So who is shoveling your drive way David day-in and day-out David? That's what is getting me down is the seemingly perpetual shoveling. I happen to be one of those odd folks that actually enjoys shoveling vs. using a snow blower or outsourcing. But this winter is surely testing my enthusiasm . . .
Joan [email protected] PS Oakton was closed today and then tomorrow due to temperatures not reaching above 0. > 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 were 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. 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