Thanks to our thriving economy, we've got a lot that can or should be burned down.

And as for the snowfall, that's 'cause you're on the wrong end of the lake. Ya gotta be downwind to get the white stuff. Look at Oswego & Syracuse, they get way more snow than we do (Ontario's deeper than Erie, so it never freezes over, yada, yada...). It's the occassional lake-effect that hammers us and gets all the headlines. 56F & sunny, I'm thinking of going out and mowing my lawn now.
