Snowstorm

Winter War - March 2007 Lake E-ffect

Six feet of snow fell over SUNY Oswego campus during a weeklong snowstorm from February 5 to 10.

Photos by Emily King ’05 and Jim Russell ’83

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The snow made a beautiful sight covering the trees outside of Seneca Hall.	Audrey Egelston ’10 uses a sled to clear snow out from under her car with help from Funnelle Hall friends Amanda Fredenburg ’10, Jenna Burgess ’10 and Kathy Grzesik ’10.	The snow banks piled high in front of Scales Hall on campus.
Tom Abbott, of the campus grounds department, clears snow from the parking lots with a bucket loader.	Technology education major and 2nd floor Onondaga RA Alex Vinelli ’09 builds a second snowman to accompany his team's western-themed snowman during Onondaga Hall's snowman contest.	Lavonn Brown ’08, education major and 6th floor Onondaga RA, and Christie Torruella ’08, public relations major and 2nd floor Onondaga RA, pose with their snowman creation.
Students who did succeed in breaking free from campus used sleds to carry food and other winter survival gear back to their dorm rooms.	The snow piled high around vehicles in the parking lots surrounding Culkin. Snowplows pushed mounds of snow behind the cars as they cleared a path between parking lanes.	Alison Belen ’09 helps her friend Nikki Torcello ’08 free her car from snow.
Leanne Czyz ’09 tries to get out of her parking spot by using her feet to kick snow away from her truck’s back tires.	A group of kind individuals stop to help push this stranded car out of the center of the driving lane.	Not every car was lucky enough to escape the campus parking lots during the week. Many were buried beyond what one shovel could handle. Some students waited for tow trucks to help pull them out.
The six-foot high snow piles nearly reached the top of the street signs.	Sheldon Hall was surrounded by mountains of snow. Like in the old days, remnants of the storm once again appeared inside on the windowsills and under the doors.	Attempting to leave a parking spot, this car made it no farther than the driving lane before getting stuck again. Snow plows, unable to pass, pushed the snow up to where the vehicle sat in order to clear a path for motorists who could break free.
Snow mounds climbed up the side of Romney Field House. Several of the side entrances were hardly visible from the road.	One student gives it her all to shovel through the hard, ice-packed snow that was left behind her car from the plows.	After only a short time, many students gave up, as the winter weather resumed its unbelievable behavior.