Lake-Effect Snow, Village of Carthage, Jefferson Co. NY

February 18, 2007 - Mild temperatures well into January '07 inhibited ice from forming on Lake Ontario. With no ice cover, the bitter cold winds of February brought staggering amounts of lake-effect snow to communities downwind. Oswego County bore the brunt of the onslaught where reports of 7-12 feet of snow fell. New York Governor Eliot Spitzer asked President Bush to declare a federal emergency for the six upstate counties most affected - Oswego, Jefferson, Lewis, Madison, Oneida and Onondaga. The Governor had already declared a state of emergency in Oswego County a week earlier, clearing the way for state aid. To make matters worse, a Nor'easter lumbered over the region on Valentine's Day and dropped another 12-16 inches of snow. After the storm passed, it left behind cold arctic winds which produced even more lake-effect snow. VIDEO: On February 4, 2007 intense lake-effect snow sets its sites on Jefferson and Lewis counties and dumps a paralyzing 16 inches of snow overnight.

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[omanwattimeisit]

Do you usually have snow cover for the entire winter?

[Duckzilla67]

Include 'usually & entire'

Yes, usually. What a ridiculously ("-"; implied) seeming word "usually" is.

[polarisMOD]

nice video a good start you should make it longer the music is the best

[Duckzilla67]

Lack of footage, my friend. I know what works and what doesn't and I just don't have the video. I think I still get my point across.

[polarisMOD17]

i like the video it's cool and yeah it does get the point across but i think it would be cool if you made it longer you know like the whole length of the song

[Duckzilla67]

What would you have me do, show snowflakes falling for the duration? I don't have enough aggressive video to match the soundtrack.

Thanks for the input.

[HouseDJ2008]

If we had that here in the UK we would all die.

[milovy]

This 2007 lake effect event had a lot to do with warm temperatures. In December 2006 it was very warm. It didn't really get cold until January. The problem wasn't that Lake Ontario didn't have ice (it hardly ever does), the problem was that the water was still so warm. Then some cold air from Canada finally came down... and that set the stage for a snow explosion.

[bundangbear]

Consider St Lawrence County!

[adirondaker]

Great place,gotta love the outdoors, and learn to love the cold, or you'll go crazy. Watertown has done a lot to preserve the "Mom and Pop" business district, "Downtown". If you need the suburbs, try Watertown or Adams center.

If you like the country, anywhere else.

Just south of Watertown is really the snowbelt, just north, it lightens up a bit.

The town on the St Lawrence have a cool "maritime" vibe, you'll pray for the winter, to drive away all the tourists.

[yesiamanalien]

Not the best choice of music but good video. I'm considering moving to somewhere around Wolcott to Watertown. Not sure where yet but I love the cold and love the snow. I don't know why so many people can't enjoy the weather they get whether it be rain, snow, sleet, wind or thunderstorms. All are cool.

[yakacm]

If we got weather like this in the UK, we'd all buy snow blowers and plows & deal with it. I don't understand why ppl are so mystified by our in ability to cope with freak weather, I am 44 and this is the first winter I have seen like this one, so why would councils buy equipment to deal with weather they get every 45 years? They would have to buy it maintain it and re-new it every 10 years without using it, then you'd all be crying that they are spunking ur money on shit they don't use.

[armywifeM08]

NO way man, I'm from Texas...theres no way we would ever "embrace" the cold. Lmao. And FYI there are MANY other innocent family hobbies as you call them, here in Texas too! And it DOESN'T require -30 degree wether..

[stealthmeth]

buy a snowmobile... embrace the cold it provides one of the last innocent family hobbies. Unlike many other family activities you don't have to be rich or travel to some mountain or coastal city. you can pull the sleds outta the shed and ride right from you back yard.

[stealthmeth]

we usually get more snow on the hill... :) but we could use a storm like this to get the trails back in shape

[dreamwarrior2008]

i'm originally from Lowville. I later moved to Harrisville. I hated the winters so much i moved South but not south enough. I now reside in Maryland, and to tell you the truth, their winters here are alot like back home. People, yes i miss them...but the weather? heck no!

[haydngasse10]

lol