This is from Channel 4 in Buffalo
[www.wivb.com]



Channel 7 in Buffalo used to feature 'The Weather Outside, done from the station's parking lot. No matter what the weather, good old Tom Jolls was out there. It was a classic bit of sadistic fun enjoyed by most Buffalonians.

Yes, Tom was there during the incredible stretch of galumphing snows during 1977. You could sit warm inside with your beer and watch Tom get battered. What fun!

I am about 20 minutes south from the KB studios. Just off route 5 and about 1000’ from Lake Erie.

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I am about 20 minutes south from the KB studios. Just off route 5 and about 1000’ from Lake Erie.

You should move further south...like 700 miles

>Hery, Buffalo really is going to get socked

Thats what its there for!

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Sorry... Dennis R... we sent it all at you. Lake Effect snow in CLE fizzled out. Yesterday morning we had thunder and snow and I thought... oooh man... but it died down.

Just missing the city by inches. Probably won't get more than 14 inches.

I was interviewed by the Rochester Times-Union back in the mid-80s'. I was told later that they never bring in job prospects between November and April because it is just a waste of time once they see the weather.

Best job I never took.

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“No persons are more frequently wrong, than those who will not admit they are wrong.” -- François de La Rochefoucauld

"Those who cannot accept the past are condemned to revise it." -- Geo. Mathias

The German word for contraceptive is “Schwangerschaftsverhütungsmittel”. By the time you finished saying that, it’s too late

Official report is Hamburg got 20”. Bit I swear there are 3 feet of snow on my daughter’s car in the driveway.

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Official report is Hamburg got 20”. Bit I swear there are 3 feet of snow on my daughter’s car in the driveway.

Thanks. Please keep reporting!

That much snow can be scary.
I recall a snowfall in southeastern Pennsylvania in late 1995 of about 2-3 feet, with massive snow drifts. I was unaware that it had snowed until I opened the curtain to the patio window and saw snow right up to the top of the window. It gave me quite a fright.

Noon Friday-missing City of Buffalo by a mile or so.
Orchard Park, Home of the Bills stadium, already has THREE FEET

Latest Friday snowfall totals (past 48 hours)

Erie County

Orchard Park – 36 inches as of 10:20 a.m.
Hamburg – 33.9 inches as of 9 a.m.
Blasdell – 31 inches as of 9:45 a.m.
Wales – 26.3 inches as of 7 a.m.
Eden – 25 inches as of 7:30 a.m.
West Seneca – 25 inches as of 8:30 a.m.
Boston – 23.8 inches as of 7 a.m.
Elma – 22 inches as of 8:15 a.m
Angola – 22 inches as of 8 a.m.

crazy

Fortunately it’ll all melt by next weekend.

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Saint Cloud, Minnesota, where the weather is wonderful even when it isn't.

Tweet from my local weatherman: [twitter.com]

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Football played in a snowstorm is great fun to watch, brings to mind the Pats snowplow game and of course the "Tuck Rule" game.

It is horrible out here in Hamburg near the lake. It was over my waist and me and my wife tried to slowly make it to the garage and the small tractor with snowblower. Well I fell and couldn’t get up. I thought I would need emergency rescue. My wife managed to get me up and we made it to the garage. We got about 12’ in about an hour. It got stuck so we left it and went in the house. We will stay here until they plow the roads and friends come plow us out or until it melts. It is easily over 4’ and still coming down.

Hang in there!

Stadium view seats - going cheap!

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It is horrible out here in Hamburg near the lake. It was over my waist and me and my wife tried to slowly make it to the garage and the small tractor with snowblower. Well I fell and couldn’t get up. I thought I would need emergency rescue. My wife managed to get me up and we made it to the garage. We got about 12’ in about an hour. It got stuck so we left it and went in the house. We will stay here until they plow the roads and friends come plow us out or until it melts. It is easily over 4’ and still coming down.

Stay safe.

I’d lend you my blower but the transportation between our homes kills that plan.

50” in Hamburg:
[twitter.com]

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Saint Cloud, Minnesota, where the weather is wonderful even when it isn't.



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Local news just reported 66" and coming down in Orchard Park. Yes, that's Five and a Half Feet!

We're reaching High Sierra levels...and I don't mean Mac OS.

Latest Friday snowfall totals (past 48 hours)

Erie County

Blasdell – 65 inches as of 8:26 p.m.
Orchard Park – 66 inches as of 7:00 p.m.
Hamburg – 57 inches as of 8:40 p.m.
West Seneca – 42 inches as of 8 p.m.
Boston – 39.4 inches as of 10 p.m.
Elma – 48 inches as of 4:06 p.m.
Lancaster – 27 inches as of 11:56 a.m.
Wales – 36 inches as of 3:45 p.m.
Eden – 50 inches as of 8 p.m.
East Aurora – 54.5 inches as of 10 p.m.



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Local news just reported 66" and coming down in Orchard Park. Yes, that's Five and a Half Feet!

