Yes... A very cold air front moved over the warm water of lake erie, first fog, then rain and then the biggest snowflakes you ever saw.
It came down for 12 hours in some places, so wet, so heavy landed on trees that were still full of leaves. They were breaking like toothpics.
I will post a link to some great pics a friend of mine took.
http://blog.freeny.org/?p=718
This is a friends blog, he took some excellent pics of WNY..