OT: Syracuse: snow capital of the US

[oldtimer67]

Posting this as a public service. I know there are those who post here who will feel justified by this information.

"Syracuse, which lies about 80 miles east of Rochester, takes the number 1 spot for being the snowiest city in the country. An estimated 127.8 inches, or nearly 11 feet, of snow fall on Syracuse each winter, largely due to lake-effect snow from Lake Ontario."

 

[RUScrew85]

They deserve it.

 

[bigmatt718]

Imagine willingly paying $90K a year to go to a school that academically blows outside of their overrated Comm school, where it snows from early November to mid April every year.

 

[BigRnj]

Was up there for a wedding about a year ago. Based on how run down that city is (vagrants, drug zombies, and homeless) so a good percentage of that snow will be yellow snow 😉

 

[brgRC90]

That must be lower 48. Anchorage, Alaska must get more snow.

 

[LETSGORU91]

That must be lower 48. Anchorage, Alaska must get more snow.

They get more than Hawaii. 48 + 1 .

 

[colbert17]

Just like the old joke.

"There are only two seasons in Syracuse. Winter and July 25."

 

[brgRC90]

Just like the old joke.

"There are only two seasons in Syracuse. Winter and July 25."

Meh I don't get the continued obsession with Syracuse. They're not in our conference anymore and no better than we are. And they don't mine New Jersey for talent anymore.

 

[colbert17]

Meh I don't get the continued obsession with Syracuse. They're not in our conference anymore and no better than we are. And they don't mine New Jersey for talent anymore.

No obsession on my part. I could care less about them. Just sharing an old chuckle

 

[RU848789]

Posting this as a public service. I know there are those who post here who will feel justified by this information.

"Syracuse, which lies about 80 miles east of Rochester, takes the number 1 spot for being the snowiest city in the country. An estimated 127.8 inches, or nearly 11 feet, of snow fall on Syracuse each winter, largely due to lake-effect snow from Lake Ontario."

If only Rutgers were in Syracuse, lol. Also, fyi, that list is for cities with >50K in population, as there are plenty more smaller, more remote cities that get more snow.

https://www.foxweather.com/learn/7-snowiest-cities-in-united-states

 

[NickKnight 1]

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If only Rutgers were in Syracuse, lol. Also, fyi, that list is for cities with >50K in population, as there are plenty more smaller, more remote cities that get more snow.

https://www.foxweather.com/learn/7-snowiest-cities-in-united-states
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I just knew there would be a response from numbers on this snow post. By the the way do you snow ski?

 

[RU848789]

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If only Rutgers were in Syracuse, lol. Also, fyi, that list is for cities with >50K in population, as there are plenty more smaller, more remote cities that get more snow.

https://www.foxweather.com/learn/7-snowiest-cities-in-united-states

I just knew there would be a response from numbers on this snow post. By the the way do you snow ski?
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Haven't in a few years, due to my knee, but I used to go a fair amount. Considering a knee replacement for that and other reasons...

 

[fsg2]

That must be lower 48. Anchorage, Alaska must get more snow.

Doesn't look like Anchorage does. Valdez on the other hand ...

As numbers said, Syracuse is most for larger cities but plenty of smaller cities, towns and places that get more.

 

[bigmatt718]

Doesn't look like Anchorage does. Valdez on the other hand ...

As numbers said, Syracuse is most for larger cities but plenty of smaller cities, towns and places that get more.

Heard Anchorage has more of a PNW climate than a hard tundra climate like interior Alaskan cities like Fairbanks do.

 

[krup]

If only Rutgers were in Syracuse, lol. Also, fyi, that list is for cities with >50K in population, as there are plenty more smaller, more remote cities that get more snow.

https://www.foxweather.com/learn/7-snowiest-cities-in-united-states

Even then, I think they are likely expanding the geographic reach of Syracuse to make them fit this list.

My experience in traveling through that area quite a bit is that the downtown area of Syracuse is less impacted by a lot of the lake effect snows but if you go north of the city, especially to around the Pulaski area, the snow totals can get nuts.

 

[Joey Bags]

Came up at a work dinner last night. Coworker’s son visited Udel and Cuse in April. Udel was 70 degrees and sun. Cuse was 24 degrees and light snow.

Went with Delaware and couldn’t understand how anyone would go to Cuse.

 

[Doctor Worm]

Came up at a work dinner last night. Coworker’s son visited Udel and Cuse in April. Udel was 70 degrees and sun. Cuse was 24 degrees and light snow.

Went with Delaware and couldn’t understand how anyone would go to Cuse.

Their Newhouse School of Communications is the gold standard. Don't know about other areas of study.

 

[bigmatt718]

Their Newhouse School of Communications is the gold standard. Don't know about other areas of study.

Probably ass at everything else. You don't hear kids who want to major in business or STEM choosing Cuse over Rutgers or PSU or even UDel.

