Lake Effect Snow Slams Oswego County
It's all a very familiar scene to me and brings back memories of the old college days.. In the small county of Oswego, New York residents are covered with not inches but many feet of snow. Since Sunday, places like Parish and Mexico in Oswego county have recorded more than 6 feet of snow. The area received a short reprieve Thursday as the squalls shifted south into Syracuse, where between 4 and 8 inches fell. Gov. Eliot Spitzer declared a state disaster emergency for the county Thursday, authorizing all state agencies to help assist municipalities and residents in the storm-wracked region along eastern Lake Ontario. Late Thursday the northern parts of Oswego County were accumulating as much as 3 inches per hour, said Dave Sage, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Buffalo. At times, the snow has fallen at a rate of as much as 5 inches an hour. Travel advisories against unnecessary travel were posted for Oswego and its neighboring counties. Schools were closed for a fourth day in Oswego and Mexico.