And it isn't over. More snow is expected to pound upstate New York today, as officials frantically try to clear massive truckloads of snow from the area. Posted on 11/19/2014 7:54:15 PM PST by Phillyred
People in the Buffalo, New York, area have been snowed in for the second straight day, and some are even trapped at stores or jobs because of a sudden huge snowstorm. And it isn't over. More snow is expected to pound upstate New York today, as officials frantically try to clear massive truckloads of snow from the area.
How a Basketball Team Spent a Day Stranded on a Bus in a Snowstorm New York Dealing With Massive Snow; Storm Looming The storm that dumped 5 feet of snow has resulted in seven deaths and Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown said today that more than 5,000 tons of snow have already been removed from south Buffalo. Despite the effort to dig out 132 miles of the New York State Thruway remained closed for a second day.
The Buffalo Bills football team offered $10 an hour plus game tickets for people willing to help shovel out the stands -- if they could get to the stadium in Orchard Park.
Meanwhile, residents are posting photos of the snow piling up outside their cars or home windows, and there's even a hashtag -- #snowvember.
Patti Mahaney said she's stranded at home for the second day in a row and there's more than four feet of snow in the parking lot of her apartment building, near the stadium where the Buffalo Bills play.
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A few years back I had to work in Buffalo for a month (in August) Absolutely loved it. Weather was beautiful, I enjoyed the area, good times. But I repeat, it was August.
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.
Nice to see Canadian beer coolers are in full effect.
Blame it on the Obama. He said that the earth would begin to heal, the oceans would cease to rise ie global warming would stop. Since he can control everything on earth, he obviously did this. /s
With another 2-3 feet expected to fall today, then by Sunday and Monday milder with rain, widespread flooding and roof collapse potential will follow. The flooding will be partly from stream runoff (this more likely around the margins of the beavier snow pack where 1-2 feet has accumulated and can all melt) and from trapped meltwater that has nowhere to drain with some of the snow left on the ground. In other words, this will quickly become a horrendous mess as opposed to a winter fantasy landscape that has trapped thousands in their homes and vehicles.
The brief thaw will be followed by more sub-freezing cold by about Thanksgiving Day, not a lot of snow for Buffalo as winds will be more northwesterly then, but the mess left behind would ice up. Almost unimaginable how things will play out for the heaviest snowfall zones and I hope there is a long gradual thaw in early December so they aren’t stuck with the mess all winter. Of course it may reload once it goes away. Before the infamous Blizzard of (late January) 1977 there was a lot of lake effect snowfall in November 1976 as well. Not this much maybe but above normal amounts anyway.
Next problem will be water. By Monday next, forecast is for high of 58 degrees.
I’ve been all over, but nothing’s sweeter than a summer day in upstate NY.
Yes, my father used to tell me about exiting from the second floor (he was from Van Buren, Maine) and wearing snowshoes to get around. I can’t wrap my mind around it.
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