Snow Is Syracuse

When I made the decision to attend Syracuse University, the first thing people said to me was... "You know it snows a lot up there?!"

Well yes, I heard that rumor, but that did not keep me from attending SU.  I mean, how bad could it really be?

The past three years, the winters have not been that bad.  It snowed an occasional eight inches at a time and it would continue day after day after day, but it really didn't snow the way people were telling me it would.  I was just talking to someone about how we have been having mild winters for Syracuse.  And then, December 2010 hit, and the first snowstorm we got was the biggest snow storm I have ever seen.  It just did not stop.

Each day, I went outside to remove the snow from the roof of my car.  It was so thick I had to shovel it off.

It is a whole different world when it snows that much.  But, I do not have one complaint because it truly makes for a new adventure all on its own!

Snow Stuck!

Sibericuse, NY:  It started snowing around 9 p.m. on Friday December 3, 2010 if I remember correctly.  We were in a taxi on our way to test out our vocal abilities at a Karaoke bar called Singers.  By the time we left, snow was beginning to accumulate.  This would be the last time we would see that a concrete ground even existed.  The snow continued to fall...Saturday into Sunday into Monday into Tuesday into Wednesday.  The snow momentarily stopped on Wednesday.  And each day, I went outside to dig my car out because I knew that I was going to have to do my final story for my broadcast class on Thursday.  When I woke up Thursday morning, I made the decision to postpone my graffiti story until next semester.  There was no way I was going to get my car out of my parking lot.  This obstacle immediately sparked a story idea:  Syracuse University Off-Campus Residents Stuck Shoveling Out...