It's OK--just kind of embarrassing. Like I don't even know if Syracuse is on a Great Lake or not offhand. That sort of thing.
--- In [email protected], Diane Lochner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > hmmm...then I guess I can't help you. Maybe AAA could? > > Ellen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: 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 > <dlochund@> 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 <ellengoodman6@> 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. > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > Finding fabulous fares is fun. > Let Yahoo! FareChase search your favorite travel sites to find flight and hotel bargains. >
