Last Word
With Glenn Coin
WEATHER/ENVIRONMENT/SCIENCE REPORTER FOR SYRACUSE.COM AND THE POST-STANDARD BY M J K R AV EC
With spring (and warmer weather) on
What’s your favorite place to spend time
everyone’s minds, we went to Syra-
outdoors? Taking long bike rides in the
cuse.com weather reporter Glenn Coin
countryside of Oneida County, where I live.
to find out where he likes to spend his time outdoors, what he’s missed most during the pandemic and when we can say goodbye to snow.
What time do you get up in the morning and how do you take your coffee? I’m up by 5 a.m., with a book in one hand and a half-caff with cream in the other.
What do you like most about your job? Quenching my curiosity every day and sharing
What have you missed most during COVID? Visiting family out of state and seeing concerts at the amphitheater. And the State Fair.
Do you have any favorite films about wild or extreme weather? Does “Chinatown” count? It was set in a drought. What are you listening to now? Jayhawks, Four80East, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Beethoven, Bob Seger.
What are you reading now? “Rules of
what I learn with thousands of readers.
Contagion” and “Leave the World Behind”
Do you have any favorite stories? Covering the
What do you really think of words like “Snowmageddon”
U.S. Supreme Court on the Oneida Nation land
and “Snowpocalypse?” Fun, but too long for headlines.
claim, explaining the science of CNY’s meteor,
What about Polar Vortex? It’s a real term,
and shooting epic Tug Hill snowstorms.
so I use it while trying not to overuse it.
What’s the wildest thing you’ve ever done while on
When will we see the last of snow? In Syracuse,
the job? Getting caught in the Woodstock ’99 riot.
always keep your boots handy through Mother’s Day.
What’s your favorite season in CNY and why?
We thought you might say that.
Fall. I love the changing colors and cool air.
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