But that's not the order geographically. I can list them no problem, I'm just not always sure which is which. But a bigger problem is the cities that border them--All those towns David mentions, other than knowing which state they are in I couldn't tell you where they are exactly or that they are on a Great Lake.
--- In [email protected], Diane Lochner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > a good mnemonic for the Great Lakes is HOMES; for all those times you get quizzed on the Lakes: > > Huron > Ontario > Michigan > Erie > Superior > > Ellen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: My Great Lakes geography leaves something to be desired--I can't > always remember which is which, and I certainly don't know offhand > which cities are on which lakes. Or even which cities are on the > Great Lakes in the first place. I would be hard pressed to find > Toledo on a map of Ohio if it wasn't marked. Didn't even realize it > was on a Great Lake. Pretty sad, I know. Geography used to be my > best subject. I can name probably all the states on a map, but the > cities within those states? Forget it. And Ashtabula? Could just as > easily be Timbuktu for all I know, sorry to say. So how did you end > up in Toledo of all places? > > --- In [email protected], "David Patch" <patch@> > wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], "Daria Akers" > > <daria.akers@> wrote: > > > > > > People in Oswego know not to wait till the snow stops falling to start > > > shoveling. My dad did his Masters at Syracuse and his doctorate at > > Cornell > > > (Ithaca) - the stories my parents used to tell me about the weather > > would > > > make me cold just hearing them. Not only that but people die from > > slipping > > > on the ice or when icicles fall from gutter and poke someone's eye > out. > > > (wait maybe not.. that was a red rider BB gun) > > > > Just in case Daria's description creates any confusion: it gets damn > > cold in Ithaca, but Ithaca is not in the Snow Belt the way Syracuse > > is. Cayuga Lake is big enough, believe it or not, to create its own > > lake-effect, but it ain't nothin' compared to what Lake Ontario > > produces. Not that Cornell doesn't get snow, but not six feet at a > > time, thank God. Molly Weingarten can undoubtedly attest to this. > > > > If I lived downwind of a Great Lake, you wouldn't catch me shoveling > > that much snow in any case. I'd have a big-ass snowblower. But Toledo, > > being at the (normally) upwind end of Lake Erie, doesn't get snow the > > way metro Cleveland, Ashtabula, Erie, and Buffalo do. This is my 14th > > winter here and the most we've ever gotten from one storm is 12 > > inches, which pales in comparison to the blizzards I remember growing > > up in metro New York (or to the 2003 Washington storm that kept me in > > Argentina for an extra day of vacation when my connecting-flight home > > was cancelled.) If Toledo gets lake-effect snow at all, it blows all > > the way across from Lake Michigan. > > > > David Patch > > Cornell '88 > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > Looking for earth-friendly autos? > Browse Top Cars by "Green Rating" at Yahoo! Autos' Green Center. >