 

[jaydogsmooth1]

Newhouse is gold, if that's the goal, I understand going. If anything else, no clue what the appeal would be.

Decrepit, depressing area. Super expensive. Sports are good but not great. Campus life not that good. Campus itself is nice, but nothing crazy. Snow for 6 months a year. Grey and cloudy 6 months a year. Upstate NY people - nice, but certainly different than NJ.

 

[cicero grimes]

I just knew there would be a response from numbers on this snow post. By the the way do you snow ski?

Haven't in a few years, due to my knee, but I used to go a fair amount. Considering a knee replacement for that and other reasons...
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Knee replacement is the way to go. Should have done five years sooner.

 

[wheezer]

. And they don't mine New Jersey for talent anymore.

They think they do

 

[RUScrew85]

Imagine willingly paying $90K a year to go to a school that academically blows outside of their overrated Comm school, where it snows from early November to mid April every year.

But muh Larry Czonka!

 

[NotInRHouse]

Came up at a work dinner last night. Coworker’s son visited Udel and Cuse in April. Udel was 70 degrees and sun. Cuse was 24 degrees and light snow.

Went with Delaware and couldn’t understand how anyone would go to Cuse.

Are they from NJ? Did he get into RU?

 

[NotInRHouse]

They think they do

They probably try, but facts are we beat them 8 of the last 11 meetings in football and beat them last time in bball as well as going to the tournament recently.

We're ranked 20 spots ahead of them academically.

I am not really sure what they're selling. Why wouldn't a NY kid save money and go to Binghamton?

 

[bigmatt718]

They probably try, but facts are we beat them 8 of the last 11 meetings in football and beat them last time in bball as well as going to the tournament recently.

We're ranked 20 spots ahead of them academically.

I am not really sure what they're selling. Why wouldn't a NY kid save money and go to Binghamton?

NY kids are better off going to SUNY Binghamton or Stony Brook. If they insist on a private from upstate, U of Rochester.

 

[Joey Bags]

Are they from NJ? Did he get into RU?

Bucks county PA, unsure about RU

 

[Zak57]

NY kids are better off going to SUNY Binghamton or Stony Brook. If they insist on a private from upstate, U of Rochester.

Or even Ithaca no? They have some world class media and entertainment programs from what I understand. Not sure of the pricing though so could be just as expensive.

 

[mdk01]

NY kids are better off going to SUNY Binghamton or Stony Brook. If they insist on a private from upstate, U of Rochester.

Or RPI, Clarkson, Colgate, Union or St. Lawrence. Oh, and if they can get in, Cornell.

 

[wheezer]

They probably try, but facts are we beat them 8 of the last 11 meetings in football and beat them last time in bball as well as going to the tournament recently.

We're ranked 20 spots ahead of them academically.

I am not really sure what they're selling. Why wouldn't a NY kid save money and go to Binghamton?

I occasionally look at the NJ fb players they recruit, and who they sign, to see if we were in competition for those players

More often than not, we are not listed as a possibility for a recruit, and not beaten out for the player, usually we are not interested

I try to figure out if we are overlooking a good possibility, but again we are not in most cases
They are competing for lesser players against lesser programs

 

[mildone]

Huh. I always thought Columbia was the snow capital of the world.

 

[fsg2]

Looks like New Brunswick averages around 25 inches a year.

100 inches less snow seems a nice selling point of RU over Syr. One of many.

 

[Zak57]

Huh. I always thought Columbia was the snow capital of the world.

Colombia is.

 

[mildone]

Looks like New Brunswick averages around 25 inches a year.

100 inches less snow seems a nice selling point of RU over Syr. One of many.

Unless one likes snow, of course.

 

[mildone]

Colombia is.

Oops.

 

[Rutgers NJ]

The gift that gave us Ray Rice when they fired the coach. Thanks Syracuse.

 

[Ridge 22]

Meh I don't get the continued obsession with Syracuse. They're not in our conference anymore and no better than we are. And they don't mine New Jersey for talent anymore.

It's more driven by the fact that the majority of people who go there are assclowns. Being a perpetual assclown is conference agnostic

 

[bigmatt718]

It's more driven by the fact that the majority of people who go there are assclowns. Being a perpetual assclown is conference agnostic

Exactly. Just like the Connie fans who think they should be in the B1G over us when they'd get slaughtered by Indiana and are a bottom 5 team in the nation in football.

 

[NotInRHouse]

NY kids are better off going to SUNY Binghamton or Stony Brook. If they insist on a private from upstate, U of Rochester.

They wish they were academically the caliber of U of Rochester.

 

[NotInRHouse]

Bucks county PA, unsure about RU

If he picked UDel over the Cult, makes sense. May have been hard for him to get into RU OOS.

 

[DJ Spanky]

The gift that gave us Ray Rice when they fired the coach. Thanks Syracuse.

Didn't we get a couple off of that: I recall we also got Glenn Lee and I thought someone else.