We're reaching High Sierra levels...and I don't mean Mac OS.

Meh!

It's Buffalo.

"We've got 5 feet of snow!"

"It must be Friday."

Was watching a live feed from Orchard Park this afternoon, saw a guy with a plow on the front of his Toyota Sienna pull over in front of a stuck 16-wheeler and plant a Bills banner on its grill.

That's Buffalo.

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According to the National Weather Service, the suburb of Orchard Park, home to the NFL’s Buffalo Bills, reported 77 inches by early Saturday.
(Yeah, that's Six and a half Feet)


and meanwhile off Lake Ontario...
About 80 miles northeast of the city, the town of Natural Bridge, near the Fort Drum Army base, reported just under 6 feet.

New update on snow accumulation.
Orchard Park 77”
Hamburg 73.7”
Blasdell 65”



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I’ve snowblowed six+ feet once with my four wheel drive blower which only has three foot high drift cutters. The blower worked pretty good, the drift cutters - not so much. I had to use a shovel to knock down the edge, then blow that snow away, rinse and repeat, repeat, repeat. A crust tends to form on the top 6” of drifting snow even when it is too cold to thaw and then refreeze. The crust keeps the snow from collapsing into a pile. It was time consuming and it would have been nice to have help with the shovel but it got done.

Deep drifted snow is actually a lot easier to deal with because it has less water content than heavy wet snow which will plug the blower. I use Pam cooking spray on the impeller chute which actually helps quite a bit with heavy wet snow.

I don’t know how a pickup mounted plow would handle six foot deep snow.

Commercially, I’ve used a front end loader which easily handles the deepest snow we ever get in our flat area. I’ve also used a road patrol (grader) which does a very creditable job even in deep snow because they have lots of clearance. I never had to use the front mounted V-plow; the moldboard was quite adequate. If the snow gets deep enough or traction is inadequate, we would use the front end loader to push against the end of the mold board and we could buzz right along (~5 MPH) when clearing parking lots. We never needed to use tire chains even when there was ice under the snow. Clearing snow is big business with companies buying equipment to use to clear snow that may sit idle most of the year. Ten inches of snow in a parking lot can take a week or more to get rid of. $$$$$

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Saint Cloud, Minnesota, where the weather is wonderful even when it isn't.

for those who are unacquainted with lake effect.
This is downtown Buffalo facing south. You can see the clearly defined the storm coming off Lake Erie. heading east, missing Buffalo entirely.

right click 'open image in new tab' to get full picture. It's awesome



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Great pics!

You may be getting more if our current wind and temps head your way (and they could).

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Steve G, do you also currently live in the Buffalo Area?

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Steve G, do you also currently live in the Buffalo Area?

Hell, no. I left in 1977 in the midst of one of the most colossal blizzards of all time. I'm following this along with all my old Ex-Buffaloid pals. We're having a ball.

I lived in the area all my life. Just wondering if there was another forum member here.

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I lived in the area all my life. Just wondering if there was another forum member here.

If it helps, I used to be business manager of WBUF when it went over to prog rock.

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Commercially, I’ve used a front end loader which easily handles the deepest snow we ever get in our flat area.

One of my brothers worked at a salvage yard for a few years about 40 years ago. For winter they had a contract to clear snow at a nearby truck stop, so would move their front end loader there for the season. He was the usual operator, I heard a few tales. On the side he would make extra cash getting trucks free of the ice pockets their tires would melt into. Used the bucket to lift the end of the trailer and move it sideways a bit.

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I lived in the area all my life. Just wondering if there was another forum member here.

If it helps, I used to be business manager of WBUF when it went over to prog rock.

My parents had Ruda’s Record Store for 57 years. I worked there many many years.

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I lived in the area all my life. Just wondering if there was another forum member here.

If it helps, I used to be business manager of WBUF when it went over to prog rock.

My parents had Ruda’s Record Store for 57 years. I worked there many many years.

You should have brought airtime from me instead of those 'Corporate Rock' guys over at WPHD.

(jk-Ruda's was an asset to the cultural life in Buffalo. )



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'we're #1'

CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. (WIVB) — This week’s snowstorm has set a state record for the amount of snowfall within a 24 hour period, Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz confirmed on Sunday.

The historic snowstorm made landfall in Western New York on Thursday and dumped snow on the region until Saturday night. The record was for the most snowfall within a 24 hour period, the previous record having been set in the Tug Hill region of New York State in the 1960s.

Orchard Park had the most overall snowfall of the storm, with 77 inches. Hamburg had 73.7 inches, while Blasdell had 65 inches, rounded out by Elma’s 58.2 inches and West Seneca’s 49 inches for the top five towns and villages that had the most snow.

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'we're #1'

CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. (WIVB) — This week’s snowstorm has set a state record for the amount of snowfall within a 24 hour period, Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz confirmed on Sunday...

State record? Is that a thing?

[unofficialnetworks.com]

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They just cleared our street for the first time since the storm started. Around 5 pm



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Now my porch awning is collapsing from the snow.