Thanks, I have tons of atlases. I just meant I don't know this stuff offhand.
--- In [email protected], "PJ Romano" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > maps.google.com > > On 2/11/07, Ellen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > 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]<weingartenchatters% 40yahoogroups.com>, > > Diane Lochner > > <dlochund@> wrote: > > > > > > hmmm...then I guess I can't help you. Maybe AAA could? > > > > > > Ellen <ellengoodman6@> 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]<weingartenchatters% 40yahoogroups.com>, > > 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]<weingartenchatters% 40yahoogroups.com>, > > "David Patch" <patch@> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected]<weingartenchatters% 40yahoogroups.com>, > > "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. > > > > > > > > > >
