Blast of snow cancels Monday classes

Three words made it official.

“All Classes Cancelled.”

An e-mail from Syracuse University to its students, faculty and staff around 9 a.m. Monday announced the first full school closure since 1993.

“I can’t think of a particular time when there was this much snow all at one time,” SU political science graduate student Heather Pincock said.

After shoveling the front walkway for an hour and a half, Pincock then tackled the challenge of trying to move her car.

“I could hardly see it,” Pincock said. “The snow was up to the door handles on the ground and then completely covering the rest of it.”

SU joined Onondaga Community College and area public schools in shutting down after a steady, heavy snow that started on Sunday afternoon. Hancock International Airport reported 13.4 inches of snow, according to Syracuse.com. The National Weather Service said Monday snowfall makes this season the fourth-snowiest winter in the past 60 years.

Students who live in neighborhoods close to SU’s campus said the school closure was a wise choice.

“It looks like our roads haven’t been plowed and it’s very difficult to travel,” said Maxwell School master’s student Kat Sepka, who lives in the Westcott neighborhood.

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Snow day in motion

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