Posted on 11/20/2014 12:14:40 PM PST by kosciusko51
I have a special place in my heart for lake effect snow. Living in Sault, Michigan as a teenager is what got me interested in weather and started me down my career path.
But it’s hard to compete with what Buffalo, New York gets for lake effect snow. Over six feet of snow fell in some areas on the south side of town in the last 48 hours, most of it in a 24 hour period.
The all-time U.S. record for a 24 hour snowfall is 76 inches in Silver Lake, Colorado way back in 1921, and it is possible this was exceeded yesterday. We will have to wait and see what NOAA decides.
The reason why Buffalo gets pounded so bad is the shape of Lake Erie…long and narrow, so a cold wind blowing down its length generates a single, intense snow band. You are either in it or out of it. Driving down the road, you can be in sunshine one minute, and in white-out conditions the next. This pair of pictures taken at the same time only 5 miles apart in Buffalo during the storm illustrates the fickle nature of lake effect storms.
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also is done with heated water in piping grid under the concrete.
right. done with coolant/glycol mixtures, typically
I suspect bilge pumps will be as hot a sales item as snowblowers.
Hang in there!
Don’t let yourself become one of the victims. Do a little at a time. Hope you clear it before it rains.
Okay...that dude’s *bleep*ing insane!
There’s always one.
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