"For the sixth straight day, powerful squalls of snow pounded a string of towns and villages along eastern Lake Ontario yesterday, burying parts of upstate New York ...Buffalo has the reputation but Syracuse may in fact be worse. In college, Jeff used to shovel snow off his frat house roof.
"One of the hardest-hit areas was the city of Oswego, a community of 17,800 people about 40 miles northwest of Syracuse that as of last night had been buried in more than 72 inches of snow.
Whiteouts forced the state police to temporarily close a 15-mile stretch of Interstate 81.
Lake-effect storms are caused by subzero winds that pick up heat and moisture as they blow over Lake Ontario."
Friday, February 09, 2007
"Oswego County Is Buried Under Six Feet of Snow, and More Is Expected" - New York Times, 2/9/07
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