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I doubt anyone is waking there in this weather. It’s really windy where I am. The stadium, however, is probably the windiest spot in the area. (Lake shore not included.). I can’t see anyone trudging out there in this mess.

That's how lake effect works, as I'm sure you know. It's always a bad one when there's thundersnow.

Good for her. She made the right call. Yeah. Similar snow and NE wind game wind. It's NUTS in OP right now.

It's nuts. Thundersnow here in OP. You're not in OP. It is coming down.

Roads probably. Stadium no. Private lots are going to be tough. Depends on whether the mains get cleared.

Doubtful. Probably Sunday night if we win.

Looks like 430 Monday. Too late to play on Cleveland

It’s probably too late to move it for Sunday I gassed up at speedway last night. Heard there was a run on gas. I’m ready to roll.

They were short staffed for the NE home game. I’m wondering how many of those workers are going to endure the aggravation of traveling to this one. And how many can make it there. Could be a long line at the gates tomorrow.

I’m probably within a mile of you and i Have nothing here. Snow forecast shifted a little north overnight. Better news for tomorrow, I guess. Or less awful, I suppose.

I wonder how the shovelers plan to get there …

The brave people unfortunately are going to have a lot of people to rescue if this forecast holds and the game is played. So they better take it easy on the booze and be ready to help in the late afternoon.

How much accumulation is there in this “massive blizzard?” Anyone who went through last year’s storm would know that there’s a difference between a mountain of lake effect snow (like Snowvember I and II) and perhaps a little less snow coupled with extraordinary winds. If there’s a mountain of snow (like, say, several feet in 24 hours) a Monday game here isn’t happening. But if the issue is a decent amount of snow on Sunday (like, say, a foot) coupled with tropical-storm force winds, then it would be reasonable to deem Sunday an impassable day on the roads and possible to clean and play on Monday. It wouldn’t be easy, and it wouldn’t be perfect, and there would be a ton of snow in the stands. But roads and lots could be cleared and that game could happen at 4p on Monday afternoon.

Depends what you mean by reschedule. If it’s move it to a different city, they probably can do it as late as tonight if it’s going to Detroit. It gets dicier if done tomorrow morning. If it’s not relocating, but simply changing the date and time of the game, I don’t see any reason why that cant be accomplished tomorrow.

Is the chart for the airport or for OP? (I agree with you that it was read incorrectly.). I ask because there typically is significant variance between accumulation in the Southtowns and the airport.

There’s a MNF game at night. CBS gets an exclusive window for the playoff game. Monday’s a day off. The NFL doesn’t care about travel plans of its fans. And, most importantly, it might be the only way to play this game in Buffalo this weekend.

All the more reason to counterprogram with a playoff game

I wish it was that easy. I’m good with 4WD and a little sand. So many people who live here are cruising around in their little Hyundais or the like and they’re the ones who plant it in the snowbank.

It’s kind of a great thing with the holiday. If it’s a hit on TV, look for the cash pigs that are the NFL to add an extra playoff game (no more byes) and use Monday as the way to get all of the games in. 3 games on Saturday, 3 on Sunday 2 on Monday. It’s an NFL weekend.

It’s been a boring winter. I’d be thrilled about the forecast if it didn’t affect a home playoff game.

They don’t know how to dress for it. I stand by the point that, if you’re not hammered, the cold is an easily manageable thing. So is the wind (which is no fun), and the snow (which is very enjoyable, until it’s time to leave). For the players, the combo of predicted wind and snow is terrible. And for the public . . . This just makes no sense. There’s no way to get all of these people in and out of there in a reasonable way if the forecast is true.

And it happens so fast. I get how people get stranded and stuck in those events. If you’re dumb (like a woman stuck near me in one) and go out in, say, a skirt and heels, you’re in a bad way trying to stay warm when you have to clear the snow from behind the tailpipe.

The temp really isn’t that bad. My clothes froze during a run before the NE game. I didn’t think I would make it through the game that night. But the hot hands and gear are so much better now than they were years ago. It was easily the best cold weather game I’ve attended. Warm and fine the whole time.

Detroit goes on Saturday or Sunday. So we theoretically could play there on Monday. Hotels, etc., might be tough. But it’s feasible (and, from our perspective, at least familiar because we’ve played there a few times and we’re used to the routine).

It shorts us a day of rest, but I’d rather have that than an unpredictable affair in the forecasted weather.