Don't know about that Frostburg place, but where I live in SW PA, we have about 3-4" in my driveway right now, and it's still snowing (although not at a furious pace). I'd be happy to see this move off toward NY!
Over the years of teaching statistics, I've sometimes toyed with the idea of having students do a semester long project where they record local weather predictions and then do various analyses related to accuracy. Never gotten around to it, but I'd guess the error would be large. Especially when it comes to snowfall, I think the forecasts tend to purposely err on the high side. As for favorite holiday music, no single song comes to mind. But a Serafin tradition is to listen to the Nutcracker. If time permits, we'll also queue up Handel's Messiah (nice background music during the traditional Christmas eve dinner). Oh, one individual favorite that just came to mind is Bing Crosby & David Bowie doing Little Drummer Boy/Peace on Earth. Very cool combination. And then there's Carol of the Bells (I have it by Robert Shaw Chorale, but have heard many other versions). Hmm, guess I do have some individual favorites. Happy shoveling, Mike! John -- John Serafin Psychology Department Saint Vincent College Latrobe, PA 15650 john.sera...@email.stvincent.edu ________________________________ From: Mike Palij <m...@nyu.edu> Reply-To: TIPS posts <tips@acsun.frostburg.edu> Date: Sat, 19 Dec 2009 04:17:18 -0500 To: TIPS posts <tips@acsun.frostburg.edu> Cc: Mike Palij <m...@nyu.edu> Subject: [tips] Anybody See Any Snow? On the east coast of the U.S. there is supposed to be this lollapalooza of a snow storm moving north which is supposed to hit NYC and leave 8+ inches of snow (*yawn*). So far, no flakes (outside of the usual ones that one encounters on the streets of NYC). But I hear that there is a little bit of snow now around Maryland, round a place called Frostburg. Is this true or another misrepresentation by the eastern liberal elite media establishment? By the way, anyone have a favorite Holidays song? I'm partial to Annie Lennox's version of "Winter Wonderland". -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
