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Unless you live in a cave, you’ve probably seen this image on the Weather Channel: out-of-town correspondent reports on a Buffalo blizzard from just outside the city (she can’t get in because of the driving ban). She’s barely visible through sheets of snow. Maybe her hat blows off and disappears into the maelstrom. Buffalo’s lake effect “snow events” are legendary—12 feet of snow fell in one week in 2001, and a drive-time storm in 2000 left thousands stranded in their cars. But blizzards are fun for most students who sit in their cozy dorms or houses and celebrate with beer and hot chocolate, emerging the next morning to explore the new landscape.

The thing students loathe about Buffalo winters is that they last forever. Buffalo school kids get used to wearing parkas over their ghost costumes on Halloween, and the cold, wind, and snow don’t stop until they search for Easter baskets in April. Many students get to know winter’s fun side. Nearly 3,000 of them join Schussmeisters, a ski club with nightly buses to gorgeous ski resorts an hour south of the city. But a majority of students hate the winter, especially the bleakest days, when the day never quite wrestles free from the night. Spring is short and rainy in Buffalo. Summers are magnificent; there is more sun and less rain than any city in the Northeast. Longtime Buffalo residents wax poetic about harsh winters and how the four seasons benefit the soul. But Buffalo’s winter is like a high school summer job. It seems like fun looking back, but when you’re in the middle of it, you just want it to be over so you can go to the beach.

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jb2693

'15

Psychology

3.5

B

SNOW

There is a lot of snow and it gets pretty cold, but all of the buildings in the residence area are connected by indoor tunnels and all of the buildings in the academic spine are connected by indoor tunnels, so you are never outside for too long

Jan 15, 2012

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UB2015

'15

History

3.1

B-

You're Going to Be Living in Buffalo

It's Buffalo, people. If you didn't expect cold and snow then you must not have ever heard of Buffalo winters before. Worse even than the snow is the wind. The wind chill makes it very cold. The good part about North Campus is that most of the academic buildings are connected, so the only time you have to go outside is getting on and off a bus.

Jan 10, 2012

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Jodidareal

'13

Art History

4.6

A

Tunnels Lots of Tunnels

UB buildings have tunnels and underground walk ways. So snow or rain there is always to get to your class even in horrible weather conditions. I have a love hate relationship with these tunnels. Because in the rain and when it's cold I love them. But when it snows we rarely get snowdays. By rarely I mean close to never. Thanks to our awesome tunnels

Dec 27, 2011

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