (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) > > or send a blank email to > leave-33556-430248.781165b5ef80a3cd2b14721caf62b...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > > > > > > --- > > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13427.360bfbe9fb2fe3f305db7b6fe1f8a4ad&n=T&l=tips&o=33565 > > (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) > > or send a blank email to > leave-33565-13427.360bfbe9fb2fe3f305db7b6fe1f8a...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > > > > > --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=33572 or send a blank email to leave-33572-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
