Volunteers shovel Buffalo streets as flooding fears rise

Winnipeg Sun ^ | 11/22/2014 | Aaron Ingrao, Reuters

[KC Burke]

BUFFALO - As temperatures near Buffalo, N.Y., rose above freezing on Saturday, volunteers fanned out to help their neighbours clear the walls of snow that have paralyzed parts of the region this week, but the warming trend also raised the threat of flooding.

More than 200 volunteers, called the Shovel Brigade Mob, armed themselves with shovels and headed into neighbourhoods south of downtown Buffalo. The group said some residents were still stuck in their homes, days after a lake-effect system clobbered the region with up to seven feet of snow.

[KC Burke]

The flooding is the lead but the roof collapses are going to sky rocket today and through the next three days as rain hits.

Deep snow on roofs that are not cleared is like a sponge. All the rain and melt water will be held and overnight re-freeze will make ice damns in gutters and at drip edges, holding the water and slush on the roofs. Each 1/2 of rain is equal in weight to another five inches of snow. Each inch of slush as the snow melts is still as heavy as the snow was.

Watch out western New York for some terrible building disasters.

[ClearCase_guy]

As temperatures near Buffalo, N.Y., rose

The evidence of you-know-what keeps rolling in.

[KC Burke]

fyi

anyone got your state’s ping list?

[SandRat]

Some of O’s shovel ready jobs???

[EBH]

Has 0bama declared a disaster area yet? Has he even noticed?

[KC Burke]

I spend a little time involved in forensic diagnosis of construction problems. I have seen this time and again over the years. Times of India is even noting that there are already 30 collapses in the Buffalo area but I don’t read an lot of local warnings.

Perhaps they deal with it enough that it is a “given” for each bad snow storm — I don’t know.

Its kind of like when we had a tornado reported northwest of Nashville, some poster commented: “Someone Save Sara Evans”.

I am just expecting that this will be the lead at 6:00 tonight.

[RedMDer]

Please help FR keep the doors open

[eyeamok]

but the warming trend also raised the threat of flooding.

GLOBAL WARMING?? Maybe the President can issue an Executive Action to fix the problems.

[Straight Vermonter]

South Buffalo resident Christopher Orazio, 22, said he and his girlfriend have been cooped up in their home, blanketed by massive piles of snow, for several days.

"We are just watching TV and watching the news, we are both hungry and fighting with each other," said Orazio, adding that the couple has been eating small cans of soup and noodles.

Wow, quite ambitious aren't you Mr. Orazio.

[Tennessee Nana]

Shoveling the Buffalo stuff eh ???

:)

[Tennessee Nana]

at least they do have electricity for heat..

[FlingWingFlyer]

I wish Algore would send a little of his “global warming” down to Arizona. We need the precipitation.

[Starstruck]

We are just watching TV and watching the news, we are both hungry and fighting with each other," said Orazio, adding that the couple has been eating small cans of soup and noodles.

Everybody needs to prepare for a couple of weeks. I realize not everybody believes in the SHTF scenario but natural events do happen.

[KC Burke]

I was snowed in a few years ago by a 27” storm that left 40” drifts. It was in the Ozarks and a school teacher and I were the only ones there. We shoveled about 50 yards of road up to the county road ourselves with his ten year old helping. It was still two days before the county came down the lake road 3 miles so so we could get out.

I know five feet is a lot more snow, but I’m old and I wouldn’t sit trapped.

[KC Burke]

Hey, I got ten drops over in the Glendale area yesterday. I had to wash the car.

[KC Burke]

Actually, I live in AZ now instead of Kansas City. I just know what this slight warming and lake effect drizzle will do to already overloaded roofs.

[Jack Hydrazine]

Global warming???

[fhayek]

I am here, at ground zero if you will. I have been shoveling the roof and the driveway for four days now. I think I got it, but if starts raining, I am going to go up and make sure that there is no buildup. Been shoveling all day today, so I am going to take a HOT bath. If you want to look up exactly where I am, I am in Cheektowaga, off Como Park (across from the Reinstein Woods).

[Jack Hydrazine]

If I lived in Buffalo I would like to be the only guy in the neighborhood with a hydronically heated roof and sidewalks.

[KC Burke]

I have actually driven through Cheektowaga I believe. Had one of the kids graduate from Syracuse so I got up there a number of times — even drove it a few.

Your winters are something.