1st Snow Storm Of The Season In Buffalo - WAHOO!

[Greenguy]

http://www.wgrz.com/news/news_articl...?storyid=41820

...NYSEG tells us 14,000 of its customers are without power....
...There runways are closed at the Buffalo Niagara International Airport...
...The National Weather Service in western New York says an historic snowfall may be in store overnight for the Buffalo area...
...Most trees still have leaves on them, and the snow could cause damage...

...and people are in a contest to come here in February

[Maj. Stress]

Enjoy the snow, our forecast for tomorrow is a chilly 78 with a chance of rain.

[ponygirl]

Originally Posted by Greenie

...and people are in a contest to come here in February

Snowed here too. By Feb we'll be living in our igloos & have the dogsleds out. You Americans are pussies

[MrYum]

Originally Posted by Greenie

http://www.wgrz.com/news/news_articl...?storyid=41820



...and people are in a contest to come here in February

I figure it's an excuse to wear my leather trench coat that's been in the closet since moving to Florida

Originally Posted by ponygirl

Snowed here too. By Feb we'll be living in our igloos & have the dogsleds out. You Americans are pussies

Well my dear...ya know the old saying..."You are what you eat"

[ponygirl]

Originally Posted by MrYum

Well my dear...ya know the old saying..."You are what you eat"

hehe I should have known you'd come back with something like that

[MrYum]

Originally Posted by ponygirl

hehe I should have known you'd come back with something like that

But of course...nothing but the facts mam

[JustRobert]

I was in snow a couple of years ago. Have a picture of me in my shorts having a snowball fight with kids.

Tomorrows forecast: 76 degrees with a chance of white puffy clouds

[SheepGuy]

Originally Posted by ponygirl

Snowed here too. By Feb we'll be living in our igloos & have the dogsleds out. You Americans are pussies

LOL
Ponygirl, you still use dogs? Gotta get one of them new-fangled skee-idoos
I like the cold and the snow though, time to wax up the ski's, load up the wineskin and head for the hills!! Gives you a lot more respect for a good wood burning stove and a warm brandy

[Ramster]

A friend called me 20 minutes ago to see if I wanted to go golfing.

[docholly]

Ohh they showed pictures on CNN of the thruway.. dayam.

[johnnybg]

Frank Zappa: "And she said, with a tear in her eye
Watch out where the huskies go, and dont you eat that yellow snow"

[Fonz]

So much for global warming

[Simon]

Originally Posted by Greenie

...and people are in a contest to come here in February

Supposed to be 89 degrees here today, and the girls will have their out getting them all tanned. I'm not sure I could even find cold weather clothing in a store anywhere near here (unlike all the stores at Cleo's malls).

CNN is now reporting over 300,000 people without power in Wuppern NY and blaming it all on the leaves still on the trees.

Has the Super Bowl party ever had to be canceled due to snow closing the airport(s)?

[Tanker]

I guess the snow is heading this way now greenie I just went out to put the patio furniture in and was getting pelted with freezing rain!


time to get some tim hortons flowing through my veins

[Jim]

Originally Posted by Simon

Supposed to be 89 degrees here today, and the girls will have their out getting them all tanned. I'm not sure I could even find cold weather clothing in a store anywhere near here (unlike all the stores at Cleo's malls).

CNN is now reporting over 300,000 people without power in Wuppern NY and blaming it all on the leaves still on the trees.

Has the Super Bowl party ever had to be canceled due to snow closing the airport(s)?

When it snows while the leaves are still on trees, there are some big problems. And Buffalo doesn't get nearly as much snow as you think. It's just when it does snow, it kind of goes sideways. The place that gets the most snow in the lower 48 is called Tugg Hill NY. It's about 90 mins from me and about 2 and a half hours from Greenie. On average, it gets about 130 inches/year.

