Not an uncommon sight in Orchard Park/West Seneca today.Depending on which family member we manage to get through to either via phone, text or facebook (well, it's good for something) they're all stranded with anywhere between 4 feet and nearly seven feet of snow plus drifting, piling up outside their homes.
Thankfully everyone's safe and the reality is these types snowstorms are not uncommon for that area. Family members there are pretty well stocked up for the winter and aren't in dire need of food, etc.. Amazingly, the electricity is still on, water's still flowing and toilets are flushing.
This could be a whole lot worse than it is. They're used to dealing with it. Some of the pictures we've gotten back via email and facebook are incredible. One uncle's driveway has the snow piled so high on each side it's well over his 6'4" head. He was lucky -- he kept snow throwing as the snow came down but the only thing he managed to do is keep his driveway and front door open. Lotta good that'll do, I guess if he wants to drive his car back and forth on his driveway he's all set -- snowplow won't be down his street for another two days or so.
BTW: Buffalo snow plows are incredible machines if you haven't seen one yet....
Not an uncommon sight in Orchard Park/West Seneca today.I was born there and still have relatives there. One of my cousins told how she has had to sleep on the couch for a week and keep the fireplace going to stay warm. I asked her why she doesn’t get a generator. She said it was no big deal.
I explained that living in Arizona, I have a propane powered generator to manage the power outages and that it made life real nice when the power went out.
I talked to one of my other cousins who lives in the Batavia area. He is supposed to fly out this Saturday for his Arizona elk hunt. It is questionable whether he will be able to accomplish that. He said he may have to drive south until he finds an open airport.