From today's weather alerts:
... HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EST THIS EVENING... EXPECT WEST WINDS 35 TO 50 MPH THROUGH THIS EVENING WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 60 MPH. THESE WIND SPEEDS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PROPERTY DAMAGE, POWER OUTAGES AND DOWNING OF TREES.
and...
... WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT TODAY... SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON BEFORE TAPERING OFF EARLY THIS EVENING. ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED... WITH THE GREATEST AMOUNTS OVER THE BRISTOL HILLS SOUTH OF THE THRUWAY AND LESSER AMOUNTS CLOSER TO LAKE ONTARIO. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL BELOW FREEZING THIS AFTERNOON SO UNTREATED ROADWAYS WILL BECOME SLICK. EXERCISE CAUTION AS THIS IS THE FIRST SNOWFALL OF THE SEASON.
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File Under: Things Ross Does Not Miss About Rochester.
When it snows like this in 60 mph winds, all you have todo is lie on your side and it looks like it is falling vertically in 5G environment.
Wow, am I glad I chose Drexel over RIT now! Oh wait, you guys get snow and we drizlying rain mixed with pouring rain and cold cold weather. *sighs*
Damn it.
Wow! Winter starts late down south. And our dollar looks like it might overtake your dollar by late-May, just in time for the ice on the canal to break!
I love snow. Even though I get to freeze to death walking to class in the winter, I think snow is cool and I love it when it snows. Who's up for 5 feet more? "You have to be *this* high to walk to class... come along now, measure up!"