You need a lot of snow at one time to close an airport. I have flown into Syracuse after a big snowstorm and we went down the runway kind of sideways

We had one Christmas Eve a few years ago when we got almost 4 feet. Even my 4x4 F350 had a really hard time plowing that crap. The local police department forced me to start plowing the village streets..I have to admit, that was a little cool It also took me an hour to go 2 miles into the next town without plowing. But, plowing that night and day or not, I got stuck several times and I never get stuck. I'm the guy my friends and Children call when they are stuck.

[Trev]

We got a little snow here and there, just light flurries. When I saw the radar last night and saw the bands of lake effect snow on the lake heading in a general NE direction, I thought to myself... Greenie is probably getting slammed.


Simon, it's actually less likely for this to happen in Feb, because of the nature of lake effect snow. Lake effect snow comes from cold "Canadian" air (the Canadians probably call it Artic air, but we blame Canada ) blowing across the warmer lake and picking up moisture as it goes. Then it hits land and gets shot upwards where it turns into cloulds and then snow.

For this to happen in Feb, we would need to have a pretty warm winter resulting in the lake still being wide open and not covered with ice. Which does happen and it when it does, it can be nasty. The only time lake effect snow stops is when the winds calm or change direction, so it can go on for hours to days. So I ususally root for a nice cold Dec, and early Jan.

There... all you never wanted to know about lake effect snow.

[stuveltje]

i like snow, but from the early days i am used it will come around the month december here......although it was fucking strange to see 3 years ago snow in october and 5 days after that 85F high summer temp, one thing i can say mother nature surely has some pms issues

[Greenguy]

Yea Power

Just came back on - after being out for 26 hours.

The estimate that 400,000 homes/business's were without power - what a mess.

We got hardly any snow here - maybe 2 inches (and it melted by noon) but some places got 1-2 feet of that heavy wet snow & trees collapsed all over the place, taking out power lines as they fell.

I'm exhausted - g'night everyone

[Hank_Heartland]

Hey Greenie,

You are having a bad week...1st Bears kick your ass...2nd big snow in Buffalo...3rd you lose power...4th you have to take shit from me...You must be glad the week is almost over

[Hank_Heartland]

Originally Posted by Trev

We got a little snow here and there, just light flurries. When I saw the radar last night and saw the bands of lake effect snow on the lake heading in a general NE direction, I thought to myself... Greenie is probably getting slammed.


Simon, it's actually less likely for this to happen in Feb, because of the nature of lake effect snow. Lake effect snow comes from cold "Canadian" air (the Canadians probably call it Artic air, but we blame Canada ) blowing across the warmer lake and picking up moisture as it goes. Then it hits land and gets shot upwards where it turns into cloulds and then snow.

For this to happen in Feb, we would need to have a pretty warm winter resulting in the lake still being wide open and not covered with ice. Which does happen and it when it does, it can be nasty. The only time lake effect snow stops is when the winds calm or change direction, so it can go on for hours to days. So I ususally root for a nice cold Dec, and early Jan.

There... all you never wanted to know about lake effect snow.

Hey Trev,

You are better than our weatherman

[Hank_Heartland]

BTW...We recorded the earliest measurable amount of snow in Chicago history 3 10's of an inch...now that's what I call makin bakin|badidea|

[Special "Ed"]

Oh my Greenguy! You got pounded by snow! UG! The western side of our state in Michigan really got nailed as well. We just got flurries here in Detroit. The boats are put away! I'm not in the mood for winter!

[digifan]

Originally Posted by Greenie

http://www.wgrz.com/news/news_articl...?storyid=41820



...and people are in a contest to come here in February

Premature winter?
Plus you cannot drink water n or drive your car... I feel for you.

[digifan]

Originally Posted by stuveltje

i like snow, but from the early days i am used it will come around the month december here......although it was fucking strange to see 3 years ago snow in october and 5 days after that 85F high summer temp, one thing i can say mother nature surely has some pms issues

Lol so true.. mother nature having pms issues, well said